Hey y'all! So a couple of you are unfamiliar with the A1-C2 system I referenced so lemme explain. They're part of the CEFR or the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. A1 and A2 represent a basic user of the language (beginners). B1 and B2 represent an independent user of the language (intermediate). C1 and C2 represent a proficient user of the language (advanced/fluent). If you wanna learn more about it check the wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages And if you'd like to know where you fall, you can take a free exam to check yourself online! But to put it simply: if you're able to speak in basic sentences, you're probably in A. If you're able to speak in more complex sentences about feelings and such and understand a lot of media in your target language you may be in B, and if you've got a very strong grasp of the language and can articulate hypotheticals and advanced subjects, you may be in C. :)
Is there like an official place to take a test exam? Or is it just like a search google for the test specific to your language and you're good to go type thing?
tska84 it mostly depends on the language you’re learning and if you want just personally an idea of your progression -> then I think you can easily find tests with a few google searches and if you want something more official (ie. to add to your curriculum ) -> you can probably find useful resources on ambassy websites or specialised organisations like the Goethe Institute for german but then most of them aren’t free
Hey, Even I cannot get the app on my Chromebook and I don't have anything else. Do you know if they can make the app available for chrome book users...?
My wife's Portuguese we've been married over 30 years ,I've tried everything to learn the language even Duolingo and going to evening classes. I had given up until I started watching your channel during lockdown . You gave me the motivation to give it one more go . I've been back on Duolingo now for a month and it's going better than before. I haven't told my wife yet I want to surprise her when I'm a bit better . Thanks Evan.
the idea of someone sticking me in a time loop where i have to learn the language to escape is definitely the kind of motivation that I needed before i sat my french exam last year- easily better than the lists and lists of vocab that the teachers gave us instead.
ich kann mich einfach nicht mit "you're welcome" als ersatz für "bitte" anfreunden und versuche es immer zu umgehen, mit irgendwelchen anderen Floskeln (oder es ist mir egal ob ich als unfreundlich rüberkomme und lasse es einfach weg)
For the exposure point, I am learning Japanese, I have been for around 4 years. I didn't watch anime or dramas and I am still at a basic level. However, watch dramas in Korean and I have picked up many phrases and recurring words. It does help, even if you don't realise it!
It's neat. I studied Japanese at university for 8 months. There were a few times watching anime where I translated the sentence before the subtitles popped up and it was such a cool feeling. Watching shows is a very rewarding way to learn because you are getting exposure to the language but also opportunities to see how far you have come.
I have studied Japanese in university and I feel bad for saying it, but I think anime Japanese sounds absolutely awful! I can't watch that, because it bugs me too much :')
@@jayg.1734on one part i agree, but on the other hand people are busy and everyone has their own language goals and learn at their own pace! May i know what resources for japanese do you recommend?
I get a new 'high score' then promptly loose my streak every time. My most recent run ended in April on 220 days, restarting tomorrow with a goal of 360!
I remember that you said once that learning Spanish using the Duo course for German speakers felt special. Funny enough, learning Spanish using the English based course doesn't feel special to me despite the fact that English is not my native language. It feels like a given and sometimes I get a feeling that knowing English isn't even an accomplishment. Does anyone else feel that way?
For me being able to speak English was an accomplishment for a while. But now it's something that I shouldn't struggle with and I am angry if I make any mistakes. So, I get you :)
Oh I definitely feel that ! It's like everybody is just expected to be able to speak English, so actually being good at it isn't such a big deal. I feel much more proud about my German or my Chinese, even though I've spent a lot of time learning English.
I took Swedish in English because it's not available in German and didn't feel special either. I consume so much in English and basically don't use German on the internet these days so it's almost weirder to me to suddenly use German and learn something new in German. I learn so many things online for school and stuff and my default is looking for it in English because I will most likely find more free recourses that way.
MarvelousSandstone I understand this as a native English speaker but it also sort of makes me angry for your language. Especially because of how little most English speakers(including myself) actually understand about our language. Only in learning German have I started to understand how English really works. I learned to spell and how to make a sentence but not a thing about cases or anything really past adverbs in school. -Random anglophone Canadian
Congratulations on learning English! Our language is a hot mess and it's just as much of an achievement as any other language. Don't let our English-speaking privilege and it being seen as the world's default language undermine your sense of accomplishment :)
"it's so cool to be able to watch and understand a show in a language that you did not grow up speaking" aaand thanks to learning english, I can watch your videos and understand what you're saying!!!!
Im learning German and changed my phone to German, ending up deleting all my emails and couldn’t find how to get it back. I had to message a friend and get them to screenshot the google advice of how to change it back 😂
i’ve been wanting to do that for ages but i think it would make more sense to wait a couple of months so i can actually understand what’s going on lmao
Thank you Evan for introducing me to duelingo and all your excellent tips on learning a new language, I’m dyslexic so I was afraid of trying a new language but thanks to your encouragement I’m learning Italian and I’m loving it xxxx
I really felt what you said about struggling to transition from B2 to C1. I've been learning English since I was 6 (I'm 22) and when I was around 15 I felt that I understood a lot but wasn't really able to express myself as well as I'd like to and like speaking was a big effort, which was really frustrating. However, one day I just realised that I was no longer struggling to say what I wanted and it was the best feeling ever. Exposure to the language definitely had a lot to do with it, since when I was 15-16, I started to watch a lot of RUclips videos in English, which also helped me with learning colloquial vocabulary. I've also been learning French since I was 13 and, although I consider myself advanced now, I definitely don't feel as comfortable speaking French as I do speaking English. I also don't really know much about colloquial French. So, I definitely agree that exposure to everyday language is key. I love watching your videos, especially those language-related because I find it really interesting to see how other people approach learning foreign languages.
Great video. I started using Duolingo after watching one of your videos last year..now on a 295 day streak...I mainly use it to practise my German (have a German degree) and improve my Spanish, which I first started learning while living in Germany...learning a 3rd language in your second language really messes with your brain!!! I read a lot of books in German, always pick up a couple of books while I’m there but find listening to german audiobooks really helps too. I’ve also taken to playing random German radio stations on my echo dot while I’m at home in lockdown, great for learning random stuff like traffic news and the weather 😂 I’ve started Dark on Netflix but can also highly recommend Deutschland 83 & 86 if you haven’t seen those yet...
This is very helpful considering I have just given myself the mission of becoming quadrilingual- to the stage of B2 to C1 ish- by 2025 (English-my native- French,spanish, and German) thanks a lot Evan!
Nice! I only speak English fluently, but trying to learn Spanish and Esperanto. Should probably try to start watching shows in Spanish at 1/4th the speed or something lol.
On the note of revisiting things you know: our German teacher showed us Finding Nemo in class, as everyone was familiar with it 🙌 So, exposure tip: watch your Disney favourites
I always recommend people watching kids shows or movies they used to like because they already know the plot and will learn so much vocabulary without even trying. Works for every language I've learned so far, I never just sat down and learned vocabulary I always just watched RUclips videos or shows and stuff that interested me and now here I am listening to Evan speaking that fast and not have any issues understanding him at all. It's very important to find a way of learning that works for you and is fun or you won't stick with it.
Wow Evan thanks so much for introducing me to hello talk and Duolingo! Now I can use my large social media platform to advocate for social issues in many languages instead of staying silent :)
Yay finally someone else who appreciates Dark! I try to get everyone I know to watch it, it's seriously the best show I've ever seen, I'm now re-watching for the 3rd time to get ready for the thrid season next month, it's that good
A couple of things: 1. Surely I'm not the only person in this planet whose favourite Harry Potter book is the fifth one? Anyone else, please? 2. Just backing up the: consume media in your target language. SO IMPORTANT!! I spent a couple of summers in the UK improving my English (yup, I was one of those kids with EF backpacks taking over Brighton for a weekend) a few years ago and when I got back, sure, I felt like I was more confident having a conversation in English. However, nothing has helped me more become fluent and knowledgeable about slang than watching TV shows (see, I got hooked on Geordie Shore and had to watch almost all seasons English without subtitles) and RUclips. Watching people's daily vlogs really helped me gain that day to day vocabulary you don't really get when learning from a book. Right now, I have friends and work colleagues that have a great English level, however, most times I know vocabulary they don't and that's the main reason. 3. Following that, here's my little contribution for people looking to improve their Spanish. Here are some Spanish youtubers I enjoy that you should check out: - Azul Mistico: She's from the south of Spain and currently lives in London. Travel content, sustainability, language learning and cool stories about being a Disney Cast Member and a flight attendant, are some of the topics she talks about. - Paula Loves: Fashion influencer. What I like about her is that she doesn't just post outfits and paid content, she sometimes also adds bits of fashion information like when did women start wearing suits, or short videos about the history of some designer brands. - Kikillo: He's just a very regular guy! He's been uploading decoration videos (he moved houses and did some pretty cool stuff), lockdown videos every week with what he's been doing, and he's also now working on a history podcast, so that's pretty interesting.
Thank you for posting this Evan! I’ve been looking for more ways to continue my German learning, and I love your videos where you talk about your own German learning journey. ❤️🇩🇪
I dont know how much use I'll be because I'm not learning German, I'm learning French but I think that Hello Talk is one of the best apps you can get for language learning. I've been having conversations in French with about 20 people and I've only had the app for a few weeks. The Hello Talk community are also very supportive. If you make a mistake, they'll just correct it. They won't shame you for it It is really helpful
As a native german speaker: don't worry and have fun learning it😊 you WILL make mistakes, it's a part of learning new languages. I don't know how far you are, but "der, die, das" is gonna be horrible 😔 even I have to think twice over some words 🙈 never give up😊😊
Many people choose not to hire a tutor however I've found it incredibly to use one. I'm going from GCSE level to B1 and having my tutor call me every week for an hour over Skype is so useful!
Absolutely don't want to criticize you, just make it easier for people looking up those films :) : -"Die edukators"=Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei -Das Leben der Anderen -Christine F= Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (otherwise you get some misleading Google results) And, just to add two German films that do not have anything to do with WW2 ;) : -Systemsprenger -Who am I - Kein System ist sicher
I subscribed to this channel because of the language learning videos. I downloaded Duolingo and started learning Spanish using the app and also watching some Spanish Netflix shows with English subtitles. The funny thing is that every time I am about to give up Evan makes a video about how he is learning German and Spanish and that's what keeps me going. Thank you
then just use english subtitles and german dub. That should help a lot. If you get the plot you can rewatch it without subs to focus on the language. That helped me a lot to learn to get more fluent in english
I downloaded hellotalk last september, and since then i have made multiple friends that i speak to in both english and german every day, it is really useful and probably helped me more than anything else has. 9.5/10 would reccomend
I'm so looking forward to doing all these tips once I get my foundation down! I'm watching shows in German with English subs at the moment, and it's so cool once I've mastered a new skill on Duolingo (like all the dieses!) and suddenly way more of each sentence is popping out to my ears as I'm reading the English subs. Also, the avocado plant I named Evan is having a major growth spurt in the warm weather, and the three I planted for friends will be more than ready to hand over once I can finally see those friends again :) Yay for inspirational Evan all round!
Danke , I started learning German in mid-2020 and I started out with Duolingo and I occasionally use the DW Learn German. Learned the whole Deutsch alphabet and recently stared the A1 class with Nico and friends.
I chose german for two semesters in university (A1.1 and A1.2 levels really basic stuff) my teacher was born in Germany but has Portuguese parents and has lived in Portugal for more than 10 years now so she is bilingual and that helped us a lot during classes cuz she could transition from one to the other real quick. Now i wanted for a while to expand that knowledge so this was great video THANKS EVAN
Thanks Evan after learning German for five years at school i didnt want to forget it, so i used duolingo but kinda lacked motivation recently so its nice to have new resources to try :-)
Wow this is like exactly what I need.. After watching your Learning German with Duolingo video, I was inspired to learn German more, and fast forward nearly 2 years and I am at that B1 plateau place.. so this is literally perfect..
Thank you for this Evan. I'm learning Spanish on Duolingo and have done almost all the lessons. I was wondering where to go next, so I found your advice at a very timely moment.
I became fluent in English from RUclips alone, I literally put zero effort into learning the language. I already knew everything when we started getting English at school. I'm going to try to improve my French and German, and learn Esperanto and basic Spanish in the next couple of years, starting this summer. Online courses, word lists, Duolingo, RUclips, and television is the way to go.
From my experience of learning English for 20 years, try to spend as much time in a country where that language is spoken and communicate via social media etc. with people from that country. Even though Evan is talking quite fast, I understand 100% of what he is saying. I can read books and watch documentaries about quantum physics without any issues in English. But every time I have to speak English on the phone or visit countries where it is spoken, I am reminded that you need to practise, practise and practise. I still don't consider my English to be good. Aber meinen Respekt an Evan, es ist definitiv deutlich schwerer als Amerikaner Deutsch zu lernen als anders herum. Englisch ist meiner Meinung nach die schönere Sprache, deutsche Musik und Filme sind für mich ungeniessbar geworden.
Why did you use "practise" instead of "practice"? After my brief Googling, I am left confused. I'm just trying to learn, would appreciate if you could explain :)
@@ecee5139 I can't really explain. Both "(to) practise" (british) and "(to) practice" (american) are correct. It seems that I have always been using the british form.
I may have understood the last bit wrong got a bit lost but Nein Englisch ist schwerer, weil es keine STRUCTURE haben. Ahh i forgot however ! Jedoch Englisch ist überall cos Americans dominate the media so it makes it easier in my opinion anyways. Kinda gave up there 🤣
I didn't know about hello talk before. I think it is genuinely impressive! 9:25 I have been trying to learn Dutch, and this was one of the first things I did! I changed my phone, computer language, and my Google account to Dutch.
I tried hellotalk for Japanese as an Australian and it was actually so inspiring and so much fun to speak with the friendliest strangers!! The translate and correction tool defs helped us both to amend written text 🤗
I wish there was a video just as useful as yours, but for the languages I am learning xD It's so nice to just get a list with websites, show etc. to follow without having to look for things like that for weeks.
Thanks so much for this video! I’m a third year BA spanish and Italian student sent hone from my year abroad early due to corona and im struggling so hard to keep my languages up to scratch after having to travel back to the UK. This app seems great to get back on track
Well this does depend whether or not you like German. I HATE German with my entire heart so the moment I could drop German, I immediately did. Prefer French and Spanish.
snowflake it depends on the school but mostly in elementary you start with english, and in middle school you learn french and german. but when you go to high school you can drop one language you don’t like. later on in college and all you can even get like chinese, russian and many other languages (If you want to, these langueges expect from english are not forced to learn!)
Hello and welcome back to- oh wow, the lighting is so nice, look at those colours, has Evan got new lights? - oh **** now I’ve missed the entire intro what’s he saying?
I am currently learning Korean on Duolingo. I follow you on there :) My fave sentence is "The men fall down together at the library." Thanks Duo, will def need that :'D
Another thing you can do Evan is volunteer for Distributed Proofreaders (you can google it or go via Project Gutenberg if you already used it). They teach you how to proof for them and once you've got past the initial panic of 'Am I ready for this?' and you realised that hell yeah, there are plenty of other people the text will go past who'll carry on correcting so don't worry, you can pick up books/texts of multiple languages. I'm learning French - working much in the way you're doing, though for me it's picking it up again after O levels (I'm not saying when. Just that they were O levels). I tend only to work on the level one proofing of French books, whereas I do level 2 for English (I'm not a good enough person to spend enough time to go higher. Maybe one day), but I have touched on some Dutch texts (done a few pages) and have done English books with German, Latin and classical Greek in them. Not that I'm fluent in any of these languages, but just familiar enough with them to get that feeling that I need to triple rather than just double check the image against the text :D I haven't learned German properly since I started A levels and then bailed out of school the following January (long story), but knowing some helped me start to learn Dutch. If you have some German, Dutch is easier to translate to English than if you don't. I've put that on the back burner until I'm feeling more fluent in French though, because my aim is to get to see the race at Le Mans in the next couple of years. My son can drive the caravanette hubby's currently doing up. I'll do the talking when we're there. That's the agreement, so I'm stuck with learning the one! Good advice from you, btw. Reading around, using more than one app... it's all very helpful. I have a tablet with a reasonable memory & large SD card filling up with apps. It's nearly run out of room, and about half of them are linguistics based. Not just a few languages, it's a bit wider than that, but I'm kind of obsessed, I think. Good luck! Or should I say 'Viel Glück!' (ps: if you download the international keyboard on Windows, you can add pretty much any commonly used accent without needing to switch to another language.)
Setting up a specific reason for learning a specific language also helps tremendously. I'm Danish trying to learn Spanish and I'm moving to Argentina as soon as the borders open (hopefully they will in September). Me moving to a Spanish-speaking country forces me to improve my Spanish as much as possible before getting there. Accountability measures don't have to be as extreme as actually moving to a different country but finding a 'reason' or specific goals that you want to achieve with that language really motivates your language-learning.
I've used hellotalk for about a month now and it's so motivating to learn about other people's cultures that I wouldn't otherwise have a way of communicating with.
Hi, I have another tip on how to improve learning a language regarding Intonation and pronunciation. Learning how to use the IPA(International Phonetic Alphabet). Phonetic spelling is the weird symbols in brackets that come after the actual word in the dictionary. It has a detailed description of how to create the sound of every symbol or if it is not a symbol for a sound it tells you where to put the emphasis or where a vowel in the middle of a word gets a new `burst of energy/ new beginning´. I am a German who has an American as a choir teacher who is very strict on how to pronounce in German and in English. honestly, I have never learned as much about pronunciation as from him. And the IPA is a frequent tool he uses to explain things to the class. I, myself am trying to learn Korean and struggled with the pronunciation of hangul(Korean alphabet) and looking up the phonetic symbols for the letters has helped me a ton. Oh and P.S. Evan I noticed that you tend to put the emphasis of the german word not at the beginning of the words. In german, most of the words are emphasised on the first syllable. I also learned that from my teacher because i never had to think about it, being a native German speaker. I hope it helps and is not seen as being too nitpicky. You are doing great with the vocabulary, but I noticed the reason why I have trouble understanding your german is this. Love your content and hope you have a great day :D Liebe Grüße aus der Hamburg Gegend
You couldn't have released this at a better time for me, oh my goodness. I need to be at about B1 level German by the end of this month to apply for my study abroad choices (in Leipzig and Dresden, although I'm hoping for Dresden, as it's a proper art school) and it's been quite difficult to improve! Luckily there's a language exchange programme through my university, and I'm going to have my first Skype call with the lovely person I found and my friend (she is completely new to German, so she's freaking out, bless her) this week! I've been watching Avatar: The Last Airbender in German with subtitles, which has been great. Although a lot of the time, the subtitles don't match up, and I struggle to retain the vocab, so I'm thinking of basically transcribing what I hear while I watch, and sift through what I understand and what I don't. And then test my knowledge afterwards. It's gonna be a very tedious process, but most likely worth it!! Thank you so much Evan for all your tips, they will definitely come in handy! And I look forward to your next video, as always :) viel Glück mit deine Deutsche Sprache Abenteuern!
During high school, I applied to and got accepted to do an exchange year in Germany. My German improved so much, and I was able to meet so many amazing people. If you’re interested in learning a foreign language, look into programs that allow you to study abroad in that country! Lots of organizations offer scholarships, too, so it can be affordable.
I get to a point with trying to learn German, and then I give up for a while. I think it's because I haven't made it a part of my daily life. These videos are so helpful! Thanks, Evan.
I've learned Japanese mostly by self-studying (I've had a couple of classes at this point, but I got to B1 on my own and I've pretty much learned all the kanji I know on my own). I'm currently trying to break the B1/B2-barrier by reading as much as I can, playing video games in Japanese, and watching anime without subtitles or with the Japanese subtitles. It's a bit of a chore - the book series I'm reading right now is difficult enough that I have to look up at least a word per sentence, but often two or three - but since I really enjoy reading in Japanese and it's a series I've been wanting to read for ages I don't mind.
I am currently on a 374 day streak on Duolingo which started when I found your videos. I hadn't studied a language before but I had always wished to learn Spanish. I am now at the last stage with every skill before then at level 5 and I have found myself being able to understand TV shows (with Spanish subs), read Harry Potter and talk to natives using an app called Tandem. Wanted to say a big thanks for inspiring me and kick-starting my language learning journey. I've actually also starting dabbling in Korean as I'm actually living in Korea teaching English. The Korean tree isn't that well developed but it as been very useful for helping express simple things like telling my landlord that the hot water wasn't working 😂. Once again, thanks soo much.
Hello Talk acc sounds really good. I've been using conversation exchange and people tend to want to use whatsapp to call rather than text. Although I'm semi-confident in my German speaking, I'm not at all confident in being able to have a non-awkward conversation with a stranger in a foreign language. So HelloTalk's ability to send voice recordings sounds so much better to me.
I’m a native german speaker and I still watch all of your „German learning tips“ vids just bc it’s so interesting to me how other people perceive German Aaaand language learning in general Love that I’d say I’m pretty bad at learning languages. Had to learn English in school but only got good bc of tv shows and now I just don’t have enough motivation to keep at learning the languages i still wanna learn bc there’s no real „pressure“ behind it So any more motivation tips would be greatly appreciated tbh but I lack motivation in general soooooo whoops
You’ve inspired me to get back on duolingo doing my Spanish. To toot my own horn, I’m doing quite well 😂 going to download that hello talk that looks like a good app, and I have Spanish subtitles on my Netflix already! :D
When I was a teenager I tried to read the HP books in English (I read them in German many times before). It was still too difficult. Last year I bought the ebook and I only had to translate a few words. I finally got some jokes, that got lost in the translation. I started to read Fanfiction, started to watch movies/series in English. But you probably shouldn't set your Netflix settings to German (I don't mean the dubbing). If you switch the settings to German, they won't show titles which aren't available in German (so your selection is a lot smaller).
I totally agree with your point on watching movies/series in the foreign language that you are trying to learn. I was learning English since I was 8 but it wasn't until middle school when I decided to watch a series with English subtitles rather than greek that I found out that watching the series helped me more with my English rather than my private lessons. so yeah. go for it and try it. at first, sure you will only understand a couple of phrases but in the end, you will end up understanding and using ''real'' English, German, Japanese, etc. without realising it.
Hey y'all! So a couple of you are unfamiliar with the A1-C2 system I referenced so lemme explain. They're part of the CEFR or the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
A1 and A2 represent a basic user of the language (beginners).
B1 and B2 represent an independent user of the language (intermediate).
C1 and C2 represent a proficient user of the language (advanced/fluent).
If you wanna learn more about it check the wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages
And if you'd like to know where you fall, you can take a free exam to check yourself online! But to put it simply: if you're able to speak in basic sentences, you're probably in A. If you're able to speak in more complex sentences about feelings and such and understand a lot of media in your target language you may be in B, and if you've got a very strong grasp of the language and can articulate hypotheticals and advanced subjects, you may be in C. :)
Is there like an official place to take a test exam? Or is it just like a search google for the test specific to your language and you're good to go type thing?
tska84 it mostly depends on the language you’re learning and if you want just personally an idea of your progression -> then I think you can easily find tests with a few google searches
and if you want something more official (ie. to add to your curriculum ) -> you can probably find useful resources on ambassy websites or specialised organisations like the Goethe Institute for german but then most of them aren’t free
@@Minififi94 ah ok ty yea I just wonder for myself where I'm at with my Greek right now but maybe would like something more official in the future
Hey, Even I cannot get the app on my Chromebook and I don't have anything else. Do you know if they can make the app available for chrome book users...?
how on and off did you study? B1 in four years is a long time
My wife's Portuguese we've been married over 30 years ,I've tried everything to learn the language even Duolingo and going to evening classes. I had given up until I started watching your channel during lockdown . You gave me the motivation to give it one more go . I've been back on Duolingo now for a month and it's going better than before. I haven't told my wife yet I want to surprise her when I'm a bit better . Thanks Evan.
Congratulations, that’s awesome! ☺️🎉
She’s going to be so happy! I’m glad it’s going better this time round ☺️
Awww that's so wholesome! Best of luck man!
Boa sorte!
How’s it going?
Bruh
C2 is the actual dream
It's like trying to hold a cloud
Then u better get practicing 🔪
You can reach that, when youre hearing language from everywhere. Everyday.
You can get there.
the idea of someone sticking me in a time loop where i have to learn the language to escape is definitely the kind of motivation that I needed before i sat my french exam last year- easily better than the lists and lists of vocab that the teachers gave us instead.
I have C1 level in English but still say „Please“ instead of „You’re welcome“ every one in a while 😂
ich kann mich einfach nicht mit "you're welcome" als ersatz für "bitte" anfreunden
und versuche es immer zu umgehen, mit irgendwelchen anderen Floskeln (oder es ist mir egal ob ich als unfreundlich rüberkomme und lasse es einfach weg)
Try 'pleasure'... and boy, do I feel you! ☺
@@PPfilmemacher Geht mir ähnlich, aber die Alternativen "Don't mention it" oder "My pleasure" passen auch nicht in jeder Situation.
Ich mag No worries ganz gerne. Verwenden vor allem die Neuseeländer und glaub auch Australier ziemlich viel
@@sophiaertsoph Stimmt! Auch hübsch. Aber ich habe die Erfahrung gemacht, dass US- Amerikaner einer bestimmten Altersgruppe das ganz furchtbar finden.
For the exposure point, I am learning Japanese, I have been for around 4 years. I didn't watch anime or dramas and I am still at a basic level. However, watch dramas in Korean and I have picked up many phrases and recurring words. It does help, even if you don't realise it!
It's neat. I studied Japanese at university for 8 months. There were a few times watching anime where I translated the sentence before the subtitles popped up and it was such a cool feeling. Watching shows is a very rewarding way to learn because you are getting exposure to the language but also opportunities to see how far you have come.
I have studied Japanese in university and I feel bad for saying it, but I think anime Japanese sounds absolutely awful! I can't watch that, because it bugs me too much :')
4 years and your still at a basic level?... what resources are you using, try changing it up. You should be at-least intermediate
@@jayg.1734on one part i agree, but on the other hand people are busy and everyone has their own language goals and learn at their own pace! May i know what resources for japanese do you recommend?
The emphasis in mindestens and wenigstens are both on the first syllable. I love that you’re learning my language! Bleib dran und viel Erfolg!
Welcome back to "I actually use my time stuck inside productively!"
i changed the settings on my phone to german for a while and it honestly helped with the vocab so much i can't even lie
Das... das ist eine wirklich gute Idee! 🥰
Me: *loses streak on duolingo*
Evan: let's talk about duolingo
..... Way to make me feel bad😭
I do that all the time, and then I just don’t get back into it
I get a new 'high score' then promptly loose my streak every time. My most recent run ended in April on 220 days, restarting tomorrow with a goal of 360!
Maybe Evan's the Duo bird in disguise 😂😂
@@iamalegend1999 I wouldn't be surprised 😂
How far were you? :'(
I remember that you said once that learning Spanish using the Duo course for German speakers felt special. Funny enough, learning Spanish using the English based course doesn't feel special to me despite the fact that English is not my native language. It feels like a given and sometimes I get a feeling that knowing English isn't even an accomplishment. Does anyone else feel that way?
For me being able to speak English was an accomplishment for a while. But now it's something that I shouldn't struggle with and I am angry if I make any mistakes.
So, I get you :)
Oh I definitely feel that ! It's like everybody is just expected to be able to speak English, so actually being good at it isn't such a big deal. I feel much more proud about my German or my Chinese, even though I've spent a lot of time learning English.
I took Swedish in English because it's not available in German and didn't feel special either. I consume so much in English and basically don't use German on the internet these days so it's almost weirder to me to suddenly use German and learn something new in German.
I learn so many things online for school and stuff and my default is looking for it in English because I will most likely find more free recourses that way.
MarvelousSandstone I understand this as a native English speaker but it also sort of makes me angry for your language. Especially because of how little most English speakers(including myself) actually understand about our language. Only in learning German have I started to understand how English really works.
I learned to spell and how to make a sentence but not a thing about cases or anything really past adverbs in school.
-Random anglophone Canadian
Congratulations on learning English! Our language is a hot mess and it's just as much of an achievement as any other language. Don't let our English-speaking privilege and it being seen as the world's default language undermine your sense of accomplishment :)
Welcome back to 'My story about being in league with Duo the Duolingo bird'.
"it's so cool to be able to watch and understand a show in a language that you did not grow up speaking" aaand thanks to learning english, I can watch your videos and understand what you're saying!!!!
WhIle we are on Netflix: "Criminal: Detuschland" is short but excellent in the Slang and colloquial speech department.
Yes! Loved this series and was so good for slang etc
Why did I not realise Germany have Netflix?😂
Also they had Criminal: Spain and Criminal: France, great tv show
Welcome back to Duolingo notifications are the scariest
Hi Evan,
I love hello talk. Been using it for 10months and as well as improving my German I have made a best friend and we talk every week 😊
Im learning German and changed my phone to German, ending up deleting all my emails and couldn’t find how to get it back. I had to message a friend and get them to screenshot the google advice of how to change it back 😂
Props for sticking with it!
haha i changed my phone to Deutsch yesterday and can relate
😂😂😂😂😂
i’ve been wanting to do that for ages but i think it would make more sense to wait a couple of months so i can actually understand what’s going on lmao
Thank you Evan for introducing me to duelingo and all your excellent tips on learning a new language, I’m dyslexic so I was afraid of trying a new language but thanks to your encouragement I’m learning Italian and I’m loving it xxxx
I really felt what you said about struggling to transition from B2 to C1. I've been learning English since I was 6 (I'm 22) and when I was around 15 I felt that I understood a lot but wasn't really able to express myself as well as I'd like to and like speaking was a big effort, which was really frustrating. However, one day I just realised that I was no longer struggling to say what I wanted and it was the best feeling ever. Exposure to the language definitely had a lot to do with it, since when I was 15-16, I started to watch a lot of RUclips videos in English, which also helped me with learning colloquial vocabulary. I've also been learning French since I was 13 and, although I consider myself advanced now, I definitely don't feel as comfortable speaking French as I do speaking English. I also don't really know much about colloquial French. So, I definitely agree that exposure to everyday language is key. I love watching your videos, especially those language-related because I find it really interesting to see how other people approach learning foreign languages.
Great video. I started using Duolingo after watching one of your videos last year..now on a 295 day streak...I mainly use it to practise my German (have a German degree) and improve my Spanish, which I first started learning while living in Germany...learning a 3rd language in your second language really messes with your brain!!! I read a lot of books in German, always pick up a couple of books while I’m there but find listening to german audiobooks really helps too. I’ve also taken to playing random German radio stations on my echo dot while I’m at home in lockdown, great for learning random stuff like traffic news and the weather 😂 I’ve started Dark on Netflix but can also highly recommend Deutschland 83 & 86 if you haven’t seen those yet...
This is very helpful considering I have just given myself the mission of becoming quadrilingual- to the stage of B2 to C1 ish- by 2025 (English-my native- French,spanish, and German) thanks a lot Evan!
Same here. I already speak two languages and i'm trying to learn German and Japanese. But it's so hard :(
@@nicktankard1244 yeah Japanese is brutal. I'm trying French at the moment and even that is a slog
Same! Except my native is Spanish, then English. Prioritizing German but guess I should take advantage of already having a base for French 😅
nia nia
yeah, I have a strong base for French considering I have been learning it in school for 7 years, however Spanish is so much more fun XD
Nice! I only speak English fluently, but trying to learn Spanish and Esperanto. Should probably try to start watching shows in Spanish at 1/4th the speed or something lol.
im LOVING this new contentttt!!!
Thanks!
On the note of revisiting things you know: our German teacher showed us Finding Nemo in class, as everyone was familiar with it 🙌 So, exposure tip: watch your Disney favourites
I always recommend people watching kids shows or movies they used to like because they already know the plot and will learn so much vocabulary without even trying.
Works for every language I've learned so far, I never just sat down and learned vocabulary I always just watched RUclips videos or shows and stuff that interested me and now here I am listening to Evan speaking that fast and not have any issues understanding him at all.
It's very important to find a way of learning that works for you and is fun or you won't stick with it.
Oh ja Findet Nemo😍 nicht vergessen: "Fische sind Freunde, kein Futter!" 😂😂😂
This really is a great strategy and is one I’ve used too. 😊👍🏻
Great idea! And learn the songs in that language too!!
I started using duolingo because of your videos and it is helpful but I will definitely try hello talk 😁🌻
Dark is an amazing Netflix series! ♥️
And the „harry timeloop“ thing reminds me of the show (especially Ullrich‘s story)
Wow Evan thanks so much for introducing me to hello talk and Duolingo! Now I can use my large social media platform to advocate for social issues in many languages instead of staying silent :)
Yay finally someone else who appreciates Dark! I try to get everyone I know to watch it, it's seriously the best show I've ever seen, I'm now re-watching for the 3rd time to get ready for the thrid season next month, it's that good
A couple of things:
1. Surely I'm not the only person in this planet whose favourite Harry Potter book is the fifth one? Anyone else, please?
2. Just backing up the: consume media in your target language. SO IMPORTANT!! I spent a couple of summers in the UK improving my English (yup, I was one of those kids with EF backpacks taking over Brighton for a weekend) a few years ago and when I got back, sure, I felt like I was more confident having a conversation in English. However, nothing has helped me more become fluent and knowledgeable about slang than watching TV shows (see, I got hooked on Geordie Shore and had to watch almost all seasons English without subtitles) and RUclips. Watching people's daily vlogs really helped me gain that day to day vocabulary you don't really get when learning from a book. Right now, I have friends and work colleagues that have a great English level, however, most times I know vocabulary they don't and that's the main reason.
3. Following that, here's my little contribution for people looking to improve their Spanish. Here are some Spanish youtubers I enjoy that you should check out:
- Azul Mistico: She's from the south of Spain and currently lives in London. Travel content, sustainability, language learning and cool stories about being a Disney Cast Member and a flight attendant, are some of the topics she talks about.
- Paula Loves: Fashion influencer. What I like about her is that she doesn't just post outfits and paid content, she sometimes also adds bits of fashion information like when did women start wearing suits, or short videos about the history of some designer brands.
- Kikillo: He's just a very regular guy! He's been uploading decoration videos (he moved houses and did some pretty cool stuff), lockdown videos every week with what he's been doing, and he's also now working on a history podcast, so that's pretty interesting.
You’re so funny and I love all of your videos!! KEEP GOING EVAN!
Thank you for posting this Evan! I’ve been looking for more ways to continue my German learning, and I love your videos where you talk about your own German learning journey. ❤️🇩🇪
Can we just appreciate how often Evan has been uploading recently, thanks Evan!
Me: downloads HelloTalk because Evan recommended it
Also me: too scared to completely butcher the German language
Don't worry about butchering german... go ahead! We don't mind! 😀
I dont know how much use I'll be because I'm not learning German, I'm learning French but I think that Hello Talk is one of the best apps you can get for language learning. I've been having conversations in French with about 20 people and I've only had the app for a few weeks.
The Hello Talk community are also very supportive. If you make a mistake, they'll just correct it. They won't shame you for it
It is really helpful
You can probably just think of it as they're going to make mistakes in English just as much as you make mistakes in German; it's a two-way thing!
As a native german speaker: don't worry and have fun learning it😊 you WILL make mistakes, it's a part of learning new languages. I don't know how far you are, but "der, die, das" is gonna be horrible 😔 even I have to think twice over some words 🙈 never give up😊😊
Don't hold back! Not caring about making mistakes is the hardest part of learning a language (to me at least). Good luck!
Many people choose not to hire a tutor however I've found it incredibly to use one. I'm going from GCSE level to B1 and having my tutor call me every week for an hour over Skype is so useful!
thanks for this evan! I picked up german again in january because of you and I've progressed further than I ever thought I'd be able to!
In my German classes we watched 3 pretty good films:
Goodbye Lennin
Die Welle
Die edukators
True. I would also add:
Der Leben der Anderen
Welcome to Germany (Willkommen bei den Hartmanns)
and the series Deutschland '83 and '86
Absolutely don't want to criticize you, just make it easier for people looking up those films :) :
-"Die edukators"=Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei
-Das Leben der Anderen
-Christine F= Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (otherwise you get some misleading Google results)
And, just to add two German films that do not have anything to do with WW2 ;) :
-Systemsprenger
-Who am I - Kein System ist sicher
Hello Lenin best one There, hands down.
I subscribed to this channel because of the language learning videos. I downloaded Duolingo and started learning Spanish using the app and also watching some Spanish Netflix shows with English subtitles. The funny thing is that every time I am about to give up Evan makes a video about how he is learning German and Spanish and that's what keeps me going. Thank you
Okay but the lighting in this , gorgeous
I'm German but for some reason I love these videos. It's so fascinating to see people learning the language I've always known
I watch your videos in order to practise my listening skills, 😆I’ve been learning English for three years.
Greetings from Mexico.🇲🇽
Oh gosh he talks so fast I can't imagine listening to him as a non native speaker. Well done you!!!
Violet None Of Your Business
Thanks.😊
I am trying to reach a C1 level so I think that his videos are useful for my listening practice.
I use HelloTalk also. I love it! There are so many native speakers that will answer questions or correct my work.
I‘m from Austria and I like your videos, especially your videos where you speak german, it’s always fun to watch them😄🙌🏼
Man.. Dark is complicated enough on its own, can't imagine how it must be when you have to focus on the language as well...
then just use english subtitles and german dub.
That should help a lot.
If you get the plot you can rewatch it without subs to focus on the language.
That helped me a lot to learn to get more fluent in english
Sometimes I found the languae is the least confusing part
Nico's weg is such a banger of a film
I downloaded hellotalk last september, and since then i have made multiple friends that i speak to in both english and german every day, it is really useful and probably helped me more than anything else has.
9.5/10 would reccomend
I need HelloTalk in my life, thanks Evan! Started learning Italian recently and it'd be great to actually speak to an Italian!
I'm so looking forward to doing all these tips once I get my foundation down! I'm watching shows in German with English subs at the moment, and it's so cool once I've mastered a new skill on Duolingo (like all the dieses!) and suddenly way more of each sentence is popping out to my ears as I'm reading the English subs.
Also, the avocado plant I named Evan is having a major growth spurt in the warm weather, and the three I planted for friends will be more than ready to hand over once I can finally see those friends again :) Yay for inspirational Evan all round!
It's really cool to have watched you learn German and grow over the years. As a German-American your content has been very interesting to me.
Danke , I started learning German in mid-2020 and I started out with Duolingo and I occasionally use the DW Learn German. Learned the whole Deutsch alphabet and recently stared the A1 class with Nico and friends.
I chose german for two semesters in university (A1.1 and A1.2 levels really basic stuff) my teacher was born in Germany but has Portuguese parents and has lived in Portugal for more than 10 years now so she is bilingual and that helped us a lot during classes cuz she could transition from one to the other real quick. Now i wanted for a while to expand that knowledge so this was great video THANKS EVAN
Thanks Evan after learning German for five years at school i didnt want to forget it, so i used duolingo but kinda lacked motivation recently so its nice to have new resources to try :-)
Best part about learning a language: being able to talk and your family/roommates don't know what you're saying.
I do that with my mom in English, but I fear she's getting decent from all of the TV shows I'm making her watch!
I love talking to my mom in German because no one around can understand and we can just say anything without people understanding
Wow this is like exactly what I need..
After watching your Learning German with Duolingo video, I was inspired to learn German more, and fast forward nearly 2 years and I am at that B1 plateau place.. so this is literally perfect..
Thank you for this Evan. I'm learning Spanish on Duolingo and have done almost all the lessons. I was wondering where to go next, so I found your advice at a very timely moment.
I became fluent in English from RUclips alone, I literally put zero effort into learning the language. I already knew everything when we started getting English at school.
I'm going to try to improve my French and German, and learn Esperanto and basic Spanish in the next couple of years, starting this summer. Online courses, word lists, Duolingo, RUclips, and television is the way to go.
I am at section 2 Russian after about 125 days, love it so far. I know this video is old but appreciate the content including the newer stuff
I recommend the yt channel Easy German! And their podcast is really fun and helpful too! Big up Cari, Janusz and Manuel!!
From my experience of learning English for 20 years, try to spend as much time in a country where that language is spoken and communicate via social media etc. with people from that country. Even though Evan is talking quite fast, I understand 100% of what he is saying. I can read books and watch documentaries about quantum physics without any issues in English. But every time I have to speak English on the phone or visit countries where it is spoken, I am reminded that you need to practise, practise and practise. I still don't consider my English to be good.
Aber meinen Respekt an Evan, es ist definitiv deutlich schwerer als Amerikaner Deutsch zu lernen als anders herum. Englisch ist meiner Meinung nach die schönere Sprache, deutsche Musik und Filme sind für mich ungeniessbar geworden.
Why did you use "practise" instead of "practice"? After my brief Googling, I am left confused. I'm just trying to learn, would appreciate if you could explain :)
@@ecee5139 I can't really explain. Both "(to) practise" (british) and "(to) practice" (american) are correct. It seems that I have always been using the british form.
I may have understood the last bit wrong got a bit lost but
Nein Englisch ist schwerer, weil es keine STRUCTURE haben. Ahh i forgot however !
Jedoch Englisch ist überall cos Americans dominate the media so it makes it easier in my opinion anyways. Kinda gave up there 🤣
I didn't know about hello talk before. I think it is genuinely impressive!
9:25 I have been trying to learn Dutch, and this was one of the first things I did! I changed my phone, computer language, and my Google account to Dutch.
I tried out 'Hello Talk' and it's great, thanks Evan!
I just binged both seasons of Bad Banks over the weekend. Sehr gut!
Ive just started learning German thanks to you! Danke!
Wow, hello talk seems very cool, will definitely check it out
I've loved Nico's Weg since finishing a level German. It's actually really enjoyable and it makes me happy to see it recommended!!
Dark season 3 comes out in four weeks and I‘m already excited :D
Ohmygod does it really??! I'm so excited
This is so helpful. I’ve been searching for additional sources once I finish Duolingo
I tried hellotalk for Japanese as an Australian and it was actually so inspiring and so much fun to speak with the friendliest strangers!! The translate and correction tool defs helped us both to amend written text 🤗
I wish there was a video just as useful as yours, but for the languages I am learning xD It's so nice to just get a list with websites, show etc. to follow without having to look for things like that for weeks.
"Doch" is definitely the word I miss the most when I'm speaking English.. how do you guys live without it?
I had to look it up... I think English should have a word like that!
I just looked that up. It’s brilliant. It’s genius. It’s big galaxy brain. And English should have a word like that.
Oh yes! I never know how to say that! XD
Blame the French
It is not really useful more like a filler, it is like anyway or nevertheless.
Thanks so much for this video! I’m a third year BA spanish and Italian student sent hone from my year abroad early due to corona and im struggling so hard to keep my languages up to scratch after having to travel back to the UK. This app seems great to get back on track
In the Netherlands we learn german in school just like french and english
so cool that you are learning several languages! can you choose between them?
Well this does depend whether or not you like German. I HATE German with my entire heart so the moment I could drop German, I immediately did. Prefer French and Spanish.
Same in England lol
snowflake it depends on the school but mostly in elementary you start with english, and in middle school you learn french and german. but when you go to high school you can drop one language you don’t like. later on in college and all you can even get like chinese, russian and many other languages (If you want to, these langueges expect from english are not forced to learn!)
@@x.annelotw4877 I get it. Why do you hate German? I've never studied it so I've no idea haha
I've been taking Chinese for eight years and now my classes are done so I'm teaching myself. I just downloaded HelloTalk and it's so cool
Deutsche Welle was the start of my learning journey and I recently found out about Your Daily German, but all your tips we're really good!
Hello and welcome back to- oh wow, the lighting is so nice, look at those colours, has Evan got new lights? - oh **** now I’ve missed the entire intro what’s he saying?
I am currently learning Korean on Duolingo. I follow you on there :)
My fave sentence is "The men fall down together at the library." Thanks Duo, will def need that :'D
My favourite is “I am apple”
Excuse me, I am an apple.
The mountain is not the sea
Hey Evan thanks so much. You have no idea how useful this video is! I’m on my own journey to learn German so great info! :)
Another thing you can do Evan is volunteer for Distributed Proofreaders (you can google it or go via Project Gutenberg if you already used it). They teach you how to proof for them and once you've got past the initial panic of 'Am I ready for this?' and you realised that hell yeah, there are plenty of other people the text will go past who'll carry on correcting so don't worry, you can pick up books/texts of multiple languages.
I'm learning French - working much in the way you're doing, though for me it's picking it up again after O levels (I'm not saying when. Just that they were O levels). I tend only to work on the level one proofing of French books, whereas I do level 2 for English (I'm not a good enough person to spend enough time to go higher. Maybe one day), but I have touched on some Dutch texts (done a few pages) and have done English books with German, Latin and classical Greek in them. Not that I'm fluent in any of these languages, but just familiar enough with them to get that feeling that I need to triple rather than just double check the image against the text :D
I haven't learned German properly since I started A levels and then bailed out of school the following January (long story), but knowing some helped me start to learn Dutch. If you have some German, Dutch is easier to translate to English than if you don't. I've put that on the back burner until I'm feeling more fluent in French though, because my aim is to get to see the race at Le Mans in the next couple of years. My son can drive the caravanette hubby's currently doing up. I'll do the talking when we're there. That's the agreement, so I'm stuck with learning the one!
Good advice from you, btw. Reading around, using more than one app... it's all very helpful. I have a tablet with a reasonable memory & large SD card filling up with apps. It's nearly run out of room, and about half of them are linguistics based. Not just a few languages, it's a bit wider than that, but I'm kind of obsessed, I think. Good luck! Or should I say 'Viel Glück!'
(ps: if you download the international keyboard on Windows, you can add pretty much any commonly used accent without needing to switch to another language.)
The hardest part of being B1-B2 is having patience! It feels like progress is so slow after the initial excitement of starting with the language.
Setting up a specific reason for learning a specific language also helps tremendously. I'm Danish trying to learn Spanish and I'm moving to Argentina as soon as the borders open (hopefully they will in September). Me moving to a Spanish-speaking country forces me to improve my Spanish as much as possible before getting there. Accountability measures don't have to be as extreme as actually moving to a different country but finding a 'reason' or specific goals that you want to achieve with that language really motivates your language-learning.
Did you get there?
I've used hellotalk for about a month now and it's so motivating to learn about other people's cultures that I wouldn't otherwise have a way of communicating with.
I got the hello talk app a bit ago to help with my French and it helps a lot. it helped me when I wanted to strengthen my Irish celtic
Hi, I have another tip on how to improve learning a language regarding Intonation and pronunciation.
Learning how to use the IPA(International Phonetic Alphabet). Phonetic spelling is the weird symbols in brackets that come after the actual word in the dictionary. It has a detailed description of how to create the sound of every symbol or if it is not a symbol for a sound it tells you where to put the emphasis or where a vowel in the middle of a word gets a new `burst of energy/ new beginning´.
I am a German who has an American as a choir teacher who is very strict on how to pronounce in German and in English. honestly, I have never learned as much about pronunciation as from him. And the IPA is a frequent tool he uses to explain things to the class.
I, myself am trying to learn Korean and struggled with the pronunciation of hangul(Korean alphabet) and looking up the phonetic symbols for the letters has helped me a ton.
Oh and P.S. Evan I noticed that you tend to put the emphasis of the german word not at the beginning of the words. In german, most of the words are emphasised on the first syllable. I also learned that from my teacher because i never had to think about it, being a native German speaker. I hope it helps and is not seen as being too nitpicky. You are doing great with the vocabulary, but I noticed the reason why I have trouble understanding your german is this.
Love your content and hope you have a great day :D
Liebe Grüße aus der Hamburg Gegend
Got some great advice there for improving my German. One other thing I find helps as well is listening to the Deutsche Welle slow spoken news. 😁👍
Or the Tagesschau!
You couldn't have released this at a better time for me, oh my goodness. I need to be at about B1 level German by the end of this month to apply for my study abroad choices (in Leipzig and Dresden, although I'm hoping for Dresden, as it's a proper art school) and it's been quite difficult to improve! Luckily there's a language exchange programme through my university, and I'm going to have my first Skype call with the lovely person I found and my friend (she is completely new to German, so she's freaking out, bless her) this week! I've been watching Avatar: The Last Airbender in German with subtitles, which has been great. Although a lot of the time, the subtitles don't match up, and I struggle to retain the vocab, so I'm thinking of basically transcribing what I hear while I watch, and sift through what I understand and what I don't. And then test my knowledge afterwards. It's gonna be a very tedious process, but most likely worth it!! Thank you so much Evan for all your tips, they will definitely come in handy! And I look forward to your next video, as always :) viel Glück mit deine Deutsche Sprache Abenteuern!
Oh, also I higly recommend the Easy German podcast! They talk about really interesting topics, and speak at a natural pace.
I am using hello talk for my Spanish and Japanese, it's so good.
I can already speak German but I haven't been able to practice for months. this actually helps me improve! Thanks
During high school, I applied to and got accepted to do an exchange year in Germany. My German improved so much, and I was able to meet so many amazing people. If you’re interested in learning a foreign language, look into programs that allow you to study abroad in that country! Lots of organizations offer scholarships, too, so it can be affordable.
I get to a point with trying to learn German, and then I give up for a while. I think it's because I haven't made it a part of my daily life. These videos are so helpful! Thanks, Evan.
I've learned Japanese mostly by self-studying (I've had a couple of classes at this point, but I got to B1 on my own and I've pretty much learned all the kanji I know on my own). I'm currently trying to break the B1/B2-barrier by reading as much as I can, playing video games in Japanese, and watching anime without subtitles or with the Japanese subtitles. It's a bit of a chore - the book series I'm reading right now is difficult enough that I have to look up at least a word per sentence, but often two or three - but since I really enjoy reading in Japanese and it's a series I've been wanting to read for ages I don't mind.
I am currently on a 374 day streak on Duolingo which started when I found your videos. I hadn't studied a language before but I had always wished to learn Spanish. I am now at the last stage with every skill before then at level 5 and I have found myself being able to understand TV shows (with Spanish subs), read Harry Potter and talk to natives using an app called Tandem. Wanted to say a big thanks for inspiring me and kick-starting my language learning journey. I've actually also starting dabbling in Korean as I'm actually living in Korea teaching English. The Korean tree isn't that well developed but it as been very useful for helping express simple things like telling my landlord that the hot water wasn't working 😂. Once again, thanks soo much.
Wow that's great!!! Well done!!!
Hello Talk acc sounds really good. I've been using conversation exchange and people tend to want to use whatsapp to call rather than text. Although I'm semi-confident in my German speaking, I'm not at all confident in being able to have a non-awkward conversation with a stranger in a foreign language. So HelloTalk's ability to send voice recordings sounds so much better to me.
I love the EasyGerman channel 😍😍😍
danke for this video btw
Lindie Botes makes really great videos about language learning as well! Thanks Evan for inspiring me, I'm off to do another lesson in Spanish!
I’m a native german speaker and I still watch all of your „German learning tips“ vids just bc it’s so interesting to me how other people perceive German Aaaand language learning in general
Love that
I’d say I’m pretty bad at learning languages. Had to learn English in school but only got good bc of tv shows and now I just don’t have enough motivation to keep at learning the languages i still wanna learn bc there’s no real „pressure“ behind it
So any more motivation tips would be greatly appreciated tbh but I lack motivation in general soooooo whoops
You’ve inspired me to get back on duolingo doing my Spanish. To toot my own horn, I’m doing quite well 😂 going to download that hello talk that looks like a good app, and I have Spanish subtitles on my Netflix already! :D
I love how much you love Dark
hello and welcome back to a guy trying his best
When I was a teenager I tried to read the HP books in English (I read them in German many times before). It was still too difficult. Last year I bought the ebook and I only had to translate a few words. I finally got some jokes, that got lost in the translation.
I started to read Fanfiction, started to watch movies/series in English. But you probably shouldn't set your Netflix settings to German (I don't mean the dubbing). If you switch the settings to German, they won't show titles which aren't available in German (so your selection is a lot smaller).
I got hello talk just cos Evan said to and I’ve met some cool people. Thanks
I totally agree with your point on watching movies/series in the foreign language that you are trying to learn. I was learning English since I was 8 but it wasn't until middle school when I decided to watch a series with English subtitles rather than greek that I found out that watching the series helped me more with my English rather than my private lessons. so yeah. go for it and try it. at first, sure you will only understand a couple of phrases but in the end, you will end up understanding and using ''real'' English, German, Japanese, etc. without realising it.