I'll be honest, until recently I had no idea there was a whole community for language learning. It's so cool that there's this whole group of people who are interested in the same thing I am. I feel so many people see learning a new language as just something you either need to do or that if you want to do it, you do so casually. But wow, this is just so cool. There are so many new sources and tips for learning a language that I actually feel it's achievable now. ❤
@@MadEvaNat I'm learning Spanish and German. Spanish because I work with Hispanic people who almost all only speak Spanish, and German due to my bloodline being very much so German.
@@oshahott2532 I'm german too! My mom taught me when I was younger, but I can't really read it or write it that well, and sometimes even my pronounciation sucks because I haven't spoken it for so long 😭
To your question, I record myself speaking for a time (usually 10-15 minutes). At the end, I put what I couldn’t say correctly into a translator or dictionary then into anki flashcards. Sometimes I search up a topic and other times I talk freely. It’s so helpful because I learn how to say things that already come to mind, just in my target language. And there’s context as long as I memorize frases or sentences.
The talking to yourself one is such a game changer for real. I’m always in my head- narrating the thoughts that were already there in another language has made my practice time pretty much double. Spinning off this, I also read a book character recommend thinking in another language that you’re at a lower level in when you’re stressed, because it slows your thought process down and forces you to consider what you’re saying. This month I’ve been getting daily QOTD prompts to answer and speak to myself. I get the prompt in the morning and will consider some key vocab I might preemptively need to answer the question, and then I try to record myself speaking my response for about 3~5 minutes. Has been super helpful!
that is like so cool, "when you re stressed, start thinking in a language you barely know" such an interesting though, but at the same time i am thinking that it must be stressful even more, no? hahha I cannot imagine being in a stressful situation and start thinking in Spanish, I would be like "I have no idea, as I don't know how to say it in Spanish" hahaha can you imagine? do you really do that? and, it must be difficult to then answer in the language that you are currently using e.g. English, don't you just start speaking Spanish instead? haha I wanna try, but I honestly think that i would be more stressed
- Todo list before every session (include how much time you'll spend on each thing) - Create energy buckets to decide what you have energy for - use the pomodoro minutes - review as much as you learn - comprehensible input (healthy balance of how much you can understand) - spaced repetition - associate study with a constant (e.g. a single time of day) - know yourself and how you learn best
Great video! I agree with all of it. Basically, I just believe in: 1. Drowning in vocabulary at first: Anki with X words every day 2. Drowning in input in the beginning: podcasts or Netflix shows that you like but aren't your passion, so you don't mind about missing some details. Also, at first, dubbed shows are usually easier, since they are often dubbed into a standard accent. Podcasts >>> shows in the beginning because they have no subtitles and they keep you from falling into the "subtitles plateau" of just reading and not really improving comprehension. Afterwards, shows are more dynamic, with a larger variety of accents, and less formal. Then, once in a while I open a grammar book and try to catch up and study (which by that time feels more like reviewing) with a few lessons. I also believe it doesn't make any sense to start with the grammar, since it's an artificial structure we humans have come up with to model and understand languages. However, it is precious and totally mandatory to deal with it once you've already grasped the feeling of what's right and wrong, and how the language works. I try to stick to these habits by setting quantifiable goals like: - Review French 5 times a week (important not to set 7/7, give yourself some margin to fail a little bit) - Watch and/or read at least 7 episodes a week. Then, I have some specific counters on my phone's desktop and just touch and get a +1 every time I finish a session. It helps me to keep track of the process and feels SO good and rewarding when on Sunday night I check my phone and I see 7s all over. The ultimate goal, and that's why reading, meeting people and watching shows is SO important is having fun, so lowering the entry barrier to the language as much as possible and just enjoy the flow and the ride. I don't start reading books until I have (or believe I have) a solid high B2. Another minitip, if you are a polyglot, is trying to learn Language 3 from Language 2, and to use Language 3 to learn Language 4: L3--->L4. However, bare in mind that this needs to make sense. I am learning German (L6) from English (L2) because it all makes more sense, they share roots; and reviewing French (L5) from Portuguese (L4) because, even though it's not the most obvious choice, it still also makes sense. However, learning Italian (L3) from English (L2) didn't make any sense, and I ended up switching my approach and Learning Italian (L3) from Spanish (L1), since the English translation was too convergent for some words and making me loosing some nuances of meaning. In addition to this, when possible, try to find matching 1-1 translations (as an example, don't translate all the adversative particles to but, and use others such as yet, however, nevertheless,... when possible). And.... make your deck from a Frequency Dictionary!!! It will give you the most important words first, so that it'll empower you and you yourself will feel it!! Also, always always learn cards both sides! From target language to original language and the other way around. You need to be swift and quick both when understanding people and when speaking and replying to them. Also, add audio to your cards, and the phonetic translation helps me a lot too. Another tip that's helping me with German right now is... give yourself time to getting to know the language, to measure your opponent, as two boxers in the very first seconds on the ring. Start slow until you grab momentum, no rush. 10 words a day add up to +3000 words in a year, with is GREAT, since it accounts for a low C1 ish. Also, I try to reach as much as possible the 500-750 words (which I'll call category 1 and it's the basic conversational survival vocabulary). Then, I rush into achieving the 3000 (as I sad, low threshold for a C1 in vocabulary, that's the bones and structure of the whole language house you're building) and then, slowly and calmly, try to reach the 5000. Of course, this is just active vocabulary, since unconsciously you always know some more, specially when the target language shares roots with your native one. This might not apply for not-european languages. Finally.... when I find a word hard, my anki card will always have a "Click to show hint" button. When click on it, some funny situation or even a picture explaining the concept (an "Ulikely association") created with Dall-E/Bing Chat will show up. It is true that you invest some time on creating this image (max 5-10'), and that's why I ONLY do this for the words that I systematically forget, but once you do it, you'll never forget it again. Consider it done!! Anyway, thank you so much for your video and hope this can be of any help to some other language learners as well. Glad to discuss this in more depth, to learn more tips from any of you or to just have a pleasant talk about this passion we all share! Great content and keep it up, thank you!!!
As someone with ADHD, I really struggle with routines and consistency. The energy levels technique is such good hack! What currently helps me "survive" the periods when I lack motivation to study languages, is just dedicating a few minutes a day to do exercises on duolingo, busuu or other apps (the gamification aspect is such a dopamine boost). I also try to listen to podcasts on the go (nothing new haha, but it's such a good low effort way to engage with a language at least in some capacity). Also thanks for the inspiration to do the Lingoda sprint! I was learning French and passed Delf B2 6 years ago, but haven't used the language since. I find it really depressing to not be able to speak anymore after putting so much effort into it and was wondering if I could ever "revive" my skills... But the idea of a 2 month speedrun sounds like such an exciting challenge. It was really fun to see you do it 😊
Sometimes I just listen to a podcast in the language while I’m doing something else, or watch a movie in the language, and that will count as my “studying” on the days where I can’t do drills or exercises.
Sure you can revive your skills. If you ever reached a solid B2 level it shall not take up more than half a year till one full year, depending on intensity of revision, to revive your skills. If podcasts are your thing, follow them. There are grammar and vocabulary focused ones too. Follow daily news. Listen to songs. Listen to some French radio stations or documentaries relevant to your interests. If gamification is a dopamine bost for you maybe use memrise and go against someone higher in ranking of regular revisions than you? Maybe vene play online games with or against French speaking people? Maybe play game intended for native speakers of French? Visit some virtual museum in French ? There are multiple options. Language serves for communication and culture / knowledge consumption, so simply use it as a tool. I like cooking. So I watch cooking videos and this is how I learn my Italian. I love archeology and history and this is what I watch and listen to in Spanish. I follow daily news on global events and now tryng to learn German, so I watch short videos on all this in German that German speaking people would listen to. I like literature, philosophy and have interests in politics and society and this is what I watch, read, listen about in French. If you want to revise you may make revision about some standarised exam format. When I want to revive a rusty language I do it at times. Materials intended for high school leaving final exams are excellent for any B1+/ B2 comprehensive revision. But if it reminds you too much of being at school just think about what you normally do in your own native language that you enjoy and have time for and just start doing it in French. I admit, I do not always follow daily news in my own native language due to such approach to foreign language learning or I do not always watch all tv series in my own native language but given that I like watching tv series at times and wnat to get my Spanish and my Italian to C2 level I tend to choose tv series or movies in these languages lately. So yes, if I'm gonna to watch a comedy for New Year's Eve it's either going to be in Spanish or in Italian. And this week when I'm listeing about best books and best movies of the year 2023 to see if I have any catching up to do it's also in Italian and Spanish. ;-) I assure you, it's doable and can be lots of fun.
Okay here’s my theory on why people treat comprehensible input like a conspiracy theory or something: if you’ve never learned a language, (or never self studied) traditional learning methods make sense to you, because that’s how you were taught in school. To hear somebody say you can just watch Netflix and rewatch content for hours on end, and you’ll develop comprehension that way, can make some doubtful. I do believe my language learning success has come from a nice balance of immersion and active study, but I also believe if you wanted to have an amazing accent, and you had all the time in the world, there are many languages you genuinely could learn just by immersing in comprehensible and somewhat comprehensible input, for hours and hours and hours. Spanish, for sure, for one thing. And more languages depending on how much time you have. The thing I like about immersion is I remember things in a textbook so much better if, when I read them, I go, “Ohhhh now that makes sense.”
My goal/reason is to teach my kids their ethnic languages (French and Korean), and neither my husband nor I speak either at the moment 😂 here’s to the next 18 years of learning and teaching ❤
- find a study buddy and arrange a certain time when you study together. I'm really bad at learning new words, but I have learnt 500+ German words just because I started learning them every evening with my roommate. right now we use this time to learn new grammar - watching sitcoms even when you understand almost nothing. episodes are small and there're a lot of them and you can understand the context, because it's a sitcom - searching on RUclips some topics which you find interesting. for example, I love booktube, so I started watching it in German - if you are a beginner, start reading a comics - from B1 level(probably). find an easy book to read. my first book in English was - "A Monster Calls" and in German - "The Love Hypothesis" (it's as an example)
As an "older" person learning Spanish, I find that setting aside a few minutes after studying to note: what I need to do next, take aways from the lesson/time with tutor/book work, etc...is helpful. For example: When learning a new verb- notes on what tense is most used, expressions I should commit to memory. Self analyzing is helping me- now... I was frustrated before doing this. Make sense??
my little thing that has helped has been putting my phone in a different room when i study and not studying on a laptop. i bought an OG textbook and translation dictionary and its helped so much, idk what it is for me but studying on paper just helps me so much, and just talking to myself outloud, even if im wrong, it helps to practice
Love your videos! I personally like reading a book out loud to get the pronunciation nailed down. If I'm at an intermediate level in a language I just watch a show that I know doesn't use too much complex vocabulary and grammar, for example I watched the summer I turned pretty in Spanish on Prime and I would look up the meaning of the words that I don't know and gets repeated a bunch, this is my personal go to when it comes to vocabulary learning :)
I do like comprehensible input a lot, but just like you said, it has become a religion for some people. Just got into a discussion with Kauffman about that lol. The truth is you cant' get fluent in a language by doing only one type of activity.
@@gabriellawrence6598 my sister pass IELTS and got B1 level, but all that she did was watching English content on RUclips, movies and also she was speaking everyday with foreigners in English. she is not at C1 level, but she's pretty fluent.
i have a theory that learning through music and movies/series is way easier than studying. I mean, of course studying grammar helps you to understand better structure sentence and stuff, but when it comes to memorizing random words, watching tv series or listening to the same song over and over is way more effective. For me at least.
It might be a bit controversial, but I personally go for the "learn every new word you see" route - exceptions in the extreme cases of what you can tell is very specific technical language. But the amount of times I've learnt some weird word, thinking I'll never use it, then coming across it in the wild - it's such a nice little dopamine hit! And if your goal is to "be fluent/speak like a native" then you're going to need to know all these words at some point!
I'm probably just stupid and everyone already does this but in case you're like me-I recently started writing out the flashcards instead of just answering and flipping the card on my flashcard app. For one It's much more active (therefore more time-effective) and also surprisingly more fun. I think it's bc I actually feel productive;I'm physically writing the vocabulary down and putting it on paper. Plus, you practice the spelling.
I use both, a flashcard app and paper ones, coz if I hop on a tram or bus for just about 5 minutes I use the paper ones which I can just pull out of my pocket. Try to get the best out of both.
There is an old pc program "teach2000" which can create random tests. I used it a lot when i used to study facts. It shows where you made the mistake. But it can take a while to set-up.
to your question i talk to my serlf with the language that i want to learn evry word comes to my head i spill it out AND i learn a new language in another langauge that i had learned befor like for ex : i learn german in english
I’m so happy you’re back 😅 I got back into language learning videos recently and so I re-watched a bunch of your videos that I watched like a year ago and now you’ve released a new one! Yayyyyy
I enjoy reading so I find articles in French about the things I find interesting. I have a different theme each month (to help myself from getting bored). I also try to find videos so I can hear the words out loud.
Im not sure if you’ve done it but could you do a video on learning languages concurrently? I’ve been learning Spanish for two years now. I live with Colombians and we exchange language. I’m not fluent at all. I’d say I’m A2 at the most. I don’t study as effectively as I should due to lack of motivation. But recently, since like September, I’ve become interested in Portuguese. Because of my background in Spanish I’ve found it somewhat easy to pick up. Listening to music and watching tv shows, catching the occasional Easy Portuguese video on RUclips, and writing/speaking to my Brazilian friend has pretty much been the only kind of “studying” I’ve been doing. I haven’t been taking it too seriously though because I feel like im cheating on Spanish plus I often find myself speaking/writing in portuñol instead of Portuguese 😭🙃 because I’m not fluent in either language I often wonder if I’m doing myself a disservice by learning both languages at the same time.
What it works for me is reading a lot, but not books, subtitles hahah it worked for me when I was learning English. It worked with Italian and now I'm doing it again with Turkish (watching TVD in different languages to learn without getting bored af is the best imo)
@@kayragunes5050 I fell for the sound of the language when my sister showed it to me, because she wanted me to learn it, since she's a big fan of historical series
I would love it if language learning videos (about learning languages) had audio in other languages. It would be great for the viewers as they can practice their target language while watching content that is interesting to them, and I think it would increase views for the person posting the video (as people might watch the video multiple times to practice).
A technique I haven't used enough, but liked when I did it is translating my journal into the language I'm learning. I do this using Google translate. The virtue of this is that you are learning to use the words you most frequently use. You know, as opposed to drilling on how to say the names of all the countries in Europe in Spanish . . .
I am going to try speaking to my self 💆🏽♀️i do read webtoons in English as a habit since i started learning the language six years ago, maybe I’ll try do the same for french next
the energy menu has been a lifesaver! the making your own schedule/calendar approach just doesn't work for me because it's not an obligation like work or school. yes I want to get better, but there is no external consequence like a teacher or boss, bad grades or losing money to motivate me into following through. having languages not scheduled into my day but rather choosing certain activities based on how much energy I have allows me to do something even if I have low energy, rather than nothing at all because I don't think I have enough energy to start. this also changed my mindset about language learning from this serious, high energy, intensive hobby, to something I can do no matter how I feel at the time. thank you so much Elysse for introducing me to this method!
I'm looking into reading books out loud in my target language. What helps me now is listening to social media and film content in my target language (Spanish).
You mentioned the AI app talkpal. That is revolutionary. Literally. I mainly use the chat. Beyond having a chat, I found I can also ask it questions about grammar and it will respond and ask me for specific example sentences. It has a correction box for my own Corrections, along with the reasons why my sentences were wrong. Sometimes, the responses are better than the ones I get from my teacher. Please don't tell him! But, whatever, this is the best thing you have recommended.
I love how pragmatic and honest you are with your advice, and with yourself. You're a fantastic example to follow for people who appreciate straight talk and who want to set realistic/attainable goals for themselves .Thanks for all the great videos, both here and on Jiveworld. // Aside, I'm currently in Mexico for 4 months touring around and immersing myself as much as possible. Decided to really focus on Mexican Spanish, just like you have shared (benefits of focusing on a "dialect") in some other of your videos. // Wishing you all the best!
These are amzing tips that cultuvate learners for any specific languages to achieve their goals bit by bit, I believe that. So thanks for sharing that! However, another main key state to follow is to be consistent with your plans even in a hard day, stay discipline when you feel lazy, and patient with all of obstacles. Trust me, you'll skyrocket with what you put your mind to.
I’m currently learning Japanese 🇯🇵 and I’m doing this technique where whenever I learn a new thing like a character or word, I take notes on it and then I review it when I can. I watch RUclips videos that teach Japanese and I try my best to repeat the material and take notes, I can now speak a few sentences and expressions. It’s really fun learning a new language.
Actually I speak english and French (Native language) I learn Spanish, Italien and the Russian alphabet (I'm 14 yrs old) I did latin at middle school too but I was very bad lol
I study everyday doing anything that sounds fun to me or peaks my curiosity. That way I’m learning something everyday In a way I’m not forcing what comes next and burning myself out. Because I’ll tell you it makes you tired. And not body tired like you had a full active day but brain tired like I just need to sit in a quiet room with relaxing music and let my mind relax.
I think the issue with "comprehensible input" for a lot of people is that it really isn't an option until a long time into many people's language learning journeys, and the grind to get there can be grueling For example, I've been learning Japanese for 2 and a half years and it legit took me ~2 of those years to start understanding 70% of anything. Even stuff like "beginner podcasts". It was just so damn hard to get used to the language I think a lot of people who have a huge gap between their native language and target language feel this pain and complain when they hear people simply recommend it like it's so easy to do (Not saying you're doing that though!)
I change my phone language to my learning language and it changes all my apps and notifications. Reading aloud is helpful because it makes you read, speak and listen to the language you want to learn.
I’m learning latin american spanish, and one thing i do since I’m completely in love with spanish music, is if a word sticks out to me (whether i’m listening or reading a long the lyrics) i write it down. By the end of the song i have a list of words that intrigued me and i translate & learn them. I’ll learn the meaning of the word and then learn how to use it in a sentence and memorize these words i jot down. Sometimes if I’m unmotivated to have a whole studying session i do this since i personally find it fun & its easy.
being par of fandoms in other languages is the best becuse i get excited about things i love and i get to share experiences + see memes in different languages
I’d love examples of NON vague language learning goals… I find it really hard to even conceptualize a small, attainable and tangible goal in language learning specifically
Lexile scores are a way you can measure reading comprehension and when someone has a lexile level, that means they can read a book with the same lexile and comprehend 75 % of it. they recommend reading the books with the same lexile as you so the comprehension input one makes perfect sense
I can say that I've definitely become fluent in English through speaking to myself and explaining things to myself. That way i was using vocab and grammar at the same time, while learning new words to fill the gaps. I have been doing this with Japanese as well (telling myself about a topic/ my day while driving to work) and i can definitely see improvement. When you dont know a word you are kinda forced to describe it which makes you more comfortable in the language:)
The first one is so true. I literally got fluent in English by talking to myself everyday ( cause nobody around me knew English ) + pretending to be on vogue and explaining my skin care routine lol. Also I guess watching ru paul's drag race helped too lmao
4:40 absolutely agree with this. i do something similar where i have a list of activities (such as flashcards, reading a chapter, etc.) so if i don’t know what to do, just fall back on those and pick whichever you feel like. i also utilise language program trials or discounts; a lot of them offer first month free or first month $1 and while i can’t pay full price, i WILL use the product every day that it is free/discounted because it’s a waste not to lmao
Great video 👏 French is the first foreign language that i've learned ( still a noob lol). I've been learning for around 4 years and have tried almost every app under the sun. I've visited France many times and can get by only using french. P.s my level is far from perfect. I like to keep the resources to a minimum as I find it paralysing with too much choice... I do use flashcards but not religeously ( just now and then). In terms of comprehensible input: I pretty much tried this method for years, hoping I could escape the awkward baby speak stage and jump straight to fluency. Unfortunately that didnt happen lol. My listening comprehension is really good & ive built a massive passive vocabulary using this method. My energy is now heavily spent on speaking lessons ( awesome btw).Although i do feel my speaking is now progressing quicker because of the obscene amounts content that i have consumed. Refreshing video. Loved the high, med, low energy tasks. Keep em coming 😊👏👏
Malay language, my native language is spoken by 300 million people. Widely spoken in the South East Asian region. Grammatically easy as it has no gender verbs preceding masculine feminine nouns nor singular or collective rules. Written in Roman Alphabet or Arabic. Maybe in the future you might have interest in this language. שלום
How i learn languages(i can speak frensh english spanish and arabic) I start by just learning basic vocabulary and verbs....then i start watching content i'm interested in in that language and i learn the language like that i also have another habit:for the moment i'm learning korean and i'm taking songs and i write the korean lyrics and leave one line under each lyric and i start underlining each word and translating it Just try turning your environment to the language you wanna learn And bc you really love that language you will find that language learning process fun to do and you'll give it all your best So choose a language that you love...
@NohilaMohamad are you learning korean? If you are my advice to you is to learn vocabulary(the 3000 basic words) and listen to podcasts and watch variety shows as much as possible. And for reading, i have an app called Kbook that has small korean books and has translation for each page (and it's so cute💕)And you can read articles like news... And if your watching kdramas..rewatch your favourite drama with korean subtitles. And for grammar i didn't learn that much it just came alone because of variety shows and dramas it just sounds right 🙂(and that's why watching content is good) i learned grammar from GO!Billy korean a youtube channel and you can search "free korean textbook pdf" and you choose. Good luck hope this would help
Well, what about me I can speak in English language 🇬🇧 and Turkish language 🇹🇷 (learning currently) and my a native language is Russian 🇷🇺, also know Polish language 🇵🇱 and a little bit Ukrainian 🇺🇦, and I think that's videos which you're doing about different languages that's really awesome and inspiring, in this mean that you are learning so many languages that's amazing also Ben istiyorum demek sen ne bu video çok İnanılmaz özellikle ile böyle anlar, Teşekkür ederim 🇹🇷! Yeah and what about like to I'm studying to English and other languages 🇹🇷🇬🇧🇵🇱, I just writing really huge text in a great app from Microsoft like to "Word" and also watching different movies in these languages which I study to currently, and also prefer to use twitter for a great talk time, so yeah I really so obsessed to this topic.
A good polyglot hack for me is to say to myself whenever I feel less motivated: caraaaaaca garota ta arrasando! O seu eu de 20 anos atrás ficaria de boca aberta com o tanto de coisa que você alcançou! 😂 then it pumps me up to keep going because it is so true!
Lingoda Sprint... DO NOT change timezone, it's in the small print that if you change timezone it cancels out your sprint. I did 90 days straight, meant to get 50% back, but I changed timezones (travel for work) and they did me
could you show us your excel? and explain the way you did it? honestly, it can be easy to do it but i still struggle thinking how to do a list like that, 'cause i feel like I would put a lot of words that I will never see again
Şaşırdım doğrusu. Genelde türkçe öğrenen insanları pek fazla göremiyorum. Halbuki en iyi dillerden biri olduğunu düşünüyorum. (evet ana dilim Türkçe çünkü) yine de mutluyum öğrenen insanlar olduğu için
Hey can you male a video on what to specifically star with? Like right now im trying to learn conversational vocabulary and verb conjugation with the pretreated and infinitive. It is challenging. If not a video a reply back? ❤
How you teaching is amazing 😁 until if i can feel you want to go to sleep and finish a video 😂 but l love it your how you talk and explain good job keep going ❤🎉
Guys! After i improve and and became fluent in English, should i learn 2 languages at same time? Or learn one and then when i reach a good level i learn another one? 🤔 Two at same time or just one? (The next languages will be Spanish and Russian)🔥
I'll be honest, until recently I had no idea there was a whole community for language learning. It's so cool that there's this whole group of people who are interested in the same thing I am. I feel so many people see learning a new language as just something you either need to do or that if you want to do it, you do so casually. But wow, this is just so cool. There are so many new sources and tips for learning a language that I actually feel it's achievable now. ❤
What language are you learning! I've also recently discovered the same thing when learning Spanish!
@@MadEvaNat I'm learning Spanish and German. Spanish because I work with Hispanic people who almost all only speak Spanish, and German due to my bloodline being very much so German.
@@oshahott2532 I'm german too! My mom taught me when I was younger, but I can't really read it or write it that well, and sometimes even my pronounciation sucks because I haven't spoken it for so long 😭
There are a lot of good tips for learning spanish, I'm trying to figure out myself how to learn it @Malak-hk2pf
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now I can speak 3 languages Ukrainian🇺🇦 Russian🇷🇺 and French 🇲🇫 and I am still learning Spanish🇪🇦 and English🇺🇸
how long have you been learning languages, if u dont mind me asking?
And what is your mother tongue?
Suerte con tu español!!! Good luck with your Spanish!!!
I speak English and Spanish and I’m over here trying to master Russian :(
you can do it!❤@@Mrlingual1208
To your question, I record myself speaking for a time (usually 10-15 minutes). At the end, I put what I couldn’t say correctly into a translator or dictionary then into anki flashcards. Sometimes I search up a topic and other times I talk freely. It’s so helpful because I learn how to say things that already come to mind, just in my target language. And there’s context as long as I memorize frases or sentences.
My shy and self-embarrassed ass could NOT perform such activity 💀 But good for you it works!
@@ryan_Almeida21 Not even when you’re alone? Perhaps a different version would be to write (or type) then follow the same steps.
SAME, i thought so too but, it really does help me speak and pronounce words correctly. IT IS STILL CRINGE THOUGH! LOL@@ryan_Almeida21
Great tip! Definitely will try that out ✨
I don’t want to have too many apps I’m thinking of using Spanish dict and language transfer are these two good for starters?
The talking to yourself one is such a game changer for real. I’m always in my head- narrating the thoughts that were already there in another language has made my practice time pretty much double. Spinning off this, I also read a book character recommend thinking in another language that you’re at a lower level in when you’re stressed, because it slows your thought process down and forces you to consider what you’re saying.
This month I’ve been getting daily QOTD prompts to answer and speak to myself. I get the prompt in the morning and will consider some key vocab I might preemptively need to answer the question, and then I try to record myself speaking my response for about 3~5 minutes. Has been super helpful!
These are amazing tips omg
yeah it really does
I know Spanish and English but I have really wanted to learn German for a long time. So I took it up
that is like so cool, "when you re stressed, start thinking in a language you barely know" such an interesting though, but at the same time i am thinking that it must be stressful even more, no? hahha I cannot imagine being in a stressful situation and start thinking in Spanish, I would be like "I have no idea, as I don't know how to say it in Spanish" hahaha can you imagine? do you really do that? and, it must be difficult to then answer in the language that you are currently using e.g. English, don't you just start speaking Spanish instead? haha I wanna try, but I honestly think that i would be more stressed
- Todo list before every session (include how much time you'll spend on each thing)
- Create energy buckets to decide what you have energy for
- use the pomodoro minutes
- review as much as you learn
- comprehensible input (healthy balance of how much you can understand)
- spaced repetition
- associate study with a constant (e.g. a single time of day)
- know yourself and how you learn best
Great video!
I agree with all of it. Basically, I just believe in:
1. Drowning in vocabulary at first: Anki with X words every day
2. Drowning in input in the beginning: podcasts or Netflix shows that you like but aren't your passion, so you don't mind about missing some details. Also, at first, dubbed shows are usually easier, since they are often dubbed into a standard accent.
Podcasts >>> shows in the beginning because they have no subtitles and they keep you from falling into the "subtitles plateau" of just reading and not really improving comprehension. Afterwards, shows are more dynamic, with a larger variety of accents, and less formal.
Then, once in a while I open a grammar book and try to catch up and study (which by that time feels more like reviewing) with a few lessons. I also believe it doesn't make any sense to start with the grammar, since it's an artificial structure we humans have come up with to model and understand languages. However, it is precious and totally mandatory to deal with it once you've already grasped the feeling of what's right and wrong, and how the language works.
I try to stick to these habits by setting quantifiable goals like:
- Review French 5 times a week (important not to set 7/7, give yourself some margin to fail a little bit)
- Watch and/or read at least 7 episodes a week.
Then, I have some specific counters on my phone's desktop and just touch and get a +1 every time I finish a session. It helps me to keep track of the process and feels SO good and rewarding when on Sunday night I check my phone and I see 7s all over.
The ultimate goal, and that's why reading, meeting people and watching shows is SO important is having fun, so lowering the entry barrier to the language as much as possible and just enjoy the flow and the ride. I don't start reading books until I have (or believe I have) a solid high B2.
Another minitip, if you are a polyglot, is trying to learn Language 3 from Language 2, and to use Language 3 to learn Language 4: L3--->L4. However, bare in mind that this needs to make sense. I am learning German (L6) from English (L2) because it all makes more sense, they share roots; and reviewing French (L5) from Portuguese (L4) because, even though it's not the most obvious choice, it still also makes sense. However, learning Italian (L3) from English (L2) didn't make any sense, and I ended up switching my approach and Learning Italian (L3) from Spanish (L1), since the English translation was too convergent for some words and making me loosing some nuances of meaning. In addition to this, when possible, try to find matching 1-1 translations (as an example, don't translate all the adversative particles to but, and use others such as yet, however, nevertheless,... when possible). And.... make your deck from a Frequency Dictionary!!! It will give you the most important words first, so that it'll empower you and you yourself will feel it!!
Also, always always learn cards both sides! From target language to original language and the other way around. You need to be swift and quick both when understanding people and when speaking and replying to them. Also, add audio to your cards, and the phonetic translation helps me a lot too.
Another tip that's helping me with German right now is... give yourself time to getting to know the language, to measure your opponent, as two boxers in the very first seconds on the ring. Start slow until you grab momentum, no rush. 10 words a day add up to +3000 words in a year, with is GREAT, since it accounts for a low C1 ish.
Also, I try to reach as much as possible the 500-750 words (which I'll call category 1 and it's the basic conversational survival vocabulary). Then, I rush into achieving the 3000 (as I sad, low threshold for a C1 in vocabulary, that's the bones and structure of the whole language house you're building) and then, slowly and calmly, try to reach the 5000. Of course, this is just active vocabulary, since unconsciously you always know some more, specially when the target language shares roots with your native one. This might not apply for not-european languages.
Finally.... when I find a word hard, my anki card will always have a "Click to show hint" button. When click on it, some funny situation or even a picture explaining the concept (an "Ulikely association") created with Dall-E/Bing Chat will show up. It is true that you invest some time on creating this image (max 5-10'), and that's why I ONLY do this for the words that I systematically forget, but once you do it, you'll never forget it again. Consider it done!!
Anyway, thank you so much for your video and hope this can be of any help to some other language learners as well. Glad to discuss this in more depth, to learn more tips from any of you or to just have a pleasant talk about this passion we all share! Great content and keep it up, thank you!!!
U have written a whole book here😮 bro, chill down😂
@@Ishqi_lovessss 😂😂😂😂 I wanted to make it short but I got excited and all seemed important
Thanks 👌🏼
Amazing suggestions.
Thanks for this. It will be a great help. I started learning Spanish only this month.
As someone with ADHD, I really struggle with routines and consistency. The energy levels technique is such good hack! What currently helps me "survive" the periods when I lack motivation to study languages, is just dedicating a few minutes a day to do exercises on duolingo, busuu or other apps (the gamification aspect is such a dopamine boost). I also try to listen to podcasts on the go (nothing new haha, but it's such a good low effort way to engage with a language at least in some capacity).
Also thanks for the inspiration to do the Lingoda sprint! I was learning French and passed Delf B2 6 years ago, but haven't used the language since. I find it really depressing to not be able to speak anymore after putting so much effort into it and was wondering if I could ever "revive" my skills... But the idea of a 2 month speedrun sounds like such an exciting challenge. It was really fun to see you do it 😊
Your are quite charming and have a nice deep melodious voice
Awesome! I am also currently learning French and at A1 level only! I need to put some spirit and motivation😊
Sometimes I just listen to a podcast in the language while I’m doing something else, or watch a movie in the language, and that will count as my “studying” on the days where I can’t do drills or exercises.
Sure you can revive your skills. If you ever reached a solid B2 level it shall not take up more than half a year till one full year, depending on intensity of revision, to revive your skills. If podcasts are your thing, follow them. There are grammar and vocabulary focused ones too. Follow daily news. Listen to songs. Listen to some French radio stations or documentaries relevant to your interests. If gamification is a dopamine bost for you maybe use memrise and go against someone higher in ranking of regular revisions than you? Maybe vene play online games with or against French speaking people? Maybe play game intended for native speakers of French? Visit some virtual museum in French ? There are multiple options. Language serves for communication and culture / knowledge consumption, so simply use it as a tool. I like cooking. So I watch cooking videos and this is how I learn my Italian. I love archeology and history and this is what I watch and listen to in Spanish. I follow daily news on global events and now tryng to learn German, so I watch short videos on all this in German that German speaking people would listen to. I like literature, philosophy and have interests in politics and society and this is what I watch, read, listen about in French. If you want to revise you may make revision about some standarised exam format. When I want to revive a rusty language I do it at times. Materials intended for high school leaving final exams are excellent for any B1+/ B2 comprehensive revision. But if it reminds you too much of being at school just think about what you normally do in your own native language that you enjoy and have time for and just start doing it in French. I admit, I do not always follow daily news in my own native language due to such approach to foreign language learning or I do not always watch all tv series in my own native language but given that I like watching tv series at times and wnat to get my Spanish and my Italian to C2 level I tend to choose tv series or movies in these languages lately. So yes, if I'm gonna to watch a comedy for New Year's Eve it's either going to be in Spanish or in Italian. And this week when I'm listeing about best books and best movies of the year 2023 to see if I have any catching up to do it's also in Italian and Spanish. ;-) I assure you, it's doable and can be lots of fun.
I have ADHD and pimsleur has been a lifesaver
Okay here’s my theory on why people treat comprehensible input like a conspiracy theory or something: if you’ve never learned a language, (or never self studied) traditional learning methods make sense to you, because that’s how you were taught in school. To hear somebody say you can just watch Netflix and rewatch content for hours on end, and you’ll develop comprehension that way, can make some doubtful. I do believe my language learning success has come from a nice balance of immersion and active study, but I also believe if you wanted to have an amazing accent, and you had all the time in the world, there are many languages you genuinely could learn just by immersing in comprehensible and somewhat comprehensible input, for hours and hours and hours. Spanish, for sure, for one thing. And more languages depending on how much time you have. The thing I like about immersion is I remember things in a textbook so much better if, when I read them, I go, “Ohhhh now that makes sense.”
what are you saying we should do
My goal/reason is to teach my kids their ethnic languages (French and Korean), and neither my husband nor I speak either at the moment 😂 here’s to the next 18 years of learning and teaching ❤
That is incredibly wholesome and inspiring! Best of luck
It’s a win win situation, I hope you guys accomplish those goals 🙏
Hey...I learned a new expression from you: "Whatever floats your boat." ¡Me encanta!
I am that person who is triggered by the concept of comprehensible input
oh mon dieu c'est toi le meilleur!
stay triggered tbh
howd you get that emoji?
@@abriewren3013aha for real
- find a study buddy and arrange a certain time when you study together. I'm really bad at learning new words, but I have learnt 500+ German words just because I started learning them every evening with my roommate. right now we use this time to learn new grammar
- watching sitcoms even when you understand almost nothing. episodes are small and there're a lot of them and you can understand the context, because it's a sitcom
- searching on RUclips some topics which you find interesting. for example, I love booktube, so I started watching it in German
- if you are a beginner, start reading a comics
- from B1 level(probably). find an easy book to read. my first book in English was - "A Monster Calls" and in German - "The Love Hypothesis" (it's as an example)
As an "older" person learning Spanish, I find that setting aside a few minutes after studying to note: what I need to do next, take aways from the lesson/time with tutor/book work, etc...is helpful. For example: When learning a new verb- notes on what tense is most used, expressions I should commit to memory. Self analyzing is helping me- now... I was frustrated before doing this. Make sense??
my little thing that has helped has been putting my phone in a different room when i study and not studying on a laptop. i bought an OG textbook and translation dictionary and its helped so much, idk what it is for me but studying on paper just helps me so much, and just talking to myself outloud, even if im wrong, it helps to practice
Love your videos! I personally like reading a book out loud to get the pronunciation nailed down. If I'm at an intermediate level in a language I just watch a show that I know doesn't use too much complex vocabulary and grammar, for example I watched the summer I turned pretty in Spanish on Prime and I would look up the meaning of the words that I don't know and gets repeated a bunch, this is my personal go to when it comes to vocabulary learning :)
I do like comprehensible input a lot, but just like you said, it has become a religion for some people. Just got into a discussion with Kauffman about that lol. The truth is you cant' get fluent in a language by doing only one type of activity.
Alot of people have gotten fluent just from comprehensible input though?
But so many people have already gotten fluent in languages solely through comprehensible input, which comepletely disproves what you just said
@@quit-rt4vz i really doubt that, bro. Even you as a native speaker had to go to school and receive formal instruction.
@@gabriellawrence6598 my sister pass IELTS and got B1 level, but all that she did was watching English content on RUclips, movies and also she was speaking everyday with foreigners in English. she is not at C1 level, but she's pretty fluent.
i have a theory that learning through music and movies/series is way easier than studying. I mean, of course studying grammar helps you to understand better structure sentence and stuff, but when it comes to memorizing random words, watching tv series or listening to the same song over and over is way more effective. For me at least.
It might be a bit controversial, but I personally go for the "learn every new word you see" route - exceptions in the extreme cases of what you can tell is very specific technical language. But the amount of times I've learnt some weird word, thinking I'll never use it, then coming across it in the wild - it's such a nice little dopamine hit! And if your goal is to "be fluent/speak like a native" then you're going to need to know all these words at some point!
+1!!!
Facts. I get so hyped when I remember a word I learned randomly.
I'm probably just stupid and everyone already does this but in case you're like me-I recently started writing out the flashcards instead of just answering and flipping the card on my flashcard app. For one It's much more active (therefore more time-effective) and also surprisingly more fun. I think it's bc I actually feel productive;I'm physically writing the vocabulary down and putting it on paper. Plus, you practice the spelling.
i’m gonna start doing this! actually producing the words does help a lot
@@elyssedavega yes 100%
I use both, a flashcard app and paper ones, coz if I hop on a tram or bus for just about 5 minutes I use the paper ones which I can just pull out of my pocket. Try to get the best out of both.
There is an old pc program "teach2000" which can create random tests. I used it a lot when i used to study facts.
There is an old pc program "teach2000" which can create random tests. I used it a lot when i used to study facts. It shows where you made the mistake. But it can take a while to set-up.
you have such a calming way of explaining things! this video's great!
to your question
i talk to my serlf with the language that i want to learn evry word comes to my head i spill it out
AND i learn a new language in another langauge that i had learned befor like for ex : i learn german in english
I’m so happy you’re back 😅 I got back into language learning videos recently and so I re-watched a bunch of your videos that I watched like a year ago and now you’ve released a new one! Yayyyyy
I enjoy reading so I find articles in French about the things I find interesting. I have a different theme each month (to help myself from getting bored). I also try to find videos so I can hear the words out loud.
That's a really good idea! Thanks for sharing :)
3 use cases for "daha"
1. paired with an adjective = daha hızlı
2. simply "more" = daha fazla zamanım yok.
3. still = daha kimse gelmedi.
Thank you for giving props to comprehensible input, being a speaking-focused learner. There is room for both!
These apps this order
Drops= initial word acquisition
Clozemaster= spaced reps
Busuu= grammar lesson
Babadum= picture game
I love ur videos so much, it’s so comforting seeing other ppl my age learning languages ❤️
I speak Arabic & English, learning Spanish & Russian, hopefully I become fluent after or at least to level B2 next year.
Почему ты решила учить русский?
love ur videos! defo one of the internet polyglots i trust most, u give good advice
Im not sure if you’ve done it but could you do a video on learning languages concurrently? I’ve been learning Spanish for two years now. I live with Colombians and we exchange language. I’m not fluent at all. I’d say I’m A2 at the most. I don’t study as effectively as I should due to lack of motivation. But recently, since like September, I’ve become interested in Portuguese. Because of my background in Spanish I’ve found it somewhat easy to pick up. Listening to music and watching tv shows, catching the occasional Easy Portuguese video on RUclips, and writing/speaking to my Brazilian friend has pretty much been the only kind of “studying” I’ve been doing. I haven’t been taking it too seriously though because I feel like im cheating on Spanish plus I often find myself speaking/writing in portuñol instead of Portuguese 😭🙃 because I’m not fluent in either language I often wonder if I’m doing myself a disservice by learning both languages at the same time.
You should sell your vocab spreadsheet as a template and the energy menu!! Those would be sooo helpful
What it works for me is reading a lot, but not books, subtitles hahah it worked for me when I was learning English. It worked with Italian and now I'm doing it again with Turkish (watching TVD in different languages to learn without getting bored af is the best imo)
Why are you learning Turkish my friend?
@@kayragunes5050 I fell for the sound of the language when my sister showed it to me, because she wanted me to learn it, since she's a big fan of historical series
I would love it if language learning videos (about learning languages) had audio in other languages. It would be great for the viewers as they can practice their target language while watching content that is interesting to them, and I think it would increase views for the person posting the video (as people might watch the video multiple times to practice).
my advice videos are primarily in english, if you want to hear other languages watch my vlogs and my fun playlist!
A technique I haven't used enough, but liked when I did it is translating my journal into the language I'm learning. I do this using Google translate. The virtue of this is that you are learning to use the words you most frequently use. You know, as opposed to drilling on how to say the names of all the countries in Europe in Spanish . . .
I am going to try speaking to my self 💆🏽♀️i do read webtoons in English as a habit since i started learning the language six years ago, maybe I’ll try do the same for french next
the energy menu has been a lifesaver! the making your own schedule/calendar approach just doesn't work for me because it's not an obligation like work or school. yes I want to get better, but there is no external consequence like a teacher or boss, bad grades or losing money to motivate me into following through. having languages not scheduled into my day but rather choosing certain activities based on how much energy I have allows me to do something even if I have low energy, rather than nothing at all because I don't think I have enough energy to start. this also changed my mindset about language learning from this serious, high energy, intensive hobby, to something I can do no matter how I feel at the time. thank you so much Elysse for introducing me to this method!
that’s exactly how i feel!! there’s a way to put the work in no matter how you’re feeling ◡̈
I just discovered your channel and I love how natural you are! Thanks for the content ❤
Can I ask you pls how many languages do you speak or learn?
I'm looking into reading books out loud in my target language. What helps me now is listening to social media and film content in my target language (Spanish).
that’s super helpful for pronunciation!
Do you know of any good things to read at A2 or B1 level?
@@LeahMcNabb For me personally it's japanese manga or books based around genres that I like. You can also read short news articles.
You mentioned the AI app talkpal. That is revolutionary. Literally. I mainly use the chat. Beyond having a chat, I found I can also ask it questions about grammar and it will respond and ask me for specific example sentences. It has a correction box for my own Corrections, along with the reasons why my sentences were wrong. Sometimes, the responses are better than the ones I get from my teacher. Please don't tell him! But, whatever, this is the best thing you have recommended.
I love how pragmatic and honest you are with your advice, and with yourself. You're a fantastic example to follow for people who appreciate straight talk and who want to set realistic/attainable goals for themselves .Thanks for all the great videos, both here and on Jiveworld. // Aside, I'm currently in Mexico for 4 months touring around and immersing myself as much as possible. Decided to really focus on Mexican Spanish, just like you have shared (benefits of focusing on a "dialect") in some other of your videos. // Wishing you all the best!
thanks so much for your support, and for this sweet comment!! :)
These are amzing tips that cultuvate learners for any specific languages to achieve their goals bit by bit, I believe that. So thanks for sharing that! However, another main key state to follow is to be consistent with your plans even in a hard day, stay discipline when you feel lazy, and patient with all of obstacles. Trust me, you'll skyrocket with what you put your mind to.
I’m currently learning Japanese 🇯🇵 and I’m doing this technique where whenever I learn a new thing like a character or word, I take notes on it and then I review it when I can. I watch RUclips videos that teach Japanese and I try my best to repeat the material and take notes, I can now speak a few sentences and expressions. It’s really fun learning a new language.
Actually I speak english and French (Native language) I learn Spanish, Italien and the Russian alphabet (I'm 14 yrs old)
I did latin at middle school too but I was very bad lol
I study everyday doing anything that sounds fun to me or peaks my curiosity. That way I’m learning something everyday In a way I’m not forcing what comes next and burning myself out. Because I’ll tell you it makes you tired. And not body tired like you had a full active day but brain tired like I just need to sit in a quiet room with relaxing music and let my mind relax.
I think the issue with "comprehensible input" for a lot of people is that it really isn't an option until a long time into many people's language learning journeys, and the grind to get there can be grueling
For example, I've been learning Japanese for 2 and a half years and it legit took me ~2 of those years to start understanding 70% of anything. Even stuff like "beginner podcasts". It was just so damn hard to get used to the language
I think a lot of people who have a huge gap between their native language and target language feel this pain and complain when they hear people simply recommend it like it's so easy to do
(Not saying you're doing that though!)
Same for me with mandarin. Been learning for over a year, but whenever I try to listen tk the easiest things I almost understand nothing
Im learning german atm and talk to myself everyday haha. I watch videos in german, then respond to the videos as if were having a conversation 😂
I change my phone language to my learning language and it changes all my apps and notifications. Reading aloud is helpful because it makes you read, speak and listen to the language you want to learn.
I’m learning latin american spanish, and one thing i do since I’m completely in love with spanish music, is if a word sticks out to me (whether i’m listening or reading a long the lyrics) i write it down. By the end of the song i have a list of words that intrigued me and i translate & learn them. I’ll learn the meaning of the word and then learn how to use it in a sentence and memorize these words i jot down. Sometimes if I’m unmotivated to have a whole studying session i do this since i personally find it fun & its easy.
That “learning language should fit ideally with what your life already is” is a speech from real experience. ¡Genial!
being par of fandoms in other languages is the best becuse i get excited about things i love and i get to share experiences + see memes in different languages
Thanks for your tipps! I'm French and I've learning German with listening, reading, and speaking. The bestest method for me is, to have fun to learn!
I have 6 languages I want/need to learn and I really think this helps! Thank you so much!
I’d love examples of NON vague language learning goals… I find it really hard to even conceptualize a small, attainable and tangible goal in language learning specifically
Lexile scores are a way you can measure reading comprehension and when someone has a lexile level, that means they can read a book with the same lexile and comprehend 75 % of it. they recommend reading the books with the same lexile as you so the comprehension input one makes perfect sense
I can say that I've definitely become fluent in English through speaking to myself and explaining things to myself. That way i was using vocab and grammar at the same time, while learning new words to fill the gaps. I have been doing this with Japanese as well (telling myself about a topic/ my day while driving to work) and i can definitely see improvement. When you dont know a word you are kinda forced to describe it which makes you more comfortable in the language:)
The first one is so true. I literally got fluent in English by talking to myself everyday ( cause nobody around me knew English ) + pretending to be on vogue and explaining my skin care routine lol.
Also I guess watching ru paul's drag race helped too lmao
omg 2 videos in one week im so happy
Thank you for the nitty gritty. I thoroughly appreciate the tangibility of your content.
Covering songs in my TL. I'm a singer so it's so much fun and I learn a lot of new vocabulary. I also do make flashcards as well.
4:40 absolutely agree with this. i do something similar where i have a list of activities (such as flashcards, reading a chapter, etc.) so if i don’t know what to do, just fall back on those and pick whichever you feel like. i also utilise language program trials or discounts; a lot of them offer first month free or first month $1 and while i can’t pay full price, i WILL use the product every day that it is free/discounted because it’s a waste not to lmao
6:36 was my favourite part of the video because it gave me the opportunity to practice Turkish and test my skills.
Great video 👏 French is the first foreign language that i've learned ( still a noob lol). I've been learning for around 4 years and have tried almost every app under the sun. I've visited France many times and can get by only using french. P.s my level is far from perfect.
I like to keep the resources to a minimum as I find it paralysing with too much choice...
I do use flashcards but not religeously ( just now and then).
In terms of comprehensible input: I pretty much tried this method for years, hoping I could escape the awkward baby speak stage and jump straight to fluency. Unfortunately that didnt happen lol.
My listening comprehension is really good & ive built a massive passive vocabulary using this method. My energy is now heavily spent on speaking lessons ( awesome btw).Although i do feel my speaking is now progressing quicker because of the obscene amounts content that i have consumed.
Refreshing video. Loved the high, med, low energy tasks. Keep em coming 😊👏👏
Malay language, my native language is spoken by 300 million people. Widely spoken in the South East Asian region. Grammatically easy as it has no gender verbs preceding masculine feminine nouns nor singular or collective rules. Written in Roman Alphabet or Arabic. Maybe in the future you might have interest in this language. שלום
I fell offffffff my languages lately 😭 trying to get back to where I was but it definitely sucks knowing I’ve been wasting time lol
How i learn languages(i can speak frensh english spanish and arabic)
I start by just learning basic vocabulary and verbs....then i start watching content i'm interested in in that language and i learn the language like that i also have another habit:for the moment i'm learning korean and i'm taking songs and i write the korean lyrics and leave one line under each lyric and i start underlining each word and translating it
Just try turning your environment to the language you wanna learn
And bc you really love that language you will find that language learning process fun to do and you'll give it all your best
So choose a language that you love...
Hey girly we have the same goals if you can give me advices for that it gonna be great
@NohilaMohamad are you learning korean? If you are my advice to you is to learn vocabulary(the 3000 basic words) and listen to podcasts and watch variety shows as much as possible.
And for reading, i have an app called Kbook that has small korean books and has translation for each page (and it's so cute💕)And you can read articles like news...
And if your watching kdramas..rewatch your favourite drama with korean subtitles.
And for grammar i didn't learn that much it just came alone because of variety shows and dramas it just sounds right 🙂(and that's why watching content is good) i learned grammar from GO!Billy korean a youtube channel and you can search "free korean textbook pdf" and you choose.
Good luck hope this would help
I speak armenian, russian and english really fluent, now i am learning spanish(i am on ~a1)
I love your content! ❤
Will you share the list of high, medium, and low energy learning tasks?
I will try learning German on my own , I am felling 😊motivated even knowing it is a complicated language
❤❤❤❤
Just bought the sprint for french :) I used your code!
oh amazing! 💓 you’re gonna kill it!!
Also play French on Clozemaster and babadum
You’re gorgeous
And your voice is beautiful ❤️💕
The best way to learn a langue is by listening and reading. I learned english like this.
Well, what about me I can speak in English language 🇬🇧 and Turkish language 🇹🇷 (learning currently) and my a native language is Russian 🇷🇺, also know Polish language 🇵🇱 and a little bit Ukrainian 🇺🇦, and I think that's videos which you're doing about different languages that's really awesome and inspiring, in this mean that you are learning so many languages that's amazing also Ben istiyorum demek sen ne bu video çok İnanılmaz özellikle ile böyle anlar, Teşekkür ederim 🇹🇷! Yeah and what about like to I'm studying to English and other languages 🇹🇷🇬🇧🇵🇱, I just writing really huge text in a great app from Microsoft like to "Word" and also watching different movies in these languages which I study to currently, and also prefer to use twitter for a great talk time, so yeah I really so obsessed to this topic.
Thanks for this, blessings from Glasgow X ❤
Genius! Thanks!
I speak 3 now German Spanish English
Finally a chaotic language learner, bless you
Great video as always !
Great video!
A good polyglot hack for me is to say to myself whenever I feel less motivated: caraaaaaca garota ta arrasando! O seu eu de 20 anos atrás ficaria de boca aberta com o tanto de coisa que você alcançou! 😂 then it pumps me up to keep going because it is so true!
I'm currently learning Latiné and Ελληνικά.
i do that energy level thing.. active and passive activities :D
Such a random comment but your eye color and hair color are both so pretty and compliment eachother so well! Also, thank you for the tips and advice!
Heyy Doodle🖑🌷
Listening is more important than speaking
Lingoda Sprint... DO NOT change timezone, it's in the small print that if you change timezone it cancels out your sprint. I did 90 days straight, meant to get 50% back, but I changed timezones (travel for work) and they did me
Great video Elysse 🇧🇷♥️
My native languages are Russian🇷🇺 and Kazakh 🇰🇿and I am also studying German🇩🇪, Spanish🇪🇸 and English🇬🇧😌
if someone speak portuguese and want to practice spanish let me know!
i'll try some tactics, now i can speak 2 languages. turkish and english, im trying to learn spanish as well
Je suis en train d'apprendre l'allemand mais j'aime trop tes vidéos en anglais, du coup là je les regarde avec les sous-titres en allemand ;)
What an incredible voice!
could you show us your excel? and explain the way you did it? honestly, it can be easy to do it but i still struggle thinking how to do a list like that, 'cause i feel like I would put a lot of words that I will never see again
I’m learning , Swedish and Chinese most random langauges lmfao
Şaşırdım doğrusu. Genelde türkçe öğrenen insanları pek fazla göremiyorum. Halbuki en iyi dillerden biri olduğunu düşünüyorum. (evet ana dilim Türkçe çünkü) yine de mutluyum öğrenen insanlar olduğu için
Live love learn languages
Hey can you male a video on what to specifically star with? Like right now im trying to learn conversational vocabulary and verb conjugation with the pretreated and infinitive. It is challenging. If not a video a reply back? ❤
I wish lingoda had more languages.
I wonder why it’s like a conspiracy theory? Lol I learned about this in university linguistic classes and has investigations to back this up 😂
How you teaching is amazing 😁 until if i can feel you want to go to sleep and finish a video 😂 but l love it your how you talk and explain good job keep going ❤🎉
Guys! After i improve and and became fluent in English, should i learn 2 languages at same time? Or learn one and then when i reach a good level i learn another one? 🤔 Two at same time or just one? (The next languages will be Spanish and Russian)🔥