Richard Simcott

Richard William Simcott (born 27 January 1977)[1][2][3] is a British hyperpolyglot who lives in Skopje, North Macedonia. He speaks 16 languages fluently. HarperCollins referred to him as "One of the most multilingual people from the United Kingdom".[4] Besides the languages that he exhibits fluency in, he has also actively studied more than 50 languages at some point in his career.[5]

Richard Simcott
Born (1977-01-27) 27 January 1977
Chester, England
Known forPolyglottism

Background

Simcott was born in England, with English as his first language, quickly learning French at a young age. He grew up in the English Wales Border districts so he learnt Welsh as well. His father remarried a Thai woman, so he started to learn Thai on some trips there as a teenager. Since that time he has learned a range of languages including Turkish, Polish, Hebrew, Chinese, Icelandic, Macedonian[6] and Esperanto.[7][8] Simcott has worked with languages in the UK diplomatic service, he has been a production manager for Emoderation as well as being the languages director for Polpea. He has also hosted a range of Polyglot conferences internationally, and is the current head of the Polyglot Conference.[9] He was interviewed by 16×9 for a short television programme about polyglots.[10] Simcott runs his own blog Speaking Fluently and has published a book on French Short Stories. In 2015, the Goethe Institut named him Ambassador for Multilingualism.[11][12]

Language abilities

He is regarded as a proficient polyglot in the UK. Simcott can learn languages in very short periods of time, and has passed C1 Fluency exams after 3 months of study . On his profile on LinkedIn, he states he has native level command in English, and speaks French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Macedonian.[13] He can speak about 30 languages in total to some degree.[14] Simcott continues to study languages in a university environment, which differs from other polyglots.[15]

References
  1. "Richard William SIMCOTT - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. @garydale (26 January 2017). "@SpeakinFluently I wish you a very happy (day early) birthday. With all your friends if I wait it will get lost in the din" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. @daprast (28 January 2018). "Happy belated birthday to the amazing polyglot @SpeakinFluently! Selamat ulang tahun, Mas!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. Fotheringham, John Jan 16, 2015 http://l2mastery.com "Interview with Hyperpolyglot Richard Simcott of SpeakingFluently.com"
  5. "An extraordinary story: Richard Simcott - The Polyglot Dream". www.thepolyglotdream.com. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  6. Gentry, Alex (24 December 2016). "My Favorite Language Learners Series: Richard Simcott". Medium. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. "an-extraordinary-story-richard-simcott" thepolyglotdream Jan 13, 2013 http://www.thepolyglotdream.com/an-extraordinary-story-richard-simcott/ Archived 1 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Fotheringham, John Jan 16, 2015 http://l2mastery.com "Interview with Hyperpolyglot Richard Simcott of SpeakingFluently.com"
  9. Mello, Jimmy "Richard Simcott – A polyglot from Chester and a life-long language learner speaking Portuguese" MyPolyglot http://mypolyglot.com/2015/07/09/richard-simcott-a-polyglot-from-chester-and-a-life-long-language-learner-speaking-portuguese/ Archived 17 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  10. 16x9onglobal (7 May 2012). "Word Play" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  11. Polyglotconference 2017 "Organisers Page" http://polyglotconference.com/index.php?/organizers
  12. "Natural born linguists: what drives multi-language speakers?". the Guardian. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  13. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardsimcott/
  14. Robson, David. "How to learn 30 languages". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  15. "Natural born linguists: what drives multi-language speakers?". the Guardian. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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