I agree as well. Especially if you're a good listener. I hear Turkish in my head in the mornings just from watching Turkish dramas at night 😁. I have the English subtitles on and I often spot translation mistakes. I have a long long way to go but it's enjoyable. There are other helpful things like listening to the rhythm and flow. Also watching someone's mouth. I'm dyslexic but listening works well for me. It helps with my memory issues as well.
I learnt how to understand Tagalog through my parents. They never thought me, however, the more I hear them and Filipino dramas, the more I understand Tagalog.
I learned German by watching TV series and cartoons on German TV channels when I was a kid. I had no previous knowledge of German language, I just watched and eventually I started to understand. And even though I eventually stopped watching those TV channels and never spoke it myself, I can still understand it after all these years, without any issues. It's weird how human brain works.
@@mohdkaleemuddin9485 yubbbb i learned english just by watching youtubers i really like after a year i started talking to ppl in english and now i am good at it i didin't know if i should do with korean i learned the alphabet i will try Listenin to a video first in korean then subtitled and maybe i could learn it better like i did with english 😂😳
I'd say you are wrong underestimating the importance of listening. For me the purpose of listening is not to learn new words, but learn verbal expressions, including modern ones, understand speech at the hearing, including rapid speech, and get used to understand different accents. Yes listening should not be the only one way of learning English, but in my experience it's the key way to work out a real English. Surely it's advisable to start listening only having a basic grammar knowledge (basic means no need to stuck at this) and considerable vocabulary. Besides when I watch something I prefer English subtitles. I guess having a lot of conversations in English in addition to listening would be a more effective way than just listening, but usually it's hard to have a lot of conversations if you don't live in a suitable environment. I was managed to greatly improve my conversational English by just listening a lot. I can say so because I recently started taking a job interviews in English and I'd say it goes better than I expected (for example I recently had an about 2 hours conversation with a 2 native speakers).
The author of this video doesn't discount listening -- she is just saying that it is super hard to learn a language by just listening. IMO listening is super important -- but listening is super inefficient until you build up a decent vocabulary -- reading is much more efficient at building vocab initially. Once you have a decent vocab I think then is where listening starts to shine.
@@jackdarby2168 My daughter loves German and Russsian.She does speak some. Shes learnt from various sites like RUclips. She's listened to songs and the Duolingo website which she's recommended to me. I watch Turkish dramas and I've picked up a fare amount which is pleasantly surprising.
@@trunchqin4292 Everyone learns differently. If someone was blind they could still learn a language and years ago before the internet and books people learnt language like Latin. I think it varies from person to person. I'm dyslexic and listening helps a lot for me. Repetition of words helps me. A guy here on RUclips under the name of Iaosh50500 speaks a multitude of languages and he says he's learnt them by reading and then going out to practice with strangers. He's fascinating to watch and listen to but I also think he has a natural talent for it.
@@trunchqin4292 Bless your heart. No I mean the guy learns as much of the language as he possibly can and will practice by talking to strangers who speak the native language he is learning. I think it helps because he is a language teacher himself. Everyone learns differently. I myself find it easier to learn when I watch and listen. You may learn in a completely different way which suits your natural way of learning, memory and how you retain information. There is no wrong or right way just different ways that's all. I'm interested in how you prefer to learn a language and what advice will you share to help others? Its interesting to know and maybe helpful.
All I know is that living in a country is the best way to learn a language. I'm Polish and I live in Italy since 2011. I was trying to learn English by simply learning words and grammar and I thought it was enough... Well then I went to London and I understood that that wasn't actually enough so I started watching and watching and watching videos in English and now as you can see I'm here writing this comment by myself, without any dictionary or translator, so I can say that listening is a good exercise only if you learn new words at the same time, and you can also improve your pronunciation, like I actually did...
Yes... listening build our basic skills of language in mind... listening audio radio...story everything...build language structures in mind automatic transmission...but take long time...
If I b1/b2 level can I improve my English only watching and listening? Or same time I should learn words? I watching and understand everything wat I watch.
The process of learning another language is very fun, and I love it. Yes, sometimes I feel very tired by not getting reach fluency, but, in the end, I think it doesn't matter. The results are no as important as the process. And, I have something to tell you who thinks you are not learning English...If you are reading this, is because you are learning. Keep going, you are almost there.
Hi I'm sorry but, I disagree with you in my humble opinion, learning a language by listening is very useful, I've learned a lot by listening to the podcast on my smartphone. Of course you're right if you want to be able to speak it's important to be active speaking and writing. For instance: without listening I couldn't understand what you have said in this video, this is the reason why LISTENING is the most important skill if you want to be fluent and learn a second language. By for now
I believe that what she meant was that one can't learn by listening only. Of course it's incredibly important, but it can't be the only thing we do and probably shouldn't be the first thing we do. When you listen to podcasts you probably understand parts if not most of what is said. That being said, I believe that watching a video with subtitles in the same language can be useful even for people who have just begun learning - they are learning to recognise sounds the words they see.
Magdalena Orańska Hi! I think it's important to do everything when you are learning a new language, for example listening, speaking, writing, reading, but in my opinion Listening is more important because you have to increase your level of comprehension if you want to be able to understand what people are saying. I started to learn English in a course 9 years ago, and honestly after the course even though I was one of the best students, I was disappointed about my level of English skills, specially for comprehension, but 17 months ago I decided to learn English on my own by listening to the podcast, watching videos on RUclips, writing on whatssap and speaking on Skype with native English people. finally with this method I can see my improvement, obviously my English is not perfect, but it's better then before. Thanks for your answer, as said A. J. Hoge one of my favorite English teacher on RUclips: "Learn with your ears not with your eyes. bye for now
Hi! I definitely agree ;) My English wasn't too good until I started reading a lot and later listening - I recommend finding TEDTalks about something that interests you. I just believe that she was talking about something slightly different - learning by just listening and nothing else.
Ok! I already know TEDTalks you're right it is a very interesting program, i have put on my smartphone a lot of mp3 version of it. how long do you study the English language?
You're right. She just was talking about to learn English by listening isn't enough to learn any language. It's a little of everything to learn and to improve a language.
As a non-native speaker ,I have studied English for over 10 years by reading English articles of science and techonlogy. But when I watch a English movie, I still don't understand what they are talking about unless I open the subtitle. Now I realize that talk to myself in English after finish reading a book maybe a better way to improve my english level.
it's the best way to learn vocabulary, but not a good way to learn listening and speaking. You need to practice listening, speaking, reading and maybe writing in combination.
in my opinion the listening is very effective way to improve your target language,i d'ont say that you can learn a language just by listening but it very helpful and fun for me
I'm like 8 years old to this video. Yes, great video. Agree with you 100%. I believe listening can be useful -- but I think it's probably most efficient to start with reading or some kind of starter course -- to build up your vocabulary. I think listening when you have almost no vocab is pretty worthless. Once you build up a decent vocabulary then I think listening should be one of the things on your list -- but not starting.
Speaking with yourself is a great way to improve your learning, it helped me a lot to get my TOEFL iBT for the speaking section, if you are some shy you can try to speak in your mind in the foreign language, it works too.
I've been learning English for 2 years. In my opinion, when we learn a language, we should focus on every single skill like listening, speaking, reading and writing. However, some of my friends tell me that they learned English just by watching TV and playing single player game. In conclusion, no matter how you do to learn a language, it depends on your constancy and your determonation.
I'm Arabic and I used to watch a lot of movies since 2 years about 5 or 7 Hollywood films just in one day (without a sub ) and I didn't even wanted to learn English I just wanted to see the film and after a couple of months I became speaking English with a really bad grammar or in a wrong way and after another couple of months my bad English has became better note before I started watching the movies I couldn't even say hello or how are you in English
I've been watching hundreds of engVid lessons for a year and I feel this lesson is one of the best lessons for me. I've been using passive methods most of the time so I felt frustrated because of my slow improvement. This video gave me a genuine lesson today.
When I was learning English everyone advised me to read books and watch movies and that if I don't understand something just try and figure it out on my own. But this just didn't work. I had a slight idea of what a particular word could mean but most of the time I was wrong. After checking those words in a dictionary the meaning of a whole sentence changed. I misunderstood the sentences and at the end I was completely frustrated because the text that I was reading didn't make any sense. This approach may work with simple words for e.g. when someone talks about an apple and you see the fruit in their hands then you may be able to connect the word to the item. But with words that are not that simple like "superstitious" there's no way to find out the meaning without any help. At least for me.. :)
+hunjoey Thank you to share your experience and your opinion, if you don't mind could you tell as well the way you have used to improve your English, please Thank you in advance
+Krasimir Dimitrov For me listening (vlogs are great to learn) and reading (books and articles) is the way to get better but grammar and a wide range of vocabulary is necessary. When I bump into an unfamiliar word I check it in a dictionary and learn it instead of guessing (it doesn't work for me as I mentioned). I think the most important thing is to learn words and phrases. I use Anki for that. It's a really helpful software. And as it was mentioned in the video speaking and writing are helpful as well. I also tried to think in English. When we are thinking about something it's like we are speaking in our minds. So I tried to do that in English.
hunjoey Thanks for your answer, I did the same thing when I learned french, but when I learned french, I didn't know the new technologies, and now I admit, I began a little lazy with my computer. Thanks again
From my experience , I could say that learning a language through listening to songs is a very effective way!. At least , in my case it works great , because you can remember the words better , it's fun, it shows you how to pronounce the sounds and gives you some context for the vocabulary
In my opinion, this is different for every person. Find where your strenght lies first. If you are an auditory learner, listening would be very helpful while learning a new language. If you are a visual learner for example, try to find cartoons in the language you are trying to learn(they tend to be very visualised). Imitate the sounds and try to find friends to actually communicate(this is very important, because this is the main reason we learn a langauge) with. Try to minimize the participation of your main language as much as possible. Study their culture as well, because it is reflected in the language. I have found the cartoons with subtitles(in the language you' re trying to learn) to be the most efficient way to learn a new langauge. They include lots of mimics, visuals, simple language, cultural elements and whatnot. After a point where you can "feel" the grammar and understand basic conversations you can up your game a bit and watch stuff like series or ted talks etc.
It's possible, children learn like this indeed, but you need to listening a lot of understandable English input, at least over 90% . And go on step by step.., In fact I'm doing it, and I'm able to understand normal conversations and I began to learn 8 months before by myself and mostly with several listening methods, without studying grammar or tradicional English methods , and not forcing speak either. Listening a lot, sometimes reading and being quiet: this is the key to learning by listening. On time, I'm sure that I'll be able to speak naturally and spontaneously.
Jade , I had been tried to learn English by listening and helped me a lot because when I go to school and finished the intermediate class, I did not understand when people talks; now I had listened to You tube English videos for a long time and I'm able to understand any conversation.
Jade thanks for the advice I will practice English every day I listening to the T.V. news for two hours' also I'm studying Advance English and practicing my English all the time I think in order to learn the language need both listening And take lessons.
I've been studying english for 4 years here in Brazil and I'm also giving english classes lately. In my opinion and the way I learned the easiest way to learn a new language is by associating with your native language. Even though a lot of teachers disagree, it is what worked for me and I try to help my students in this way. There is not a perfect methodology, we are human, each one learns in a specific way, we need to find it out.
I’m a little confused by the comments. To the people who say they learnt a language just by listening, did you learn enough to understand, enough to speak, or enough to write? What skills did you develop? My guess is that if you just listen, you will be able to… well, listen, perhaps read if you were listening and reading at the same time. You probably got familiar with the sounds of the language, so that helps with speaking, but if you want to communicate effectively, usually people need to practice writing and speaking specifically. Obviously having massive imput is the most important thing in language learning, but usually people have to do a thing or to on top of that to develop all the skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening).
Listening, speaking, reading and writing should all go simultaneously. But in my opinion, what really accelerates the learning process of any a language is your ability to speak that language. So, the more you speak a language, the more fluent you'll become in it.
I learned by watching tv/playing video games and listening to music.. I'm not so good speaking tho because I don't usually speak english to anyone (unless sometimes when I'm playing overwatch but just some simple callouts).. but I understand everything now.. xD
I recommend going on somewhere where there’s a large community of native English speakers that you can converse with; I recommend finding a discord with a demographic of people who enjoy the same thing as you, such as the overwatch discord (since you’ve expressed interest in the game through this comment.) Who knows, you may find a native English speaker willing to converse with you long-term!
When I was at school I wasn't able to understand anything said by a native english speaker. My teacher wasn't from any english speaking country, so I remember it was very frustrating for me watching movies and tv shows without subtitles in my language (Italian). After a while I started doing this: first time watching with Italian subtitles, and again with english subtitles, and again without them. Only with movies that I'd already seen and I was able to fully understand what was going on. This was one thing that really helped me out with my english skills. Another important thing for learning quicker, beside listening, is to not try to search the exactly correspondent translation of a word of expression (for me, from english to Italian), but rather try to explain the new world/expression to myself with english word that I already know. In this way I'm able to use better the words that are inside my brain, and in the meantime I'm learning something new. And last but not the least, writing down what I'm listening or reading out loud something are very precious for learning English as well.
I actually learnt English just by Video Games (subtitles in my native language). At some point then I started watching series with subtitles and then I slowly started without subtitles, which was hard at first, especially if there were characters speaking accents differing a lot from American English. I also got in touch with some Brits and started reading books. The thing is though, I never really had vocabulary problems, since I knew French and German before, and English doesn't have lots of words that it doesn't share with either French or German. My spoken English is still pretty shitty, since I barely have any practice on that part.My English is certainly not the best, but I think it would be decent enough for everyday life.
@Plautus egal It's useful to switch on the subtitles from time to time when you hear a new word to get it's spelling right. English spelling system isn't that phonetic to say the least.
You are absolutely right Miss Jade, i learned English by both listening and studying the Grammar + Vocabulary in a book, also reading is very important, it must not be a book, a good newspaper can be good enough for that. Thanks for your effort and your channel. Please do keep continuing this.
So helpful. I actually thought that listening can improve my language without any action. But it is so many resources in web saying "Listen, listen. It is one thing what you need to improve your language. When child learn language - it is only about listening".
I can fully relate to what you’ ve said. I really believe that listening alone is not an effective way of learning . Being active while you learn is absolutely important at any stage of the learning process . I used to approach the listening 👂 method it has halped me but not to the extent that I wanted . When I started practicing the four skills of language i felt the difference after just a few months , to make a long story short , a person should practice the four skills to make the language solid in their mind .
I believe that we must practice all the habilites together, there is no one more important that the other, however, we should focus on the one that is being hard for us, the one that is the weakest. If we struggle trying to understand instead of speaking, we should definitly spend more time listening.
Iam learning by myself english my tecnique its a neurology method you imagine everything in your mind in english, and in this way your brain becomes better and better to recreate english situations
Your lesson is completely useful for me to recognize my misunderstanding. I had thought that " Great ! I will listen as much as I can to quickly improve my English !". As a result, I didn't expand my English as my expectation. Thank you so much.
Not fluent in English yet but i can understand almost everything what you said. I was wondering did you intentionally speak this way so that people especially English learners could understand you easier? Or it's just the way you talk naturally..
I was bitten by your accent in this video. I had to read the subtitles some moments. And this brings up to me that a good way to learn a language is to focus in one accent/vocabulary from a specific country. This or you'll have to learn almost two idioms.
I cant speak English fluently. I just cant...But I understand every word she says. And I am bulgarian for the record. Nothing common in native languages... And I do not need subs :)
Based on my experience learning Arabic, Spanish and Japanese, the trickiest part in learning languages is speaking. Yes, I could stay in my room everyday, sharpen my skills through listening and reading. I can understand books, movies, etc. But when it comes to speaking, you will be stuttering because your brain isn't active in forming sentences and if you haven't practice, it's hard to be spontanenous when you are in certain circumstances. You have to get the words out and experimenting with sentences. That's how you acquire fluency in speaking. And obviously you will remember words better because you actually use them.
sorry, but it's the first time I desagree with you, I have been learning english for 03 years just listening you and several other english teachers on youtube, and I have already talked to many native people and all of them understood what I said very well.
i learned English and I don't know how, I am Brazilian, my language is Portuguese. one day I was watching a video in English and I realized that I was understand 80% of what was said. so I kept watching videos in English and at this point I can perfectly read, hear and speak with a native in a very natural way. i promise tou I never touched a grammar book
Is it weird that English is my second language, but I have no memory of learning to speak it. I consider myself a pretty good speaker of said language, but I don't remember being taught anything. When I got to my teenage years and actually started having English classes, I was already a fluent speaker and knowing most of the grammar without even paying attention to what I was saying. I am currently trying to learn to speak both German and French (French is my #1 priority, but German is easier) and I can't help but think it's going so incredibly slow. French classes for 4 years now and German for 3 years... I can have a conversation in German (albeit a really easy one) but French man...
Me too! English is not my native language but I'd say I'm quite fluent in the language. However, I cannot remember how I learned English. Currently, I'm learning my third language, I've been struggling for 4 years now but I still cannot understand a simple conversation in the language. Does anybody have any suggestions?
Yes, most Dutch people do speak English to a good extent. I'm not denying that, it's just that you can hear in their voice that it's their 'second' language due to their accent. My parents have this accent too, my brother and sister do aswell. I don't have the Dutch accent, and it's never been there for me either.
you are completely right, I wasted so much time watching tv series to learn Chinese, but a turning point came in when i switched back to watching it, but i made sure, i understood every single sentence using google translate or with friends help so that i can make most out of it, that i what i did when i was learning English, and it was complete success
It's a very good way to perfect a language, but it should be avoided in the beginning because you will get used to speaking with lots of mistakes which can be hard to correct later on, therefore you should focus on input in the beginning.
Good point. I totally agree with you. Only listening a language that we don't master will not improve dramatically our knowledge of that language. I think that just talking to ourselves works much more than only listening other people speaking!
The best way to learn a language when you go to another country is to get a girlfriend or a boyfriend. This will get you up to speed to the point where you can then start the academic approach of reading, writing, etc. The Michel Thomas method taught me German in 20 days before I moved to Germany although that method uses English as a base language but it's entirely based on listening. Thank you Jade!
@@YashSharma-wu7kr haha I see the irony. I myself am a 19 yo virgin immigrant living in Germany for years now and still never had a German girlfriend. So it's not that easy for a rather introverted person.
Well 1. I understand you 100% 2. I can speak English (American) and do other accents like British 3. I have learned all of that by watching series. I think it’s possible, but of course you have to know a little bit of that language to understand it and after that expend it and learn more. I watched series WITHOUT any subtitles. However, I am not the best person at grammar, but it has helped me a lot. The school has helped me improve my English, but I think the series have helped me the most with the speaking and how to not have an accent when I speak. I think it's possible to learn by ear, however you have to know a little bit of the language to understand it. And if you were wondering, I’m 14 and Norwegian😂☺️
She speaks quite slowly, clear with standard British English, no wonder you (and I) can understand 100%. Did you try with "How It Should Have Ended" channel? Their English speaking is quite difficult to understand, especially when the superheroes talk in café.
Moon Tube Or try just watch some TV shows or films,yeah! That's why I don't watch them without subtitles.Yeah,I can understand some sentences clearly,but i'm not a native speaker and can't say that i know english fluently,although really well.There may be new expressions or words for me.Sometimes people talk fast and with some accent and it's not clear at all. It's how I tried to watch Misfits!And subtitles firstly helped me a lot
No because reading the english subtitles takes your brain away from the Japanese being spoken. listening really helps but it has to be active listening, which means your undivided attention needs to be focused on the language being spoken. It's like trying to have a conversation with someone while simultaneously writing an essay. Your brain can only focus on one thing at a time.
if you watch without subtitles then you will become fluent, check out the AJATT method/MIA on youtube, they are the best foreign speakers of Japanese you can find online
Watch watch, listen listen... yes I was really wrong. And the method I adopt for learning was really a frustrating process. " Be active" yes. Thank you for the most valuable advice.
Thank you very much for you lesson, I am French and I want to learn English and live ( if it will be possible ) in England. And for a long time I searched a person who have the pronunciation that I want to have and I finally found ! If you know a channel where she have the Southern pronunciation of england say it to me please ♥ Sorry for mistakes I am 13 years old ^^
It is absolutely right, I have been in Turkey for 1 year and I had the same Idea of learning the Turkish language by just listening but I figure out that this a life long project.
Learning a foreign language is a life-time long process. It's my own personal experience too. I've worked as a professional translator over 20 years... I still learn new words and expressions every each day. -- Listening and Reading are passive process, i.e., taking in information from outside. - Speaking and Writing are active process in that we create new information and share it with others. I believe I can make a good speaker only when I learn and practice speaking "consciously and intensionaly." And I can be a good writer only by practicing writing.
I really admire anyone who speaks multiple languages. I've been learning Spanish for a while (no es fácil) and I'm hoping to become fluent at some point.
OMG, this is so real. I am Russian and watching films or serials in English without subtitles seems too much difficult for my mind, so I spend most of my time just reading the running lines. And I`ve never thought it is not good for my studying. You opened my eyes. Thank you.
it depends on you. for example, if u wanna go to us or watch too many hollywood movies, learn american eng. and likewise if u watch or listen english in uk accent, learn uk.
I‘ve been listening English Radio for about 1 year and I still didn't feel my listening comprehension make any progress. So I decided to not do it and write down what I thought, your videos is really helpful, it leads me to speak more like British,my friends said so to me, haha. I was pleased to watch your video and find some ways to be Master in English, thanks, anyway. This is my first to write a comment by the way.
If you're listening to a language that is way above your level, ie you comprehend 25% or less, it's going to be an exercise in frustration. Second point is that yes, you're probably going to be lacking in speaking skills. However where I disagree, is if you are able to listen to material that you are comprehending 50% or more, you are definitely going to follow the story and have an idea of what is going on. At the same time you'll be able to pick up a few new words. The result is your vocab is growing and at the same time your brain is learning and recognizing the speech patterns of the target language. It's even more effective if you can mix your listening comprehension with material that you understand 90% or more to reinforce what you already know. Eventually you'll find yourself progressing to more challenging material. My German comprehension has improved considerably by using this method. Once the language is "in" you, the output skill (speaking) should come easier.
Just wanna share my progress of learning English, First, I took English lesson started from elementary school until I graduated. Second, I watched a lot of western movie with translation subtitle below the screen. Third, I kept watching people's vlog without any translation sub (because I've already been able to catch any single word that mentioned just by listening without looking to any subtitle) Fourth, I save a lot of idiom, phrases, slang, in my notes. So I can repeatedly doing a practice using those words. Fifth, I started to embolden myself to start doing a vlog in English. Sixth, if there's any new word that I don't understand, I will still use google translate and try to expand the examples of that particular word usage in sentences. Seventh, I kept trying to grasp and place myself in the situation of the sentence that I try to comprehend.
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***** that what you get when you expand the translation explanation, google translate has improved a lot compare to the old one. And because people like me kept contributing the better translation to google translate at least in my native language, that makes google translate getting better gradually.
This has been much useful to me. You made me realize the importance of not only listening, but also writing and above all speaking, which I guess is my biggest weakeness. Have a good day :)
I dont agree with this opinion. As a European you can learn most of the European languages by listening first(mostly being in the country of this language for a certain period of time - the longer the better). I've learned English and French this way. If the language does not belong to your language group like Japanese or Chines, it is of course another story. Also, this is a highly individual undertaking, some students learn better by ear, others by reading and so on. Thus, your generalising the issue, is not professional.
+Meinung Abundance She doesn't generalise it. She advices people to practice reading and writing now and then alongside listening. Although some people learn remarkably better by listening and speaking they ALSO need to read and write now and then to increase their vocabulary and build sentences in the language.
Przecież powiedziała dokładnie, że tyczy się to języka który nie jest podobny. znając język Polski nauczysz się słuchając Rosyjskiego Ale Węgierskiego możesz słuchać kilka lat i nic z tego nie wyniesiesz.
Very clear explanation. I absolutely agree that listening alone doesn't make us good at learning a language. We need two basic things: 1. Listening and 2. Speaking
Good point made! In my opinion, this is a very common mistake made most of the people after leaving school. It really slows down the learning and if no effort is made, it is likely that the standard will remain constant forever.
i've been learning english because of several hours of RUclips vídeos as this one, and i would say my english level has improved as never before. just by hearing and hearing and keep hearing
The way of learning english that worked pretty much for me is watching english-language stuff (videos, series, etc) with english (not my native language, english) subtitles. It made me able to perceive what people saying in english pretty quick, and that is the most valuble skill you can get (it depends on the goal of learning language, of course, but still). And this skill makes it much easier to develop other ones - it only takes practice. Writing down unknown words for vocabulary, imitating pronunciation for, well, pronunciation. It even made reading books a lot, lot easier for me (I was struggled with it so much when I just started learning). So if you're not sure where should you start with, I would start there - just watch your favorite movies (series, youtubers, whatsoever), but on the language you learnign with subtitles on the same language, it will make a lot of good for u when it's almost efortless. It is much more better than learning by heart dozens of grammar rules and stuff. My english ain't perfect, of course, but it works for purposes i need and yeah tl;dr watch movies with english subs it works.
This is correct, I have been listening and watching many movies, even reading a lot of articles, but still my english level in medium. I'm trying these days to push myself more, and this video gave me good tips.
I got a role, a small role but a role, nonetheless, in a play which takes place in the Victorian era. The monologue the auditioner chose had to be spoken with the accent appropriate to the character's background. Some monologues were upper class, some low to middle class. After watching you for over six months, listening, watching your lips and trying to catch your tongue placement, repeating your sentences-I thank you for being a part of my small success. I took 4 years of French. I learn to read it fluently but with exceptions of short sentences, speaking the language would throw the translator on the Enterprise out of whack. I concluded the only way to speak it fluently was to go to France and speak 'to survive.' I couldn't afford that so no French pubs for me. When I watch a foreign language film, I read the subtitles but I have to hear the dialogue as well. It's the only way I can feel the emotion of the film (so I can cry at the end). By Jade. Have a great day.
I just found out her youtube class a few days ago. her class is very helpful(thank you). It could be very different depends on their mother language. But I think there is no easy way to learn a new language. I am a Korean uni student. I have been studying English hard for about a year. I am pretty improved now but still barely speak........... Is there anyone who want to improve speaking in English together?? lolol
You're right. I also have fallen into this trap, but everything depends on what results you want for yourself. I started learning English by listening to a lot of English, and with this method, I developed my listening, and now I'm able to understand spoken English easily. Can I speak fluently as well? No, I can speak in a modesty way because I have a lot of English in my mind, but it's not enough to speak freely. I don't regret of starting by listening because this was what I want, to be able to understand movies and Tv show, but as you have already said, just listening isn't enough to develop all English areas. Right now, I'm focusing on speaking by taking classes on Italki, and it's helping me a lot.
Jade, I totally agree. When learners ACTIVELY produce new language by speaking and writing they test what they think they have learnt from reading and listening. They drive the process forward and speed it up.
I absolutely agree with you..I have listened to tons of English.. for about 20 years.. But I still find it hard to speak English fluently.. Interesting and comprehensible input and.. talking to native speakers on and on are the key to success when it comes to language learning.. way to go... I am Korean... and I am learning Chinese and Japanese too.. I hope I will be able to learn them fast this time...
I fully agree that writing down all words and sentences in the language I'm learning helps. I put in equal amounts of time speaking the language to myself.
I pretty much enjoyed today´s lesson, teacher Jade. My student´s parents think he´s going to acquire the language only by listening to it, that´s why his whole family is going to leave to USA in July. They´re desperate! I did my part in order to prevent them from making such a big mistake and told them he´ll never get it right effortlessly, that he should practise a little bit more on writing, reading, listening and speaking as he does here with me in Brazil. I fear he may speak just broken English by doing that. By the way, thanks a lot for the lesson. I will share it with them now. I have to :D
"You can speak to yourself" are your gold words, Jade! It is the cheapest, simpest way of learning English. If you have only internet, then you are an independent student - your teacher is RUclips and Google translate as a dialogue partner.
Yes, I agree with you. When I need to learn a language I am supposed to focus on all of the skills not only listening. And to "plant" a new word in my brain's memory field I used to write it down on a paper, or to use some illustrations and supportive scheme based on mind maps. But, Jade do you think that most of the current conventional methods are old fashioned, because after spending months of studying a language in most of the teaching centres, someone says I can't speak the language I learnt. Those centres focus on writing and reading in the first place of getting in touch with the language. However, there are many of online tutors claim that only listening grants you the natural way of learning because its like what we did when we were children. We were imitating what we heard. Anyway, I might say that teaching institutions must reconsider a modified way of teaching any language.
i am just like she i have to write write and write that's how I have learned the most of my English and German and I think I'm going straight a head in a good way. I feel very good to hear someone like she who apply my method :)
Thanks, now I know, that I learned english absolutely wrong. You helped me understand that I need more practice. I should try to develope my writing and speaking skills. Not only listening. Your advices are always very helpful. You inspired me.
one of the best ways of learning english is to watch series along with subtitles. Both subtitled and dubbed in english. Doing this for almost two years I've seen some good series, some of them are: prison break, game of thrones, breaking bad, the flash, the arrow, big bang theory. I really never got to go to an academy for learning. Just leaving this comment here to help Jade, which has made me up a notch as to english is concerned. Thx Jade :)
You're absolutely correct ,I think the same way you can only improve your listening but is to really make a big process just listen to the radio , people or perhaps tv movies news etc. You need to combine with write and read and have a conversation in English . otherwise it doesn't work at all in my opinion .
I think you have right at some points (speaking it’s really important); though in my personal experience I began learning English in active way (reading, speaking and studying on books), but that’s not work for me. The only way I really improved my vocabulary, my understanding and my pronunciation was by listening podcasts 5/6 hours at day and by watching English tv.
For me it's the only way to learn languages and I am doing well. It takes a lot of time, yes, but I never forget. Every language I have learned this way, I am sort of mother-language, while all other languages I have simply forgotten. After having studied psychology, I understand that about 5% (or 1 out of 20) people can learn languages by listening much better than the rest, because they have a different thinking process. The main difference is that these people do not label words as "English" and "German", but have rather a complete memory space for each language. If you have serious difficulty to translate, but speak rather well foreign languages, you may be one of these people.
Hi Jade, this is my first comment on RUclips ever :-D I have to give You a big THANKS for what you are doing. I believe, You have helped to many people to start learning English more effectively. Don´t stop, we need You!
I just got my advanced portuguese certification( celpe-bras /certificação de proficiência em língua portuguesa nível avançado) and i agree with you, it took me almost 4 years learning by myself ,i had a relationship with a brazilian girl , i even lived in brazil for 3 months and went there other 10 times, basically being passive like you said and that made me get a mid level the first time i did the celpe-bras. But finally i decided to take lessons with a brazilian teacher and training for the exam 6 months ago, focused on writing and because of that i succeeded. I have to say that i always learned languages for fun , because it was always easy for me, i never made such a great effort to learn them. But now i see that most of the time i just focused on , reading, listening and speaking , not in writing and i think writing it's the most important thing when trying to master a language. And when i say writing , not only learning grammar but also writing production: letters , journals, poetry etc. Now i want to improve my english, and your lessons have helped me a lot. I just want you to know that, teacher jade. Thanks !
I believe that listening one of the most powerful thing you can do.
I agree.
I agree as well. Especially if you're a good listener. I hear Turkish in my head in the mornings just from watching Turkish dramas at night 😁. I have the English subtitles on and I often spot translation mistakes. I have a long long way to go but it's enjoyable. There are other helpful things like listening to the rhythm and flow. Also watching someone's mouth. I'm dyslexic but listening works well for me. It helps with my memory issues as well.
I agree. But maybe it's not the only thing you should do to learn a foreign language.
@@Thomas-ei9mh I just did it, I just listened to learn language
Can anyone suggest me what should I listen to learn English
I learnt how to understand Tagalog through my parents. They never thought me, however, the more I hear them and Filipino dramas, the more I understand Tagalog.
I learned German by watching TV series and cartoons on German TV channels when I was a kid. I had no previous knowledge of German language, I just watched and eventually I started to understand. And even though I eventually stopped watching those TV channels and never spoke it myself, I can still understand it after all these years, without any issues. It's weird how human brain works.
It's exactly how I'm learning german now^^
So you meant its possible to learn English by listening..am I correct?
True....listening difficult first but it imprint in mind slowly...
@@mohdkaleemuddin9485 yubbbb i learned english just by watching youtubers i really like after a year i started talking to ppl in english and now i am good at it i didin't know if i should do with korean i learned the alphabet i will try Listenin to a video first in korean then subtitled and maybe i could learn it better like i did with english 😂😳
As a kid you soak up the words much better than as a teen or adult
The way I have it figured: 45% listening, 45% reading, 10% talking.
Klarity*11 yes but with who ??xd
I'm planning to use i-talki.
Klarity*11 for me it's
30% speaking
30% listening
40% writing/reading
Everybody's different, I guess.
How do you read if you are trying to learn Korean or Japanese
I'd say you are wrong underestimating the importance of listening. For me the purpose of listening is not to learn new words, but learn verbal expressions, including modern ones, understand speech at the hearing, including rapid speech, and get used to understand different accents. Yes listening should not be the only one way of learning English, but in my experience it's the key way to work out a real English. Surely it's advisable to start listening only having a basic grammar knowledge (basic means no need to stuck at this) and considerable vocabulary. Besides when I watch something I prefer English subtitles. I guess having a lot of conversations in English in addition to listening would be a more effective way than just listening, but usually it's hard to have a lot of conversations if you don't live in a suitable environment. I was managed to greatly improve my conversational English by just listening a lot. I can say so because I recently started taking a job interviews in English and I'd say it goes better than I expected (for example I recently had an about 2 hours conversation with a 2 native speakers).
The author of this video doesn't discount listening -- she is just saying that it is super hard to learn a language by just listening. IMO listening is super important -- but listening is super inefficient until you build up a decent vocabulary -- reading is much more efficient at building vocab initially. Once you have a decent vocab I think then is where listening starts to shine.
Weird, I've learned 3 languages just by listening/reading, including english.
Thank you for that comment. It's helpful. I'm dyslexic and I find listening really helpful.
Other two are German and French, is it? How'd you do it, I'm trying to learn German and quite stuck here
@@jackdarby2168 My daughter loves German and Russsian.She does speak some. Shes learnt from various sites like RUclips. She's listened to songs and the Duolingo website which she's recommended to me. I watch Turkish dramas and I've picked up a fare amount which is pleasantly surprising.
@@trunchqin4292 Everyone learns differently. If someone was blind they could still learn a language and years ago before the internet and books people learnt language like Latin. I think it varies from person to person. I'm dyslexic and listening helps a lot for me. Repetition of words helps me. A guy here on RUclips under the name of Iaosh50500 speaks a multitude of languages and he says he's learnt them by reading and then going out to practice with strangers. He's fascinating to watch and listen to but I also think he has a natural talent for it.
@@trunchqin4292 Bless your heart. No I mean the guy learns as much of the language as he possibly can and will practice by talking to strangers who speak the native language he is learning. I think it helps because he is a language teacher himself. Everyone learns differently. I myself find it easier to learn when I watch and listen. You may learn in a completely different way which suits your natural way of learning, memory and how you retain information. There is no wrong or right way just different ways that's all. I'm interested in how you prefer to learn a language and what advice will you share to help others? Its interesting to know and maybe helpful.
All I know is that living in a country is the best way to learn a language. I'm Polish and I live in Italy since 2011. I was trying to learn English by simply learning words and grammar and I thought it was enough... Well then I went to London and I understood that that wasn't actually enough so I started watching and watching and watching videos in English and now as you can see I'm here writing this comment by myself, without any dictionary or translator, so I can say that listening is a good exercise only if you learn new words at the same time, and you can also improve your pronunciation, like I actually did...
Yes... listening build our basic skills of language in mind... listening audio radio...story everything...build language structures in mind automatic transmission...but take long time...
If I b1/b2 level can I improve my English only watching and listening? Or same time I should learn words? I watching and understand everything wat I watch.
The process of learning another language is very fun, and I love it. Yes, sometimes I feel very tired by not getting reach fluency, but, in the end, I think it doesn't matter. The results are no as important as the process. And, I have something to tell you who thinks you are not learning English...If you are reading this, is because you are learning. Keep going, you are almost there.
Thank you your comment is very motivation ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥💕💕
I learned english by listening at 75% and reading at 25% i've never talked in english which may explain why my accent is so bad.
How long did it take you to understand what you where hearing?
@@nickblooruk for me it took roughly one year
Hi I'm sorry but, I disagree with you in my humble opinion, learning a language by listening is very useful, I've learned a lot by listening to the podcast on my smartphone. Of course you're right if you want to be able to speak it's important to be active speaking and writing. For instance: without listening I couldn't understand what you have said in this video, this is the reason why LISTENING is the most important skill if you want to be fluent and learn a second language. By for now
I believe that what she meant was that one can't learn by listening only. Of course it's incredibly important, but it can't be the only thing we do and probably shouldn't be the first thing we do. When you listen to podcasts you probably understand parts if not most of what is said.
That being said, I believe that watching a video with subtitles in the same language can be useful even for people who have just begun learning - they are learning to recognise sounds the words they see.
Magdalena Orańska Hi! I think it's important to do everything when you are learning a new language, for example listening, speaking, writing, reading, but in my opinion Listening is more important because you have to increase your level of comprehension if you want to be able to understand what people are saying. I started to learn English in a course 9 years ago, and honestly after the course even though I was one of the best students, I was disappointed about my level of English skills, specially for comprehension, but 17 months ago I decided to learn English on my own by listening to the podcast, watching videos on RUclips, writing on whatssap and speaking on Skype with native English people. finally with this method I can see my improvement, obviously my English is not perfect, but it's better then before. Thanks for your answer, as said A. J. Hoge one of my favorite English teacher on RUclips: "Learn with your ears not with your eyes. bye for now
Hi! I definitely agree ;) My English wasn't too good until I started reading a lot and later listening - I recommend finding TEDTalks about something that interests you.
I just believe that she was talking about something slightly different - learning by just listening and nothing else.
Ok! I already know TEDTalks you're right it is a very interesting program, i have put on my smartphone a lot of mp3 version of it. how long do you study the English language?
You're right. She just was talking about to learn English by listening isn't enough to learn any language. It's a little of everything to learn and to improve a language.
The best way to learn is to read books. Because when you read you revise words you know. It really helps
realy?
As a non-native speaker ,I have studied English for over 10 years by reading English articles of science and techonlogy. But when I watch a English movie, I still don't understand what they are talking about unless I open the subtitle. Now I realize that talk to myself in English after finish reading a book maybe a better way to improve my english level.
and how do you keep track of the new vocab?
I think watching and listening video be better to speak english language!
it's the best way to learn vocabulary, but not a good way to learn listening and speaking. You need to practice listening, speaking, reading and maybe writing in combination.
in my opinion the listening is very effective way to improve your target language,i d'ont say that you can learn a language just by listening but it very helpful and fun for me
I'm like 8 years old to this video. Yes, great video. Agree with you 100%. I believe listening can be useful -- but I think it's probably most efficient to start with reading or some kind of starter course -- to build up your vocabulary. I think listening when you have almost no vocab is pretty worthless. Once you build up a decent vocabulary then I think listening should be one of the things on your list -- but not starting.
Great
Speaking with yourself is a great way to improve your learning, it helped me a lot to get my TOEFL iBT for the speaking section, if you are some shy you can try to speak in your mind in the foreign language, it works too.
I've been learning English for 2 years. In my opinion, when we learn a language, we should focus on every single skill like listening, speaking, reading and writing. However, some of my friends tell me that they learned English just by watching TV and playing single player game.
In conclusion, no matter how you do to learn a language, it depends on your constancy and your determonation.
I'm Arabic and I used to watch a lot of movies since 2 years about 5 or 7 Hollywood films just in one day (without a sub ) and I didn't even wanted to learn English I just wanted to see the film and after a couple of months I became speaking English with a really bad grammar or in a wrong way and after another couple of months my bad English has became better
note before I started watching the movies I couldn't even say hello or how are you in English
Hattan Alotaibi good for you brother same think happen for me but I'm steel bad very bad في الكتابة ياخو ابعثلي فايسبوك نحكو اذا مافيهاش احراج
i m Pakistani . /can you speak with me in English . my id abdulmajeedjoya11(Skype)
Hattan Alotaibi السلام وعليكم هل تنصحني بالاستماع لتعلم الانجليزي؟. وكم من الوقت احتاج للتعلم
I've been watching hundreds of engVid lessons for a year and I feel this lesson is one of the best lessons for me. I've been using passive methods most of the time so I felt frustrated because of my slow improvement. This video gave me a genuine lesson today.
When I was learning English everyone advised me to read books and watch movies and that if I don't understand something just try and figure it out on my own. But this just didn't work. I had a slight idea of what a particular word could mean but most of the time I was wrong. After checking those words in a dictionary the meaning of a whole sentence changed. I misunderstood the sentences and at the end I was completely frustrated because the text that I was reading didn't make any sense. This approach may work with simple words for e.g. when someone talks about an apple and you see the fruit in their hands then you may be able to connect the word to the item. But with words that are not that simple like "superstitious" there's no way to find out the meaning without any help. At least for me.. :)
+hunjoey Thank you to share your experience and your opinion, if you don't mind could you tell as well the way you have used to improve your English, please
Thank you in advance
+Krasimir Dimitrov For me listening (vlogs are great to learn) and reading (books and articles) is the way to get better but grammar and a wide range of vocabulary is necessary. When I bump into an unfamiliar word I check it in a dictionary and learn it instead of guessing (it doesn't work for me as I mentioned). I think the most important thing is to learn words and phrases. I use Anki for that. It's a really helpful software.
And as it was mentioned in the video speaking and writing are helpful as well. I also tried to think in English. When we are thinking about something it's like we are speaking in our minds. So I tried to do that in English.
hunjoey Thanks for your answer, I did the same thing when I learned french, but when I learned french, I didn't know the new technologies, and now I admit, I began a little lazy with my computer. Thanks again
Don't be superstitious man. 😉
I actually learned english mostly by just reading. Weird I know
*learnt
+Abcfefg hijklmnop both are right sooooo..
ambas estão certas uma está na versão inglesa outra na América.
+Ana Patrícia Barbosa kkkk respondeu em português eu não acho que eles vão entender, rsrs
+Ana Patrícia Barbosa What is this
From my experience , I could say that learning a language through listening to songs is a very effective way!. At least , in my case it works great , because you can remember the words better , it's fun, it shows you how to pronounce the sounds and gives you some context for the vocabulary
In my opinion, this is different for every person. Find where your strenght lies first. If you are an auditory learner, listening would be very helpful while learning a new language. If you are a visual learner for example, try to find cartoons in the language you are trying to learn(they tend to be very visualised). Imitate the sounds and try to find friends to actually communicate(this is very important, because this is the main reason we learn a langauge) with. Try to minimize the participation of your main language as much as possible. Study their culture as well, because it is reflected in the language. I have found the cartoons with subtitles(in the language you' re trying to learn) to be the most efficient way to learn a new langauge. They include lots of mimics, visuals, simple language, cultural elements and whatnot. After a point where you can "feel" the grammar and understand basic conversations you can up your game a bit and watch stuff like series or ted talks etc.
It's possible, children learn like this indeed, but you need to listening a lot of understandable English input, at least over 90% . And go on step by step.., In fact I'm doing it, and I'm able to understand normal conversations and I began to learn 8 months before by myself and mostly with several listening methods, without studying grammar or tradicional English methods , and not forcing speak either. Listening a lot, sometimes reading and being quiet: this is the key to learning by listening. On time, I'm sure that I'll be able to speak naturally and spontaneously.
you're right
It's a relieve to see that I'm not the only one who talks to himself to improve a languague :)
Jade , I had been tried to learn English by listening and helped me a lot because when I go to school and finished the intermediate class, I did not understand when people talks; now I had listened to You tube English videos for a long time and I'm able to understand any conversation.
+Juan Segura However, just make you understanding what people say. Don't make you able to speak the lahguage
I may not speak as well as you do but I'm tried to I can go any where spoke to people and they say that my English is good.
Glad for you
+Juan Segura practice make you perfect so keep try practice every day for more conversation to me send me mail EYSkoirala@etihad.ae thanks
Jade thanks for the advice I will practice English every day I listening to the T.V. news for two hours' also I'm studying Advance English and practicing my English all the time I think in order to learn the language need both listening And take lessons.
I've been studying english for 4 years here in Brazil and I'm also giving english classes lately. In my opinion and the way I learned the easiest way to learn a new language is by associating with your native language. Even though a lot of teachers disagree, it is what worked for me and I try to help my students in this way. There is not a perfect methodology, we are human, each one learns in a specific way, we need to find it out.
+Danilo Vieira hi,i"m from Russia.Can you help me to improve my English,please
I’m a little confused by the comments. To the people who say they learnt a language just by listening, did you learn enough to understand, enough to speak, or enough to write? What skills did you develop? My guess is that if you just listen, you will be able to… well, listen, perhaps read if you were listening and reading at the same time. You probably got familiar with the sounds of the language, so that helps with speaking, but if you want to communicate effectively, usually people need to practice writing and speaking specifically.
Obviously having massive imput is the most important thing in language learning, but usually people have to do a thing or to on top of that to develop all the skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening).
Listening, speaking, reading and writing should all go simultaneously. But in my opinion, what really accelerates the learning process of any a language is your ability to speak that language. So, the more you speak a language, the more fluent you'll become in it.
I learned by watching tv/playing video games and listening to music.. I'm not so good speaking tho because I don't usually speak english to anyone (unless sometimes when I'm playing overwatch but just some simple callouts).. but I understand everything now.. xD
I recommend going on somewhere where there’s a large community of native English speakers that you can converse with; I recommend finding a discord with a demographic of people who enjoy the same thing as you, such as the overwatch discord (since you’ve expressed interest in the game through this comment.) Who knows, you may find a native English speaker willing to converse with you long-term!
Yes it is true ! Listening is the best way to learn any laungauge
When I was at school I wasn't able to understand anything said by a native english speaker. My teacher wasn't from any english speaking country, so I remember it was very frustrating for me watching movies and tv shows without subtitles in my language (Italian). After a while I started doing this: first time watching with Italian subtitles, and again with english subtitles, and again without them. Only with movies that I'd already seen and I was able to fully understand what was going on.
This was one thing that really helped me out with my english skills.
Another important thing for learning quicker, beside listening, is to not try to search the exactly correspondent translation of a word of expression (for me, from english to Italian), but rather try to explain the new world/expression to myself with english word that I already know. In this way I'm able to use better the words that are inside my brain, and in the meantime I'm learning something new.
And last but not the least, writing down what I'm listening or reading out loud something are very precious for learning English as well.
I actually learnt English just by Video Games (subtitles in my native language). At some point then I started watching series with subtitles and then I slowly started without subtitles, which was hard at first, especially if there were characters speaking accents differing a lot from American English. I also got in touch with some Brits and started reading books. The thing is though, I never really had vocabulary problems, since I knew French and German before, and English doesn't have lots of words that it doesn't share with either French or German. My spoken English is still pretty shitty, since I barely have any practice on that part.My English is certainly not the best, but I think it would be decent enough for everyday life.
@Plautus egal It's useful to switch on the subtitles from time to time when you hear a new word to get it's spelling right. English spelling system isn't that phonetic to say the least.
You are absolutely right Miss Jade, i learned English by both listening and studying the Grammar + Vocabulary in a book, also reading is very important, it must not be a book, a good newspaper can be good enough for that. Thanks for your effort and your channel. Please do keep continuing this.
If we pay a good attention to listening, then we can improve that language very easily.
So helpful. I actually thought that listening can improve my language without any action. But it is so many resources in web saying "Listen, listen. It is one thing what you need to improve your language. When child learn language - it is only about listening".
I can fully relate to what you’ ve said. I really believe that listening alone is not an effective way of learning . Being active while you learn is absolutely important at any stage of the learning process . I used to approach the listening 👂 method it has halped me but not to the extent that I wanted . When I started practicing the four skills of language i felt the difference after just a few months , to make a long story short , a person should practice the four skills to make the language solid in their mind .
Four skills, what are they?
@@preptobebanker2686 Think it is referring to reading, listening, speaking, and writing
I believe that we must practice all the habilites together, there is no one more important that the other, however, we should focus on the one that is being hard for us, the one that is the weakest. If we struggle trying to understand instead of speaking, we should definitly spend more time listening.
Iam learning by myself english my tecnique its a neurology method you imagine everything in your mind in english, and in this way your brain becomes better and better to recreate english situations
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agreed ,this situation works for me sometimes
thank you jade for help and i like your english pronausation !
Your lesson is completely useful for me to recognize my misunderstanding. I had thought that " Great ! I will listen as much as I can to quickly improve my English !". As a result, I didn't expand my English as my expectation.
Thank you so much.
I learned English by writing comments
Not fluent in English yet but i can understand almost everything what you said.
I was wondering did you intentionally speak this way so that people especially English learners could understand you easier? Or it's just the way you talk naturally..
I was bitten by your accent in this video. I had to read the subtitles some moments.
And this brings up to me that a good way to learn a language is to focus in one accent/vocabulary from a specific country. This or you'll have to learn almost two idioms.
+Adrian Dias try to listen to BBC Radio 4. Its speakers' accents drive me crazy :D
I cant speak English fluently. I just cant...But I understand every word she says. And I am bulgarian for the record. Nothing common in native languages...
And I do not need subs :)
Based on my experience learning Arabic, Spanish and Japanese, the trickiest part in learning languages is speaking. Yes, I could stay in my room everyday, sharpen my skills through listening and reading. I can understand books, movies, etc. But when it comes to speaking, you will be stuttering because your brain isn't active in forming sentences and if you haven't practice, it's hard to be spontanenous when you are in certain circumstances. You have to get the words out and experimenting with sentences. That's how you acquire fluency in speaking. And obviously you will remember words better because you actually use them.
sorry, but it's the first time I desagree with you, I have been learning english for 03 years just listening you and several other english teachers on youtube, and I have already talked to many native people and all of them understood what I said very well.
i learned English and I don't know how, I am Brazilian, my language is Portuguese. one day I was watching a video in English and I realized that I was understand 80% of what was said. so I kept watching videos in English and at this point I can perfectly read, hear and speak with a native in a very natural way. i promise tou I never touched a grammar book
Is it weird that English is my second language, but I have no memory of learning to speak it. I consider myself a pretty good speaker of said language, but I don't remember being taught anything. When I got to my teenage years and actually started having English classes, I was already a fluent speaker and knowing most of the grammar without even paying attention to what I was saying.
I am currently trying to learn to speak both German and French (French is my #1 priority, but German is easier) and I can't help but think it's going so incredibly slow. French classes for 4 years now and German for 3 years... I can have a conversation in German (albeit a really easy one) but French man...
Dutch
Me too! English is not my native language but I'd say I'm quite fluent in the language. However, I cannot remember how I learned English. Currently, I'm learning my third language, I've been struggling for 4 years now but I still cannot understand a simple conversation in the language.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
What a lucky man!
It is easy to you to learn English, Deutsch and Français))I'm from Russia and I also learning this languages
Yes, most Dutch people do speak English to a good extent. I'm not denying that, it's just that you can hear in their voice that it's their 'second' language due to their accent.
My parents have this accent too, my brother and sister do aswell. I don't have the Dutch accent, and it's never been there for me either.
you are completely right, I wasted so much time watching tv series to learn Chinese, but a turning point came in when i switched back to watching it, but i made sure, i understood every single sentence using google translate or with friends help so that i can make most out of it, that i what i did when i was learning English, and it was complete success
I've lived in Birmingham (West Midlands) for 4 years and i can understand almost all accents of the UK, love your accent tho :)
Thanks Jade, I think you have a good point. This reminds me to always combine several methods when learning a language.
I think speaking is the best way to learn any language.
Synergy WR I am with you 👍🏻
Yep listening and speaking... Reading would come eventually...
You should look up "Input hypothesis" and "language acquisition"
It's a very good way to perfect a language, but it should be avoided in the beginning because you will get used to speaking with lots of mistakes which can be hard to correct later on, therefore you should focus on input in the beginning.
gotta memorize the words before even speaking it tho
Good point. I totally agree with you. Only listening a language that we don't master will not improve dramatically our knowledge of that language. I think that just talking to ourselves works much more than only listening other people speaking!
The best way to learn a language when you go to another country is to get a girlfriend or a boyfriend. This will get you up to speed to the point where you can then start the academic approach of reading, writing, etc. The Michel Thomas method taught me German in 20 days before I moved to Germany although that method uses English as a base language but it's entirely based on listening. Thank you Jade!
Yes it's easy to get a girlfriend or boyfriend.
Btw I am 40 years old Virgin
@@YashSharma-wu7kr haha I see the irony.
I myself am a 19 yo virgin immigrant living in Germany for years now and still never had a German girlfriend.
So it's not that easy for a rather introverted person.
@@metalji_20s you'll get soon my friend , hopefully on new years eve
@@YashSharma-wu7kr that'll be great
Well 1. I understand you 100% 2. I can speak English (American) and do other accents like British 3. I have learned all of that by watching series. I think it’s possible, but of course you have to know a little bit of that language to understand it and after that expend it and learn more. I watched series WITHOUT any subtitles. However, I am not the best person at grammar, but it has helped me a lot. The school has helped me improve my English, but I think the series have helped me the most with the speaking and how to not have an accent when I speak. I think it's possible to learn by ear, however you have to know a little bit of the language to understand it. And if you were wondering, I’m 14 and Norwegian😂☺️
Cool,I wish one day I'll visit Norway and see fjords))
She speaks quite slowly, clear with standard British English, no wonder you (and I) can understand 100%. Did you try with "How It Should Have Ended" channel? Their English speaking is quite difficult to understand, especially when the superheroes talk in café.
you would love it☺️ it's quit beautiful there👌🏽
Moon Tube
Or try just watch some TV shows or films,yeah! That's why I don't watch them without subtitles.Yeah,I can understand some sentences clearly,but i'm not a native speaker and can't say that i know english fluently,although really well.There may be new expressions or words for me.Sometimes people talk fast and with some accent and it's not clear at all. It's how I tried to watch Misfits!And subtitles firstly helped me a lot
If watching shows makes you learn a language, then I would be fluent in Japanese based on the many anime I have watched.
Black-leg Sanji Lol 😂
Black-leg Sanji and this what really happening( arigato ...semimasi .......koros....shenihe....whatashewa)
Black-leg Sanji Yeh well me I can only understand and say some words but a making a sentence is hard
No because reading the english subtitles takes your brain away from the Japanese being spoken. listening really helps but it has to be active listening, which means your undivided attention needs to be focused on the language being spoken. It's like trying to have a conversation with someone while simultaneously writing an essay. Your brain can only focus on one thing at a time.
if you watch without subtitles then you will become fluent, check out the AJATT method/MIA on youtube, they are the best foreign speakers of Japanese you can find online
Watch watch, listen listen... yes I was really wrong. And the method I adopt for learning was really a frustrating process. " Be active" yes. Thank you for the most valuable advice.
Thank you very much for you lesson, I am French and I want to learn English and live ( if it will be possible ) in England. And for a long time I searched a person who have the pronunciation that I want to have and I finally found !
If you know a channel where she have the Southern pronunciation of england say it to me please ♥ Sorry for mistakes I am 13 years old ^^
It is absolutely right, I have been in Turkey for 1 year and I had the same Idea of learning the Turkish language by just listening but I figure out that this a life long project.
nice glasses, they fit you really well. You look good
I learnt Spanish by audio alone.
Although its faster if you include reading for sure.
Learning a foreign language is a life-time long process. It's my own personal experience too. I've worked as a professional translator over 20 years... I still learn new words and expressions every each day.
-- Listening and Reading are passive process, i.e., taking in information from outside.
- Speaking and Writing are active process in that we create new information and share it with others.
I believe I can make a good speaker only when I learn and practice speaking "consciously and intensionaly." And I can be a good writer only by practicing writing.
I really admire anyone who speaks multiple languages. I've been learning Spanish for a while (no es fácil) and I'm hoping to become fluent at some point.
Definitely you can learn a language by just listening provided you are listening the level of english you already know.
OMG, this is so real. I am Russian and watching films or serials in English without subtitles seems too much difficult for my mind, so I spend most of my time just reading the running lines. And I`ve never thought it is not good for my studying. You opened my eyes. Thank you.
Your voice is Cute. Should I learn British English or American English? Both of them Is useful?
Ngoc Dat Pham Nguyen,
Both of them are useful*
Yes, my mistake :-o. Thank you ! :)
Ngoc Dat Pham Nguyen Both of them are useful; either way you're still learning English. But in my opinion American English would be the better choice
it depends on you. for example, if u wanna go to us or watch too many hollywood movies, learn american eng. and likewise if u watch or listen english in uk accent, learn uk.
i like both !
I‘ve been listening English Radio for about 1 year and I still didn't feel my listening comprehension make any progress. So I decided to not do it and write down what I thought, your videos is really helpful, it leads me to speak more like British,my friends said so to me, haha. I was pleased to watch your video and find some ways to be Master in English, thanks, anyway. This is my first to write a comment by the way.
Anyway, listening is the most fundemantal part when it comes to communication with native speakers of it
I think its speaking.
If you're listening to a language that is way above your level, ie you comprehend 25% or less, it's going to be an exercise in frustration. Second point is that yes, you're probably going to be lacking in speaking skills. However where I disagree, is if you are able to listen to material that you are comprehending 50% or more, you are definitely going to follow the story and have an idea of what is going on. At the same time you'll be able to pick up a few new words. The result is your vocab is growing and at the same time your brain is learning and recognizing the speech patterns of the target language. It's even more effective if you can mix your listening comprehension with material that you understand 90% or more to reinforce what you already know. Eventually you'll find yourself progressing to more challenging material. My German comprehension has improved considerably by using this method. Once the language is "in" you, the output skill (speaking) should come easier.
The key with listening is comprehensible input, being able to understand at least 80-90%
Just wanna share my progress of learning English,
First, I took English lesson started from elementary school until I graduated.
Second, I watched a lot of western movie with translation subtitle below the screen.
Third, I kept watching people's vlog without any translation sub (because I've already been able to catch any single word that mentioned just by listening without looking to any subtitle)
Fourth, I save a lot of idiom, phrases, slang, in my notes. So I can repeatedly doing a practice using those words.
Fifth, I started to embolden myself to start doing a vlog in English.
Sixth, if there's any new word that I don't understand, I will still use google translate and try to expand the examples of that particular word usage in sentences.
Seventh, I kept trying to grasp and place myself in the situation of the sentence that I try to comprehend.
***** these what you can get from google translate. I'm gonna copy paste it below.
***** Definitions of translate
verb
express the sense of (words or text) in another language.
the German original has been translated into English
synonyms: render, put, express, convert, change, transcribe, transliterate
move from one place or condition to another.
she had been translated from familiar surroundings to a foreign court
cause (a body) to move so that all its parts travel in the same direction, without rotation or change of shape.
As a result, both angular and vertical accelerations experienced by the body were translated directly to the head.
Synonyms
verb
render, adapt, read, transform, interpret
25 more synonyms
Examples
Not only is he one of the best preachers in the world, he has the ability to translate his message into other mediums, including books, music, and drama.
He muttered something in a language I recognized as Italian, but I could not translate the words.
While we agreed on the rest of the conversation, somehow sting ray did not translate literally between English and Spanish.
jokes usually don't translate well
The only tricky part to the whole thing was how to translate the words while trying to keep the same logical structure and writing style.
That lets one translate the radialvelocity periods and amplitudes into actual planetary masses - not just lower mass limits.
translate the shape then rotate it
I wondered if it would be possible to translate those elements into a time-based medium such as video.
we need to translate the theory into practical work
this music will translate you into another world
training doesn't always translate into winning
these cuts translate into €20 per household
There is an unmistakable beauty, a spectacular charge to found footage that is translatable for a wide range of viewers.
What dance intends to communicate seems impossible to translate into a casual conversation.
The line may be also translated by dragging it anywhere away from the points.
In addition, many idioms and expressions mean something very different when translated literally into another language.
His relics were translated c. 849, to Dunkeld in Pictland, and to Kells.
It's a bit of a mug's game trying to translate the already translated words of a person back into the language originally used.
From what I can tell, somebody went through and very literally translated words from German to English for the North American release.
I learned a great deal about the Polish language from translating this book, and that continues to serve me well.
Everything from the motion of the planets to visual perception was described in terms of particles bouncing off of one another, translating their kinetic motion from one body to another.
I could not help translating his words for my mother.
In my speech I translated the words as they were, very literally.
The genetic code is the mapping by which nucleotide sequences are translated into amino acid sequences.
Sign language is visual, and isn't always translated word for word into English.
These severe restrictions on the translatability of the expressible, on the presentable and the representable, are suggestive of the rigours of Beckett's work.
The Russian interpreter appeared to be having difficulty translating his master's words.
I put my ear to the door, expecting some foreign language from another planet, but to my surprise, my brain translated the words to me even though I had never heard them.
Elijah was said to have been translated to Heaven on a fiery chariot, a scene often depicted on Early Christian sarcophagi, whereas the Bible says simply that Enoch was taken by God.
We have the following conversation which I shall translate into the dialect for verisimilitude.
Fewer examples
***** that what you get when you expand the translation explanation, google translate has improved a lot compare to the old one. And because people like me kept contributing the better translation to google translate at least in my native language, that makes google translate getting better gradually.
she looks like Meryl Streep
This has been much useful to me. You made me realize the importance of not only listening, but also writing and above all speaking, which I guess is my biggest weakeness. Have a good day :)
I dont agree with this opinion. As a European you can learn most of the European languages by listening first(mostly being in the country of this language for a certain period of time - the longer the better). I've learned English and French this way. If the language does not belong to your language group like Japanese or Chines, it is of course another story.
Also, this is a highly individual undertaking, some students learn better by ear, others by reading and so on. Thus, your generalising the issue, is not professional.
+Meinung Abundance She doesn't generalise it. She advices people to practice reading and writing now and then alongside listening. Although some people learn remarkably better by listening and speaking they ALSO need to read and write now and then to increase their vocabulary and build sentences in the language.
Przecież powiedziała dokładnie, że tyczy się to języka który nie jest podobny. znając język Polski nauczysz się słuchając Rosyjskiego Ale Węgierskiego możesz słuchać kilka lat i nic z tego nie wyniesiesz.
Very clear explanation. I absolutely agree that listening alone doesn't make us good at learning a language. We need two basic things: 1. Listening and 2. Speaking
if listening not useful, what do we do with you, you should quit your online lessons
Good point made! In my opinion, this is a very common mistake made most of the people after leaving school. It really slows down the learning and if no effort is made, it is likely that the standard will remain constant forever.
i've been learning english because of several hours of RUclips vídeos as this one, and i would say my english level has improved as never before. just by hearing and hearing and keep hearing
The way of learning english that worked pretty much for me is watching english-language stuff (videos, series, etc) with english (not my native language, english) subtitles. It made me able to perceive what people saying in english pretty quick, and that is the most valuble skill you can get (it depends on the goal of learning language, of course, but still). And this skill makes it much easier to develop other ones - it only takes practice. Writing down unknown words for vocabulary, imitating pronunciation for, well, pronunciation. It even made reading books a lot, lot easier for me (I was struggled with it so much when I just started learning).
So if you're not sure where should you start with, I would start there - just watch your favorite movies (series, youtubers, whatsoever), but on the language you learnign with subtitles on the same language, it will make a lot of good for u when it's almost efortless. It is much more better than learning by heart dozens of grammar rules and stuff.
My english ain't perfect, of course, but it works for purposes i need and yeah
tl;dr watch movies with english subs it works.
This is correct, I have been listening and watching many movies, even reading a lot of articles, but still my english level in medium. I'm trying these days to push myself more, and this video gave me good tips.
I got a role, a small role but a role, nonetheless, in a play which takes place in the Victorian era. The monologue the auditioner chose had to be spoken with the accent appropriate to the character's background. Some monologues were upper class, some low to middle class. After watching you for over six months, listening, watching your lips and trying to catch your tongue placement, repeating your sentences-I thank you for being a part of my small success. I took 4 years of French. I learn to read it fluently but with exceptions of short sentences, speaking the language would throw the translator on the Enterprise out of whack. I concluded the only way to speak it fluently was to go to France and speak 'to survive.' I couldn't afford that so no French pubs for me. When I watch a foreign language film, I read the subtitles but I have to hear the dialogue as well. It's the only way I can feel the emotion of the film (so I can cry at the end). By Jade. Have a great day.
I learned English after spending some time on RUclips watching such this useful video! Great job
I just found out her youtube class a few days ago. her class is very helpful(thank you). It could be very different depends on their mother language. But I think there is no easy way to learn a new language. I am a Korean uni student. I have been studying English hard for about a year. I am pretty improved now but still barely speak...........
Is there anyone who want to improve speaking in English together?? lolol
Absolutely true! Listening, reading, writing and speaking are different skills .
You're right. I also have fallen into this trap, but everything depends on what results you want for yourself. I started learning English by listening to a lot of English, and with this method, I developed my listening, and now I'm able to understand spoken English easily. Can I speak fluently as well? No, I can speak in a modesty way because I have a lot of English in my mind, but it's not enough to speak freely. I don't regret of starting by listening because this was what I want, to be able to understand movies and Tv show, but as you have already said, just listening isn't enough to develop all English areas. Right now, I'm focusing on speaking by taking classes on Italki, and it's helping me a lot.
Jade, I totally agree. When learners ACTIVELY produce new language by speaking and writing they test what they think they have learnt from reading and listening. They drive the process forward and speed it up.
I absolutely agree with you..I have listened to tons of English.. for about 20 years.. But I still find it hard to speak English fluently..
Interesting and comprehensible input and.. talking to native speakers on and on are the key to success when it comes to language learning..
way to go...
I am Korean... and I am learning Chinese and Japanese too..
I hope I will be able to learn them fast this time...
I fully agree that writing down all words and sentences in the language I'm learning helps. I put in equal amounts of time speaking the language to myself.
I pretty much enjoyed today´s lesson, teacher Jade. My student´s parents think he´s going to acquire the language only by listening to it, that´s why his whole family is going to leave to USA in July. They´re desperate! I did my part in order to prevent them from making such a big mistake and told them he´ll never get it right effortlessly, that he should practise a little bit more on writing, reading, listening and speaking as he does here with me in Brazil. I fear he may speak just broken English by doing that. By the way, thanks a lot for the lesson. I will share it with them now. I have to :D
You are very smart. Your insight and explanations make a lot of sense. Thank you. I believe you saved me time and frustration.
"You can speak to yourself" are your gold words, Jade! It is the cheapest, simpest way of learning English. If you have only internet, then you are an independent student - your teacher is RUclips and Google translate as a dialogue partner.
Yes, I agree with you. When I need to learn a language I am supposed to focus on all of the skills not only listening. And to "plant" a new word in my brain's memory field I used to write it down on a paper, or to use some illustrations and supportive scheme based on mind maps.
But, Jade do you think that most of the current conventional methods are old fashioned, because after spending months of studying a language in most of the teaching centres, someone says I can't speak the language I learnt. Those centres focus on writing and reading in the first place of getting in touch with the language. However, there are many of online tutors claim that only listening grants you the natural way of learning because its like what we did when we were children. We were imitating what we heard.
Anyway, I might say that teaching institutions must reconsider a modified way of teaching any language.
i am just like she i have to write write and write that's how I have learned the most of my English and German and I think I'm going straight a head in a good way. I feel very good to hear someone like she who apply my method :)
Thanks jade, for providing a fabulous session on English. This will definitely help us learning English by our own.
Thanks, now I know, that I learned english absolutely wrong. You helped me understand that I need more practice. I should try to develope my writing and speaking skills. Not only listening. Your advices are always very helpful. You inspired me.
I just wanna say: you're great Jade. I love all Engvid's guys. Thanks!
one of the best ways of learning english is to watch series along with subtitles. Both subtitled and dubbed in english. Doing this for almost two years I've seen some good series, some of them are: prison break, game of thrones, breaking bad, the flash, the arrow, big bang theory. I really never got to go to an academy for learning. Just leaving this comment here to help Jade, which has made me up a notch as to english is concerned. Thx Jade :)
You're absolutely correct ,I think the same way you can only improve your listening but is to really make a big process just listen to the radio , people or perhaps tv movies news etc. You need to combine with write and read and have a conversation in English . otherwise it doesn't work at all in my opinion .
I think you have right at some points (speaking it’s really important); though in my personal experience I began learning English in active way (reading, speaking and studying on books), but that’s not work for me. The only way I really improved my vocabulary, my understanding and my pronunciation was by listening podcasts 5/6 hours at day and by watching English tv.
For me it's the only way to learn languages and I am doing well. It takes a lot of time, yes, but I never forget. Every language I have learned this way, I am sort of mother-language, while all other languages I have simply forgotten.
After having studied psychology, I understand that about 5% (or 1 out of 20) people can learn languages by listening much better than the rest, because they have a different thinking process. The main difference is that these people do not label words as "English" and "German", but have rather a complete memory space for each language. If you have serious difficulty to translate, but speak rather well foreign languages, you may be one of these people.
Woa. After your talk there are a lot of comments. that's a good idea to learn English by active way. Thanks so much.Now i have one more tips
Hi Jade, this is my first comment on RUclips ever :-D I have to give You a big THANKS for what you are doing. I believe, You have helped to many people to start learning English more effectively. Don´t stop, we need You!
I just got my advanced portuguese certification( celpe-bras /certificação de proficiência em língua portuguesa nível avançado) and i agree with you, it took me almost 4 years learning by myself ,i had a relationship with a brazilian girl , i even lived in brazil for 3 months and went there other 10 times, basically being passive like you said and that made me get a mid level the first time i did the celpe-bras. But finally i decided to take lessons with a brazilian teacher and training for the exam 6 months ago, focused on writing and because of that i succeeded.
I have to say that i always learned languages for fun , because it was always easy for me, i never made such a great effort to learn them. But now i see that most of the time i just focused on , reading, listening and speaking , not in writing and i think writing it's the most important thing when trying to master a language. And when i say writing , not only learning grammar but also writing production: letters , journals, poetry etc. Now i want to improve my english, and your lessons have helped me a lot. I just want you to know that, teacher jade. Thanks !