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1. this gives me True Crime vibes 2. There are lots of fat and obese people in Africa

You had me at lazy

They're looking for slaves!

I look up grammar because im curious to know the mechanics of how the language works and it helps with noticing and comprehension. I don't spend much time on it though, just a quick lookup and aha! moment, it works best when ive seen it many times before.

Why most of the complaints are coming from france?

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this review. I've seen so many positive reviews with persons downplaying what I consider to be major issues. What you described is the very same rudeness many tourists, visitors, expats in France experience. I have a friend teaching English who met pretty much similar treatment from a landlord, plus there are tons of videos of English speakers (including non-Americans) who met similar. I saw one video saying the French respect you more if you match them with that combative, rude energy. My only problem is that you didn't tell us who it is. I'm planning to do a Worldpackers experience, and I will certainly be avoiding any farms in remote France.

Bravo 👏

I think you’re being a bit harsh on yourself to be honest , I thought it was really good , and shows great courage , it’s the route I’m going down , because quite frankly when I try other methods it’s soul destroying!!! Well done 👍

Listening to this Ive realised Ive used all these resources over the years but still not fluid. I'm defiantly doing something wrong.

Can u write his name or place that u stayed? So we all know not going there

Hi, I try to find the amazon link for Olly Richard books from this video. So when I purchase it you will get the commission but I cant find it. Thanks so much for the recommendation. I love Alice/ inner and easy French channels too. Thanks so much

He was a pedophile and got off on abusing others or being inappropriate and looking at people's reaction.

Ive been interested in traveling and just recently heard about WorldPackers. Ive been wanting to learn more about it, the good and the bad. Thank you for sharing this story. It helped me a lot.

Excellent experiment, thank you. This is actually the traditional way Latin was learned for hundreds of years. After you got a decent grasp of the language, you basically get a basic (but not too easy) native text like Caesar's Gallic Wars or Horace's poems, write out a line from the original Latin, and then translate it to English. Then wait a bit and then translate your English line back into Latin and see how you did. If you did well, then move on to the next line. People in the comprehensible approach world always rag on this method but it produced hundreds of years of the best Latinists (from roughly 15th to 18th centuries) we've had since the days of the Roman Empire, and it's interesting to see this being applied to a living language.

"I'm such a naughty boii" hahahahahaha 😬🚩🚩🚩

I'm so sorry you had to go through this terrible experience with such a nasty host. I'm 30 y/o female and I'm looking to try world packers, so this truly helps! Thank you so much for sharing these tips and experiences. Maybe I'd also add homework to have a video call with the potential host prior to traveling? Maybe! ALSO!! I think Worldpackers should take this matter seriously and ban that host for not being suitable for travelers/guests.

Hello Marcus, can I ask you about the guys reviews? Did he have positive ones? If yes why do you think that the other people give him nice ones? I am asking because Im actually reasearing that specific topic - how is it possible that that app claims to be safe, yet isn't. Have a wonderful day and thank spreading this message, its very important.

BRAVO!

Oui je tiens a partager mon expérience aussi avec woofing : une ferme en France avec une éléveuse de chevaux, très dure, jamais satisfaite, m'a explusé aussi, malgré tous mes efforts pour m'intégrer. Donc sachez que beaucoup rencontres ce genre de mésaventure. Sachez que pour les hotes, ils peuvent y voir de la main d'oeuvre gratuite, donc ils partent du principe que vous êtes leur esclave. Soyez prudent, renseignez-vous bien avant d'y aller. Evitez les fermes, les endroits où on pourrait facilement essayer de vous exploiter.

You are doing well. Keep going.

who was he? so we can avoid him

You're problem is you're a Gen Z pussy

Good, sorry to heare your storry. That guy sounds like textbook example of narcissist. Makes me really sick to just hear it. All you guys listening to this story have perfect recipe for spotting a toxic person. Marcus, thank you to share this with us I hope your next journeys gona be just pleasant and beautiful. :)

You seem so kind! I’m sorry you had to deal with this! I would’ve left after his little “better have the right energy” statement.

Wow. Please post who this host was so that I don't mistakenly go there!

From a French native: congrats for your very quick progress.

This girl is a B2-C1 but not a C2. I found her very rude to never stop doing her stuff while you were speaking with her😮

Ahh, it’s been a year since my terrifying experience from a Worldpacker host in Italy . It was an off grid city, the host insisted to kiss him and even sleep on the same bed . he said it was just an Italian thing . I felt in flight or fight mode but couldn’t do anything bc I was in a country side of town and was scared . I had to leave early and he forced me to leave him a good review.

Trank you so much for this video !!!

I learned spanish mostly from dreaming spanish. Currently at just under 600 hours of comprehenible input. But i cant tell you how valuable the first 3 levels (90 lessons) of pimsluer were for me. It helped me feel more at home while watching dreaming spanish vodeos and got me familiar with gramatical structures. I speed ran the program so i only paid for 2 months. Thought it was a good value. Im not a language learning expert and have tried no other language learning programs other than pimsluer and dreaming spanish. But no, pimsluer absolutely will not make you converstional

French people are the rudest on this planet. TBH there is nothing about french culture to learn. Better go to middle eastern or asian countries for culture.

I'm planning a trip to Portugal/France with Worldpackers for myself for this coming November and your video is extremely timely. Thank you so much for sharing your experience! And obviously, really sorry, you had to endure that. Some people in the countryside are like that, I suppose. Certainly now I'll aim for big cities for extra "insurance".

not your fault for the train being late, and honestly I'm surprised you didn't just walk away after the initial introduction. I would have. I'm researching these travel volunteer websites right now. this is not encouraging.

Bro, I really enjoyed your experience of joining the French Foreign Legion. Only joking... I hope that host gets black listed!

Hi you have an IG or email I can contact you through?

Hi, wanted to check if Worldpackers took down that account or if it’s still up? The EXACT same situation happened to me in France and the host also had a misleading number of good reviews but was actually super toxic. I think it’s because most volunteers are fearful of getting a bad review as well. Also, if I don’t leave a review, can she still leave a scathing review on mine?

Maybe he would be nicer if your a Hot Girl 😀😀

I’m shocked.. because I went for a Worldpackers in France countryside as well. Just got kicked out 1 hour ago.. looking to youtube for help and support from people who have been through the same. My host is EXACTLY like what you described. passive aggressive, petty, complaining about other volunteers all the time, very negative person, says she’s direct and straightforward about tasks but then threw a big fuss about how I didn’t offer help outside of my set working hours. Insisted to eat meals together for both lunch and dinner. (She cooked, so no complains). But lunch was just a 1-2hour tirade of complains and negativity. Dinner is a long work meeting because she keeps going over every tiny detail and repeats herself when a lot of the things she wanted to say could have been done in a few words. Never been so mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically drained in my life. Saw the comments. Will NEVER do a Worldpackers in France again. Messed up for real. Kicked me out and I had to find a ride to the nearest big town which is unfortunately 1 hour car ride away. Decided I was willing to settle for the nearest train station (which is 30min away). But a lot of people still rejected me. Finally found a guy who was willing to drive me there. A good guy. Was the mayor of the town I was in. Drove me all the way there. Had to google translate the whole time. Tried to pay him as well but he refused. Really such a gem after all the trauma 😭😭😭😭 Now I’m in my airbnb. In shock. Trying to recover. Just glad I’m out :”) Okay I will continue watching your video now..

I don't care so much about effectiveness. Of course, I want my efforts to bear fruits eventually, but I also want to enjoy my way to success. This is my hobby, after all, and I have no deadline. So even if any other method would prove to be more effective, I still would stick to this one for the simple reason that this is what I enjoy doing. I find classroom studying boring and reading a native language novel interesting. An effective method is no longer effective when it is abandoned, and that is what most people do with for formal classroom study. So even if classroom study would be proved to be more effective, I'd still stick to input.

If you think about it isn't speaking to people on a language exchange app not also a form of comprehensible input? You are talking to a person who speaks the language you want to learn on a much more advance level and there are certainly things you might not understand but the person you are talking to (if they are helpful) will try to help you understand what they are saying while correcting what you are saying. So in a way their help is turning what they are saying into comprehensible input.

Nice job man! I hope you reach fluency soon.

Too much blablabla.

You killing me with this background music

Thank you do much for the video..I am planning on going on a few this winter in South America, Central America, and Southern Mexico.

French people are so rasist

There have been some studies with the app: LingQ, which is for reading. Based on one independent study, doing 13 hours of reading on LingQ led to better fluency compared to students who took an entire semester of college spanish.

What do you expect from a french man

good video Marcus. This is the exact same way I learned French & am currently helping my students learn French. If we already know English, why wouldn't we use all of that English knowledge to best learn French? Looking forward to your future videos!

very interesting! thanks for sharing!

could you claim your WP Safeguard insurace in such a situation?