How to Learn Vocabulary Without Even Trying
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
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For a long time I have been convinced that the simplest and most reliable indicator of our potential and our level in a language is how many words we know. Learning words ought to be a pleasant task at the heart of language learning.
0:00 Refreshing my Polish: 36,000 known words.
1:20 What does it mean to know words?
2:26 Why LingQ was designed the way it was with a focus on vocabulary.
4:52 The more you read and listen, the more vocabulary you know.
6:54 Don't worry about forgetting vocabulary!
7:48 I aspire to learn lots of words. It is my number one pursuit when learning a language.
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How do you study vocabulary in your target language?
You are my idol. I would like to learn german ... but i have problems with the vocabulary acquisition. I heard about some kinds of techniques like the transformation of the phonetics into images in our language. What do you think about that ?
Steve, how do you learn multiple Slavic languages without confusing them. My Russian is much stronger than my Polish so whenever I speak Polish, Russian words just start coming out of my mouth
First I find the meaning. Next time the same word appears and it clicks. Thats how I have been able to built my vocabulary inter alia.
Moreover I am a Polyglot. I know Pahari, Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi, Gojari, Arabic and also working on a new script which would revolutionize the writing system I hope. Sir, Do you have anything to suggest me concering Script ?
Love the point about "attitude" "time spent with the language" and "ability to notice." This makes so much sense. Made a video recently about when exposed to language input, don't just "hear," take a few moments to "observe/notice." Being deliberate about this is huge.
Steve is Legend
Yes,he has been updating his video over ten years
More than a legend!
I agree
Absolutely agree my friend!
The greater polyglot ever lived !
Greetings from Poland
This man is a source of motivation for all the language learners who're fighting and struggeling to aquire the language by gaining new words,expressions every single day. THANK YOU !
You hit the nail on the head when you said the more you read and the more you listen, the more words you know.
can reading and listening help me learn new words without looking up for the meaning of the words that i don't know like to see some words repeatedly in different contexts while reading , is it the way? or should i stop reading every time i see a word that i don't know and search for it's meaning? this is laborious and kills the passion i have to continue reading and learning
@@tramonto1965 Here's a suggestion so you don't look up words all the time: only look up words you see more than once. If you see a word once and never again, it might not be as important.
@@tramonto1965 from my limited experience... ideally, somewhere in the middle.
@@tramonto1965 look up words that stop you from knowing what the sentence is about or if they catch your attention.
At the beginning that's a lot of words and that's necessary. As you go along it gets less and less
Thanks so much Steve. There is no better program than LingQ. Wish I could have you a hug and buy you some coffee or something. LingQ has truly revolutionized my way of learning languages.
Дякуємо Вам, Стів!!! Дуже хороші поради!!! Люблю дивитися ваші відео 💙💛❤👍
Another great video, Steve! I have found that reading has really built my vocabulary and understanding in my target language.
What language are you learning?
I get excited for your videos every Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you, Steve!
Pozdrowienia z Polski Steve.dziękuję za Twoje interesujące filmy i rady.Twoje podejście do nauki języka jest bardzo dobre,czerpanie przyjemności z nauki,dużo kontaktu z językiem w czytaniu i sluchaniu oraz mowa,komunikacja z ludźmi,bez nadmiernej gramatyki,po prostu stosunki międzyludzkie.warto być ciekawym języka,kultury oraz ludzi i po prostu korzystać z języka,to pomaga się uczyć.dziękuję👍🍀
The fourth and fifth books that I read in Russian were sci-fis by the same author. It was pleasantly easy to read the second novel. This is now my pattern. Two books by the same author. The first of the first book I might need to look up 3 words a page ( or whatever). The second half of the first book perhaps 1 or 2 words. However, by the second half of the second book…maybe a word every 2 pages but more importantly I’m no longer translating in my head.and simply enjoying the story.
I recently used the word "confabulate", which I picked up many years ago from an Oliver Sacks book, in the sense "make something up". I then looked it up and found that it also has other meanings, like "converse".
Spanish is my third language; I'm a heritage speaker, which is a sort of native speaker. I sometimes find out that I know words (usually names of plants) that first-language Spanish speakers don't.
On a side note, that must be the best background I have ever seen on RUclips! LOL
Thanks Steve for covering countless various languages related topics.
Brilliant as always Steve, thank you.
So inspiring your channel. I will follow your advices. No either person dominates 9 languages
Thank you Steve, I have been learning German now for 2.5 years and have achieved a B2 - C1 level. Your videos have helped me so much to keep on the right track.
Which video do you mean?
@@77n53 I guess all of them
Damn you progressed quickly. That would have taken many hours of regular immersion to reach that level in 2.5 years.
How do I test if I'm a1 or b1 or c1 or whatever?
@@scriptshamanji5400 You're the best judge of where you're at on the framework. Read the descriptions.
Me encanta como lo explica. Yo lo oigo e intentó introducirme. No he reñido mucha posibilidad de aprender inglés, pero siempre ha sido mi lucha. Escuchar inglés. Oir canciones en ingles toda mi vida. Muchas gracias.
Cześć, this video came at the PERFECT TIME! I started studying Polish about 2 weeks ago because I'll be in Warsaw next week and Kraków around late summer.
Greetings from Poland!;)
@@julkahalczak5643 Dzień Dobry! Co u pani słychać?
@@SunnyOfficialYT Wszystko dobrze, a tam?
@@julkahalczak5643 Dziękuję, wszystko w proządku. I got back from Warsaw Wednesday night. I miss it already.
Great video, steve! It really starts to make sense to me that a proper knowledge and acquisition of words requires many repetitions and encounters in different situations
I believe in Steve's strategy of learning a language. I've learned our national language Urdu through listening.
Pozdrawiam z Chicago i życzę sukcesów w nauce języka polskiego😊.
Robisz wspaniałą robotę!
Dziękuję i pozdrawiam.
Powodzenia w nauce :) Ja zacząłem w tym roku uczyć się niderlandzkiego czytając artykuły i na bieżąco tłumacząc słowa przy pomocy wtyczki w przeglądarce, całkiem fajnie mi to wychodzi. Pamiętam jak lata temu nauczyłem się angielskiego czytając komentarze na RUclips i słuchając filmików.
WHAT LANGUAGE IS THAT.................?
@@johnsmith-yi6uu Polish
Ciekawy jestem kiedy ty się czułeś że ty rozumiesz i możesz pisać albo rozmawiać po angielsku?
You are such an inspiration. As a Pole, I'm excited about you learning Polish and reading about our history. Thanks for your valuable tips. You have motivated me to start learning Japanese. If you started later in life, maybe I can make it too in my fourties I speak Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, and some rusty French where I know many words but have trouble recalling some. But I always dreamed of some more exotic and Asian language. I absolutely agree about attitude, exposure to lot of input.
Thank you very much Steve for sharing your experience
If you want to learn new vocabulary, then get exposure to the language. How do you get exposure to the language? Listen to people making conversation with other. Listen to stories. Reading or listening to a random list of words or a random list of sentences is not an effective way to get exposure to the language.
Thanks a lot for help us to improve our language skills!
Great video! Many thanks.
True inspiration for us
We love you Steve
Peace ✌️
Wow, awesome! Powodzenia! 🔥
Excellent video!
Good video. I'm learning a lot from you.
I've always struggled around with vocabulary alottttttttt, and I always got burnt out when I couldn't remember a certain vocab 😅
This video was very interesting because now I'm listening to podcast and speak with local in my target language. Sometimes I write down a word and in the future I will often remember how many Times I've already met that word. Now I think that I can start using deliberately a word after 4/5 active encounters
老師調整了講話的狀態，聲音舒服了很多，真棒！👍👍
J'ai l'impression que vous avez changé la façon de parler, y'a plus de soutiens profonde. Votre voix est plus ronde , plus agréable ! Bravo 👍👍
Great video! I’ll buy the plan in the app, it seems to be very efficient
Thank you Mr. Kaufmann, my best regards from Brazil 😊
Just watching your videos because of your vibe. And I really like your accent. English is not my native, and you help me a lot with comprehension fluent voice
I love that, Thanks "Mister"
Gracias por sus consejos es usted un hombre muy inteligente ¡ admirable!!
Oo gratulacje! Bardzo ciekawe.
Thank you Steve .Greetings from Poland
There is no easy way to learn a foreign language: it is always about systemization, discipline and endurance.
At least that's not 100% cases. How about the children then? They often can't sit down for 20 mins doing maths but somehow accuire two or even three languages just being in the environment.
@@igronus For children, there is education. Many animals can learn but only humans can teach.
@@igronus Children have a crazy high level of neuroplasticity. Their neural connections are not as hardened as adults'. After the age of 24-25, the level of neuroplasticity starts going significantly down, and thereafter any learning requires focus, effort, and discipline.
We keep learning, but much less loosely than kids.
@@zybergisthis is completely false and has been proven by research
Did you not watch the man's video?
to prawda, jeśli uczymy się z treści które są dla nas interesujące, to słowa w zasadzie same zostają w głowie - ja na przykład tak uczę się języka niemieckiego - oglądam podcasty po niemiecku z treściami które mnie interesują. Z angielskim było dokładnie tak samo.
Steve if you're interested in history of Poland I would recommend you a podcast on RUclips - "Zakazane historie"- mostly stories from the 20th century, very interesting and guy is speaking Polish very, very clear (sometimes too slow for me :) ) See you in Poland ;)
Great video
My inspirer👏👏
سلام گرم مرا از ایران پذیرا باشید. به خاطر سپاری و مرور مکرر لغات همیشه عامل بازدارندهای برای من در یادگیری انگلیسی بوده. خوشحالم از اینکه با شما و کانال بسیار مفیدتان آشنا شدم. با راهنمایی شما اکنون راحت تر زبان میخوانم و سریعتر جلو میروم. خیلی ممنون❤
Sir your teaching is very useful for us👌👌
Thanks for the amazing content you create🙏 Would it be possible to create a video where you'd break down the phases and time required to reach a fluency level where you can operate effortlessly in a native environment (Probably C1 in CEFR scale). Ollie Richards did quite a good video where he estimated it'd take a good 31 months if you put a lot of effort into it (A1 1m, A2 3m, B1 7m, B2 15m, C1 31m). You are the best! Your methods have helped me a lot on my way to becoming fluent in swedish💪
There are so many factors that it is difficult to predict how long. I intend to do a video on different strategies depending on where you are in the language.
@@Thelinguist Steve I’m starting Icelandic, from scratch, being a Portuguese native speaker I don’t get anything. There are many great content on learning languages, you’re one of the tops, but with so much info on the topic I’m kind of lost. I have one year for learning Icelandic 😂a summarized video on do this dont do that would help a lottttttt . thanks for all of your content 👍🏻
Thank you ❤
Steve, I lately found out one thing that twist my understanding... people always say, don't translate thing when you think... but.... I started to translate things in my anki.... and ...I started to learn more and more things in a more consolidated way.
Yes you're as always talking about really wonderful things and methods which allow to different people learning different languages in no time, particularly about words, yes that true that you should do all consistently just reading, watching and talking with different people in yourself target language and then you can achieve really awesome results at all thanks for such good video again.
I always appreciate seeing your videos and hearing your insight about learning languages, thank you for the content! And Jesus loves you!
Thanks
Language learning is a lot like cooking pasta. You're basically throwing words and phrases like pasta at the wall hoping they'll stick. Speaking a foreign language sometimes isn't so easy. I've been learning Norwegian since February of last year, I have few chances to speak it beyond with my tutor, so reading, listening and watching are my main contact with that language.
That’s great and all, but I don’t think you know how to cook pasta 😂
I like parmesan cheese a lot, so that suggests I should be good at learning languages. Time will tell.
I don't think pasta is meant to be thrown at the wall.
@@russianlearning5817 Be gentle, he’s American, they haven’t yet learnt how to eat exotic foodstuffs.
@@russianlearning5817 we do it to check if it sticks if it does then it's done.
سلامی پر از محبت و احترام، از طرف یک ایرانیِ فارسی زبان😌 خوشحالم که تاریخ و فرهنگ ما رو میخونی😍
Legend!
One trick that I found helps me learn fast (at least new English words) is memorizing whether a word is positive or negative.
fluency is the ability to ask and answer questions and understand what's said without having to think about every word.
thank you
Legendary
Hi Steve, this is a brilliant video. You say you are reading about history in that language. I am learning Spanish and for example would like to read about the history of costa rica but where you do find books like this in the language that you want? thank you so much.
Greetings from Poland Steve!
Im very happy You learning my languange.
Im impressed with your person and your mind.
I would recommend You books famous author Bogusław Wołoszański and podcast Sensacje XX Wieku if You are intrested history of Poland and Europe. Especially the twentieth century.
Powodzenia w nauce! Trzymaj sie!
Take care!
this is how i learned english just read and listen to the words that u didn't know Translate that words and read and listen over and over again with different contexts and it automatically sticks to the brain
Do you learn only translated meaning? Or meanings from dictionary too ?
I mean if you see dictionary then they give 4,5 meanings of a word while in translation there exists only 1
@@juliuscaesar1573learn 1 vocabulary, interpret it with translation and learn the meaning or use of that vocabulary
Hey Paul, I have a question. I'm learning two writing systems and three languages (one for leisure, one for academics, and one for another purpose) and while doing that, I found myself being sometimes dyslexic. In English, I sometimes fail to recognize a word properly. While in other languages, I recognize individual letters simply by recognizing the whole word. If I were to read by reading the letters, I would comprehend less in a language other than English. I'm pondering about dyslexia and polylingualism and I thought to ask you.
Hello Steve,
I was wondering, if it is any chance to meet you at the Polyglot Gathering in Poland this year? It vould be great to thank you in person for encouraging us to language learning.
I wont be at the Polyglot gathering but will be in Warsaw and Krakow. It would be nice to organize a meet up if people are interested.
Wow It's hard to imagine even for me as a Polish native speaker to know 36000 words in this language
Szybko można nazbierać tyle słów gdy każde słowo ma pierdyliard odmian ;) A na LingQ każda odmiana będzie liczona jako pojedyncze słowo. Steve przeczytał 660k słów po polsku, także jedynie 10-20 książek. W porównaniu do perskiego gdzie przeczytał 835k słów, "zna" zaledwie 13k słów. Wszystko zależy jak język jest zbudowany.
@@kjgolden7516 AFAIK Polish does not have the dual, but Slovene does. In Russian, which does not have a dual number, some plurals (напр. очи, глаза) are dual forms, and 2,3,4 use what were originally dual forms but are now considered genitive.
Linq is incredibly generous with "number of words." It includes words that differ only in inflectional stuff as separate words. Ditto with derivational stuff.
These are word forms. Even the word "one" has over 20 forms in polish i believe.
@KJG Olden it has, but they are part of the collective numbers.
Polish is the hardest language to aquire! You are madman mr. Steve 👹🐗
try to learn arabisk
Do tej pory (po pięciu latach nauki ) znam 130000 "słów", ale nadal jest mnóstwo slów, których nigdy nie widzałem. :) Ponadto mój słownictwo czynne jest raczej ograniczone :(
Hi Steve, I admire You.
1- How many words I must know for to get English B-2 Level?
Y si no puedo pagar la parte premium de linq? Como hago para apreder vocabulario?
I see the real bookshelf behind the poster version. 😆
Steve I got a question, how many languages do you know?
I have difficult some things in English and even spanish too.
Great video! Question, does this work (as well) for languages with pictographic alphabets, like Kanji in Japanese? I find very tough to memorize or absorb new words when I'm reading new material in the native language, since thousands of symbols and how very detailed they are will make me retain very few words :/
Thanks 🙏
I think that when it comes to Kanji a separate deliberate effort to learn them is necessary at the beginning and for a while. Then as you continue reading and listening, you will reinforce your familiarity wit them and learn new ones. It will be come less necessary to deliberately learn them
@@Thelinguist Thank you so much for the answer! I will keep at it! 😁
Might this format help with languages that have unfamiliar script characters like Chinese or Japanese? I'm interested in Japanese and kind of accept standard study methods like writing practice or flash cards will be necessary, but I also wonder if the LingQ method will help a lot in retention of the characters as much as the words. EDIT: I guess what I mean is if this can help move passed that Flashcard / Copy - Write phase faster and not worry so much about perfecting the script before tackling language.
Sure its the same thing... Dont worry about learning individual Kanjis... Just read book after book on lingq and things will stick in your brain automatically.
I think that when it comes to Kanji a separate deliberate effort to learn them is necessary at the beginning and for a while. Then as you continue reading and listening, you will reinforce your familiarity wit them and learn new ones. It will be come less necessary to deliberately learn them
@Steve Kaufmann - lingosteve Thanks for the reply. I think one can get stuck in a rote memorization mode feeling like 'part 1' needs to be finished before tackling 'part 2'. Kind of a school workbook progression habit.
Wanikani is your friend!
When I'd just started learning Japanese many years ago, I didn't know about Lingq.
But basically I did the similar thing. I've just been reading many visual novels, first using text grabber and Rikaichan, than without them.
I haven't ever done a writing practice. While I was using Anki for a while in the start and even tried to learn 1000 separate kanjis at once, I'm not really sure if it was so helpful.
I think the reading itself did more for me, and kanji are better be studied just as parts of words. There was a time I was reading for a three hours in a day, for several months, and then the language somehow "clicked" with me. I felt being immersed and forgot I was reading in a foreign language
As a student 13€ is too much for me but the application which youre the founder of looks very effective. Good luck grandpa
Listen and reading are perfect way to learn new words in Englis however, i love listening than reading. What is your method to learn new words? Reply me please.😁
I can understand this man, so I am going to watch all his videos in english language.
Just remember, his methods are optimized for his goals, which are learning many languages to a beginner or intermediate level.
Some of his advice is useless if you are learning English and want to be near native.
Binjour steve ! Je voulais savoir comment faire pour les mots sortent de manière inconsciente sans que ca soit un puzzle dans ma tete pour créer une phrase ?
I tried LingQ but found it really complicated to learn korean with it. Maybe I don't understand the website. But that I have to choose a meaning of a word on my own is somehow confusing, also I think the system don't understand words/verbs like "(word)할 뻔했다" which has its own meaning, but because there is a space in between those words, the system of LingQ does not realize the grammar. So I can't learn as a beginner on LingQ if I want to learn korean. At least it's my experience so far.
The same LinQ experience with Chinese .too complicated for begginers
Yes. I had the same problem. I came back to it after I was on the cusp or intermediate and now I find it great. I'm learning korean too. It's great for importing content. But tou do need a grasp of the language first. My vocabulary was at 1500 words before I found any use if linq
@@tatianarusmade336 I am glad that I am not the only one.
Currently, I am learning german through a class in a classroom course. And I have a little difficulty, because even though I know I can't, I end up translating the words.
You can't do that bro. It's for asshole. Just do it fluently.
Steve, how about learning Chinese? how do you acquire without knowing how to read the characters yet?
Pozdrowienia!
Can a beginner thrive using LingQ Japanese? I know hiragana and katakana, but no kangi…. Do you have readings just in hiragana and katakana?
5:05 A very rare cryptid sighting in the corner of the video - a tiny Steve Kaufmann!
Ich stimme zu dir.
so, when lingq calculates known words, does it count all the conjugations and noun cases as seperate words, or is it just root words?
all cases, forms, plurals etc, all inflections count as separate words
Plase came to Turkey🥰♥️
Well, with the lastest add-ons one can now speak French with Chat GPT no problem. I mean, no hands mom.
My question is: does such practice essentially break one's will and wish to suspend output? Or does conversing only with humans constitute true outputting?
Hi Steve. Thanks for the video. If the number of words we need to know to be at an average native level is 20000-25000, then why in some languages you know more than that? What’s the need to know that amount of words like 60000?
It all depends on how much inflection, changes in the form of words, there is in a language. LingQ counts every form of a word separately.
Native speaker vocabulary size, it is referring to word families rather than individual words.
Useful pdf : How Large a Vocabulary Is Needed For Reading and Listening?
Are there any free apps to learn languages?
It doesnt work with me. I watch movies, listen to songs but I cannot catch the words that I dont know already. Just when I use a new word when I use it in a sentence or something, that word sticks with me.
can I use your techniques to learn technical vocabulary in English? Specifically programming languages
It should work, and throw the audio in with it when you can.
interesting
Polscy entuzjaści języków czekają na Ciebie Steve. If you know many words, you can communicate. If you only just know grammar & your vocab is poor, you’re gonna struggle. And hey, there is no learning words without grammar when you study sentences.
the terrable of lingQ is every word need create from zreo, maybe can read some artitle and just select unknown words.
Use the setting "Paging move words to known" and just look for unknown ones
Que será lo que tanto habla
Ty znasz 36 tyś. słów w języku polskim? Ja jestem polakiem i nie wiem ile znam( wszystkie? xD).Żartuję, ale według encyklopedii przeciętny polak używa na co dzień 7 tyś. ale zna ok. 35 tyś.Wiele osób zna wiecej słów ,a nawet ich używa nie znając dokładnie ich znaczenia :) Ćwiczysz konwersacje ?Ja uczę się angielskiego na starość . Ponad pół roku samodzielnie, troche rozumiem jak mówisz, ale jak jest dodadkowo text. Rozmawiać nie umiem. Bełkotałbym po jednym wyrazie układająć zdanie pół minuty:) Pozdrawiam i życzę powiedzenia. Podziwiam w wytrwałości .