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Ikenna can you give us some tips on how to ig I guess block out a language and focus one at a time or the ones you use the most.Because I’m learning Italian so I can speak to my mother’s side of the family I already speak one romantic language Romanian, I been so use to watching French movies RUclipsrs like bilal Hassani and sulivan gwed and Sunday Jules, mademoiselle Gloria, spark dise, alix gavoille, and more that I can sing ROI by bilal Hassani but can’t remember the word for bathroom in Italian, it like I need to be cleared of French and turn my room and brain into little Italy
I just bought the book today... I’m halfway through it. This has been something I needed. I need to refine my Spanish. After that I will choose another language. Unlike you though, I’ve known early that languages could be a thing for me. I was surrounded by Spanish speakers at a young age; I was raised in central Florida. So, thank you for this!
When I come round to trying to learn I will have made my technique so efficient that I just learn how to say "Beans" in every language and extrapolate the entire language from that in 3 minutes.
@@Aaron-zd1ws if you want to know.... Us frenchies have a tendancy to struggle AS F* in orthography (for this generation at least) and we all have a phenomenon called "flemme" that happens when we're tired and that makes us don't want to do anything and procrastinate like no other human being on earth. And because of this a lot of french guys and girls have litteraly no skills in orthography.... So keep going 👍
I personally think that people should deconstruct a language by using their own language and finding all the equivalents and then learning how to use your study language as if it were your own. For example, find out all the pronouns, all adjectives, then find the 20 most common verbs, top 100 every day objects and places, and get basic sentence structure/grammar rules in the study language and make flash cards and study them. Then after hearing music or video's in your study language you will start learning from them 10X faster because you actually KNOW what words are being spoken in the tv and music. I don't believe in learning a language RAW (as in learning it like a baby does). NO matter how much NOISE you hear in the study language, if you don't know what they are saying, you are making very slow progress at best to learn the language. That's why it takes babies 4-5 years to talk despite full immersion in the language 24/7. Turning NOISE into Knowledge is not as effective as building a language blueprint and filling it in like a puzzle.
Wrong. You learn faster if you disconnect your native language to the language you're trying to learn. Think of equivalents in the same language just different, simpler words
I literally used to watch her in spanish back in Cuba i never learned Chinese yet. I'm learning japanese right now as my 3rd language, planning on learning chinese later so let's see how it goes.
Lucas Bustillo Wow, I’m also learning Japanese right now. I would watch the show in Mexico as a child, weird coincidence in language knowledge lol. Best wishes!
This is what i did since i was 14 I started with, baby shows and currently i can understand even slangs. and i am mexican and never put a foot in anglo countries. Also i push myself about reading books in english and start discussions online.
My mother came from serbia to germany without any knowledge of the german language, she learned german by interacting with people and watching TV. She's working as a translator/interpreter today without ever having seen a language school from the inside and judges always ask for her when they need someone for the serbian language, even though there's quite a few others.
@@avzarathustra6164 It has a few similiarities with other slavic languages. Other than that? No idea, never took a deep dive into the language, which i definitely regret. If you have no problems pronouncing 3 consonants in a row (Krk for example, an island in croatia) then you wont have a hard time with speaking. Theres also 3 or 4 kinds of 's' sounds which can be hard to grasp, but grammar is actually pretty hard according to my mom. Grammar is something i never understood tho, neither german or english. so again: no idea bout that :x If you wanna know some specific stuff i can try to ask my mom about it, may be a good opportunity to get better at the language myself xD
@@XploitedEuter oh lol! I'm sorry, I assumed you were fluent XD! Serbian isn't really mentioned that much compared to Russian, so it's interesting to talk about.
i learn my japanese through my 3ds its a game called my japanese coach but now i study in school and im currently learning kanji along with grammar things
When I start learning a new language I always watch Peppa Pig at first.It is really helpful and you can find it in whatever language you want,even in the one that is quite rare(czech in my case)
@@jadrobe3492 Five,including my native-Russian.I can speak French Zcech Spanish English and I recently started Korean but I cant say anything,I just mastered Hangul.
As a french i Can recomend you some french comedy like for exemple "mais qu'est ce qu'on a fait au bon dieu" (but what did we do to god un english) it's a comedy about racism in a family
I tried doing that with spanish subtitles Korean dramas, but I was finding myself focusing on translating the Spanish 🤷🏽♀️ ..I feel like my Spanish would probably improve
That's what I'm doing now. I'm watching series with Portuguese audio and English subtitles, because there are no subtitles in my native language. It helped a lot, because I found a lot of words that are very simular in the 2 languages so it's easier to recognise them.
@@szabinakalocsa437 where are you getting the Portuguese shows I am currently learning Portuguese and I'm finding it very hard to find shows that are from Portugal or have Portuguese audio. if you have any to recommend it would be appreciated !
Tips for improving your listening skills in your target language. I’m in this strange limbo stage of French rn. I’d consider myself somewhere around B1-B2 and when I listen to others speak my mind just blanks out!
I learned English only from RUclips videos and tv shows/films + some books down the road. It’s probably not good as only way of learning but I think it worked out for me. Some study of grammar and stuff like that would be probably good to top it of but I don’t like textbooks. Right now I would like to Learn Japanese and I will probably try it in similar way. First I would like to learn hiragana and katakana so I can read subtitles and then watch some good shows with Japanese subs + I got Pimsleurs Japanese so I can have some basics before I start watching. Great video.
i know english, dutch and portuguese due growing up speaking those languages. portuguese as my mother one, dutch as my everyday at school and english with internet. you’re really inspiring me to check out some more languages and have get the whole potential that i can do it. i’ve been watching anime and japanese, korean, chinese, spanish dramas and till this day don’t really get it bUt now i really have the motivation to go for it. thanks man. 😤🙏🙏
Great advice! My 6 year-old son is a big fan of Yokai Watch. He wanted to watch newer episodes, so I started playing the subbed version for him and reading the subtitles aloud. I'm very surprised at how much I have learned!
Stromae in the background ❤ J'adore tes vidéos mais surtout ta chanson "je crois pas" ! Je l'ai saigné tout l'été ! Do one other more of this kind please !!!
Fantastic video Ikenna. You are so articulate and passionate about learning languages and have given me some great tips in my quest to improve my German. Vielen Dank!
So I started serious self studying korean last year and I have sort of discovered these techniques naturally. Though everyone finds different methods more effective than others, I have found that daily immersion in multiple forms and mediums really helpful. Even when I fall off of my formal studying in my books or audio/video lessons..I find my Korean is still improving steadily just by taking in so much Korean content on a daily basis. I am ACTIVELY watching/ listening though but I think even subconsciously hearing the language as often as possible tunes your ear to pick up even more of it more easily. Thanks so much for the tip on the Viki site! I have been using youtube for most of my content watching (there is a lot of great content to enjoy while studying) but this site will help A LOT!
If you wanna learn a language, watch something which is basically in the language you wanna learn. I mean if you wanna learn French, watch french shows, not English shows translated in French, because the translation isn't always good and you can't notice every joke or something else specific to the language you wanna learn.
I guess Id do this, if you are: Beginner: target language audio+your language subtitles Intermediate: target language audio+ target language subtitles Advance: target language audio+no subtitles
My personal method of learning French with video media is mostly through short youtube videos. The process is not necessarily the same as what Ikenna mentioned about Tv series as they are generally longer and contain multiple episodes or seasons. Since the youtube videos I watch are shorter, I can watch them multiple times. When I started out as a beginner, I watch the video repeatedly with my native languages (I'm bilingual, so either work). The important part is to be interested in the content to the point where you subconsciously start to mumble or mouth certain lines from the video. Moving forward as an intermediate, I did a similar method of watching the video with French subtitles or no subtitles at all, as Ikenna said in his video. However, again due to the short nature of RUclips videos, I would watch the video once without subs, once with French subs, then one final time with English subs to make sure I understood everything. I then go back to the French sub to check for any words that I didn't know previously and try to figure out the meaning based on context and my knowledge from the English subs. I find this quite effective for me. Hope this can serve some help for people who are trying to learn from RUclips.
3:58 Actually it is possible to learn a language with jus watching TV. For a person that’s already fed up with school studying I know that I’d never be motivated enough to learn a language by studying it. It prolly will take a long ass time but it is possible. I’m Saudi Arabian so my first language is Arabic and considering the fact that Arabic is a pretty difficult and different language it’s kinda hard to learn any other languages. But I’ve always watched RUclips videos and movies n stuff for years and now I can speak English fluently. Now I’m switching into learning French so wish me luck:)
I’m not sure if anyone has already brought this up but CaptionPop is another really good source for language content with double translations. Plus it’s RUclips videos so it’s native speakers speaking in modern language as well as it’s free!
As someone that just finished with kana, I approve this! ありがとございます Just for the newbies, he's saying の which is the sound "no". Which is basically saying no in English. In Japanese no would be iie いいえ although!
I got into kpop and kdramas In January of 2020 - so it’s been over a year now since I’ve been hearing the Korean language like daily. I had no intention in actually learning Korean and honestly I’m still not seriously learning it but I generally pick up things (especially languages) pretty fast. So even I have noticed that I can make full sentences in Korean now, just by watching and listening to Korean ppl speak. (Obviously im not a pro lol) but if I can learn without even tryin that hard - you can definitely do it!! believe me, like if you actually pay attention - you’ll for sure be able to get to atleast a late beginner stage or something! So good luck to everyone trying to learn a language :)
I;m 2 minutes in and I just realized Tous Les Memes by Stromae was playing in the background. Or at least some version of it. This makes me very happy since I haven't heard it in years.
Watch a movie you're very familiar with, in the dub of the language you want to learn, with english subtitles. Like, I know the whole script to The Fast and The Furious off by heart, so what if I watch it in another language? Because I know what's going on and what they should be saying in English, but instead comparing it with the other language. So you're learning like "Ok, so this phrase is said like this in this language", etc. Genius.
I have been watching foreign programmes and films for a long time in many languages for entertainment purposes but after watching this, I will apply the tips that you gave for next time. This is really helpful. Thanks! 😊
It would be great to hear you talk about how much time you think someone should spend learning grammatical rules and stuff. I'm not a fan of it, but obviously it it's place, in moderation.
I do this with ASMR in the language I'm trying to learn. I find a voice I really like and pick a "ramble" style video and just replay it over and over until i no longer need the subtitles to remember what they said. Helps learn "everyday" vocabulary!
Now that I'm thinking of it, the og dragon ball was really linguistically simple. I watched it in English, and never saw words difficult for people learning English.
Watching your videos really motivated me to learn a new language. I picked spanish because the pronunciations of the spanish words is really similar to tagalog words (filipino).
I recommend using RUclips once you've passed the subtitles stage of watching things. Most native content in Spanish doesn't have subtitles so that kind of sucks haha but there are channels where there are subtitles available.
@@iris-zy1dt Hello! If you are still interested, some hipanic youtubers that I know are: SPAIN: Vegetta777, elrubiusOMG, TheWillyrex, AuronPlay, RanguGamer, ElRichMC... (let's players), El canal de Korah (parody dubs and vlogs), Karimero (Pokémon channel). LATAM: JuegaGerman (Chile, let's plays), El Reviewer Random (Chile, media reviewer/critic), piyoasdf (Chile, art channel), Nico Borie (Chile, music covers in spanish), Fernanfloo (El Salvador), Luisito Comunica (México), César Córdova (México, art channel. He has subtitles in various languages), Leo Meza (México, art channel), La Zona Cero (México, animation reviewer/critic), DrossRotzank (Venezuela, spooky videos?).
@@iris-zy1dt I'm not sure how good these channels actually are for language learning since I'm a native speaker but I hope it helps a bit at least! Once you start watching them, RUclips will recommend other channels anyway in case you don't like those.
I don’t think you can learn a language from zero just by watching a TV show. I am watching animes for 6 years now and cannot speak Japanese at all. But I do think that TV shows are a good source of learning a language if you are actually learning the language with books or in a school, then you can practice your hearing comprehension and pick up new words. That’s how I learned english, was learning English in school and watched lots of tv shows to improve it but learning a language just with a TV show? Nahh
i learned english that way, i didnt watch TV but i've watched youtube. i also started to read books after a while. i never used subtitles and i talked english by myself everyday. i never had to open a grammar book.
Nah... I don't think so... I learned English and German just by watching tv and nothing else... It wouldn't make sense from a evolutionary perspective to not be able to learn a language just by listening... What if one day you get stranded in a land where you don't know their language? The body would have to have a safe plan for that.... And that is being able to learn a language just by listening.
I tend to go with RUclips videos or Podcasts instead of TV, because most of the TV shows I find not very interesting or a little bit too simple and obviously don't reflect genuine conversation with native speakers. Am I the only one with this problem?
After years of watching anime and playing Japanese game my Japanese level sort of stuck at a stage where I can watch Japanese kid shows without subtitles but can’t make any conversations with a Japanese person.
i actually learned english watching youtube and series in about six months! i decided to try use the same method for learning korean, alongside ttmik books
SUMMARY: 1. Only watch shows that you would watch in English (or your native language) or you would get bored and learning languages should be fun. 2. For the beginning parts of your language learning (3-9 months) use English subtitles, and then remove them and replace it with the language you’re studying. 3. When you learn a new word put it in Anki (flash card program that forces you to remember the word) 4. Some really good websites to use are Viki rakutan (I definitely spelled that wrong but it’s good for Chinese, Japanese, and korean), Fluentu, and Yabla (has a lot more languages) Good luck on your language adventures 😊💕
Great advice re: TV shows. I did a lot of this in the beginning learning Korean. I had the advantage of living in the country so I could easily go out and practice daily. I started out watching mostly half hour shows that I was interested in like restaurant reviews and cooking shows. Luckily, the shows were very formulaic and a lot of repetitive vocabulary with video graphics shown on screen. The visuals of Korean food made it super interesting as well because I knew what to order and ask for when I ate out which was nearly every day. Made learning memorable, delicious, and personally interesting.
I've been planning on learning Spanish and Korean. And so far, I can understand 10-25% of spanish that I read(5% of spanish being spoken to me) and I only know how to say "I am american/korean/japanese" in korean. Oh And I also know the korean word for milk haha, so I have a lot of work to do! Thanks for the vids!
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Ikenna can you give us some tips on how to ig I guess block out a language and focus one at a time or the ones you use the most.Because I’m learning Italian so I can speak to my mother’s side of the family I already speak one romantic language Romanian, I been so use to watching French movies RUclipsrs like bilal Hassani and sulivan gwed and Sunday Jules, mademoiselle Gloria, spark dise, alix gavoille, and more that I can sing ROI by bilal Hassani but can’t remember the word for bathroom in Italian, it like I need to be cleared of French and turn my room and brain into little Italy
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I just bought the book today... I’m halfway through it. This has been something I needed. I need to refine my Spanish. After that I will choose another language. Unlike you though, I’ve known early that languages could be a thing for me. I was surrounded by Spanish speakers at a young age; I was raised in central Florida. So, thank you for this!
Instead of learning the language, I learn how to learn the language.
Nigga u dumb
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Dat lijkt mij een Nederlandse naam of niet dan haha
@@dannemandewilde1571 zou het?! sherlock :D
Sws
English speaker: hi
Me(learning English from wwe): watch out watch out
Lol I'm doneee
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English speaker: I am tired.
Me learning English by watching Naruto: I am out of chakra.
PC GaMeS wacht iT in Jp its better
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@@jhw2696 i think they speak japanese, thats why they are watching it in english
LMFAO 😂😂😂
Its chikara or ?
Who else watches more videos about how to learn a language then actually practicing the language?
I feel your PAIN
i am not so sure abou... wait there's a new ikena video out! *binges the entirity of RUclips*
When I come round to trying to learn I will have made my technique so efficient that I just learn how to say "Beans" in every language and extrapolate the entire language from that in 3 minutes.
Not me, I'm immersed in the language all day long
Wyczesany Matiś that’s good you probably improve wayyy faster than me lmao
Imagine speaking to a french person like
Them: Oh you're learning French? What do you know so far?
You: Hé, c'est Hannah, Hannah Baker
🤣 this is hilarious!
Hey i'm french !
And actualy you write in french better than some real frenchies...
Gg
@@twistedpivoter2695 Thank you, It's all I know lol
@@Aaron-zd1ws if you want to know.... Us frenchies have a tendancy to struggle AS F* in orthography (for this generation at least) and we all have a phenomenon called "flemme" that happens when we're tired and that makes us don't want to do anything and procrastinate like no other human being on earth. And because of this a lot of french guys and girls have litteraly no skills in orthography....
So keep going 👍
Lmaoo dude I'm French and you're comment its funny xD «Hanna : Et oui c'est bien moi en audio et stéréo » lol
I learned English watching RUclips ALL day everyday in a short períod of time 5 to 6 months
My Native language is portuguese
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Did you just watch without subtitles?
Yes .but You can put the subtitle of the language You are learning i think ITS going to be even faster that way.
Same ,my native language is arabic
Byelingual: When you learn another language and start forgetting your original one.
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that happened to me in kindergarten
Lol I’ve heard of ppl who forget their whole native language I’m like how
@@talamuffy3094 yeah me too like i speak english all day long and ive been doing this for half a year now and i never forget my mother tounge lol
I personally think that people should deconstruct a language by using their own language and finding all the equivalents and then learning how to use your study language as if it were your own. For example, find out all the pronouns, all adjectives, then find the 20 most common verbs, top 100 every day objects and places, and get basic sentence structure/grammar rules in the study language and make flash cards and study them. Then after hearing music or video's in your study language you will start learning from them 10X faster because you actually KNOW what words are being spoken in the tv and music. I don't believe in learning a language RAW (as in learning it like a baby does). NO matter how much NOISE you hear in the study language, if you don't know what they are saying, you are making very slow progress at best to learn the language. That's why it takes babies 4-5 years to talk despite full immersion in the language 24/7. Turning NOISE into Knowledge is not as effective as building a language blueprint and filling it in like a puzzle.
Dude this is actually a good advice, thanks!
Wrong. You learn faster if you disconnect your native language to the language you're trying to learn. Think of equivalents in the same language just different, simpler words
owen2760 I don’t know dude, what he said makes a lotta sense
S S a lot of things work in practice and not in reality :)
Agreed. We have the advantage of knowing a language first so use it for your specific needs while studying the whole language in general.
“I’m not gonna watch some Chinese, Dora the Explorer rip-off”
Excuse me sir, did you just roast Ni Hao Kai-Lan?
Ayleen Fierro I was thinking the same thing, and I’m not happy about it
Ni Hao Kai-lan is the queen of my childhood
which consisted only of chinese and filipino speaking
I literally used to watch her in spanish back in Cuba i never learned Chinese yet. I'm learning japanese right now as my 3rd language, planning on learning chinese later so let's see how it goes.
Ohhh mann I remember that show!! So long ago.
Lucas Bustillo Wow, I’m also learning Japanese right now. I would watch the show in Mexico as a child, weird coincidence in language knowledge lol. Best wishes!
This is what i did since i was 14
I started with, baby shows and currently i can understand even slangs. and i am mexican and never put a foot in anglo countries. Also i push myself about reading books in english and start discussions online.
Como te ha ido, funciona?
Just like you learn your fist. Su Lengua materna.
My mother came from serbia to germany without any knowledge of the german language, she learned german by interacting with people and watching TV. She's working as a translator/interpreter today without ever having seen a language school from the inside and judges always ask for her when they need someone for the serbian language, even though there's quite a few others.
Svaka čast za tvoju majku.
krasse mama !
How is Serbian? Is it like one United language, or a group of dialects? And would you say it's hard to learn?
@@avzarathustra6164 It has a few similiarities with other slavic languages. Other than that? No idea, never took a deep dive into the language, which i definitely regret. If you have no problems pronouncing 3 consonants in a row (Krk for example, an island in croatia) then you wont have a hard time with speaking. Theres also 3 or 4 kinds of 's' sounds which can be hard to grasp, but grammar is actually pretty hard according to my mom. Grammar is something i never understood tho, neither german or english. so again: no idea bout that :x
If you wanna know some specific stuff i can try to ask my mom about it, may be a good opportunity to get better at the language myself xD
@@XploitedEuter oh lol! I'm sorry, I assumed you were fluent XD! Serbian isn't really mentioned that much compared to Russian, so it's interesting to talk about.
"Tous Les Mêmes" in the background 🥰
Kyra Ero all the memes 😂😂
tous les memes sont tous les mêmes, clairement
@@majarimennamazerinth5753 je n'aime pas toi
*pleure*
It’s kinda funny cuz I was just listening to it before watching this
Japanese speaker: Nani?
Me (learning Japanese watching anime): Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru...
おまえ は もう しんでいろ。何!
@ma soo-yun nice. Don't give up on learning japanese. I have a 29 day streak on duolingo
i learn my japanese through my 3ds its a game called my japanese coach but now i study in school and im currently learning kanji along with grammar things
@@landongilbert2311 cool. Don't give up
頑張ってね僕は日本人のハーフでーすI also speak English too good luck
“Chinese Dora the explorer ripoff” do you mean Ni hao Kilan?
Lol
Asdfghjkl Memories 🥺😂
I only saw a little bit of it, but it looks cute
Ella es de Japón
Cece young No lol, se llama “Nihao Kai-lan”, ¿qué rayos te hace creer que es de Japón?
Clicked because of death note
I learned Japanese because of Death Note....
#otaku
@@Mayakuya Nani!?
Clicked because of Death Note, stayed because of One Piece badass soundtrack
@@Mayakuya You must be KIra
When I start learning a new language I always watch Peppa Pig at first.It is really helpful and you can find it in whatever language you want,even in the one that is quite rare(czech in my case)
Oh good idea! Thanks
This is actually helpful
@@TimeraB I am happy I helped you))
Woa, how many languages do you know so far?
@@jadrobe3492 Five,including my native-Russian.I can speak French Zcech Spanish English and I recently started Korean but I cant say anything,I just mastered Hangul.
Elite is a good Spanish show ,,,,,,,baby is an Italian show and they are making a 2nd season they’re both on Netflix
me encanta elite
It is!! Haven’t watch baby tho
Watched both they're great
Elite is garbage
Im watching elite but they speak so fast i can only catch like one word
It would be great if ya have us a list of what you watch for each language. Especially for French
He mentioned you should be watching what you like because you will want to watch it.
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La mantis!
For French a few good shows on Netflix include Les Revenants, A Very Secret Service, and maybe like The Forest ig too
On Netflix watch the French movie He Even Has Your Eyes. It’s really good ngl.
As a french i Can recomend you some french comedy like for exemple "mais qu'est ce qu'on a fait au bon dieu" (but what did we do to god un english) it's a comedy about racism in a family
"dont learn a language through tv shows"
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If you know multiple languages you can put the subtitles in that language to practice 2 LANGUAGES AT ONCE. 🤗🤗🤗
Zyanna Jones you mean like I’m watching a korean drama subbed with chinese for example:0 I should try lol
I tried doing that with spanish subtitles Korean dramas, but I was finding myself focusing on translating the Spanish 🤷🏽♀️ ..I feel like my Spanish would probably improve
Unfortunately, even though I know multiple languages I can only read English.
That's what I'm doing now. I'm watching series with Portuguese audio and English subtitles, because there are no subtitles in my native language. It helped a lot, because I found a lot of words that are very simular in the 2 languages so it's easier to recognise them.
@@szabinakalocsa437 where are you getting the Portuguese shows I am currently learning Portuguese and I'm finding it very hard to find shows that are from Portugal or have Portuguese audio. if you have any to recommend it would be appreciated !
leave me some video ideas what would you like to see me talk about?
Tips for adapting to a new writing system?
Nigerian artists
Tips for improving your listening skills in your target language. I’m in this strange limbo stage of French rn. I’d consider myself somewhere around B1-B2 and when I listen to others speak my mind just blanks out!
How to speak with an accent ugh I'm learning French and I'm STRUGGLING
Ooooh and how you changed your handwriting x
I'm watching freaking Peppa pig back off
Haha
the funny thing is is that i watch peppa pig unironically
Peppa Pig is awesome, though
I learned English only from RUclips videos and tv shows/films + some books down the road. It’s probably not good as only way of learning but I think it worked out for me. Some study of grammar and stuff like that would be probably good to top it of but I don’t like textbooks. Right now I would like to Learn Japanese and I will probably try it in similar way. First I would like to learn hiragana and katakana so I can read subtitles and then watch some good shows with Japanese subs + I got Pimsleurs Japanese so I can have some basics before I start watching. Great video.
i know english, dutch and portuguese due growing up speaking those languages. portuguese as my mother one, dutch as my everyday at school and english with internet. you’re really inspiring me to check out some more languages and have get the whole potential that i can do it. i’ve been watching anime and japanese, korean, chinese, spanish dramas and till this day don’t really get it bUt now i really have the motivation to go for it. thanks man. 😤🙏🙏
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Great advice! My 6 year-old son is a big fan of Yokai Watch. He wanted to watch newer episodes, so I started playing the subbed version for him and reading the subtitles aloud. I'm very surprised at how much I have learned!
so glad you're back to regularly uploading! Loved your book btw.
Stromae in the background ❤ J'adore tes vidéos mais surtout ta chanson "je crois pas" ! Je l'ai saigné tout l'été ! Do one other more of this kind please !!!
i will one day :)
@@IkennaLanguages I'm wating for it ; ) je crois pas ...
Love stromae, don’t know French though, he’s really messing with my plan to learn just Spanish haha :)
Formidable! One of my best song from him. Can't get the song out of my head. Just started learning french.
❤️
Brazilian here, learned English through nhentai, and now I'm in the process of learning Japanese through the same blessed site
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@@angelosunn6930 yeah, I know this one already
@@gabrielsanchesprado9915 just testing if you are a true man of culture :^)
AngeloSunn RotMG is it a porn link or something
@@angelosunn6930 ehehehe
Fantastic video Ikenna. You are so articulate and passionate about learning languages and have given me some great tips in my quest to improve my German. Vielen Dank!
Ikenna: children’s kids shows are boring if your not a kid
Me: *a fully grown 14 year old continues watching peppa pig*
"fully grown 14 year old"
Turbo Turlet nah he’s a young adult kids are like 11 or so
Daniel Engberg 18 would be a adult..:
@@louism.3435 Young adult is 17
@@louism.3435 A 14 year old would be a teenager
So I started serious self studying korean last year and I have sort of discovered these techniques naturally. Though everyone finds different methods more effective than others, I have found that daily immersion in multiple forms and mediums really helpful. Even when I fall off of my formal studying in my books or audio/video lessons..I find my Korean is still improving steadily just by taking in so much Korean content on a daily basis. I am ACTIVELY watching/ listening though but I think even subconsciously hearing the language as often as possible tunes your ear to pick up even more of it more easily.
Thanks so much for the tip on the Viki site! I have been using youtube for most of my content watching (there is a lot of great content to enjoy while studying) but this site will help A LOT!
If you wanna learn a language, watch something which is basically in the language you wanna learn. I mean if you wanna learn French, watch french shows, not English shows translated in French, because the translation isn't always good and you can't notice every joke or something else specific to the language you wanna learn.
The problem is looking for shows that interests you 😂 Like you really have to dig deep
Well, let's watch Jojo.
i agree. i do find that for the language i’m learning (norwegian) it’s hard to find movies or series that interest me, but i definitely agree
@@em-vo4ml there is this Norwegian show called skam. Check it out. Its really good!
Nihala actually that’s the show that got me to want to learn norwegian! it’s amazinggg
My results of learning Russian from CS:GO videos.
blyat cyka pidor rush b vodka vodka
you should try and go on CS:GO and talk to the russians your self i heared they are very friendly
@@Yoreni Yeah..... For sure.....
That's enough for survival in Russia, man
qull lmaooooo learning Russian aswell comrade 😂 Russian memes are legends
@@helpme2401 lol
I watch your videos more than actually learning a language 😂
Before the video started, I got the ad for your book.
It was meant to be.
I guess Id do this, if you are:
Beginner: target language audio+your language subtitles
Intermediate: target language audio+ target language subtitles
Advance: target language audio+no subtitles
My personal method of learning French with video media is mostly through short youtube videos. The process is not necessarily the same as what Ikenna mentioned about Tv series as they are generally longer and contain multiple episodes or seasons. Since the youtube videos I watch are shorter, I can watch them multiple times.
When I started out as a beginner, I watch the video repeatedly with my native languages (I'm bilingual, so either work). The important part is to be interested in the content to the point where you subconsciously start to mumble or mouth certain lines from the video.
Moving forward as an intermediate, I did a similar method of watching the video with French subtitles or no subtitles at all, as Ikenna said in his video. However, again due to the short nature of RUclips videos, I would watch the video once without subs, once with French subs, then one final time with English subs to make sure I understood everything. I then go back to the French sub to check for any words that I didn't know previously and try to figure out the meaning based on context and my knowledge from the English subs. I find this quite effective for me.
Hope this can serve some help for people who are trying to learn from RUclips.
Cette méthode a l'air effective. Félicitations d'apprendre le français !
Woo just bought your book! And I'm so glad someone else feels TV shows are a great way to absorb language
3:58 Actually it is possible to learn a language with jus watching TV. For a person that’s already fed up with school studying I know that I’d never be motivated enough to learn a language by studying it. It prolly will take a long ass time but it is possible. I’m Saudi Arabian so my first language is Arabic and considering the fact that Arabic is a pretty difficult and different language it’s kinda hard to learn any other languages. But I’ve always watched RUclips videos and movies n stuff for years and now I can speak English fluently. Now I’m switching into learning French so wish me luck:)
Please give me tips :)
Good luck! Btw, do you have recommendations of arab youtubers?
Me learning Japanese : "Bu..bu..but... Japanese subtitles???"
Thank you man
I like watching korean and chinese dramas in Viki, but i didnt know it has the "language mode" feature. It's extremely useful
I’m not sure if anyone has already brought this up but CaptionPop is another really good source for language content with double translations. Plus it’s RUclips videos so it’s native speakers speaking in modern language as well as it’s free!
Thanks bruh...Learned about this resource just now.. well I have Spanish specific resources...beta.conjuguemos.com/activities/spanish/verb/1
I have been wondering for about a week if I could get Korean subtitles for K-dramas. Will look around and see what's out there!
OMG I’m so thankful for you telling me about the viki thing. It should be really helpful for my chinese learning journey!!
I'm from Russia and i try learn English. This video really was interesting and your videos are really cool. И да, твой русский очень крутой ; )
Me: brain, will you remember this?
My brain: の
Me: please!
Brain:ノ
Fr tho
My brain is really 50/50 on what I remember.
As someone that just finished with kana, I approve this! ありがとございます
Just for the newbies, he's saying の which is the sound "no". Which is basically saying no in English. In Japanese no would be iie いいえ although!
I got into kpop and kdramas In January of 2020 - so it’s been over a year now since I’ve been hearing the Korean language like daily. I had no intention in actually learning Korean and honestly I’m still not seriously learning it but I generally pick up things (especially languages) pretty fast. So even I have noticed that I can make full sentences in Korean now, just by watching and listening to Korean ppl speak. (Obviously im not a pro lol) but if I can learn without even tryin that hard - you can definitely do it!! believe me, like if you actually pay attention - you’ll for sure be able to get to atleast a late beginner stage or something! So good luck to everyone trying to learn a language :)
Hehe.. sums up the video with one word for me
Anime
this man motivate me and demotivate me at a same time.
i just bought your book on impulse..... you motivate me so much to get back on tracksp
For those who learn a language using their second language 🙂✨
I'm proud 😂❤️
I;m 2 minutes in and I just realized Tous Les Memes by Stromae was playing in the background. Or at least some version of it. This makes me very happy since I haven't heard it in years.
Watch a movie you're very familiar with, in the dub of the language you want to learn, with english subtitles. Like, I know the whole script to The Fast and The Furious off by heart, so what if I watch it in another language? Because I know what's going on and what they should be saying in English, but instead comparing it with the other language. So you're learning like "Ok, so this phrase is said like this in this language", etc.
Genius.
I have been watching foreign programmes and films for a long time in many languages for entertainment purposes but after watching this, I will apply the tips that you gave for next time.
This is really helpful. Thanks! 😊
Your vids are so cool and you just naturally seem chill
It would be great to hear you talk about how much time you think someone should spend learning grammatical rules and stuff. I'm not a fan of it, but obviously it it's place, in moderation.
Bro watch "Destinos" it's an educational telenovela from the 90's, it's free on the internet, super entertaining and helpful.
Watching television totally works! Since my dad watched anime I pretty much got into it when I was 5 ;) so now I actually know a lot of Japanese.
I do this with ASMR in the language I'm trying to learn. I find a voice I really like and pick a "ramble" style video and just replay it over and over until i no longer need the subtitles to remember what they said. Helps learn "everyday" vocabulary!
Thanks for the subtitle learn tip! I was watching hwarang and I’m about to rewatch I need that soo much!
NANI😲⚠ I've been taking classes to learn japanese... I've learned more about Japanese from the original dragon ball.
Now that I'm thinking of it, the og dragon ball was really linguistically simple. I watched it in English, and never saw words difficult for people learning English.
video idea: my favorite tv shows in each language
You're the reason I'm learning Russiannnnn!
I'm Russian speaker if you need any help with it
update?
Ad for lkenna before watching lkenna👌 love to see it
Watching your videos really motivated me to learn a new language. I picked spanish because the pronunciations of the spanish words is really similar to tagalog words (filipino).
I recommend using RUclips once you've passed the subtitles stage of watching things. Most native content in Spanish doesn't have subtitles so that kind of sucks haha but there are channels where there are subtitles available.
And... Which spanish ytbers do you watch? 👀
@@iris-zy1dt Hello!
If you are still interested, some hipanic youtubers that I know are:
SPAIN: Vegetta777, elrubiusOMG, TheWillyrex, AuronPlay, RanguGamer, ElRichMC... (let's players), El canal de Korah (parody dubs and vlogs), Karimero (Pokémon channel).
LATAM: JuegaGerman (Chile, let's plays), El Reviewer Random (Chile, media reviewer/critic), piyoasdf (Chile, art channel), Nico Borie (Chile, music covers in spanish), Fernanfloo (El Salvador), Luisito Comunica (México), César Córdova (México, art channel. He has subtitles in various languages), Leo Meza (México, art channel), La Zona Cero (México, animation reviewer/critic), DrossRotzank (Venezuela, spooky videos?).
@@iris-zy1dt I'm not sure how good these channels actually are for language learning since I'm a native speaker but I hope it helps a bit at least!
Once you start watching them, RUclips will recommend other channels anyway in case you don't like those.
@@Nieve_Infinite Gracias!!
Imo, if there is no subtitles for the Spanish channel, just watch it.
I don’t think you can learn a language from zero just by watching a TV show. I am watching animes for 6 years now and cannot speak Japanese at all. But I do think that TV shows are a good source of learning a language if you are actually learning the language with books or in a school, then you can practice your hearing comprehension and pick up new words. That’s how I learned english, was learning English in school and watched lots of tv shows to improve it but learning a language just with a TV show? Nahh
thats what i said in video, never let tv be the only way to learn, it's a supplement
i learned english that way, i didnt watch TV but i've watched youtube. i also started to read books after a while. i never used subtitles and i talked english by myself everyday. i never had to open a grammar book.
TV shows also help with learning the usage context of a word.
Nah... I don't think so... I learned English and German just by watching tv and nothing else... It wouldn't make sense from a evolutionary perspective to not be able to learn a language just by listening... What if one day you get stranded in a land where you don't know their language? The body would have to have a safe plan for that.... And that is being able to learn a language just by listening.
at 4:00 he said that
I deadass be learning English through them memes no CAP
So glad I found this channel
That subtle OnePiece track got my heart racing with excitement 😬
Terrace House is great for Japanese I've been watching it a lot. It's on Netflix.
Yaaaas Stromae in the intro! ❤️ lol I don’t know French (kind of understand it cuz I know Spanish) but I LOVE him 😁
I’ve watched 5 hours of french dubbed tv with English subtitles and all I learned is I’m slow at reading
I love Viki!!! Trying to focus on Spanish first but so addicted to Asian culture. I love the period and costume shows!
Your channel is so helpful thank you I’m currently learning to fluently speak Spanish & your tips really help me
I tend to go with RUclips videos or Podcasts instead of TV, because most of the TV shows I find not very interesting or a little bit too simple and obviously don't reflect genuine conversation with native speakers. Am I the only one with this problem?
I learned a little bit of english in school but most by watching wrestling xD
Dean Ambrose
English speaker: hi
You(watches wwe): watch out watch out watch out
@@inthedms82 :D i know it sounds dumb but i really helped
@@inthedms82 Think he didin't get the Joke bro😂😂😂
But its legendary watch out watch out watch out
Dean Ambrose I’m not saying it didn’t 😂
Come back
I play video games and put it in the language I'm learning, so I have to know what they are saying or I will lose the game 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
I play minecraft to help me learn Chinese. It is super helpful!
EDIT: In chinese*
Shaheed Sufian tried that for assassins creed oddessey. Didn’t go too well...
Smart
Damn, wtf dude, i didn't know about viki yet - that tip was GOLD! So awesome that they have this learning-mode, thanks a bunch!
I'm so glad I stumbled upon this awesome channel, I love your content and it has helped me alot. You're clearly worth your salt.
After years of watching anime and playing Japanese game my Japanese level sort of stuck at a stage where I can watch Japanese kid shows without subtitles but can’t make any conversations with a Japanese person.
namjoon learned english watching friends
He’s another reason why immersing with stuff you enjoy actually works.
what's funny is my dad learned a language by watching so much movies when he was young.
I love that tous le même is in the background music.
Bro, I literally just had an ad for your channel pop up while this video was loading.
Probably because it's good stuff
5 seconds in I sat up Really fast because of the background music
I'm watching your videos to learn English :D :3
Me too
De donde ères
How to learn rusdian
BALD AND BANKRUPT
i actually learned english watching youtube and series in about six months! i decided to try use the same method for learning korean, alongside ttmik books
Learners who are learning Japanese it also has the learning mode so cool love it thank you Okana for another awesome and insightful video ❤️💕
Ikenna*❤️💕
when he was talking to his alexa mine went of and scared the shit outta me🤣🤣
That happens to my phone 😂 when my sister talks to google mine starts talking aswell😂
SUMMARY:
1. Only watch shows that you would watch in English (or your native language) or you would get bored and learning languages should be fun.
2. For the beginning parts of your language learning (3-9 months) use English subtitles, and then remove them and replace it with the language you’re studying.
3. When you learn a new word put it in Anki (flash card program that forces you to remember the word)
4. Some really good websites to use are Viki rakutan (I definitely spelled that wrong but it’s good for Chinese, Japanese, and korean), Fluentu, and Yabla (has a lot more languages)
Good luck on your language adventures 😊💕
Thanks!
I learned japanese watching H E N T A I. Coolest way btw 👍
Iyaaa, yameetee.. omangko chinchin hahahaha..
That's what you'll get by watching h e n t a i
"pico~"
Akun DAM
omae
@@xdgamer2765 mo shindeiru ... wkwkwkwk
Jerking it whilst learning a new language
Great advice re: TV shows. I did a lot of this in the beginning learning Korean. I had the advantage of living in the country so I could easily go out and practice daily. I started out watching mostly half hour shows that I was interested in like restaurant reviews and cooking shows. Luckily, the shows were very formulaic and a lot of repetitive vocabulary with video graphics shown on screen. The visuals of Korean food made it super interesting as well because I knew what to order and ask for when I ate out which was nearly every day. Made learning memorable, delicious, and personally interesting.
Congrats on learning Korean!
Dude this deserves much more likes and views than this! Seriously, this vid got me so motivated rn haha
I've been planning on learning Spanish and Korean. And so far, I can understand 10-25% of spanish that I read(5% of spanish being spoken to me) and I only know how to say "I am american/korean/japanese" in korean. Oh And I also know the korean word for milk haha, so I have a lot of work to do! Thanks for the vids!
5:56
_Death Notes???_
XDDDD
Top tip: use context translators. Very lazy and very effective.
I'm Spanish speaker trying to understand how can I learn Japanese ( in an English video ... )
I am a Romanian speaker trying to understand how can I learn French in an English video.
yeah, you are right man, i am also learning language and i wanna say that i have a success in learnin cause i was watching only youtube videos.
True this! A lot of my friends from non English speaking countries confirmed this. Nice video dear.
I remember i made language video last year.