In this vid I go over 5 ways to learn languages faster. If your goal is learning a new language fast then watch to the end. 📖 My E-book ⇢ fluencymadeeasy.com/ 📖 Pimsleur Free Trial ⇢ rebrand.ly/pimsleur-free-trial ✨
Tips: 1. Use beginner audio program 2. Use frequency lists (nouns verbs adjectives, 5 words a day) 3. Read translated comics 4. Passive listening (expose urself to ur target language during ur downtime) 5. Read Novels/Rewatch shows (in other languages or without subs)
Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Reading a novel/full length book is the ultimate language learning exercise. My language learning career can be defined by the “pre books era” and the post books era. The impact that reading just one full length novel can have on vocabulary is 100x what any daily studying will ever achieve.
i fully agree but as someone who's learning japanese, all the characters put me back. It's more and more easier but each time i come upon a long sentence that has just 265161 words and kanji that i've never seen before understand, it's just exhausting and it gives me headaches Well at least i found many tricks to search them(like google trad with the camera that recognizes kanji) but sometimes i just need to stop, go out and breath for a while I wish one day i can read japanese et just think "remember the last time you saw a word you didn't know ? that was so long ago"
totally, I'm a native Spanish speaker and when I started seriously learning English, reading books in this language is probably one of my best decisions, a bit hard at the beginning but really pays off
@@Whillyy yup, as for Japanese when exploring apps I found the newspaper ones but that's honestly too hard no matter if you set it at the JLTP5, so reading children books is much better I'm using 絵本ひろば and if you set it at, let's say, 7 years old, you get some kanji with/without furigana good for practicing tbh
The problem is I have a “kid in the candy store” problem with language learning. I start with Spanish but then I want to learn Norwegian... then German... then French... lmfao etc etc. I feel too many languages will only make it harder to learn them individually
Learn one, or ar least get "dangerous" with it. Then, use that language to learn the next one. First, I'll get better at Spanish, then I'm planning on learning Mandarin through resources designed for Spanish speakers. In that way,I learn a new language while sharpening my skills in the one I just mastered. Takes away the fear of forgetting Spanish while I focus on a completely different language. I got that idea from another RUclips channel. Not my original idea.😁
Omg that's so like I always dunno what one to learn then it gets boring to learn a language and I'm like looking for subliminals and they are working great !!!
I'm Japanese learning many languages. And to say the least, 'Pimsleur' literally changed my life. You can really focus on imitating what native speaker say, like a baby practicing their mother tongue. If you haven't tried hard on pronunciation at the beginning, you might have the difficulties as you study more. That is because it becomes harder to FIX the pronunciation as you go further(that is my experience in English and I've heard many people experience this) So it is really essential to practice and imitate as much as possible. This app is literally amazing.
@@bigfan2452 Ohhh thank you so much!! I love Canada where is my dream destination! And I'm glad that you learn our language! I would like to live there one day ;)
How to learn a language in 3 easy steps. 1. Study (yes you actually have to do this) 2. Rest (your brain needs time to process some of the information and forget the rest) 3. Repeat (re-learn what you forgot)
It's very true about the rest. I tried memorizing the lyrics of my first ever spanish song one evening and i just couldn't remember it. Woke up the next day and knew everything.
@@monicaant.1422 You should get back. Japanese based on what many have told me is hard. If learning Japanese makes you unhappy or not worthy of your time. Try a different language.
@@icannotcomeupwithanything4609 no I need to learn japanese I love it so much 😭 I can't give up on it 👆 I will find a way to be motivated well I'm currently watching japanese tv shows and it upsets me not understanding much I only know a few phrases but I will definitely try hard to learn it 😎
@@monicaant.1422 Good. I might misunderstood your comment because of the 😤 emoji. I am glad you are trying to motivate yourself to try again. 😄 Hopefully you will be able to reach that level of fluency that many of us crave when learning a language.
This could not have dropped at a better time! I’m currently a high school senior and I’m planning to start seriously studying Korean in a few weeks. I’ve always loved languages but had horrible experiences with them (the way they teach languages in high school sucks omg) but I don’t want to have any regrets so I’m committing to studying 3 hours on average everyday for the next three months. The college I will be attending in the fall has an amazing East Asian studies program so I am hoping that by the end of the summer, I made enough progress to decide if I want to make Korean part of my formal education. Thank you so much for all your videos! They inspired me to take on this challenge.
@@argo8974 Obviously everyone's personal experience is different, but if this is your first time dedicating time to learning a language, there is a decent chance you're going to be burnt out doing 3 hours a day. However, if you enjoy it, more power to you. Good luck!
@@aynt_2065 I was thinking the same thing! I think the key is just pacing yourself and being able to adjust. I’m hoping to split the time throughout the whole day so it’s not so overwhelming. If you have any tips let me know! (:
I know, high schools don’t have good teaching strategies :( I moved to England last year and they teach Spanish here for GCSEs and I had no familiarity with Spanish except for Hola...the teaching is not good at all and the only reason I’ve caught up with others is because I’m good at languages myself, I’m even choosing it for my GCSEs even though I’ve only been doing it for 6 months and everyone else has been studying Spanish for 2 years, although I have caught up 😅
When I first started studying Korean. I took it slow, I studied the alphabet Hangul (it’s quite simple actually) and I focused on pronunciation. I find it’s a mixture of Latin language sounds and English/ a few different ones. Then once I could somewhat read and understood their sounds then I watched a lot of shows. I picked up so many expressions, and understanding of when to use something that it was quite useful. Now when I study I focus more on the listening and speaking part. The channel motivate Korean really emphasize listening repeatedly. So I find an audio I can listen to and listen to it many times without studying it. Your brain kind of slows things down after a while and sort of files an audio file in your memory. Then I study the transcript (a lot of YT vids have Korean subs and you can pull the transcript from the three dots and open transcript or use something like drama subtitles. Then since I can read and already have the audio stuck in my head the studying comes in. After studying it a bit, I go back to listening. And yeah listening is great because I do it while washing dishes, sweeping, walking my dog, even at work sometimes. A great multitasking tool. Having a study partner in the native Lang. is pretty awesome for learning as well. Hope everything goes well. Keep searching the language learning YT for tips. (Lindie botes, Stephen Kaufman ...
yoooo i felt this. i grew up with italian anime, despite not knowing italian kurenai sanshiro hurricane polymar urusei yatsura *chefs kiss* also highly recommend the theme of L'uomo Tigre Never actually seen the show, but the theme is peak childhood for me also! italians their dubs are just gOATED 😩✋ (my dad was a child in Italy during the 70s or quite some time - boy later burned these shows onto CDs pfft)
@Arleta Włodarczyk 1 u mnie podobnie! Mama Polka a tato Włoch -znam oba języki +angielski, uczę się hiszpańskiego. Mało znam języków ale myślę, że jak na 12 latka nieźle mi idzie. (Mam nadzieję, że nauczysz się po Włosku perfekcyjnie rozmawiać i pisać!trzymam kciuki)
Time-stamps if you need to list en again specific tips 0:45 Tip 1 (Audio Programs) 2:00 Tip 2 (Frequency List) 4:05 Tip 3 (Translated Comic) 5:15 Tip 4 (Passive Listening) 6:28 Tip 5 (Read Novels/Rewatch Shows)
Try going for books specifically designed for language learning, such as "Japanese stories for language learners" - Eriko Sato & Anne McNulty. I personally enjoyed reading the traditional stories for a bit of cultural insight, and it also contains a dictionary for all the words used at the end of each story. If you enjoy comics or anime, try buying some manga as well. These kinds of books do contain kanji, but both provide furigana alongside it, therefore you just need knowledge of hiragana and katakana and you're ready to go.
@@Axiom12543 i tried crystal hunters yesterday and it was pretty good. Art was good and it was easier than doraemon, which for me, is still too hard. It's a manga specifically made for beginners and you can find it in a few other languages too.
it’s weird this came out now cause me and my friend made a challenge to spin a random wheel of languages and try to learn it in four days. We got finnish. Great.
Ay I’m Finnish and know it cause my parents speak it, I know I’m biased but it’s a sick language and you shouldn’t have too much trouble learning it since it doesn’t really have exceptions
I wish I had a friend to do that with. 😂 Of course I would have to meet people and get good at Spanish before that happens. Finnish is cool language though. 👍🏻
I did a study 2 years ago listening to music helps we have something called prosody that remembers rhythmic patterns. Also, I did an experiment/ survey. Spanish was our winner with most students remembering Me gusta ( I like it) by Natti Natasha with 8 votes. Every other song only got 1.
One thing that I found really engaging was changing the language settings on a videogame you're playing (that is if your game has that option). This probably works more so for text heavy games, but it allows you to use your language skills even when you're getting that gamer bread.
I'm planning on doing this with Russian in Animal Crossing, it's an extremely text-heavy game and one that I really enjoy so I think it could do wonders
Did u just read and sometimes translate?How did u learn?I want to improve my skills but I have no options to talk to foreigners in my country so I want to get that normal speech not a book speech. I will be really happy if u share your valuable experience~
I was a big Webtoon reader for a couple of years and never thought about it as a tool in this way! Thank you for emphasizing to pick media themes you already have an interest in... really explains how my high school language requirement didn't work so great...
I am learning Spanish and I feel like I am not going anywhere. Hopefully I will gain a lot after this video. Edit: I do not want to be this person but screw it. Thanks for the 160 likes. I never actually had this much before. Also thanks for the support.
I am also learning Spanish and sometimes I feel like I'm not going anywhere as well but some days it feels very rewarding. What tools have you been using to learn? I recently started using Busuu and Lingvist as well as listening to podcasts, watching Spanish RUclips and watching TV, although I find it very difficult to watch TV with subtitles in Spanish because of my lack of vocabulary.
Bought your book almost 2 months ago followed everything u said Started with pimsleur completed the lessons and I finished about 1 week ago and I finally started Assimil so far its been pretty difficult but I haven't missed a day of studying and I can say that I know about 700 to 800 words now more or less
@@naty30354 His book just shows you the method on how to learn the language, I've followed the steps precisely for 2 months and I've made progress so yeah I'd say it works
Not sure how this could get dislikes, he's pretty much laid out all there is to it, for free, in less than 10 minutes. Wish I'd seen this years ago when I started learning Japanese
Just watch media in your target language. That’s how I learnt French. I watched 100s of French dubbed anime with French subs and I got to a pretty good level with 8months. I just looked up words on my second monitor while watching. after I felt comfortable with watching anime, I started reading then everything sky rocketed from there
@@Tasi_things there’s a popular French torrent site called yggtorrent.li It has most dubs used. However, if you want a more legal route try using Netflix + nordvpn to France. The only downside is that there isn’t a large variety to choose from if u use Netflix.
Also! Disney has the biggest library of animated movies translated into different languages. They translated their entire library into a bunch of languages. Also Also! French TV shows!! Lupin is so good, I just finished it and while I didnt understand everything if you stick on French subtitles you will be able to follow the show
Wow these are such great tips! I actually did a lot of these when I learned Spanish and now as I’m learning French. However I haven’t tried reading comic books and I think this would be a great way to start reading in the target language without it being so daunting. Thanks so much 🙏🏾
thats it. you have gave me the motivation to start relearning korean. its been like a couple years and i frogot everything! imma start relearning everyday. thanks
I’m going to start learning French, and I hope to be conversationally fluent by the end of the year. I’m not sure if I’ll actually follow through, but I’ll try my best. I’ll update this comment every week with my progress and hopefully in about 7 months or so I’ll have it down for the most part. Also yes, I’m completely copying someone’s idea who commented on another Ikenna video but I really want to do this too. Week 0: This is the first day. I’m in French 2 at school so I already know a good bit of basic phrases and words, but not much more than that.
Definitely saving this advice. I've been listening to postcasts and watching Japanse vtuber streams to try to get a hold on the language. I should start to work myself into reading and writing too.
thank you for all these videos man, you inspired me to start japanese despite it being hard and also later now i plan to retouch spanish that i struggled through in school
I'm currently studying mandarin and anki + bilibili, douyin, iqiyi, or other chinese platforms are my best friend, I listen to music while doing homework and it's pretty fun and helpful!
Thank you so much for this video. I have "Learned" am kind of fluent in american sign language. And now learning spanish, and hope to become fluent to move on to another language. I'm 16 and Learned that I love learning languages! Thank you again for this video please keep posting your videos are what keep me going when learning a new language. And give me new and better ways to learn it so I dont get bored.
I'm currently learning german and I think I'm stuck on the intermediate level. I practice every day, listen to german music and sometimes watch german TV-shows, and like, I can feel the vocabulary expanding but every time I try to speak I get brain dead lmao... I make a pause between every word I say and it goes so slow, including my writing. I actually create pretty good sentences both when I speak and write but I'm just very slow and have to think before every word I make and it's getting really annoying.
I feel like you need to watch more shows and blogs (also playing videogames could help if you're a player). It'll give you more language patterns valuable for daily situations. If you're comfortable with it, try speaking to yourself in German, imagine that you're a blogger and talk about different topics. That'll help you to think in German so when you're talking to people irl it'll be super easy
When attempting to read my first novel in french I found that personally it was easiest to read a sent amount (e.g a chapter) and skipping over words that were not familiar, and then afterwards highlighting new words before adding them to my anki deck. Not sure if it was the most efficient way to read but it definitely helped to improve my vocabulary and solidify my pre-existing knowledge
I am really happy to hear that I am not the only one who reads books in my target language. Reading Japanese visual novels, webnovels and even anime subtitles helped me acquire a bit of Japanese. I am still in the intermediate pit but I am making amazing progress by reading. Wish you a happy and fun reading journey!
- pimsleur or any begginer audio program -listen to lots and lots of japanese podcasts such as "hapa eikaiwa" they can be found in google podcatst - consume content in japanese like anime or other movies which you have watched before. For example, frozen is dubbed into lots of languages including japanese. - frequency lists. Look up frequency lists and see the most used words in the languages and see if you can recognize them in the podcast and music that you listen . - look up basic grammar rules so that you can make sentences on you own. Like "わたしわかよでづ"/ "i am kayo". - learn nouns, pronouns, etc words that are necessary to communicate such as "a, the, of, you, how, if, why, then, for, leave, by, should, word, nothing, are, can, way, know, about" etc.
Use Tae Kim’s grammar guide, then after going through everything in that guide, it’s time for the fun part, immersion, but first you’ll need is Anki, remember to read the manual. Then watch shows, read books/manga, listen to podcasts, or any content made for native speakers of Japanese, and if you encounter a sentence with a word that you don’t know in it, plop that sentence onto Anki, with the unknown word’s meaning, not the whole sentence’s meaning, only the word. If you have a PC however, you could also use some of Migaku’s or TheMoeWay’s tools for language learning, as those are way more convenient and faster than doing it manually.
Dude, I love your VR Chat videos so much, you've met many interesting people and I'd like to see you guys doing chitchat. I really hope you come back with those videos someday
i've taked 6 month to learn english fluently only by following theses tips, but i was also listening a lot , like i got some audiobooks with transcripts and i was reading first to understand and afterward i was listening and reading at the same time a thousand of times the same content til i understand naturally, this gave me some headaches but now i'm processing phrases at same time in two languages on my brain without even notice
My fiancee is italian and her english is amazing but her family doesnt speak english. I tried teaching myself Italian with her help (currently residing in Italy for two years) and its super hard and I'm easily discouraged but this motivates me a little more so, grazie mille.
Hi ikenna tysm for making this video this really helps, I’m a. 11 year old and I’m trying to speak French I can already speak 2 languages English and Indonesia my primary is Indonesia but my school speaks English and my parents immigrated us to the US and now I want to live in france and this helped my journey thanks again for the video God bless you and have a nice day!
I learned English by watching tons of movies, videos and simply by engaging, listening to people everyday . I remember when I first moved to USA I couldn't comprehend any speech or accent. I felt so desperate, however in spite of all my doubts and struggles I have become better.
In this vid I go over 5 ways to learn languages faster. If your goal is learning a new language fast then watch to the end.
📖 My E-book ⇢ fluencymadeeasy.com/ 📖
Pimsleur Free Trial ⇢ rebrand.ly/pimsleur-free-trial ✨
ArigaThankYou GozaiMuch Ikenna-Sensei😁❤️
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Thanks Ikenna for this video! Make a video about how to learn japanese if you can do it!
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Tips:
1. Use beginner audio program
2. Use frequency lists (nouns verbs adjectives, 5 words a day)
3. Read translated comics
4. Passive listening (expose urself to ur target language during ur downtime)
5. Read Novels/Rewatch shows (in other languages or without subs)
Nice
Thanks now I can do my homework
@@last2940 bruh do you homework
Bruh, where am I gonna find Latin translations.
Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
its official, Ikenna is back
@Wada Kecha It’s*
@Wada Kecha im too lazy to type '
@@mysticz3734 honestly mood
@@mysticz3734 you just did
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Reading a novel/full length book is the ultimate language learning exercise. My language learning career can be defined by the “pre books era” and the post books era. The impact that reading just one full length novel can have on vocabulary is 100x what any daily studying will ever achieve.
Can I ask what languages did you learn?
This is the answer I was looking for. Podcasts with transcripts are also great too.
i fully agree but as someone who's learning japanese, all the characters put me back. It's more and more easier but each time i come upon a long sentence that has just 265161 words and kanji that i've never seen before understand, it's just exhausting and it gives me headaches
Well at least i found many tricks to search them(like google trad with the camera that recognizes kanji) but sometimes i just need to stop, go out and breath for a while
I wish one day i can read japanese et just think "remember the last time you saw a word you didn't know ? that was so long ago"
totally, I'm a native Spanish speaker and when I started seriously learning English, reading books in this language is probably one of my best decisions, a bit hard at the beginning but really pays off
@@Whillyy yup, as for Japanese when exploring apps I found the newspaper ones but that's honestly too hard no matter if you set it at the JLTP5, so reading children books is much better
I'm using 絵本ひろば and if you set it at, let's say, 7 years old, you get some kanji with/without furigana
good for practicing tbh
The problem is I have a “kid in the candy store” problem with language learning. I start with Spanish but then I want to learn Norwegian... then German... then French... lmfao etc etc. I feel too many languages will only make it harder to learn them individually
Ill pick for you, learn German
Learn one, or ar least get "dangerous" with it. Then, use that language to learn the next one. First, I'll get better at Spanish, then I'm planning on learning Mandarin through resources designed for Spanish speakers. In that way,I learn a new language while sharpening my skills in the one I just mastered. Takes away the fear of forgetting Spanish while I focus on a completely different language. I got that idea from another RUclips channel. Not my original idea.😁
Omg that's so like I always dunno what one to learn then it gets boring to learn a language and I'm like looking for subliminals and they are working great !!!
@@sharonraquel2669 thanks for this 👌
@@sharonraquel2669 That's actually a super interesting way of going about it, Thank you for the tip.
Finna learn a new language in the tail end of 2021. For the Ikennas, for Laoshu...🙏🙏
Yes 🙏🙏
For mice?
@@OriginalSuschi super dope polyglot that passed this year
laoshu was the best
🙏🏼🙏🏼
a way that i study Korean is by reading Korean children books. they use easy sentences and are great to learn how to read faster.
I just read tabloids and interviews
same with Japanese
💕💕
Just read manga in
same i learn languages by how I learned my language when I was a kid
I'm Japanese learning many languages.
And to say the least, 'Pimsleur' literally changed my life.
You can really focus on imitating what native speaker say, like a baby practicing their mother tongue.
If you haven't tried hard on pronunciation at the beginning, you might have the difficulties as you study more.
That is because it becomes harder to FIX the pronunciation as you go further(that is my experience in English and I've heard many people experience this)
So it is really essential to practice and imitate as much as possible.
This app is literally amazing.
I am a Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 currently learning Japanese 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 and I went and subscribed to your RUclips Channel.
@@bigfan2452
Ohhh thank you so much!!
I love Canada where is my dream destination!
And I'm glad that you learn our language!
I would like to live there one day ;)
@@KazuLanguages you are learning Arabic. I speak Sudanese 🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩 Arabic.
I’m going the other way, I’m learning 日本語 with pimsleur
@@bigfan2452
Yes!
Oh really? That's awesome!
Now I learn MSA, but I would like to learn Egyptian Arabic in the future :)
How to learn a language in 3 easy steps.
1. Study (yes you actually have to do this)
2. Rest (your brain needs time to process some of the information and forget the rest)
3. Repeat (re-learn what you forgot)
It's very true about the rest. I tried memorizing the lyrics of my first ever spanish song one evening and i just couldn't remember it. Woke up the next day and knew everything.
I've bern resting for almost 5 months 😞 I need to get back in it with my Japanese 😤
@@monicaant.1422 You should get back. Japanese based on what many have told me is hard. If learning Japanese makes you unhappy or not worthy of your time. Try a different language.
@@icannotcomeupwithanything4609 no I need to learn japanese I love it so much 😭 I can't give up on it 👆 I will find a way to be motivated well I'm currently watching japanese tv shows and it upsets me not understanding much I only know a few phrases but I will definitely try hard to learn it 😎
@@monicaant.1422 Good. I might misunderstood your comment because of the 😤 emoji. I am glad you are trying to motivate yourself to try again. 😄 Hopefully you will be able to reach that level of fluency that many of us crave when learning a language.
This could not have dropped at a better time! I’m currently a high school senior and I’m planning to start seriously studying Korean in a few weeks. I’ve always loved languages but had horrible experiences with them (the way they teach languages in high school sucks omg) but I don’t want to have any regrets so I’m committing to studying 3 hours on average everyday for the next three months. The college I will be attending in the fall has an amazing East Asian studies program so I am hoping that by the end of the summer, I made enough progress to decide if I want to make Korean part of my formal education. Thank you so much for all your videos! They inspired me to take on this challenge.
@Henry Pinkney Thanks for the advice! Much appreciated!!
@@argo8974 Obviously everyone's personal experience is different, but if this is your first time dedicating time to learning a language, there is a decent chance you're going to be burnt out doing 3 hours a day. However, if you enjoy it, more power to you. Good luck!
@@aynt_2065 I was thinking the same thing! I think the key is just pacing yourself and being able to adjust. I’m hoping to split the time throughout the whole day so it’s not so overwhelming. If you have any tips let me know! (:
I know, high schools don’t have good teaching strategies :( I moved to England last year and they teach Spanish here for GCSEs and I had no familiarity with Spanish except for Hola...the teaching is not good at all and the only reason I’ve caught up with others is because I’m good at languages myself, I’m even choosing it for my GCSEs even though I’ve only been doing it for 6 months and everyone else has been studying Spanish for 2 years, although I have caught up 😅
When I first started studying Korean. I took it slow, I studied the alphabet Hangul (it’s quite simple actually) and I focused on pronunciation. I find it’s a mixture of Latin language sounds and English/ a few different ones. Then once I could somewhat read and understood their sounds then I watched a lot of shows. I picked up so many expressions, and understanding of when to use something that it was quite useful. Now when I study I focus more on the listening and speaking part. The channel motivate Korean really emphasize listening repeatedly. So I find an audio I can listen to and listen to it many times without studying it. Your brain kind of slows things down after a while and sort of files an audio file in your memory. Then I study the transcript (a lot of YT vids have Korean subs and you can pull the transcript from the three dots and open transcript or use something like drama subtitles. Then since I can read and already have the audio stuck in my head the studying comes in. After studying it a bit, I go back to listening. And yeah listening is great because I do it while washing dishes, sweeping, walking my dog, even at work sometimes. A great multitasking tool. Having a study partner in the native Lang. is pretty awesome for learning as well. Hope everything goes well. Keep searching the language learning YT for tips. (Lindie botes, Stephen Kaufman ...
This man just give me pure ✨motivation✨
This came out just in time. I'm relearning Korean after taking a three year break and I've forgotten almost everything! glad to have you back Ikenna
Me watching my favorite anime in Italian: I understand it but I don't understand anything
Ahahah, good luck guys. From an Italian 😉
Same here I'm learning it its been 2 months now I bought ikennas book so far everything has been ok but italian is so confusing
Yeah same but i watch davie504
yoooo i felt this. i grew up with italian anime, despite not knowing italian
kurenai sanshiro
hurricane polymar
urusei yatsura
*chefs kiss*
also
highly recommend the theme of L'uomo Tigre
Never actually seen the show, but the theme is peak childhood for me
also!
italians
their dubs are just gOATED 😩✋
(my dad was a child in Italy during the 70s or quite some time - boy later burned these shows onto CDs pfft)
@Arleta Włodarczyk 1 u mnie podobnie! Mama Polka a tato Włoch -znam oba języki +angielski, uczę się hiszpańskiego. Mało znam języków ale myślę, że jak na 12 latka nieźle mi idzie. (Mam nadzieję, że nauczysz się po Włosku perfekcyjnie rozmawiać i pisać!trzymam kciuki)
Time-stamps if you need to list
en again specific tips
0:45 Tip 1 (Audio Programs)
2:00 Tip 2 (Frequency List)
4:05 Tip 3 (Translated Comic)
5:15 Tip 4 (Passive Listening)
6:28 Tip 5 (Read Novels/Rewatch Shows)
"5 words a day keeps the doctor away."
Chotto a minute, is that a threat? >.>
Sounds like something Duo would text you after missing a lesson.
Haha 😭😭
"Chotto a minute" omg fcking cringe
@@petiks6391 he is just joking
Ikenna: read
Me learning Japanese: the symbols Mason what do they mean
Try going for books specifically designed for language learning, such as "Japanese stories for language learners" - Eriko Sato & Anne McNulty. I personally enjoyed reading the traditional stories for a bit of cultural insight, and it also contains a dictionary for all the words used at the end of each story. If you enjoy comics or anime, try buying some manga as well. These kinds of books do contain kanji, but both provide furigana alongside it, therefore you just need knowledge of hiragana and katakana and you're ready to go.
Hahah this is so true! I'm learning Mandarin at the moment. 400 characters memorised and absolutely NO WAY to read anything. Gosh!
@@Axiom12543 i tried crystal hunters yesterday and it was pretty good. Art was good and it was easier than doraemon, which for me, is still too hard. It's a manga specifically made for beginners and you can find it in a few other languages too.
Satori reader
Anki. Really.
Started learning japanese last week, i have mastered hiragana. Wish me luck fellas
Gl bro
I'm learning japanese, too^^ Good luckk
がんばって！ Good luck! Have fun :)
@@SirBoomster ありがとぎごうさいます 💙
ごんばってー I’m also learning Japanese on and off for a year now! You got this and remember to pace yourself!
I LOVE YOUR CONTENT OH MY GOODNESS. Thank you for doing so much!
J'écoute Pimsleur tous les matins lorsque je me prépare pour le travail. Je vais faire une liste de fréquences. Merci iKenna.
it’s weird this came out now cause me and my friend made a challenge to spin a random wheel of languages and try to learn it in four days. We got finnish. Great.
Hahaha😂 goodluck
Ay I’m Finnish and know it cause my parents speak it, I know I’m biased but it’s a sick language and you shouldn’t have too much trouble learning it since it doesn’t really have exceptions
I wish I had a friend to do that with. 😂 Of course I would have to meet people and get good at Spanish before that happens. Finnish is cool language though. 👍🏻
@@icannotcomeupwithanything4609 Coolest part of learning finnish is Finland itself lol
@@shikov111 I so want to travel there
I was just about to look this up
this is exactly why i love your content 🔥
Thank you so much Ikenna.
I bought your book, but I was side tracked into reading other books strangely enough, but I was enjoying it.
I did a study 2 years ago listening to music helps we have something called prosody that remembers rhythmic patterns. Also, I did an experiment/ survey. Spanish was our winner with most students remembering Me gusta ( I like it) by Natti Natasha with 8 votes. Every other song only got 1.
I literally just got YOUR ad on YOUR video, that’s crazy and cool at the same time.
One thing that I found really engaging was changing the language settings on a videogame you're playing (that is if your game has that option). This probably works more so for text heavy games, but it allows you to use your language skills even when you're getting that gamer bread.
Sims 4
I'mma change it to korean 😭😭👌🏽
I like doing that with text heavy games but it slowed me down super badly when I tried it with a Pokemon game.
@@kclarke421 I would too but I don’t read most of the notifs I get so there would be no point😭
@KaraDUN I was thinking of changing it Chinese to match with what I'm learning, but I can't bring myself to stop listening to English 🙁
I'm planning on doing this with Russian in Animal Crossing, it's an extremely text-heavy game and one that I really enjoy so I think it could do wonders
I learned english from webtoons/manga/manhwa 👍🏻
Nice
@@elchuzalongo4339 Thanks~
Really? Woah.
@@beans7612 Yess (≧▽≦)
Did u just read and sometimes translate?How did u learn?I want to improve my skills but I have no options to talk to foreigners in my country so I want to get that normal speech not a book speech.
I will be really happy if u share your valuable experience~
the webtoon tip is amazing, thank you🙏
only got recommended your channel rn, good to see you are healty and still learning
The idea of re-watching shows but subbed with the language you want to learn is brilliant.
I was a big Webtoon reader for a couple of years and never thought about it as a tool in this way!
Thank you for emphasizing to pick media themes you already have an interest in... really explains how my high school language requirement didn't work so great...
I am learning Spanish and I feel like I am not going anywhere. Hopefully I will gain a lot after this video.
Edit:
I do not want to be this person but screw it. Thanks for the 160 likes. I never actually had this much before. Also thanks for the support.
Good look with your Spanish friend 👍☺️
You got this. I used Pimsleur when starting Chinese and I felt like I was actually doing solid. Just lost the time to work on it.
I'm also learning spanish and I feel the same. I thought that as a Portuguese speaker that would be "easier" but honestly, that's not the case
@@zestastic3359 Gracias/Thanks!
I am also learning Spanish and sometimes I feel like I'm not going anywhere as well but some days it feels very rewarding. What tools have you been using to learn? I recently started using Busuu and Lingvist as well as listening to podcasts, watching Spanish RUclips and watching TV, although I find it very difficult to watch TV with subtitles in Spanish because of my lack of vocabulary.
Bro you don't understand how happy I become whenever I see a new video of yours🌺🌺
God bless you
Bought your book almost 2 months ago followed everything u said Started with pimsleur completed the lessons and I finished about 1 week ago and I finally started Assimil so far its been pretty difficult but I haven't missed a day of studying and I can say that I know about 700 to 800 words now more or less
is it worth it?
@@naty30354 His book just shows you the method on how to learn the language, I've followed the steps precisely for 2 months and I've made progress so yeah I'd say it works
@@exposingtruth600 Is it by immersing with native content?
This is one of the most helpful language learning introductions. Thank u for sharing it with us. ❤️❤️❤️
I am so eagered to use your language learning app
Just finished reading your book now👍
Wish me Luck!
Not sure how this could get dislikes, he's pretty much laid out all there is to it, for free, in less than 10 minutes. Wish I'd seen this years ago when I started learning Japanese
Just started learning japanese last 2 days ago. I so needed this, thank you very much
Right now im learning French and ur videos have been really useful😁👍🏾
Bonne chance mon amis. J'espère que vous apprendrez français plus vite!/ Good Luck Friend! I hope you learn really quickly!
First time I heard about frequency lists, great idea for efficiency!
Just watch media in your target language. That’s how I learnt French. I watched 100s of French dubbed anime with French subs and I got to a pretty good level with 8months. I just looked up words on my second monitor while watching.
after I felt comfortable with watching anime, I started reading then everything sky rocketed from there
Where can I find some dubbed anime in French? I have been looking for years!
@@Tasi_things there’s a popular French torrent site called yggtorrent.li It has most dubs used. However, if you want a more legal route try using Netflix + nordvpn to France. The only downside is that there isn’t a large variety to choose from if u use Netflix.
@@ln6264 Lol nice. Another piece of evidence that immersion learning is actually effective.
Also! Disney has the biggest library of animated movies translated into different languages. They translated their entire library into a bunch of languages.
Also Also! French TV shows!! Lupin is so good, I just finished it and while I didnt understand everything if you stick on French subtitles you will be able to follow the show
You looking good man stay healthy looking forward to your videos
Yeaaa, nice, new video
I'll try this tips in russian
Is it hard to pronounce? Russian
Хэй, круто, что ты изучаешь этот язык. Удачи в обучении.
Я тоже !
Wow these are such great tips! I actually did a lot of these when I learned Spanish and now as I’m learning French. However I haven’t tried reading comic books and I think this would be a great way to start reading in the target language without it being so daunting. Thanks so much 🙏🏾
I am learning English while I watch this video at the same time taking notes because I want to start learning another language.
thats it. you have gave me the motivation to start relearning korean. its been like a couple years and i frogot everything! imma start relearning everyday. thanks
I didn’t know the comics in several languages. Thank you 🙏 Actually it’s what I do with my stories in 6 languages. I will recommend this to my son.
I like the New style of your New videos, that you put clips in it looks more professional than just talking to the camera. Keep it up 👍
I’m going to start learning French, and I hope to be conversationally fluent by the end of the year. I’m not sure if I’ll actually follow through, but I’ll try my best. I’ll update this comment every week with my progress and hopefully in about 7 months or so I’ll have it down for the most part. Also yes, I’m completely copying someone’s idea who commented on another Ikenna video but I really want to do this too.
Week 0: This is the first day. I’m in French 2 at school so I already know a good bit of basic phrases and words, but not much more than that.
It's been two weeks, how u doin?
It’s been 2 months you good?
4 months bruh
Bonne chance!
i need updates man UPDATES
Definitely saving this advice. I've been listening to postcasts and watching Japanse vtuber streams to try to get a hold on the language. I should start to work myself into reading and writing too.
thank you for all these videos man, you inspired me to start japanese despite it being hard and also later now i plan to retouch spanish that i struggled through in school
How to learn a language fast :
Work 30 hours a day
It depends on your right brain 😇😇
@@rubyvampiredean. right brain?
Ling Ling uses musical notes for letters and studies for 40 hours a day.....(TwoSet anyone?)
@@rubyvampiredean. Right and left brain thing is a myth btw
@RuRuu woooosh
i've been trying to learn Spanish for 3 days now and all of these small tips definitely add up. Thanks for the great content and positive attuide.
On of the things that helped with my mandarin would have to be song/music
I love to sing and the meoldy also helps keep it my head
I'm currently studying mandarin and anki + bilibili, douyin, iqiyi, or other chinese platforms are my best friend, I listen to music while doing homework and it's pretty fun and helpful!
@@sabr3T Nice 👍
Спасибо ikenna, Я немного понимаю по-русски, been learning for about 2 weeks with pimsleur and its working great!
удачи в изучении, русский один из самых сложных языков)
Another tip: If you've been making excuses lately, stay motivated by watching Ikenna! :D
okay Ikenna you really goated in my language learning. thanks for the tips & motivation
Ikenna I absolutely enjoy your channel, currently starting Genki 1 to learn Japanese and constantly following your tutorials. Love from Canada
Thank you so much for this video. I have "Learned" am kind of fluent in american sign language.
And now learning spanish, and hope to become fluent to move on to another language.
I'm 16 and Learned that I love learning languages! Thank you again for this video please keep posting your videos are what keep me going when learning a new language. And give me new and better ways to learn it so I dont get bored.
Yo ikenna there’s a RUclips who tried using your technique his channel name is “NoTa WeEb”
Do they do immersion tho?
Gracias, ahora estoy apreniendo espanol y tus videos son como una motivacion para mi pero en general a mi me encanta tu canal. Gracias otra vezzzzz!!!
6: Listen to Ikenna's tips
I hope your healthy Ikenna.
Sending love and support your way.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
"Listen to music in the target language"
Well, don't mind if I do. Just gave me another excuse to listen to J-pop.
Haha I felt that one
Ew
@@lifeuncovered6188 why?
@@user-rw4vv7es9j Insecurity.
J-pop will help you with a bit of vocab, and listening, but other than that it’s just an okay resource. I’d recommend immersing with shows instead.
0:54 Pimsleur was actually the first ad that popped up on this video. What a coincidence!
I'm currently learning german and I think I'm stuck on the intermediate level. I practice every day, listen to german music and sometimes watch german TV-shows, and like, I can feel the vocabulary expanding but every time I try to speak I get brain dead lmao... I make a pause between every word I say and it goes so slow, including my writing. I actually create pretty good sentences both when I speak and write but I'm just very slow and have to think before every word I make and it's getting really annoying.
I feel like you need to watch more shows and blogs (also playing videogames could help if you're a player). It'll give you more language patterns valuable for daily situations. If you're comfortable with it, try speaking to yourself in German, imagine that you're a blogger and talk about different topics. That'll help you to think in German so when you're talking to people irl it'll be super easy
@@orange_kate Thanks for the tips, I will definitely try that!
Keep inputting with shows, your speaking will improve naturally.
Thank you for these amazing tips. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💐💐💐💐💐💐💐🤗🌹💃🌹♥️♥️💟💟💗💗💘💝💖🥳🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩
When attempting to read my first novel in french I found that personally it was easiest to read a sent amount (e.g a chapter) and skipping over words that were not familiar, and then afterwards highlighting new words before adding them to my anki deck. Not sure if it was the most efficient way to read but it definitely helped to improve my vocabulary and solidify my pre-existing knowledge
Thanks for the encouragement Ikenna!
Time to speedrun learning Spanish brb 🏃♂️💨
Finally another languange tips video
thank you sir
*Learns English through videos of Ikenna teaching how to learn a language*
Technically, if English is your target language then it's good input lol.
@@benwhitethelanguagesguy6838 Yeah, really good input.
I am really happy to hear that I am not the only one who reads books in my target language. Reading Japanese visual novels, webnovels and even anime subtitles helped me acquire a bit of Japanese. I am still in the intermediate pit but I am making amazing progress by reading. Wish you a happy and fun reading journey!
Good luck fellow Japanese learner.
I was just searching about this 5 minutes ago lol
Love to see you back
The first comment is by subashree and the comment is basically "Hii"
ohhh me 😮
@@subashree7800 yep
Also listing to audio books in another language especially if you've already read or listened to it in your own language will really help.
so i can write hiragana, can identify katakana and know "some" kanji what should i do next helppp
- pimsleur or any begginer audio program
-listen to lots and lots of japanese podcasts such as "hapa eikaiwa" they can be found in google podcatst
- consume content in japanese like anime or other movies which you have watched before. For example, frozen is dubbed into lots of languages including japanese.
- frequency lists. Look up frequency lists and see the most used words in the languages and see if you can recognize them in the podcast and music that you listen .
- look up basic grammar rules so that you can make sentences on you own. Like "わたしわかよでづ"/ "i am kayo".
- learn nouns, pronouns, etc words that are necessary to communicate such as "a, the, of, you, how, if, why, then, for, leave, by, should, word, nothing, are, can, way, know, about" etc.
Use Tae Kim’s grammar guide, then after going through everything in that guide, it’s time for the fun part, immersion, but first you’ll need is Anki, remember to read the manual. Then watch shows, read books/manga, listen to podcasts, or any content made for native speakers of Japanese, and if you encounter a sentence with a word that you don’t know in it, plop that sentence onto Anki, with the unknown word’s meaning, not the whole sentence’s meaning, only the word. If you have a PC however, you could also use some of Migaku’s or TheMoeWay’s tools for language learning, as those are way more convenient and faster than doing it manually.
He seems to feel a lot better! I'm so happy for him🙏🏾
Trying to become fluent in Spanish, but I keep slacking off. I've been playing too much GeoGuessr.
play Geoguessr in Spanish (the website is available in Spanish)
@@hugohosman2219 haven't thought of that. Will make sure to do that!!
Has mejorado?
I hope you are doing well! I always love your videos being a language learner myself!
Anyone know a good frequency list I could use for japanese? I've looked on Google but I don't if their good or not.
The 2k/6k vocab anki deck is the best resource from what I’ve seen.
@@Reforming_LL OK thanks, I'll give it a look
@@toxicharry3561 Yeah, Livakivi has made several videos about this deck and it looks great
@@MarvinThechessguy Yup
Nice man this helped a lot! Keep up the good work
Yo i really want to learn French
Me too
Oui oui baguette
@@stubmytoe Oui, croissants, baguettes lol
Spotify has "Learn French by podcast".
Highly recommended.
You should! It's a beautiful language and I have a lot of fun learning it.
Dude, I love your VR Chat videos so much, you've met many interesting people and I'd like to see you guys doing chitchat. I really hope you come back with those videos someday
Death comes to me for i am the first dislike
you just want to be special so bad
@@mysticz3734 yep
yep
@@mysticz3734 Did somebody *_ask_* you to pay attention? Don't like us? Scroll through
@@flatbreadjk what
Appreciate it, dude. Thanks!
i've taked 6 month to learn english fluently only by following theses tips, but i was also listening a lot , like i got some audiobooks with transcripts and i was reading first to understand and afterward i was listening and reading at the same time a thousand of times the same content til i understand naturally, this gave me some headaches but now i'm processing phrases at same time in two languages on my brain without even notice
Thanks 🙏🌸
Love u 😇👍
Great motivation boost!
My fiancee is italian and her english is amazing but her family doesnt speak english. I tried teaching myself Italian with her help (currently residing in Italy for two years) and its super hard and I'm easily discouraged but this motivates me a little more so, grazie mille.
Hi ikenna tysm for making this video this really helps, I’m a. 11 year old and I’m trying to speak French I can already speak 2 languages English and Indonesia my primary is Indonesia but my school speaks English and my parents immigrated us to the US and now I want to live in france and this helped my journey thanks again for the video God bless you and have a nice day!
Good to see you’re back
Love to see that you are doing well again and posting more often!!!
Its cool that you are getting the recognition i deserve, i followed you since the beginning with my old account
ありがとうございますイケンナさん！！
thank u for all ur work👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I learned English by watching tons of movies, videos and simply by engaging, listening to people everyday .
I remember when I first moved to USA I couldn't comprehend any speech or accent. I felt so desperate, however in spite of all my doubts and struggles I have become better.
I'm advanced in English yet I love reading webtoon, its so good and I learn a lot of vocab from it!