Hey guys, I was wondering if you guys have a language routine or if you study languages more spontaneously. Either way, if you'd like to share any fun language-related activities that I missed, it'd be great to know 📚😁
Don't give up on reading :) there are a lot of graded readers and you can use tools like LingQ to make difficult content more comprehensible. With the vocabulary I recommend focus on verbs, preposition and conjunctions. Let the other words flow a bit, you'll learn them naturally if they're important to you. And indeed it's better to learn them in little sentences. The reason is that these words shape the sentence structure, implicate cases and may be separated (verbs). If you don't have a good example sentence from your source, there is word reference 😎
For me personally I find a full routine a little bit challenging due to work factors but definitely like to try and make it part of the day. For example I will have days where I use languages with the children I work with to help them learn as well as practise myself.
I am not good with structured routines in general (or at least not self-imposed ones outside of work). I'm trying to do better at that, but sometimes I get exhausted just watching others describe their routines and organization systems on YT. I also learn better by reading and writing but am trying to focus a lot on oral content at the moment, since French is hard and listening and speaking are my weak spot in any language, even English. I have a fondness for retro language learning videos, and found a lot of them online in French, but am coming up short in Italian.
You can tell this girl has an insane talent for language learning just by looking at the way she speaks english, not even her mother tongue. How many natives can speak that fluently. Her speach is like a flowing stream of unbroken sentences: without fillers, pet words, postcripts or tag lines. She barely takes any pause for thinking or constructing sentences. Her lexicon is rich and accurate, like verbal juggling. If only I could speak my native language with that much mastery, but she speaks some 5 or 6 other languages, gimme a break. Even more impressive is the depth of the ideas she conveys with her masterful language use, making it obvious that she's well-read in different topics. It's as if she lived 4 times, but in fact she's only about 20. She shows an interest for learning and self-improvement uncharacteristic of her age. What an amazing role model for the very concerning new generation. It's such a pleasure and a privilege to be able to learn languages with Karen; what an inspiring person.
Seriously. The only thing that gave her away as a non native was her pronunciation of the letter z sometimes. And you'd have to actually pay attention. Her English is crazy good...and it's not like she only learns English and focuses on being flawless in that language. I don't think that I'll speak 8 languages in my life and I once thought that I was a language person. Maybe not haha.
I'm really bad at structured studying so what I try to do is just consistently get comprehensible input in the language, everyday. That is pretty much the only thing that works for me. That's how I learned English and that's how I'm trying to learn French now.
7:39 I didn't see where you put the link for this channel, But I was able to find it based off the on-screen visuals. Thank you for the course recommendation; such teaching can expedite Training one's intuition to know when each article should "sound right". 🙂
Thank you for sharing TOUCAN I immediately downloaded and tried it(only the free version tho), it is actually really fun and interesting how it just adds random word in text you are reading and I first tried using it on text I was really familiar with and almost knew it by heart just to test would language change affect my reading speed or experience. And no it is just mesmerizing how fun it is!!!
I speak three languages (to varying degrees, my French still needs work and it's not like my English and German are perfect either. But I can read novels and watch Tv in all three, with French taking the most effort) and basically stopped learning Russian. I always marvel at how people manage to maintain 6, 8, 10 or more languages all at varying levels. Maybe I'm just not as much of a language person as I thought I was haha. I do like that you are realistic. It gets tiring to have all these people claiming that after an hour of Anki for six months they reached C. So many people act like experts and like their way is the only way. We are all so different and the method that works best is the one that we will actually use. I write things down and still use Anki because I find that I don't study from handwritten vocab lists like I do from grammar notes etc. It reminds me of the way we had to learn vocab in school which never did anything for me. I mostly write down things (by hand on paper, I can't with handwriting with a stylus. Let me have paper or I will just type) while reading or watching and if I did not learn the word naturally in a certain amount of time (like a few months or when the notebook is full), I make Anki cards. That way I wrote it down and also don't fall into the trap of Anki dependence by throwing everything I encounter into Anki and acting like every word I learn must be learned through spaced repetition. That's actually the main reason I disliked and didn't use Anki for a long time. People seemed so dependent on it and would spend so much time on it.
I definitely agree about writing your vocab words. But reading in the language is actually the biggest step towards obtaining vocab. I watch German RUclips videos. I actually noticed that Netflix made quiet a few mistakes...also use words that you would like to use daily. Even in English I wouldn't often use the word sun burnt but I can explain in German that the sun burnt my skin even if it is incorrect, those words are more commently used than the word sunburnt solely. I figured it's more important to get to that step than single words. So I decided to go through the route of watching German you tubers and following only German speaking teachers, it really helps. I also realised that maybe your German basic grammar might not fully on point, I had the same issue. so I focused on improving that, which has made a world difference to understand generic conversation . It's difficult. But I told myself that the only way I can improve my German is through active learning. None of the passiveness that doesn't try to force my brain to use what I've learnt. I practice writing letters and have decided to read a book once a month. Nothing crazy. Probably a 12 years olds book. In a month I can definitely say the way I approached learning German is monumental. I get German natives to check my work and I'm constantly looking for common phrases because there's just so many applications to one word. Even in certain dialects. I also made a rule to speak German 3 times a week and joined language gym. It honestly saved my butt. Once a week I'll speak German with a native. When I get tired I just briefly go through some French but I only dedicate 1 hour a week because French requires even more time. But I found German like math. The more I practiced each if the skills the better I felt about my vocabulary and that is how it retained. Regarding obtaining grammar use Udemy. There's Sandra and Julia. Both removing the effort of looking for what you should know by B1 or B2 level. Also great for revision. Additionally I bought textbooks and would buy more that help me remember for instance verbs with their Dativ prepositions etc. It does take a lot of effort to self study. But I find it even more worthwhile because of the sheer effort it requires. For the first time yesterday I sat down and watch Köln on TV and understood what they were saying for the most part. Which is nice. Cause a month ago it sounded like garbage so I can say I'm really doing well. I believe by the end if the year I should reach B2 level. Again German is like math, you'll only improve by constantly practicing. I study about 15-20 hours per week so I'm really dedicated especially since I live here and refuse to allow anyone to gossip around me😂
My routine for German is: - Anki (around 40 sentences a day) - EasyGerman channel on youtube (and couple more) - Language school 2 days a week. - Deutsche welle activities online when i have time. German is a hard language (im portuguese), i have been doing this for about 3 years, i hope that in one or two more years i can start using nativ authentic material to boost my learning (that really helped my french).
AnkiDroid (the Anki app, but for Androids) lets you use a kind of a whiteboard. For instance, when I study my flashcards, I can enable the whiteboard option (from the three dots above every flashcard). I use it to write my answer, before I hit "Show Answer". This way, I check myself on the dictation of a word too, rather than just say it out loud. I don't know if Anki on ios has this option, but if it does, you could still use SRS😊
When i am doing Anki i like to write the answers on paper before seeing them, i think that helps retention and helps you make less mistakes when you are writing.
I love that too. I want to be able to write words and not only beeing able of pronounce them correctly. There is also an addon which allows you to write in anki and after writing it shows your mistakes, so you re kind of more flexible when u are in the subway and don't have a sheet of paper with you. I love that feature. I really recommend it to you.
One thing that maybe is not a great idea is to learn words that you will almost never use, like "sunburn" or "tong" (you have them in your lists) and focus on more important ones, unless your level is already very high and you know most of the basic and intermediat words. For example i only put words on anki that i know that will be helpfull for my work or that are used very regularly. **
I don’t. I sorta gage my level. I guess you’d have even to take a wholistic exam to know for sure. One way you can guide yourself is by gaging how many words you know in the language: (read the first answer, and you’ll find a little graphic that tells you the number of words that correspond to the language levels.) www.quora.com/How-many-words-does-one-need-to-know-to-be-considered-fluent-in-French
No, I don't. Since I started learning languages on my own, I told myself that I would only do things to study languages that I would normally do in my native languages (watching Netflix, reading authors I enjoyed, watching RUclips videos etc.) I want work to seem like play, so that I can keep my stamina, and feel like practicing languages is fun rather than draining. I wouldn't use graded readers in my native language, so I don't do it in the ones I am learning. I do make a trade off for languages I am a beginner at, so for Russian and German I did take a one-year long course at university, and it was a lot of work not so much play, but now I can consume a lot of native content in German because the course was so intense. Do what works for you, but I try to prioritize my consistency above everything, and to me, that means only doing things that I find 100% enjoyable and natural to do
Noo, you don't have to feel that way. Everyone should do what it's best for them and have their own pace. Take all the time you need. Learning a language is a beautiful journey, not a marathon with a starting point and a finish line💞
I am sorry you feel that way. Do what's best for you. I've definitely quit learning languages before, like arabic which I studied for 2 years in high school because I was so frustrated that I could barely speak it after so much work and effort.The way I got my motivation back to learn the other languages was by building almost like an interpersonal relationship with each. For French, I started to watch movies, and listen to music, and slowly I started to discovered what I liked, and appreciate the language more and more. Suddenly, my desire to learn languages was not so much to see how fluent I was, or how advance I could be, but to see how much I could discover and get to experience the culture and get to know the language
I'm so sorry. Try to focus on what you've accomplished, rather than what you haven't done. And try not to compare yourself with others, as many times you can see only their successes, and not their struggles. Everyone struggles. Language learning is deceptive -- at first it seems easy, like learning to swim in a pool. But the more you learn, the more the pool expands, until you suddenly find yourself trying to swim across an ocean. Rather than being overwhelmed, try to look back at what you've done, and how that tiny pool you started in is now incredibly easy. Fortunately for me, when I get discouraged with studying languages, Language Girl comes up with a new video, and I'm motivated to continue.
computers will process language better than all humans within the next 10-20 years language learning is becoming a waste of time study engineering science math better jobs, more money - and thats for a reason
Little bit different topic but do you guys stare yourself in flip screen because no one watches the camera like you talk to viewer (straight into lense). Sometimes kinda strange to watch videos where video maker watches smth else but us 🧐
I film on my iPhone, so I don't have a flip screen. It's difficult to look at the lens because it's so tiny. I just look at the screen, but sometimes it does look weird 😂
Hey guys, I was wondering if you guys have a language routine or if you study languages more spontaneously. Either way, if you'd like to share any fun language-related activities that I missed, it'd be great to know 📚😁
Don't give up on reading :) there are a lot of graded readers and you can use tools like LingQ to make difficult content more comprehensible.
With the vocabulary I recommend focus on verbs, preposition and conjunctions. Let the other words flow a bit, you'll learn them naturally if they're important to you. And indeed it's better to learn them in little sentences. The reason is that these words shape the sentence structure, implicate cases and may be separated (verbs). If you don't have a good example sentence from your source, there is word reference 😎
For me personally I find a full routine a little bit challenging due to work factors but definitely like to try and make it part of the day. For example I will have days where I use languages with the children I work with to help them learn as well as practise myself.
I am not good with structured routines in general (or at least not self-imposed ones outside of work). I'm trying to do better at that, but sometimes I get exhausted just watching others describe their routines and organization systems on YT. I also learn better by reading and writing but am trying to focus a lot on oral content at the moment, since French is hard and listening and speaking are my weak spot in any language, even English. I have a fondness for retro language learning videos, and found a lot of them online in French, but am coming up short in Italian.
You can tell this girl has an insane talent for language learning just by looking at the way she speaks english, not even her mother tongue. How many natives can speak that fluently. Her speach is like a flowing stream of unbroken sentences: without fillers, pet words, postcripts or tag lines. She barely takes any pause for thinking or constructing sentences. Her lexicon is rich and accurate, like verbal juggling. If only I could speak my native language with that much mastery, but she speaks some 5 or 6 other languages, gimme a break.
Even more impressive is the depth of the ideas she conveys with her masterful language use, making it obvious that she's well-read in different topics. It's as if she lived 4 times, but in fact she's only about 20. She shows an interest for learning and self-improvement uncharacteristic of her age. What an amazing role model for the very concerning new generation. It's such a pleasure and a privilege to be able to learn languages with Karen; what an inspiring person.
Omg it's now a life goal of mine to have people think like this about me😂🤞
@@Polyxeniism What a petty goal...
Just kidding, comment well-taken.
@@Alejandro-Te thanks I guess?😅
Thanks Alejandro! 😊 such a sweet comment
Seriously. The only thing that gave her away as a non native was her pronunciation of the letter z sometimes. And you'd have to actually pay attention. Her English is crazy good...and it's not like she only learns English and focuses on being flawless in that language. I don't think that I'll speak 8 languages in my life and I once thought that I was a language person. Maybe not haha.
I've just started learning German and this was so motivating, thank you!
You can do it. I believe in you
Goals I'm only at 4 languages and undisciplined. Great inspo right here.
4 languages is amazing!!
Das ist ein tolles und nützliches video. Danke schön
I'm really bad at structured studying so what I try to do is just consistently get comprehensible input in the language, everyday. That is pretty much the only thing that works for me. That's how I learned English and that's how I'm trying to learn French now.
7:39 I didn't see where you put the link for this channel,
But I was able to find it based off the on-screen visuals.
Thank you for the course recommendation; such teaching can expedite
Training one's intuition to know when each article should "sound right". 🙂
Glad you found it. She's really great
Great routine thanks for sharing. I will have to try the German website you mentioned. I am currently prioritizing Spanish.
Oh if you are taking about Tandem, there are Spanish speakers you can talk to as well. It's for all the languages 😊
Thank you for sharing TOUCAN I immediately downloaded and tried it(only the free version tho), it is actually really fun and interesting how it just adds random word in text you are reading and I first tried using it on text I was really familiar with and almost knew it by heart just to test would language change affect my reading speed or experience. And no it is just mesmerizing how fun it is!!!
YES I need a cheat sheet and I need to do a diary
I speak three languages (to varying degrees, my French still needs work and it's not like my English and German are perfect either. But I can read novels and watch Tv in all three, with French taking the most effort) and basically stopped learning Russian. I always marvel at how people manage to maintain 6, 8, 10 or more languages all at varying levels. Maybe I'm just not as much of a language person as I thought I was haha.
I do like that you are realistic. It gets tiring to have all these people claiming that after an hour of Anki for six months they reached C. So many people act like experts and like their way is the only way. We are all so different and the method that works best is the one that we will actually use.
I write things down and still use Anki because I find that I don't study from handwritten vocab lists like I do from grammar notes etc. It reminds me of the way we had to learn vocab in school which never did anything for me. I mostly write down things (by hand on paper, I can't with handwriting with a stylus. Let me have paper or I will just type) while reading or watching and if I did not learn the word naturally in a certain amount of time (like a few months or when the notebook is full), I make Anki cards. That way I wrote it down and also don't fall into the trap of Anki dependence by throwing everything I encounter into Anki and acting like every word I learn must be learned through spaced repetition. That's actually the main reason I disliked and didn't use Anki for a long time. People seemed so dependent on it and would spend so much time on it.
I definitely agree about writing your vocab words. But reading in the language is actually the biggest step towards obtaining vocab. I watch German RUclips videos. I actually noticed that Netflix made quiet a few mistakes...also use words that you would like to use daily. Even in English I wouldn't often use the word sun burnt but I can explain in German that the sun burnt my skin even if it is incorrect, those words are more commently used than the word sunburnt solely. I figured it's more important to get to that step than single words. So I decided to go through the route of watching German you tubers and following only German speaking teachers, it really helps. I also realised that maybe your German basic grammar might not fully on point, I had the same issue. so I focused on improving that, which has made a world difference to understand generic conversation . It's difficult. But I told myself that the only way I can improve my German is through active learning. None of the passiveness that doesn't try to force my brain to use what I've learnt. I practice writing letters and have decided to read a book once a month. Nothing crazy. Probably a 12 years olds book. In a month I can definitely say the way I approached learning German is monumental. I get German natives to check my work and I'm constantly looking for common phrases because there's just so many applications to one word. Even in certain dialects. I also made a rule to speak German 3 times a week and joined language gym. It honestly saved my butt. Once a week I'll speak German with a native. When I get tired I just briefly go through some French but I only dedicate 1 hour a week because French requires even more time. But I found German like math. The more I practiced each if the skills the better I felt about my vocabulary and that is how it retained. Regarding obtaining grammar use Udemy. There's Sandra and Julia. Both removing the effort of looking for what you should know by B1 or B2 level. Also great for revision. Additionally I bought textbooks and would buy more that help me remember for instance verbs with their Dativ prepositions etc. It does take a lot of effort to self study. But I find it even more worthwhile because of the sheer effort it requires. For the first time yesterday I sat down and watch Köln on TV and understood what they were saying for the most part. Which is nice. Cause a month ago it sounded like garbage so I can say I'm really doing well. I believe by the end if the year I should reach B2 level. Again German is like math, you'll only improve by constantly practicing. I study about 15-20 hours per week so I'm really dedicated especially since I live here and refuse to allow anyone to gossip around me😂
My routine for German is:
- Anki (around 40 sentences a day)
- EasyGerman channel on youtube (and couple more)
- Language school 2 days a week.
- Deutsche welle activities online when i have time.
German is a hard language (im portuguese), i have been doing this for about 3 years, i hope that in one or two more years i can start using nativ authentic material to boost my learning (that really helped my french).
great video girl congrats
Thank you so much! Спасибо большое! It's gonna me so interesting to see your routine for each language! My native language is russian!
that's what I needed, thank you ❤️
😊
When you did Middlebury Language School how did you maintain your other languages?
Thanks for the video 💕
Anki has a scratchpad option so you can write the vocab while studying
thanks for motivating me💜💚
you got it 🌟
Thank you so much I needed this❤❤
😊 glad it was helpful
2:11 „Werbung“ in the article should be „kommerziell“ :)
AnkiDroid (the Anki app, but for Androids) lets you use a kind of a whiteboard. For instance, when I study my flashcards, I can enable the whiteboard option (from the three dots above every flashcard). I use it to write my answer, before I hit "Show Answer". This way, I check myself on the dictation of a word too, rather than just say it out loud.
I don't know if Anki on ios has this option, but if it does, you could still use SRS😊
oh that is awesome. I didn't know
Thank you for the inspiration! My favourite youtube channel for German is - Slow German - lerne Deutsch mit Annik.
When i am doing Anki i like to write the answers on paper before seeing them, i think that helps retention and helps you make less mistakes when you are writing.
I love that too. I want to be able to write words and not only beeing able of pronounce them correctly. There is also an addon which allows you to write in anki and after writing it shows your mistakes, so you re kind of more flexible when u are in the subway and don't have a sheet of paper with you. I love that feature. I really recommend it to you.
@@joelwa4074 that souds neat. Whats the name of the addon?
@@lunititis Maybe u already have it. Instead of „basic“ in the card type above u have to chose „spelling“ and there you go. :)
Thank you, my friend
Danke schön, meine freundin!🇩🇪🇨🇭
hey,how are you going with your Russian language ? we're excited to see your update
I've been struggling quite a bit. I'll make a video dedicated to it. But since I am in vacation rn, I am just reviewing the first-year textbook
One thing that maybe is not a great idea is to learn words that you will almost never use, like "sunburn" or "tong" (you have them in your lists) and focus on more important ones, unless your level is already very high and you know most of the basic and intermediat words. For example i only put words on anki that i know that will be helpfull for my work or that are used very regularly. **
I can speak 4 languages 🇬🇧🇨🇵🇩🇪🇮🇹 is that good?
wow that's great
Why would it be considered bad in the first place though?😂
of course. That is amazing. You should be proud 🌟🌟
Salut ! Je préfère aussi écrire mes propres listes de vocabulaire.
c'est très satisfaisant 🖋
How do you know what level you are on when learning a language
I don’t. I sorta gage my level. I guess you’d have even to take a wholistic exam to know for sure. One way you can guide yourself is by gaging how many words you know in the language: (read the first answer, and you’ll find a little graphic that tells you the number of words that correspond to the language levels.) www.quora.com/How-many-words-does-one-need-to-know-to-be-considered-fluent-in-French
Do you use graded readers with any of you languages?
No, I don't. Since I started learning languages on my own, I told myself that I would only do things to study languages that I would normally do in my native languages (watching Netflix, reading authors I enjoyed, watching RUclips videos etc.) I want work to seem like play, so that I can keep my stamina, and feel like practicing languages is fun rather than draining. I wouldn't use graded readers in my native language, so I don't do it in the ones I am learning. I do make a trade off for languages I am a beginner at, so for Russian and German I did take a one-year long course at university, and it was a lot of work not so much play, but now I can consume a lot of native content in German because the course was so intense. Do what works for you, but I try to prioritize my consistency above everything, and to me, that means only doing things that I find 100% enjoyable and natural to do
What stood out for me the most in this video was the elephant in the background! Lo siento. Me distraigo con facilidad.
se llama Jattestor 🥰🥰
i stopped learning languages because of depression :( i feel like a failure
Noo, you don't have to feel that way. Everyone should do what it's best for them and have their own pace. Take all the time you need.
Learning a language is a beautiful journey, not a marathon with a starting point and a finish line💞
I am sorry you feel that way. Do what's best for you. I've definitely quit learning languages before, like arabic which I studied for 2 years in high school because I was so frustrated that I could barely speak it after so much work and effort.The way I got my motivation back to learn the other languages was by building almost like an interpersonal relationship with each. For French, I started to watch movies, and listen to music, and slowly I started to discovered what I liked, and appreciate the language more and more. Suddenly, my desire to learn languages was not so much to see how fluent I was, or how advance I could be, but to see how much I could discover and get to experience the culture and get to know the language
I'm so sorry. Try to focus on what you've accomplished, rather than what you haven't done. And try not to compare yourself with others, as many times you can see only their successes, and not their struggles. Everyone struggles.
Language learning is deceptive -- at first it seems easy, like learning to swim in a pool. But the more you learn, the more the pool expands, until you suddenly find yourself trying to swim across an ocean. Rather than being overwhelmed, try to look back at what you've done, and how that tiny pool you started in is now incredibly easy.
Fortunately for me, when I get discouraged with studying languages, Language Girl comes up with a new video, and I'm motivated to continue.
computers will process language better than all humans within the next 10-20 years
language learning is becoming a waste of time
study engineering science math
better jobs, more money - and thats for a reason
do whatever works for you
Little bit different topic but do you guys stare yourself in flip screen because no one watches the camera like you talk to viewer (straight into lense). Sometimes kinda strange to watch videos where video maker watches smth else but us 🧐
If I made videos, I'd too😂 and not because I love my looks too much, but because I'd want to see a human when I talk
I film on my iPhone, so I don't have a flip screen. It's difficult to look at the lens because it's so tiny. I just look at the screen, but sometimes it does look weird 😂
What is the app that you’re using for taking your scratch notes?
notability 🖋