How Professional Spies Learn Languages FAST

🔎 Real-life professional spies can find themselves in some pretty dangerous situations. The key to their survival? Speaking languages well enough to fool the locals–and hopefully survive! Today's video takes a deeper look at these pros and their methods behind learning languages fast. I found 12 spy secrets that you can steal to help you learn languages even faster.

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – I found 12 spy secrets
0:49 – Why do spies need language skills?
2:35 – Perfection paradox explained
4:49 – The anti-routine trick
6:38 – The fluency trap
8:04 – Accents: a spy’s double-edged sword
11:33 – Immersive training for spies
14:20 – Memory techniques
16:30 – Listening skills for spies
17:46 – Keeping cool while speaking
19:06 – Code switching
19:58 – Cultural fluency
21:30 – Reading body language

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