He speaks more than 20 languages and built a following teaching people how to learn them without classrooms, textbooks, or the drudgery most of us remember. His method: read and listen to what interests you, let the pattern-matching part of your brain do the rest.
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Born in 1945, Kaufmann spent decades moving between languages before the internet gave him a platform to share the approach he'd developed. He co-founded LingQ, an online learning tool that lets users work through content in their target language while tracking vocabulary. His YouTube channel became a second home for the pitch: that adults can pick up new languages late, that comprehension comes before production, that you don't need a teacher if you have enough input. The white-haired polyglot filming from his desk became a fixture in the language-learning corner of the internet.
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