What's important to understand is that it's completely fine to make mistakes! The key is to just keep writing, it doesn't really matter about what. I put off writing in the languages that I'm learning for such a long time because I was afraid of making mistakes and because I didn't know all the vocabulary I needed, but once I started writing I realised how much fun it is and how fast I got better at it. From being barely able to write a diary entry, I'm now writing stories with over 120k words in my target language and it's honestly so much fun! And the best feeling is when you compare your old writings to your recent ones because you're gonna go "WOW, I improved THAT much!" (and you're gonna laugh at the old mistakes you made hehe).
@@priyankashrivastav772 Sometimes it’s difficult to notice progress when it comes to language learning, but trust me-you are improving! You just simply don’t notice it right away. Just don’t give up! I believe in you ^_^ (And thank you too!)
Thank you for those kind words. I don't know if I am improving or not but I will be honest and focus on my language learning. What if I learn something in the end and able to address myself being able to read, write and speak. I just want to read books in my target language and able to understand. 😊
Ahhh my perfectionism gets in the way in every aspect of language learning, including writing practice, because I want to get everything right on the first try, but honestly, your iterative process makes so much sense and seems like such an organic way to learn both vocab and grammar that it makes me feel better about any mistake I might make or any word I might not know.
I like your approach. I think many people (like me) are hesitant to write anything out of fear of making errors but this looks like a great way to learn from one's mistakes. Thanks for the very encouraging video!
My brain is fried after watching this video, this seems so advanced, I do need to start writing in Spanish more, even though I've been learning for so long, I still feel like I don't know any Spanish words ahh!
I barely know any words in Hungarian either, don't worry! It took me 2 days to write the draft and final cause I kept needing to look up words and grammar structures. Keep going!
I can relate. I’ve been learning Spanish at school for 3 years now (4 years soon) and I haven’t written anything in a long time (despite being passionate about the language).
Hi Lindie! As a native Hungarian speaker this video was really interesting. When I started learning English, my teacher always told me to start thinking like a native English speaker in writing too, which helped me a lot. (Not the easiest advice and it does not work for everyone but in some way it is surprisingly helpful.) And I don't know is someone has already answered this for you, but I saw that you put the word 'körbevezet' in parentheses with a question mark. I wouldn't use this in that sentence and 'vezet' is perfectly fine. Maybe I would use the word 'autózik' or 'kocsikázik' (this is a casual use) which expresses it more that she has no purpose. I hope I could help! :) További sok sikert a magyarhoz!
This is exactly the way I'm learning Chinese and it has helped me a lot! I know people say when you're a beginner in Chinese you don't really have to worry about writing, 'cause it might be too difficult and maybe you won't need to actually write a character in your entire life, so the focus tends to be exclusively on the pronunciation and intonation, but I've discovered it is so much easier for me to remember the tone and pronunciation when I write the character down and keep repeating it. What I do is listen to easy conversations prerecorded and looking for the words I don't know, I write them down, and then I try to write them just by hearing them. If I came to something I don't really know and can't found an explanation, I ask my native friends for help or type my text up so I can get corrections from native speakers. So yeah, basically when it is all combined, I learn better.
@@lucie442 this is kind of a late response and im only a beginner in chinese so take what i say with a grain of salt personally when im learning a new character i will write it out a bunch of times hoping the repetition helps it go into my head (this is probably a pretty common tip though) then, later on in the day, or the next day, I will think back to the word and try to visualise what the character is in my head. If i can't remember, I will go back to my notebook and check to see what I had forgotten, and then visualise the character in my head whilst saying the syllable out loud a few times. By giving my brain breaks before checking up on vocab i learnt, it helps to consolidate the knowledge. Finally, my last tip is to learn some of the common radicals and try to spot the radicals in new characters that you learn. That way, each new character doesnt necessarily feel like a brand new symbol, and feels instead like you are putting together familiar building blocks sorry for being 5 months late, hope I could help :)
Watching your video as a Hungarian and by seeing what you have done with Hungarian so far, first of all, my deepest gratitude for that but secondly, it gives me an enormous push in language learning too. I can not say "I can't" anymore, because if you could learn our language which is very hard in terms of grammar, I am able to learn anything I want too. What a motivation!!!! Lindie, I can't even find the words to express myself. You are amazing!!!! Nagyon ügyesen fejlődsz! Sok sok kitartást a továbbiakhoz! 🤗💪😁
Thank you for this video Lindie!! This is probably THE most helpful video that nobody's ever made. We are told so often to practice writing, but never how to practice? Honestly never thought about writing the words I didn't know in english, I would just look them up and it would take so long to write a single entry I gave up haha. Thank you thank you thank you, I'm getting a little diary and I'm going to start daily journaling in Korean.
What has clearly prevented me from progressing is my unwillingness to write in Japanese. Not even that I don't want to but the strokes (order, shapes, quantity) are daunting + the perspective of never having a Japanese handwriting as nice as my Roman handwriting (French/English/Spanish) + the time investment I foresee for a mediocre result are just discouraging. Yet I know that reading (no issues there) and writing for me make languages stick better 🥲. In a nutshell: I'm stuck 🥺
I used to hate my handwriting in the Roman alphabet but last year I realized it has improved over the years, specially if I use fine pens, sometimes tools have a big impact.
i can’t be certain for japanese but when i learn chinese i use a website that has a gif of every character being written stroke by stroke, and i practice it on a hanzi sheet with the squares. i think not worrying about making sentences and just practicing individual characters is a lot less stressful for me
Typing in Japanese shouldn’t be an issue if you can read it. You could just write it in hiragana on your roughy draft so to speak. Mind, I’m terrible at writing in a foreign language too so I totally feel you on that. It seriously hurts my head to write in Japanese even though speaking it is ok. I occasionally write something from time to time but it’s really not a skill I’d use except to comment on RUclips or Facebook anyway.
@@paulwalther5237 Yes, I don't have difficulties typing but I find new words don't stick as much as when I handwrite them. Reading and handwriting are my go-tos for language learning, but maybe I should find a more motivating combo/shift my perspective specifically for my Japanese learning instead of lamenting about how my usual techniques don't work 😅
I usually don't comment on anything, but I came back to this video because thanks to this video I got to know the website Journaly, and it actually works!!! I was skeptical at first, cause usually other websites I used weren't made for longer texts, but within a few hours someone helped me with a little text I've written in German, and I'm sooo happy, cause writing is the skill I struggle the most with most languages, so this is literally gona save me okay
Thank you, I really struggled to start writing in new target language. Not the first foreign language, but the first completely on my own without language classes and tutors. You are a blessing!
Thank you sooo much for this. I've studied Spanish and Mandarin for a while, and I realize that I really do need to journal to practice writing a lot more.
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The process of writing as a beginner/low intermediate in a language has always been much more frustrating for me rather than motivating, so I find that I basically never do it. Because of this, my writing skills in Korean are definitely weaker than my speaking/reading/listening, but I can slowly improve my writing over time now that I'm an advanced speaker. If I had handwriting as pretty as Lindie's seems to be in every language, maybe I would feel more motivated to write more often haha.
This looks really clever, I love it! I've been shying away from keeping up a journal for my Spanish because I honestly didn't know how to go about it in an effective way. I'll definitely try this. Thanks for sharing!
Direkt írok most neked magyarul! El sem hiszed mennyire sokat segített nekem az amit most bemutattál a videóban. Pontosan ettől szenvedek csak fordítva (angolt tanulom). Nagyon köszönöm, főleg azt, hogy láttam a megosztott jegyzetben, hogy nem kell félnem a hibáktól!
I took the liberty to correct some of the sentences you wrote. Hope it helps. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Ezen a héten megnéztem a Nomadland című filmet a barátommal. Ez a film sok díjat nyert (or ennek a filmnek sok díja van but the first version is more natural), de szerintem nem volt túl jó. Néha úgy tűnik (nekem), hogy az ilyen "slice of life" fimekben nincs cselekmény, csak szép jelenetek. Ez egy amerikai film. A film egy nőről szól, aki elvesztette a munkáját és csak járja Amerikát (this is a bit tricky because driving around may be "körbevezet" but that verb doesn't really fit in this context). Sok emberrel találkozik. A nő nem szeret emberekkel együtt élni (lakni maybe better or just lenni but I'm not familiar with this movie so don't know which is more correct). Például, amikor azt mondja a barátja(I'm not sure if she says it to her friend or vice versa but I'm guessing the latter judging by the following): "(kérlek) látogass meg a házamban" (this is a bit stiff sentence, a more natural one would be "gyere el hozzám"), de amikor elment a barátjához, akkor nem akart nála aludni. Így éjszaka az autójában/kocsijában aludt. A film egy kicsit csendes volt (halk means the volume is too low). Nem emlékszem, hogy milyen volt a zenéje. A filmben sok szép táj (scenery) van. Nem (túl) érdekes a film, de szerintem sokat szép felvételt lehet az amerikai sivatagokról látni.
You must have just accidentally misspelled it, in the last sentence is not “sokat”, just “sok”. :) For Hungarian language learners: We use “sokat” when we do something often or we want to express a large quantity. For example: - I’ve been home a lot lately. (Sokat vagyok itthon mostanában.) - The dog drinks a lot. (Sokat iszik a kutya.) If you want to say “sok”, that would be right like this: - I spend a lot of time at home lately. (Mostanában sok időt töltök itthon.) - The dog drinks a lot of water. (A kutya sok vizet iszik.) I hope I could help. :)
@@barbaraafarkas Indeed "sok" is correct and "sokat" was a mistake. (First wrote a different sentence then I rewrote it but forgot to change everything accordingly so "sokat" was left in).
In a surprisingly way you always make very useful videos to everyone. This video is 100% useful for me right now bc I’m practice my Italian writing skills and in Romanian too. Thank you Lindie.
Thank you for the video! I also learn Hungarian for around 8 months and I am quite good at listening, because I am lucky to have Hungarian friends and colleagues, although I live in Austria (I am Russian tho, but anyway), and my speaking is ok, but I barely practice writing and I regret neglecting it, as well as I feel bad about not learning grammar thoroughly, like, from the book. I learn Hungarian like a child, just by listening, memorizing, repeating, analyzing and coming to conclusions about the usage of words based on the native speakers' speech. That was not my purpose to learn like this, I am just too lazy. But this week I have been thinking that I need to write in HU more, and pay more attention to the grammar. Your video kinda gave me even more enthusiasm and motivation ❤️ And your handwriting is just so beautiful, I join to the people writing here about it and say that your handwriting is absolutely fabulous even when it's just some side quick notes - it's still ahhhh... beautiful. Lindie, I adore your videos with all my linguist heart and I wish us both (and all HU learners) to never give up on Hungarian, this language is a treasure ❤️💪 Thank you for what you do, Lindie! ❤️ Ügyes vagy!!! P.S. Hello mindenki magyar aki olvassa ez a megjegyzést 👋 Az anyanyelvetek nagyon nagyon szép! ❤️
Hey Lindie, I'm French (so sorry if i make English mistakes 😅), I'm 15 years old and I'm learning Russian on my own (well trying). I watched many of your videos (not all 😄 sorry) and i really admire you (you speak a lot of languages and you're always smiling !! 😊). So, I don't know if you'll see my comment (I hope you will 😁) but here's the problem : I am so motivated in speaking languages (russian for now) I know some of the basic words and phrases (and I wish one day I'll become fluent 🤩 but for now I'm very far from it) and I watched maybe a hundred of "language learning" videos (instead of studying, I watch videos who tell me how to study 🤣😂) and even if I watched a lot of those videos, I'm still confused, and a bit lost... I bought a notebook to write things as you do inside, but I don't even know what to write and HOW to write (I mean, I don't know enough vocabulary and the russian's "déclinaisons" (sorry I don't know this word 😅) and a lot of other stuff which could help me at writing) I have a grammar book, I have a lot of language learning apps, and I even have a russian tandem partner (but as we're young and unexperienced it's quite difficult to teach each other). And with all of it, I feel like I'm more lost than at the beginning, so I don't know how to start... The question is : could you, please, tell me what can I do ? I really need you 😅 Thank you and have a great day !! 😄😉I love what you're doing, keep going !!
Thank you for the usefull tips, that you share with us week after week. I learn recently french. It is for me very effective by learnig new words when i watch videos or movies in french with french subtitel. When i can see the motion and emotion at once the written words on the screen, i can memorise and remember better them. 🙂 Egyébként pedig nagyon ügyes vagy, így tovább. 🙂🖐️
I'll try your method next time I write my Japanese homework. I usually just look up the words I don't know on the go but doing it your way might help me remember more vocab in the end! Very cool :)
Thank very much for this! Because of this video, I discovered Journaly! I made a post right after watching this and immediately, someone commented and made corrections!! It's amazing since I am trying to improve my writing skills as a way to activate my vocabulary. I have done a lot of comprehensible input, and although it is very effective to improve your listening comprehension, it is still not enough to allow you to speak freely and use the words you understand. As someone who self- studies languages, doing journals in Journaly for sure would improve my grammar, correct my bad habits (especially expressions that I'm sure i've been using incorrectly for yeeaaarrs), and activate my passive vocabulary. Thank you so much Lindie! (And Robin MacPherson too since I also watched his video about Journaly 😊😊)
It's always heartwarming to see someone learning my native language. Quick tip: if you have an iPhone and Mac, you can copy-paste between them without having to use Whatsapp :)
When I started posting my writing on sites like Journaly, it took me a surprisingly long time to embrace/get over the slight embarrassment that I felt whenever someone found half a dozen errors in just a few sentences of writing. I've always been complimented as a very good and eloquent writer in English and was basically the human form of Grammarly for my friends' writing, but suddenly I was writing in a language other than English, and I wasn't as good as I was used to being. I had to realize that the corrections obviously weren't directed at me as a person; these people just want to help me learn, and I put it up there so that they would do that. The point that I'm trying to make is that these mistakes and typos that you make and corrections that other people make will only help you get better, and you shouldn't get discouraged or embarrassed by them
I love how thorough your approach is. I also like that you’re kind to yourself throughout the process! I use some similar principles when practicing writing in Ukrainian, but I definitely learned a lot from this video and will implement those things in the near future! Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for your videos. It's so helpful ! As a beginner in korean and russian It's hard for me to write full correct sentences. But everyday, at the end of the day, I try to write a full text or at least a little sentence about the day in each language I learn including spanish and english (cuz I'm French), but your method will help me to do it more efficiently. Thank you so much for your videos !
Such a detailed but not overwhelming exercise. Thanks for sharing your process, and so awesome to see Journaly mentioned. It is such a valuable tool and I love that writing is getting some air time!
I love this! I always stop to look up words I don't know in the dictionary, but I'm definitely going to start using this method. It will be so satisfying to be able to flip back through my journal and see fewer and fewer corrections as I improve. Thank you for the great idea!
Was gonna say that lindie's videos are always so helpful and clear but everyone already mentioned that in the comments so yeah... keep being awesome girl your vibe is immaculate
This has reminded me that I always had a notebook for every language I was learning and did actual writing regularly. I've got so used to just passively reading and it's not enough
Great advice Lindie thanks for the informative video. You know what I do is compile new words that I've recently learnt from content I listen to or read, then try to construct a story out of them. This is a very creative way of approaching writing in a foreign language as it enables to you develop the skill of creating sentences and familiarizing with the vocabulary you have learnt.
This is SO helpful! I appreciate how you go into detail with your method. I’m going to try this today. I am challenging myself this month to practice writing in Japanese a little bit every day, so this is great timing. Thank you!
I tried it with Korean today, and even though it was difficult to write something long enough, I enjoyed a lot the correcting part! Thank you for this video!
What do you use for the correction part? Cause I wanted to start journaling to work on my Korean (even though I'm a complete beginner). Can you give me any tips?
Thank you so much ❤ It was great video. I will practice with this method. I'm learning korean and spanish, and I love to write in those languages. Thank you again ❤
this video comes out at the best time possible because I really want to practice writing the basic korean I know, but I always feel discouraged when I don't remember (or know!) a word. Amazing video as usual Lindie!!
I think your approach is a very effective tool in learning most of the language in its context. This is what I call phase 1 in the language acquisition process. Phase 2 is the speaking and conversion process which requires a different approach. Little studying and lots of practice. This is typically two years for full immersion. Phase 3 is similar but it’s the understanding process. This process encompasses all of phase 1 and 2. In the additional understanding process this requires even more time. You will be increase your phonetic accustomization. (Understanding everyone who speaks colloquially) This process takes up to 3 to 4 years with total immersion. The two elements are watching tv and engaging with the community. After all the phases are completed you will begin to think naturally in that language in some cases you’ll be more comfortable in that language than your native.
This is so helpful! I've been thinking of writing in my diary/journal in Japanese but I've been worried about the idea that I won't know every word or will forget a grammar point...it's so obvious now to just write the word in English and come back to it later! Instead of getting stuck and wasting time looking it up in the dictionary, I could just keep writing and stay in the flow. Looking things up after you're done writing and going back to correct is such a great idea. I don't know if I would want to rewrite the same thing I wrote before, but I'm sure it would still help me for the next journal entry I write.
Ah this is very helpful because I was just talking to my girlfriend about how I can understand complex texts in Portuguese (like big ass pol-sci books) but I have a very mediocre writing skill in said language. I wanna train that more and integrate it immediately to Korean (where I'm just a beginner) and avoid making the same mistake. Thank you Lindie!
Ek is besig om Spaans te leer en jou videos help my so baie. Ek dink dis die eerste keer wat dit vir my bereikbaar voel want ek approach die leer proses op ‘n hele ander manier. So baie dankie!
This is a great approach to writing (and writing = thinking) in another language. Retrieval is the best way to learn. Journaly is also great, just discovered it.,,and you can import those into Lingq, even better.
This is so awesome! I like your layout and how you go about getting your final result so that you have something to practice with. Looking forward to trying this myself.
Thank you so much for this video, i've started studying korean recently and I was asking myself how I should practice writing because I study grammar and vocabulary but never use it and this is just such a great method , I think I'm going to use it too (adapting it obviously). Thank you again! your channel is amazing!
I really like the logical method you implemented. I speak English and Hungarian fluently. It is kinda weird to see someone's struggle learning a language in reverse. Meant that my mothertongue is Hungarian, but I learned English at a very young age. 16. That is why I find your videos so fascinating. Thank you.
Hey!! I use the same method!! Its really helpful. Whenever I learn a grammar rule I use it in an essay and then check it. Whichever is wrong, I make more example sentences about it till it solidifies. Thanks for sharing your method!!!!
this is so helpful, thank you!! everyone keeps saying a great tip is to journal in your target language but i just feel so stuck cause i feel like i have little foundation to build on. but i can see how useful it is to be able to recognize my own thought patterns and common words/phrases.
Nomadland was a great movie indeed. I'm trying to learning Korean, but just getting my head around Hangul and the sounds before I attempt writing stuff like this.
Thank you very much, Lindie, for this useful contain. I already do some parts of what you explain but not as logical and smart as you do. It's mind-blowing and I'll add for sure the tricks you have shared in my learning.
This is a brilliant idea oh my goodness I’m gonna start doing this immediately, but with my own twist! Your version is super in-depth lol. I can speak Italian just fine from a script, but I cannot remember things.. so maybe if I focus on writing my memory will improve and speaking will come next!
What's important to understand is that it's completely fine to make mistakes! The key is to just keep writing, it doesn't really matter about what. I put off writing in the languages that I'm learning for such a long time because I was afraid of making mistakes and because I didn't know all the vocabulary I needed, but once I started writing I realised how much fun it is and how fast I got better at it. From being barely able to write a diary entry, I'm now writing stories with over 120k words in my target language and it's honestly so much fun! And the best feeling is when you compare your old writings to your recent ones because you're gonna go "WOW, I improved THAT much!" (and you're gonna laugh at the old mistakes you made hehe).
I always put off my speaking skills. It's not making any progress in my synario. 😅
You are doing great job 👍😊
@@priyankashrivastav772 Sometimes it’s difficult to notice progress when it comes to language learning, but trust me-you are improving! You just simply don’t notice it right away. Just don’t give up! I believe in you ^_^
(And thank you too!)
Thank you for those kind words. I don't know if I am improving or not but I will be honest and focus on my language learning. What if I learn something in the end and able to address myself being able to read, write and speak.
I just want to read books in my target language and able to understand. 😊
The last 5 sentences you wrote really motivated me! Thank you!
Honestly, all your videos are SO helpful and unpretentious and calming. Is that even allowed?
Ikr?
So well put. I feel the same way!
It's illegal under most authorities :))
Just check your local TV, would it be more calm if it were allowed? :))
Ahhh my perfectionism gets in the way in every aspect of language learning, including writing practice, because I want to get everything right on the first try, but honestly, your iterative process makes so much sense and seems like such an organic way to learn both vocab and grammar that it makes me feel better about any mistake I might make or any word I might not know.
The struggle is real with perfectionism! Keep going :D
I feel the same!! doing what Lindie does is hard but has has helped me so much.
I really have to do it to...
As a Hungarian it always seems so wierd when foreigners learn hungarian. :D U did very well actually :D
Yeah, I wonder why anyone would learn it too... I always say it's my superpower... not a very useful one :)
@@dinkasalvador U think it isn't so useful?
I like your approach. I think many people (like me) are hesitant to write anything out of fear of making errors but this looks like a great way to learn from one's mistakes. Thanks for the very encouraging video!
My brain is fried after watching this video, this seems so advanced, I do need to start writing in Spanish more, even though I've been learning for so long, I still feel like I don't know any Spanish words ahh!
I barely know any words in Hungarian either, don't worry! It took me 2 days to write the draft and final cause I kept needing to look up words and grammar structures. Keep going!
I can relate. I’ve been learning Spanish at school for 3 years now (4 years soon) and I haven’t written anything in a long time (despite being passionate about the language).
Ahh!! Same with me.. I am also learning spanish and struggling with spanish writting and listening
Glad you said that..me too. I get the gist on this one but still brain freeze but I will keep doing.
Hi Lindie! As a native Hungarian speaker this video was really interesting. When I started learning English, my teacher always told me to start thinking like a native English speaker in writing too, which helped me a lot. (Not the easiest advice and it does not work for everyone but in some way it is surprisingly helpful.)
And I don't know is someone has already answered this for you, but I saw that you put the word 'körbevezet' in parentheses with a question mark. I wouldn't use this in that sentence and 'vezet' is perfectly fine. Maybe I would use the word 'autózik' or 'kocsikázik' (this is a casual use) which expresses it more that she has no purpose. I hope I could help! :)
További sok sikert a magyarhoz!
This is exactly the way I'm learning Chinese and it has helped me a lot! I know people say when you're a beginner in Chinese you don't really have to worry about writing, 'cause it might be too difficult and maybe you won't need to actually write a character in your entire life, so the focus tends to be exclusively on the pronunciation and intonation, but I've discovered it is so much easier for me to remember the tone and pronunciation when I write the character down and keep repeating it. What I do is listen to easy conversations prerecorded and looking for the words I don't know, I write them down, and then I try to write them just by hearing them. If I came to something I don't really know and can't found an explanation, I ask my native friends for help or type my text up so I can get corrections from native speakers. So yeah, basically when it is all combined, I learn better.
How do you learn the characters?! I’d love to learn Chinese but I can’t even remember one character 😭
@@lucie442 this is kind of a late response and im only a beginner in chinese so take what i say with a grain of salt
personally when im learning a new character i will write it out a bunch of times hoping the repetition helps it go into my head (this is probably a pretty common tip though)
then, later on in the day, or the next day, I will think back to the word and try to visualise what the character is in my head. If i can't remember, I will go back to my notebook and check to see what I had forgotten, and then visualise the character in my head whilst saying the syllable out loud a few times. By giving my brain breaks before checking up on vocab i learnt, it helps to consolidate the knowledge.
Finally, my last tip is to learn some of the common radicals and try to spot the radicals in new characters that you learn. That way, each new character doesnt necessarily feel like a brand new symbol, and feels instead like you are putting together familiar building blocks
sorry for being 5 months late, hope I could help :)
Watching your video as a Hungarian and by seeing what you have done with Hungarian so far, first of all, my deepest gratitude for that but secondly, it gives me an enormous push in language learning too. I can not say "I can't" anymore, because if you could learn our language which is very hard in terms of grammar, I am able to learn anything I want too. What a motivation!!!! Lindie, I can't even find the words to express myself. You are amazing!!!!
Nagyon ügyesen fejlődsz!
Sok sok kitartást a továbbiakhoz!
🤗💪😁
Thank you for this video Lindie!! This is probably THE most helpful video that nobody's ever made. We are told so often to practice writing, but never how to practice? Honestly never thought about writing the words I didn't know in english, I would just look them up and it would take so long to write a single entry I gave up haha. Thank you thank you thank you, I'm getting a little diary and I'm going to start daily journaling in Korean.
Don't mind me, I'm just here to look at your beautiful handwriting XD
What has clearly prevented me from progressing is my unwillingness to write in Japanese. Not even that I don't want to but the strokes (order, shapes, quantity) are daunting + the perspective of never having a Japanese handwriting as nice as my Roman handwriting (French/English/Spanish) + the time investment I foresee for a mediocre result are just discouraging.
Yet I know that reading (no issues there) and writing for me make languages stick better 🥲.
In a nutshell: I'm stuck 🥺
this is literally me rn
I used to hate my handwriting in the Roman alphabet but last year I realized it has improved over the years, specially if I use fine pens, sometimes tools have a big impact.
i can’t be certain for japanese but when i learn chinese i use a website that has a gif of every character being written stroke by stroke, and i practice it on a hanzi sheet with the squares. i think not worrying about making sentences and just practicing individual characters is a lot less stressful for me
Typing in Japanese shouldn’t be an issue if you can read it. You could just write it in hiragana on your roughy draft so to speak. Mind, I’m terrible at writing in a foreign language too so I totally feel you on that. It seriously hurts my head to write in Japanese even though speaking it is ok. I occasionally write something from time to time but it’s really not a skill I’d use except to comment on RUclips or Facebook anyway.
@@paulwalther5237 Yes, I don't have difficulties typing but I find new words don't stick as much as when I handwrite them. Reading and handwriting are my go-tos for language learning, but maybe I should find a more motivating combo/shift my perspective specifically for my Japanese learning instead of lamenting about how my usual techniques don't work 😅
I usually don't comment on anything, but I came back to this video because thanks to this video I got to know the website Journaly, and it actually works!!! I was skeptical at first, cause usually other websites I used weren't made for longer texts, but within a few hours someone helped me with a little text I've written in German, and I'm sooo happy, cause writing is the skill I struggle the most with most languages, so this is literally gona save me okay
Thank you, I really struggled to start writing in new target language. Not the first foreign language, but the first completely on my own without language classes and tutors. You are a blessing!
honestly sometimes i wonder what we, as language learners, would do without your videos
thank you for your hard work~~
Thank you sooo much for this. I've studied Spanish and Mandarin for a while, and I realize that I really do need to journal to practice writing a lot more.
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The process of writing as a beginner/low intermediate in a language has always been much more frustrating for me rather than motivating, so I find that I basically never do it. Because of this, my writing skills in Korean are definitely weaker than my speaking/reading/listening, but I can slowly improve my writing over time now that I'm an advanced speaker. If I had handwriting as pretty as Lindie's seems to be in every language, maybe I would feel more motivated to write more often haha.
This looks really clever, I love it! I've been shying away from keeping up a journal for my Spanish because I honestly didn't know how to go about it in an effective way. I'll definitely try this. Thanks for sharing!
Direkt írok most neked magyarul! El sem hiszed mennyire sokat segített nekem az amit most bemutattál a videóban. Pontosan ettől szenvedek csak fordítva (angolt tanulom). Nagyon köszönöm, főleg azt, hogy láttam a megosztott jegyzetben, hogy nem kell félnem a hibáktól!
I took the liberty to correct some of the sentences you wrote. Hope it helps. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Ezen a héten megnéztem a Nomadland című filmet a barátommal. Ez a film sok díjat nyert (or ennek a filmnek sok díja van but the first version is more natural), de szerintem nem volt túl jó. Néha úgy tűnik (nekem), hogy az ilyen "slice of life" fimekben nincs cselekmény, csak szép jelenetek.
Ez egy amerikai film. A film egy nőről szól, aki elvesztette a munkáját és csak járja Amerikát (this is a bit tricky because driving around may be "körbevezet" but that verb doesn't really fit in this context). Sok emberrel találkozik.
A nő nem szeret emberekkel együtt élni (lakni maybe better or just lenni but I'm not familiar with this movie so don't know which is more correct).
Például, amikor azt mondja a barátja(I'm not sure if she says it to her friend or vice versa but I'm guessing the latter judging by the following): "(kérlek) látogass meg a házamban" (this is a bit stiff sentence, a more natural one would be "gyere el hozzám"), de amikor elment a barátjához, akkor nem akart nála aludni. Így éjszaka az autójában/kocsijában aludt.
A film egy kicsit csendes volt (halk means the volume is too low). Nem emlékszem, hogy milyen volt a zenéje. A filmben sok szép táj (scenery) van. Nem (túl) érdekes a film, de szerintem sokat szép felvételt lehet az amerikai sivatagokról látni.
You must have just accidentally misspelled it, in the last sentence is not “sokat”, just “sok”. :)
For Hungarian language learners: We use “sokat” when we do something often or we want to express a large quantity.
For example:
- I’ve been home a lot lately. (Sokat vagyok itthon mostanában.)
- The dog drinks a lot. (Sokat iszik a kutya.)
If you want to say “sok”, that would be right like this:
- I spend a lot of time at home lately. (Mostanában sok időt töltök itthon.)
- The dog drinks a lot of water. (A kutya sok vizet iszik.)
I hope I could help. :)
@@barbaraafarkas Indeed "sok" is correct and "sokat" was a mistake. (First wrote a different sentence then I rewrote it but forgot to change everything accordingly so "sokat" was left in).
In a surprisingly way you always make very useful videos to everyone. This video is 100% useful for me right now bc I’m practice my Italian writing skills and in Romanian too. Thank you Lindie.
Thank you so much for watching! Glad it was helpful and good luck with your studying!
Bună Românule,cf?
I forget “forget” in Korean. The irony.
It's easy. 까먹었다
same in greek 😭😭😭
Same!!!
Thank you for the video! I also learn Hungarian for around 8 months and I am quite good at listening, because I am lucky to have Hungarian friends and colleagues, although I live in Austria (I am Russian tho, but anyway), and my speaking is ok, but I barely practice writing and I regret neglecting it, as well as I feel bad about not learning grammar thoroughly, like, from the book. I learn Hungarian like a child, just by listening, memorizing, repeating, analyzing and coming to conclusions about the usage of words based on the native speakers' speech. That was not my purpose to learn like this, I am just too lazy. But this week I have been thinking that I need to write in HU more, and pay more attention to the grammar. Your video kinda gave me even more enthusiasm and motivation ❤️ And your handwriting is just so beautiful, I join to the people writing here about it and say that your handwriting is absolutely fabulous even when it's just some side quick notes - it's still ahhhh... beautiful. Lindie, I adore your videos with all my linguist heart and I wish us both (and all HU learners) to never give up on Hungarian, this language is a treasure ❤️💪 Thank you for what you do, Lindie! ❤️ Ügyes vagy!!!
P.S. Hello mindenki magyar aki olvassa ez a megjegyzést 👋 Az anyanyelvetek nagyon nagyon szép! ❤️
This is exactly the depth I needed!! Thanks so much for the clear process. People keep saying to write when learning but they don’t say how to do it!
Hey Lindie, I'm French (so sorry if i make English mistakes 😅), I'm 15 years old and I'm learning Russian on my own (well trying). I watched many of your videos (not all 😄 sorry) and i really admire you (you speak a lot of languages and you're always smiling !! 😊).
So, I don't know if you'll see my comment (I hope you will 😁) but here's the problem : I am so motivated in speaking languages (russian for now) I know some of the basic words and phrases (and I wish one day I'll become fluent 🤩 but for now I'm very far from it) and I watched maybe a hundred of "language learning" videos (instead of studying, I watch videos who tell me how to study 🤣😂) and even if I watched a lot of those videos, I'm still confused, and a bit lost...
I bought a notebook to write things as you do inside, but I don't even know what to write and HOW to write (I mean, I don't know enough vocabulary and the russian's "déclinaisons" (sorry I don't know this word 😅) and a lot of other stuff which could help me at writing) I have a grammar book, I have a lot of language learning apps, and I even have a russian tandem partner (but as we're young and unexperienced it's quite difficult to teach each other). And with all of it, I feel like I'm more lost than at the beginning, so I don't know how to start...
The question is : could you, please, tell me what can I do ? I really need you 😅
Thank you and have a great day !! 😄😉I love what you're doing, keep going !!
Szia Lindie, szerintem nagyon ügyes vagy, csak így tovább! Néhány apróbb nyelvtani hibát látok ugyan, de nagyon jól haladsz ❤ további sok sikert 😊
Thank you for the usefull tips, that you share with us week after week. I learn recently french. It is for me very effective by learnig new words when i watch videos or movies in french with french subtitel. When i can see the motion and emotion at once the written words on the screen, i can memorise and remember better them. 🙂
Egyébként pedig nagyon ügyes vagy, így tovább. 🙂🖐️
I'll try your method next time I write my Japanese homework. I usually just look up the words I don't know on the go but doing it your way might help me remember more vocab in the end! Very cool :)
I am learning chinese..following 2 or 3 resources sometimes becomes challenging. Your practice method gives me courage to keep going✌.谢谢 你
Thank very much for this! Because of this video, I discovered Journaly! I made a post right after watching this and immediately, someone commented and made corrections!! It's amazing since I am trying to improve my writing skills as a way to activate my vocabulary. I have done a lot of comprehensible input, and although it is very effective to improve your listening comprehension, it is still not enough to allow you to speak freely and use the words you understand. As someone who self- studies languages, doing journals in Journaly for sure would improve my grammar, correct my bad habits (especially expressions that I'm sure i've been using incorrectly for yeeaaarrs), and activate my passive vocabulary. Thank you so much Lindie! (And Robin MacPherson too since I also watched his video about Journaly 😊😊)
Well done Lindie, a great idea that I will use myself . Thank you !
It's always heartwarming to see someone learning my native language. Quick tip: if you have an iPhone and Mac, you can copy-paste between them without having to use Whatsapp :)
When I started posting my writing on sites like Journaly, it took me a surprisingly long time to embrace/get over the slight embarrassment that I felt whenever someone found half a dozen errors in just a few sentences of writing. I've always been complimented as a very good and eloquent writer in English and was basically the human form of Grammarly for my friends' writing, but suddenly I was writing in a language other than English, and I wasn't as good as I was used to being. I had to realize that the corrections obviously weren't directed at me as a person; these people just want to help me learn, and I put it up there so that they would do that. The point that I'm trying to make is that these mistakes and typos that you make and corrections that other people make will only help you get better, and you shouldn't get discouraged or embarrassed by them
I love how thorough your approach is. I also like that you’re kind to yourself throughout the process! I use some similar principles when practicing writing in Ukrainian, but I definitely learned a lot from this video and will implement those things in the near future! Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for your videos. It's so helpful ! As a beginner in korean and russian It's hard for me to write full correct sentences. But everyday, at the end of the day, I try to write a full text or at least a little sentence about the day in each language I learn including spanish and english (cuz I'm French), but your method will help me to do it more efficiently. Thank you so much for your videos !
Jó látni, hogy érdeklődsz a nyelvünk iránt!❤️
These are my favorite kind of video!!
Super helpful and inspiring~ I think I know how I will be spending my Sunday afternoon today 👀
As always, many thanks to you Bronky🤠🎈
Such a detailed but not overwhelming exercise. Thanks for sharing your process, and so awesome to see Journaly mentioned. It is such a valuable tool and I love that writing is getting some air time!
This was so relaxing and pleasing to watch ❤
I love this! I always stop to look up words I don't know in the dictionary, but I'm definitely going to start using this method. It will be so satisfying to be able to flip back through my journal and see fewer and fewer corrections as I improve. Thank you for the great idea!
Was gonna say that lindie's videos are always so helpful and clear but everyone already mentioned that in the comments so yeah... keep being awesome girl your vibe is immaculate
Such a great practice! I’ve been trying to journal in French and I think it’s been helping 😄
Lindie I truly appreciate this video. I've been thinking about doing this. I applaud you. I will apply your method asap. ❤
Great tips ! Toujours au top ☺️
I've been writing in foreign languages since ever. For sure this is going to help me. Thank you.
This has reminded me that I always had a notebook for every language I was learning and did actual writing regularly. I've got so used to just passively reading and it's not enough
Great advice Lindie thanks for the informative video.
You know what I do is compile new words that I've recently learnt from content I listen to or read, then try to construct a story out of them. This is a very creative way of approaching writing in a foreign language as it enables to you develop the skill of creating sentences and familiarizing with the vocabulary you have learnt.
This is SO helpful! I appreciate how you go into detail with your method. I’m going to try this today. I am challenging myself this month to practice writing in Japanese a little bit every day, so this is great timing. Thank you!
I loved this video it was so helpful, thank you Lindie for awesome content 💕
What lovely, helpful tips! Thank you for sharing!
Szia nagyon jól tanulsz magyarul. (From Hungary)☺️☺️☺️😇😇😇🙂😊
Hello! are you really hungarian?
Jó csak egy vicc én is magyar vagyok. XD
I tried it with Korean today, and even though it was difficult to write something long enough, I enjoyed a lot the correcting part! Thank you for this video!
What do you use for the correction part? Cause I wanted to start journaling to work on my Korean (even though I'm a complete beginner). Can you give me any tips?
As always, Lindie's videos are super helpful😭
Thank you Lindie! Writing in the languages im learning is reallyy nice and helpful!
Thank you, Lindie! I'm gonna try it out, really helpful!!
This is such an amazing way to study, I’m gonna do it today
I hope you enjoy it!
Nagyon jó volt a videó, Lindie!! Én is mindig találok értékes dolgokat a videóidban. (in your videos)
Szeretettel, edina
u gave me the best birthday present ever 😊😊 always love ur videos ❤️
Hey! Happy birthday! It's my birthday as well and I was super excited to see this in my notifications
Lovely video! Thanks🙌🙌🙌
Oh I love this idea, I'm gonna take this idea to practice my Japanese writing. Thanks!!
Thank you so much ❤ It was great video. I will practice with this method. I'm learning korean and spanish, and I love to write in those languages. Thank you again ❤
this video comes out at the best time possible because I really want to practice writing the basic korean I know, but I always feel discouraged when I don't remember (or know!) a word. Amazing video as usual Lindie!!
I think your approach is a very effective tool in learning most of the language in its context. This is what I call phase 1 in the language acquisition process.
Phase 2 is the speaking and conversion process which requires a different approach. Little studying and lots of practice. This is typically two years for full immersion.
Phase 3 is similar but it’s the understanding process. This process encompasses all of phase 1 and 2. In the additional understanding process this requires even more time. You will be increase your phonetic accustomization. (Understanding everyone who speaks colloquially) This process takes up to 3 to 4 years with total immersion. The two elements are watching tv and engaging with the community.
After all the phases are completed you will begin to think naturally in that language in some cases you’ll be more comfortable in that language than your native.
This is so helpful! I've been thinking of writing in my diary/journal in Japanese but I've been worried about the idea that I won't know every word or will forget a grammar point...it's so obvious now to just write the word in English and come back to it later! Instead of getting stuck and wasting time looking it up in the dictionary, I could just keep writing and stay in the flow. Looking things up after you're done writing and going back to correct is such a great idea. I don't know if I would want to rewrite the same thing I wrote before, but I'm sure it would still help me for the next journal entry I write.
Your videos are so helpful!! Thanks for sharing, you're doing great!♡ Ügyes vagy!
Ah this is very helpful because I was just talking to my girlfriend about how I can understand complex texts in Portuguese (like big ass pol-sci books) but I have a very mediocre writing skill in said language. I wanna train that more and integrate it immediately to Korean (where I'm just a beginner) and avoid making the same mistake.
Thank you Lindie!
I am so glad to find this kind of video, very useful as always. Thank you so much, Lindie.
Ek is besig om Spaans te leer en jou videos help my so baie. Ek dink dis die eerste keer wat dit vir my bereikbaar voel want ek approach die leer proses op ‘n hele ander manier. So baie dankie!
This is a great approach to writing (and writing = thinking) in another language. Retrieval is the best way to learn. Journaly is also great, just discovered it.,,and you can import those into Lingq, even better.
Cool 😎 this is really a wonderful practice. You always come up with such amazing ideas 💡 thank you 🙏🏻 and happy Weekend.
I've been following this channel since the beginning and there's always a lot of very useful information. Thanks for sharing ☺️
That’s amazing. Intense work!
As always the content is relatable and worth-watching
Thank you Lindie for your videos, I have discovered sooo many useful resources for language learning through them 😊
wow, that is so helpful, thank you!
I love your videos so much❤️
thanks!! i’m gonna take note for my english writing
Ügyes vagy! 😍
This is so awesome! I like your layout and how you go about getting your final result so that you have something to practice with. Looking forward to trying this myself.
Thank you for sharing this - very helpful.
Great video, thank you!😄
omg i love it! thank you so much for this video.
writing is one of my favorite language learning methods.
Thank you so much for this video, i've started studying korean recently and I was asking myself how I should practice writing because I study grammar and vocabulary but never use it and this is just such a great method , I think I'm going to use it too (adapting it obviously). Thank you again! your channel is amazing!
I really like the logical method you implemented. I speak English and Hungarian fluently. It is kinda weird to see someone's struggle learning a language in reverse. Meant that my mothertongue is Hungarian, but I learned English at a very young age. 16. That is why I find your videos so fascinating. Thank you.
Hey!! I use the same method!! Its really helpful. Whenever I learn a grammar rule I use it in an essay and then check it. Whichever is wrong, I make more example sentences about it till it solidifies. Thanks for sharing your method!!!!
I don't know, I just LOVE your videos ... it's your positive vibe I think :)
this is so helpful, thank you!! everyone keeps saying a great tip is to journal in your target language but i just feel so stuck cause i feel like i have little foundation to build on. but i can see how useful it is to be able to recognize my own thought patterns and common words/phrases.
Super helpful. Thanks, Lindie!
Great content as always :)
Great tips! Thank you ✨
Thank you so much Lindie! I keep on writing diaries in Japanese but not really learning anything. This is really helpful :).
I like the background pumping song.... It give goosebumps... 😁
Thank you Lindie! Quite detailed
Sok sikert! ^_^
As a person who is hungarian, lived in Korea two times, communicated there mostly in english :D I found this video very fun :D
Nomadland was a great movie indeed. I'm trying to learning Korean, but just getting my head around Hangul and the sounds before I attempt writing stuff like this.
Thank you very much, Lindie, for this useful contain. I already do some parts of what you explain but not as logical and smart as you do. It's mind-blowing and I'll add for sure the tricks you have shared in my learning.
i really needed this video!
This is a brilliant idea oh my goodness I’m gonna start doing this immediately, but with my own twist! Your version is super in-depth lol. I can speak Italian just fine from a script, but I cannot remember things.. so maybe if I focus on writing my memory will improve and speaking will come next!