When I started watching you when I was a child I only knew English but now I know French and I just started learning Portuguese. Thanks for all the memories and good times
I love how you noted that "The world is more available to me" when you learn new languages. You are excited about connecting to more people. Back in college, my Freshman Comp professor wrote this quote on the board: The limits of our language are the limits of our world. - Wittgenstein This quote really made a difference in my life. It made learning languages to be so purposeful.
As far as language learning goes, I have learned so much Russian using a combination of Pimsleur and Duolingo. When I used Pimsleur CDs to learn Polish 17 years ago, I didn't have Duolingo, but I STILL remembered SO MUCH Polish when started with Russian, but Duolingo really upped my game.
This is the exact reason I started language learning and why I've deliberately learned the 5 most spoken languages (Mandarin still under construction). To communicate with the world
This is a great approach and philosophy to have when learning languages. ☝️ There are a number of closed minded older minds from my part of the world who are too afraid to approach languages this way.
Hi, fellow polyglot here, my friends and I have followed you for a while and it's just dawning on me that it's been like 10 years 😿 Glad to see your passion still burning 😊
Learning languages makes me happy, as does meditating, journaling, traveling, reading, and learning in general. Even though I'm at a rough point in life, these things make me feel better. Love you, Jo!!
Hi, do you know about Jesus? He lived, died, and resurrected so that those who believe in Him shouldnt perish but have everlasting life. Cause yeah, right now, those who live in sin are dead in it; the wages of sin is death, but God gave a gift of life through Christ Jesus. So what? He loves us, He doesn't desire that any perish but reach repentance, and that includes you ❤. I pray you turn from your sins if you haven't yet and then seek God. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him in faith. 😊
I mostly use Duolingo to learn French due to my busy schedule. I'm listening to French radio while working to get used to the accents and I has hyped that I could almost understand the language. It proves that applying language learning in daily life, (like listening to radio lol), is crucial.
@@Roumiiiiii- I agree some of the sentences on Duolingo are a bit weird but it's free. I use it daily so I don't forget what I already know. It just keeps it ticking away in my mind so I don't forget.
You know what.... I just watched this video because it's you; because I've been learning Spanish since I was in high school and I'm gonna be 34 this year and I'm still not where I want to be with the language. But you kind of just made me think that I'm probably learning too passively. The idea of repetition and really going hard to drive home what you're learning - that is very good advice. A lot of us have the problem of only being able to understand and not speak the language, and that is for lack of hammering home the grammar and the "essentials/basics" and also simply practicing speaking
yesss for spanish it can be pretty easy to find resources! you should def listen to music/watch tv in spanish because if helps you learn how it’s actually spoken. i struggled for a long time because i spoke like i swallowed a textbook lol but learning a more colloquial way to speak is better for travel or meeting new people.
I’ve been “try learning Spanish” most of my life, my mom tried teaching me and I’ve listened to Spanish learning videos on repeat and well I still know very little Spanish and have never held a conversation. But now well I need to learn be able to hold a basic introductory conversation in Hindi in 7 days, I’m 4 days in now and I can speak more Hindi than Spanish, I have chosen the things that I should be able to understand and speak for a first conversation like “Hello, my name is” and have written it down in Hindi then English to fill up a page and now I can actually remember and spell out almost everything I have written down, I am feeling really confident in this upcoming communication.
Yes, this is my issue as well. I do it passively and that's the reason, after almost 6 years, I'm still struggling. I don't practice everyday but this year I made the goal to reach B1/B2...B2 hopefully. Luckily I've already laid down the foundation so all I really need to do is continue building on what I have. I have 6 months to reach my goal, and I should be getting her journal tomorrow.
I am brazilian, from Salvador and your videos are an important moment to my english studies, so, I love when it has a new video! Desculpa pelos possíveis erros.rsrsr...
Your English is good, there're some mistakes, like, you should've said "I love it when there're new videos" but it's normal and I'm sure you'll improve soon. I'm currently on the path to learning Portuguese and I've to say it's harder than I thought. I'm having a hard time with all those verb conjunctions haha Good luck!! ❤
I look forward to meeting you one day. Born and living in Ghana, I got my DALF C2 last year. I now speak some 8 languages in total ... And you were definitely a big inspiration when I started this "madness" back in 2013. Thanks and all the best to you! 🥴
@@bashhouseofdenim2833 Closest I've gotten to posting a video of myself speaking several languages (anywhere other than on my WhatsApp status) was a recording December, 2022, Ig. Needless to say, that video was never posted because I didn't quite like the quality. 🙈
@@B-Proficient Yes o ... But only in English and French. My Spanish and Portuguese should be at two different ends of the intermediate 'spectrum'. Twi comes naturally now since it's a language I've been speaking from childhood. My Ga and German aren't too fluent but I can get my (simple) point across. My Russian (like my Arabic, Dutch etc.) just takes a lot of effort and time even to read the most basic sentence... to talk more of understanding what I would have read. 😰
Hi I’m from Belgium so I speak flemish. You are doing a great job in our language 💪 I’m trying to learn Korean and I’m definitely gonna use your tips. 감사합니다 (thank you)
This video came at such a perfect time. I've been in the Middle East for a month now learning Arabic and hit that mental block you described, convincing myself this language is just too hard to master. Needed to remind myself that it's a long but beautiful journey ahead that could take me years or decades, but language learning will always be worth it in the end. Shukran ya habibti Jo!
I’m learning Swahili now. I started when I was in Kenya and am preparing to go back and be able to speak and sing in Swahili. I needed to see this. The why is there. Time for the action and accountability. ♥️
You've inspired me!! I used to love learning languages when I was in college. I at one point was fluent in Spanish but haven't used it in such a long time. I'm feeling motivated to get back fluent in Spanish AND learn Italian for an upcoming trip to Italy! Thanks.
There’s a few languages I want to learn and with time the list will likely grow… I took French from middle school to my sophomore year of high school but was never great at listening and speaking. I considered learning Spanish bc it’s the 2nd most spoken language in the US but somehow i fell in love with Korean. I sometimes get criticized for choosing Korean before learning Spanish (which is also on my list) but then i realize that if i follow what everyone else is saying instead of what i want-I’ll learn nothing. Never fully committing to any new language. Plus you never know where life may take you. I might need Korean someday. This video came at a perfect time. Thanks
I just learn from putting the language in my face long enough and studying 90% verbs and 10% nouns and focus on what makes the language different from mine and it’s family tree and also learn it in the other languages I speak and knowing I’ll know more of it in time if I keep finding out what I don’t know
Thank you for making me feel so seen! My mother introduced me to Spanish and French when I was a child. I ditched the French early and devoted myself to Spanish. I added American Sign Language to my list in high school and Chinese to my life in my early 20's. I stopped nurturing them in my late 20's. In my 30's, they spinning the block on me! You have inspired me to document my journey and to understand the gift I truly have.🥰 This is my first time on your channel and I look forward to more of your content.
Girl, you are a queen for sharing this. I’m gonna go buy your book bc I love that you actually provided free AND affordable, tried and trusted, resources. This video actually gives me some hope…
I needed to see this video. I started learning Portuguese (Brasileiro) over a year ago and I’m so glad I stuck with it. Watching this video inspired me to start practicing more vocally and more intentionally. Thank you!!
I just discovered Language Reactor thanks to you. It's amazing. I was frustrated trying to improve my Portuguese with Netflix but always had to switch between Portuguese and English subtitles. By the was, I am from Belgium but the french part, but I speak Flemish as well :)
Welcome here :)! Yea! I created it, it took like 3 years and I still have so many updates to make to it! I worked with a publisher, but the concept and how the book is organized was all from my trial and error!
High school Spanish teacher/aspiring polyglot here. Not sure if you have any formal study in language acquisition, but your tips are spot on, and your passion and motivation for learning languages shines brightly and infectiously! Planning on sharing a clip of this with my students at the start of next school year. 😉
I'm so happy I stumbled onto you! I love your vibe and ordered your book almost immediately after you mentioned it lol. I'm currently learning Japanese, Spanish, and ASL so I need it 😭
Reality hit for me a year in. Then, I fell out of learning the language for 6 months, started back up again 2 months ago. I have a lot I’ve been reviewing, but I’m coming at learning with more patience, like you mentioned.
I learning english beacuse is so essential in my studies of college, so I'm watching your videos and the others channels, this is helping me a lot in my process of learning english. Thank you!
I'm 62 and want to learn French and Spanish. I am starting with Babbel the free version of Duolingo and the free version of Busuu. I'm hoping to add Pimsler when I get some vocabulary built up. This was a great video. Very encouraging! ❤
New subscriber here ❤ trying to learn Egyptian arabic to surprise my habibi 😊❤_ and your channel is just the perfect one to watch as showing me so much perseverance - you're genius and beautiful - love lots your energy!
Thanks so much for this video Jo. I decided to pick up learning Spanish last year after dropping it years ago. While doing Spanish lessons I thought let's add French too! lol. For a while I thought I was crazy for trying to do both, but this video makes me more confident in learning more than one language.
hi, I'm from Russia.I'm learning English and I've also started learning French. Thank you very much for your video. Good luck to everyone who is learning other languages now! I believe we can do it!
Hey Jo . Thank you so much for the tips. I speak 3 languages currently and it's been a very long time since I decided to commit to attaining fluency in a completely new language so your video and learning kit will be super helpful to get me started.
I'm attempting to learn my first second language which is Arabic misri and gotta say you're the reason I've gone with Pimsleur and on top of that I found an amazing tutur on Preply, Somaia! She is really really awesome! I've hit that kinda slump that you talked about there and I have to say Somaia told me the same thing and I'm kinda recognizing this part of the journey. For me its not a slump much as its a realization of what it actually takes to really learn a language/culture. It's a lot! But I've not stopped having an awesome time learning with a new friend! So thanks Jo! 🤘👿🤘
oh my GOD, this is amazing. first of all, I'd like to say that I'm a huge fan of yours and second, the fact that you said my country makes me 10 times more interested in your Flemish learning journey. I'm originally from Suriname and we do speak Dutch and from what I hear it can be a challenging language or even an understandable language, which ever one it is, I'm sure the journey will be well worth it. the languages that I currently would like to learn and are learning are French, Italian and Turkish. Have fun on this Flemish learning journey. I hope that one day you can come to Suriname and speak Dutch.
omg thank you. you are amazing....i love learning languages but never actually put an effort into it..until 2020, where i started learning mandarin. u are soo right....need to practice everyday..consistancy..!! you are inspiring. thank you angel
I don't have a deep reason that explain why i want learn portuguese and japanese. I have that feeling that make me be curious about others cultures (I Love anime❤😊), in this moment portuguese and japanese language. Is Just that. Understand others in a different language than yours is AMASING✨.
Omgosh me too! I love anime and I want to learn Japanese and hopefully visit one day. I’m also trying to learn Portuguese just cuz it’s similar to Spanish and my niece already knows it too lol. Good luck to us 😁👏🏼💪🏼
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Hi there, I am so happy to know that other girls in this world have the same lifestyle and passion as me. I am on my 4th journey with Portuguese, I speak French as my second language (fluent), Spanish, and English. I am shy and I am not fluent yet, and I think I am gonna apply your method to get there and pursue Deutsch, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Arabic... You are inspiring. Thank you!
You are so excited just talking about i just did my first lesson (Duolingo) since i had it for years but never really use it 🧐 Thanks For Getting so excited (I stop in the middle your video and did a lesson it was FUN 👍🏽 🇺🇸 (Spanish first the next would Thai)
7:05 I'm so glad you mentioned Pimsleur in this video. I love your Pimsleur driving ad so much that I actually watch it every time, because I DO THE SAME THING! 😂
Omg the algorithm finally loves me! I love you and wasn't looking for on today and boom.. found you.. every time I see you somewhere you are my beautiful motivation not so spent inspiration to get my butt back to work and do my Japanese, Arabic, & Hebrew vocabulary N writing work, my Spanish & French listening😢😂lbs stay blessed sis
Aren't you terrified that one language will override the other. I had a brain fart in my Japanese tutoring and started spotting out French for some reason.
i’m learning arabic and whenever i try to speak my brain fills in the blanks with portuguese. same happens with spanish when im speaking portuguese. it just takes time, you’ll get there!
Language interference is a thing.😂 But it's also fun. When you're detailed and focused, it happens less. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Language learning rocks!😊
I often start a thought in German, fill in some words with Spanish, and then remember that I'm supposed to be learning Irish and try and translate it but then by the time I also remember that thought was something I wanted to say out loud and I try to translate it into English I've lost the thought entirely.
This happened a lot when i tried to learn two languages at once and i was sometimes making sentences and it made sense if u spike both languages but obviously that isn’t the right thing lol so i just chose the one I preferred and stuck to it:) it was also making me make slower progress now that i just learn one it’s a lot easier and faster to learn for me
It’s been 8 years since I’ve taken French in high school and I’m still very much a beginner. I keep falling off but i really want to learn more languages. French, Spanish, italian(specifically the Sicilian dialect) German, arabic(Egyptian preferably) Russian and so many more.
I feel like my honeymoon phase has been going on for a year now, idk, I have felt frustrated before, but it's met w an attitude of "yeah I'll get this eventually....keep going girl"
I love learning new languages. I started with learning Spanish and French in 2019 and have now added Finnish, Korean, Swahili, and German to the list. Most of my learning happens on Duolingo. Yet to figure out some other resources that I can stick to for having an overall progress in the language. Love your PAR concept. Will try to implement it in my language learning pursuit.
tysm, i'm trying to create new habits now that i'm feeling like i'm in a positive time on my life (idk what is going on either) and learning new languages has become one of my favorite habits, so your help has been essential for me to start learning French, i hope we could spill some french tea together someday
Hi! I understand a lot of Spanish but my goal is to be able to speak back fluently so that’s my goal in the next three months to have improved tremendously. 🎉 thanks for a the video 🫶🏾
If anyone needs a tagalog study buddy let me know! Im philam and finally seriously started learning 6 months ago. Ive hit a wall and this video was very helpful! I hope i can buckle down even more to have more quality learning time!
This is by far the best video i've ever watched about learning languages, not kidding. I've watched SO many of them yet this one takes the cake without even asking for it.
When I was much younger I was fluent in German. I tripped over your channel today. I think I will try your approach out to see if I can re-learn what I once knew.
Anyone here wanna study Spanish or French or even Mandarin together with me? I’ve studied French for 8 months, Spanish for 2 and half years, and Mandarin for like 2 weeks bahaha
I have a friend whose just 14 and she knows 7 languages and she is really fluent in at least 4 of them she speaks them all with such great accents so I am insanely proud of u polyglots u r super impressive ngl
Hi from Ukraine 👋 Jo I am curious how much time it took you to get fluency in your first foreign language, and how much time it takes now to get fluency in some new language?
Hiii! Hope you're well! It takes a while! Like at least 1 - 2 years if I'm studying far from where it's spoken! If I'm living in the place, I'll start picking it up in half the time because i'm fully immersed!
Love this. Controversial opinion: if you're a really shy or reserved person, it's gonna be a slog. I think you have to enjoy people and be outgoing (big fire sign energy lol). I don't think this is mentioned enough that you have to have a passion and creativity for talking and inventing and enjoying your own native language first - some people haven't got that down first cos it's just not in their nature.
Here's the irony: I WAS shy. I had to outgrow it. When I was a kid I was incredibly introverted, I literally grew up in hiding being undocumented, and being the different one in every room I stepped in. It was skill that allowed me to cultivate confidence and be more "outgoing." That and the awareness that everyone is self conscious, so it evens everything out.
It's cool that RUclips recommended this video to me, because when I saw the girl in the thumbnail I instantly remembered a video I watched years ago of her with another guy singing "drop that ne" when I was studying French. I don't even know if she remembers she recorded this, but I remember it clearly. Good memories!
Dude, I used to feel the same way until I found methods that actually work for ME and learnt to see it as a sorta superpower. I currently speak portuguese, english, japanese, spanish and italian. Here's what I do: grab every positive adhd trait, weaponize it. Exploit it to a maximum, just like the goverment does to our funds. Being atypical just means you gotta find ways to navigate life differently and we do, cause we depend on it. That makes us more resilient than typical ppl. Anything a neurotypical person can do, we can re-invent and better!
Hey Jo! Bedankt voor deze inspirerende video 😊 ik wil al lange tijd graag Russisch leren en jouw kanaal geeft me de motivatie om er eindelijk aan te beginnen. Het is heel waardevol om de waarheid over het leren van een nieuwe taal te horen, namelijk dat het voor een groot deel draait over discipline en geduld hebben. Ik kan al Engels, Frans, Spaans en Portugees en het leren van die talen heeft mij zo veel doen groeien op persoonlijk vlak. Dankje voor je content 🤗 groetjes uit Vlaanderen 💛
I basically was a bilingual person since birth and I never ever cared about English. Never. I was learning it in classes, but it was just some basic stuff and I wasn’t really passionate abt it. I was in grade 8 ig when i’ve actually started to care about English, because I had only one year to choose what do I want to do with my life. Yeah, in my motherland we can go to college since we’ve done grade 9. So, I decided to be an IT guy and that was a point when I started to realize that I NEED to know English. I’ve got a tutor and started learning. It was half a year when I started studying for English and I was pushed in a situation when me, my lil sister and my pregnant mom have to leave our country just because we wanted to be safe.(there is a war in my motherland now) My English wasn’t fluent AT ALL in that moment of time, but I actually knew something and I was the person that took responsibility for all my family(besides my father, he couldn’t move out from our country) because I was the only one who understand English. I moved to Italy for half a year and there is the moment when my English started to improve. But it was not because of environment(in town where I lived there was really few people that could possibly speak English,so) it was because I started to get all my social media, all of my activities in internet in English. There is the point of my comment. If you are not interesting in content in that language that you learn you will never ever reach your goal. And if you’re interested, now I live in Canada, I’m 17 and I go to school with Canadians. I do the same thing as they do, I can read, I can write and I can understand. Yeah, my English is not the best, it could be better and it’s gonna be in the future.
Wow I'm learning German! And I always see you on ads! It's amazing to actually see your RUclips and to know you are really learning and not just advertising ☺️😊
I speak French and English on good level , got Spanish lessons at university years ago. Turkish is my native language. Working for tourism 17 years now but I couldn't advance neither on German nor in Russian due to laziness. ( this 2 language is the most important for our clientele in hotellery right now) I felt motivated after seeing your videos even I am 42 now 😅❤
@livaaispure1827 I'm at a B1 level in spanish and going to live in Nicaragua for 4 months at a spanish school with a host family to hopefully reach b2 level. I try to say some French words randomly sometimes and it's so hard. I'm forsure choosing Portuguese next after I reach upper intermediate in spanish😂
Why does everyone want to Own the method? Ollie tries to convince people HE invented learning a language with stories. Hmmm, my mother used stories to learn English 70 years ago, Kato Blomb used and suggested stories, and she lived long before Ollie. Some people get on YT saying They invented chunking, while ignoring or not know of The Lexical Approach book which came out decades before their video.
I just started following you cause I really want to learn a language ( french) and you should be a motivation for me,i just saw your video for the first time today
I want to learn polish since all my family is polish and I'm going to a Christmas do so I needed this so I can have a conversation in Polish!! Thank you!!
When I started watching you when I was a child I only knew English but now I know French and I just started learning Portuguese. Thanks for all the memories and good times
Can you help me learn French? The pronunciation is tuff and unlike Spanish which I did in school I have no idea how to pronounce anything
as someone who been studying it for 7 years i know how you feel plus the pronunciation isn't that much of a deal @rmilan3839
@@thisformilan3839 hi :) i’m french if I can help 😊
Je suis française. I'm french and I plan to make a RUclips channel for those who want to study it easily. Just don't give up ! 💙🤍❤️
@@thisformilan3839 maybe I can help since I’m french, do not hesitate
I love how you noted that "The world is more available to me" when you learn new languages. You are excited about connecting to more people. Back in college, my Freshman Comp professor wrote this quote on the board:
The limits of our language are the limits of our world. - Wittgenstein
This quote really made a difference in my life. It made learning languages to be so purposeful.
As far as language learning goes, I have learned so much Russian using a combination of Pimsleur and Duolingo. When I used Pimsleur CDs to learn Polish 17 years ago, I didn't have Duolingo, but I STILL remembered SO MUCH Polish when started with Russian, but Duolingo really upped my game.
Wow that sounds like one hell of a teacher!
This is the exact reason I started language learning and why I've deliberately learned the 5 most spoken languages (Mandarin still under construction). To communicate with the world
This is a great approach and philosophy to have when learning languages. ☝️
There are a number of closed minded older minds from my part of the world who are too afraid to approach languages this way.
Hi, fellow polyglot here, my friends and I have followed you for a while and it's just dawning on me that it's been like 10 years 😿 Glad to see your passion still burning 😊
Omg me too, now I feel old 😂😅
I didn't recognize her at first because it's been a long time, but when she showed the old videos it clicked. Omg it's truly been a long time!!
In first in Brazil and in Portugal citizen speak the same language...
como estão poliglotas..Eu Estou aqui...Muito obrigado todos...Tchau tchau
@@256ugkalix3 ela é brasileira? Tem uma energia brasileira muito forte pra não ser kkkkk
Learning languages makes me happy, as does meditating, journaling, traveling, reading, and learning in general. Even though I'm at a rough point in life, these things make me feel better. Love you, Jo!!
Same omg
Me too, love this
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Hi, do you know about Jesus? He lived, died, and resurrected so that those who believe in Him shouldnt perish but have everlasting life. Cause yeah, right now, those who live in sin are dead in it; the wages of sin is death, but God gave a gift of life through Christ Jesus. So what? He loves us, He doesn't desire that any perish but reach repentance, and that includes you ❤. I pray you turn from your sins if you haven't yet and then seek God. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him in faith. 😊
I felt represented in your comment
Can we take a minute to appreciate the beauty of the cinematography of these videos
Appreciate this comment 🥰
i wish i was like you😢
I mostly use Duolingo to learn French due to my busy schedule. I'm listening to French radio while working to get used to the accents and I has hyped that I could almost understand the language. It proves that applying language learning in daily life, (like listening to radio lol), is crucial.
Add more tools than Duolingo. It's a tool, but not a very good one on its own.
I loves languages with a compassion help mr
Don't use Duolingo because it makes sentences that don't make sense or that you will never use
@@Roumiiiiii- I agree some of the sentences on Duolingo are a bit weird but it's free. I use it daily so I don't forget what I already know. It just keeps it ticking away in my mind so I don't forget.
How long did it take you to get to a level of understanding?
A goal without a plan is just a wish ❤💯
You know what.... I just watched this video because it's you; because I've been learning Spanish since I was in high school and I'm gonna be 34 this year and I'm still not where I want to be with the language. But you kind of just made me think that I'm probably learning too passively. The idea of repetition and really going hard to drive home what you're learning - that is very good advice. A lot of us have the problem of only being able to understand and not speak the language, and that is for lack of hammering home the grammar and the "essentials/basics" and also simply practicing speaking
yesss for spanish it can be pretty easy to find resources! you should def listen to music/watch tv in spanish because if helps you learn how it’s actually spoken. i struggled for a long time because i spoke like i swallowed a textbook lol but learning a more colloquial way to speak is better for travel or meeting new people.
I’ve been “try learning Spanish” most of my life, my mom tried teaching me and I’ve listened to Spanish learning videos on repeat and well I still know very little Spanish and have never held a conversation. But now well I need to learn be able to hold a basic introductory conversation in Hindi in 7 days, I’m 4 days in now and I can speak more Hindi than Spanish, I have chosen the things that I should be able to understand and speak for a first conversation like “Hello, my name is” and have written it down in Hindi then English to fill up a page and now I can actually remember and spell out almost everything I have written down, I am feeling really confident in this upcoming communication.
Yes, this is my issue as well. I do it passively and that's the reason, after almost 6 years, I'm still struggling. I don't practice everyday but this year I made the goal to reach B1/B2...B2 hopefully. Luckily I've already laid down the foundation so all I really need to do is continue building on what I have. I have 6 months to reach my goal, and I should be getting her journal tomorrow.
I am brazilian, from Salvador and your videos are an important moment to my english studies, so, I love when it has a new video! Desculpa pelos possíveis erros.rsrsr...
Your English is good, there're some mistakes, like, you should've said "I love it when there're new videos" but it's normal and I'm sure you'll improve soon. I'm currently on the path to learning Portuguese and I've to say it's harder than I thought. I'm having a hard time with all those verb conjunctions haha
Good luck!! ❤
Haha we are opposites! I am an American and I am learning Portuguese. We got this! ❤
I'm brasilian too and want to learn English .excuse me, I don't know more
I look forward to meeting you one day. Born and living in Ghana, I got my DALF C2 last year. I now speak some 8 languages in total ... And you were definitely a big inspiration when I started this "madness" back in 2013. Thanks and all the best to you! 🥴
Wow C2!
Hey @hamiltonblankson do you have your audios on Spotify?
@@bashhouseofdenim2833 not yet. Or is anyone impersonating me? lol
@@bashhouseofdenim2833 Closest I've gotten to posting a video of myself speaking several languages (anywhere other than on my WhatsApp status) was a recording December, 2022, Ig.
Needless to say, that video was never posted because I didn't quite like the quality. 🙈
@@B-Proficient Yes o ... But only in English and French. My Spanish and Portuguese should be at two different ends of the intermediate 'spectrum'. Twi comes naturally now since it's a language I've been speaking from childhood. My Ga and German aren't too fluent but I can get my (simple) point across.
My Russian (like my Arabic, Dutch etc.) just takes a lot of effort and time even to read the most basic sentence... to talk more of understanding what I would have read. 😰
“Learning a language is for human connection”. I love this!
Hi I’m from Belgium so I speak flemish. You are doing a great job in our language 💪 I’m trying to learn Korean and I’m definitely gonna use your tips. 감사합니다 (thank you)
SAMEEE, I just started though so I only know the letters in 한걸
flemish isn't a language 😭 (i'm flemish born and raised and studying linguistics at uni)
@@cba3962do you mean 한글? sorry to be that person lol! dont mean to be rude
저는 한국어를 공부해요 :)
I am fluent in 3 languages, but the older I get the harder it gets for me to learn a new language… these tips are super helpful! :)
May I ask how old are you?
This video came at such a perfect time. I've been in the Middle East for a month now learning Arabic and hit that mental block you described, convincing myself this language is just too hard to master. Needed to remind myself that it's a long but beautiful journey ahead that could take me years or decades, but language learning will always be worth it in the end. Shukran ya habibti Jo!
Where in the Middle East are you!? I’m in the same boat, sis 🥲 Arabic is so hard but beautiful!
I’m learning Swahili now. I started when I was in Kenya and am preparing to go back and be able to speak and sing in Swahili. I needed to see this. The why is there. Time for the action and accountability. ♥️
Kenyan here! Great that you're learning Swahili!
I want to learn Swahili too since my family is Kenyan. I now a bit, but I'm going to relearn once I learn German
Aww that is great. I want to learn Swahili and Spanish after I become fluent in French. I know a few words in Swahili.
Kenyan here ❤, I'm fluent in Swahili ofcourse, but I'm tryna improve my spanish , welcome back to Kenya 🇰🇪
A Kenyan here learning French and polish 😊. Happy to know that you're learning Swahili.. Hongera!
You've inspired me!! I used to love learning languages when I was in college. I at one point was fluent in Spanish but haven't used it in such a long time. I'm feeling motivated to get back fluent in Spanish AND learn Italian for an upcoming trip to Italy! Thanks.
YAY! You cna do it!!!
There’s a few languages I want to learn and with time the list will likely grow… I took French from middle school to my sophomore year of high school but was never great at listening and speaking. I considered learning Spanish bc it’s the 2nd most spoken language in the US but somehow i fell in love with Korean. I sometimes get criticized for choosing Korean before learning Spanish (which is also on my list) but then i realize that if i follow what everyone else is saying instead of what i want-I’ll learn nothing. Never fully committing to any new language. Plus you never know where life may take you. I might need Korean someday. This video came at a perfect time.
Thanks
Same! From the French in school and not being good at it, to feeling pressure to learn Spanish, but learning Korean instead.
I just learn from putting the language in my face long enough and studying 90% verbs and 10% nouns and focus on what makes the language different from mine and it’s family tree and also learn it in the other languages I speak and knowing I’ll know more of it in time if I keep finding out what I don’t know
I have watched videos of people explaining how to study languages and this is by far the most detailed and helpful. Thanks. Am learning Chinese, 你好
It's the most language teacher vibe I ever got on ytb so nice open no lazy energetic
Thank you for making me feel so seen! My mother introduced me to Spanish and French when I was a child. I ditched the French early and devoted myself to Spanish. I added American Sign Language to my list in high school and Chinese to my life in my early 20's. I stopped nurturing them in my late 20's. In my 30's, they spinning the block on me! You have inspired me to document my journey and to understand the gift I truly have.🥰 This is my first time on your channel and I look forward to more of your content.
You are an inspiration just like our beloved Jo ;)
@@rompecabeza1509 I'm honored to be equally inspired!
What helps getting through the hard times is discipline or setting up a good habit routine for learning. Plus everything else that Jo said.
So true! Habit is more powerful than anything else!
I am so happy I found your channel!! I’m learning Korean but I’ve gotten stuck between upper beginner/lower intermediate.
You just dropped the entire goldmine. Thank you for this!
How are you all not excited!! She is amazing!!
Wow, I`m Flemish!! How cool you understand my language!!
Girl, you are a queen for sharing this. I’m gonna go buy your book bc I love that you actually provided free AND affordable, tried and trusted, resources. This video actually gives me some hope…
I needed to see this video. I started learning Portuguese (Brasileiro) over a year ago and I’m so glad I stuck with it. Watching this video inspired me to start practicing more vocally and more intentionally. Thank you!!
Hi there! I just started learning Brazilian Portuguese. How confident in Portuguese do you feel after one year, what would you rank yourself?
*I COULDN'T FIND YOUR CHANNELS! I'M SO SO GLAD TO HAVE FOUND YOU AGAIN!!! OMGOSHHH!*
As an Egyptian your pronunciation of the Egyptian dilacet is so good and I recommend for you to watch Egyptian films and series you will love it ❤
what films do you recommend?!
@@jofranco and film بيت الروبى
@@jofranco if you want a series there is grand hotel and طريقى
both of them on RUclips
I just discovered Language Reactor thanks to you. It's amazing. I was frustrated trying to improve my Portuguese with Netflix but always had to switch between Portuguese and English subtitles. By the was, I am from Belgium but the french part, but I speak Flemish as well :)
bravooo! boa sorteee!
Some french words are very similar to the portuguese ones 😄
I am currently trying to learn Japanese and I’m in the « I’ll never be able to do this » phase ahah! But I’m holding on 💪
No way, I saw her book in a book store I visted last week. It looked interesting but at the time I had no idea she created it. Mind blowing!
Welcome here :)! Yea! I created it, it took like 3 years and I still have so many updates to make to it! I worked with a publisher, but the concept and how the book is organized was all from my trial and error!
High school Spanish teacher/aspiring polyglot here. Not sure if you have any formal study in language acquisition, but your tips are spot on, and your passion and motivation for learning languages shines brightly and infectiously! Planning on sharing a clip of this with my students at the start of next school year. 😉
I'm so happy I stumbled onto you! I love your vibe and ordered your book almost immediately after you mentioned it lol. I'm currently learning Japanese, Spanish, and ASL so I need it 😭
Reality hit for me a year in. Then, I fell out of learning the language for 6 months, started back up again 2 months ago. I have a lot I’ve been reviewing, but I’m coming at learning with more patience, like you mentioned.
Omg as an italian, you're italian is FANTASTIC, SO REAL!!
I remember when Jo started the 21 day challenge. I started it but never got further than the first day. Hopefully will try that again 😊
I learning english beacuse is so essential in my studies of college, so I'm watching your videos and the others channels, this is helping me a lot in my process of learning english. Thank you!
I came across this video randomly and I love it cause I love learning langs, i know a bit of french but I'm actually learning korean and japanese😊
I'm 62 and want to learn French and Spanish. I am starting with Babbel the free version of Duolingo and the free version of Busuu. I'm hoping to add Pimsler when I get some vocabulary built up. This was a great video. Very encouraging! ❤
New subscriber here ❤ trying to learn Egyptian arabic to surprise my habibi 😊❤_ and your channel is just the perfect one to watch as showing me so much perseverance - you're genius and beautiful - love lots your energy!
Thanks so much for this video Jo. I decided to pick up learning Spanish last year after dropping it years ago. While doing Spanish lessons I thought let's add French too! lol. For a while I thought I was crazy for trying to do both, but this video makes me more confident in learning more than one language.
So glad to see you. And I appreciate this video and the free language learning sign up
hi, I'm from Russia.I'm learning English and I've also started learning French. Thank you very much for your video. Good luck to everyone who is learning other languages now! I believe we can do it!
Omg I cannot BELIEVE IT, just bumped into your channel and it’s been ages since I last saw a video of yours, so happy!!!!
Hey Jo . Thank you so much for the tips. I speak 3 languages currently and it's been a very long time since I decided to commit to attaining fluency in a completely new language so your video and learning kit will be super helpful to get me started.
I'm attempting to learn my first second language which is Arabic misri and gotta say you're the reason I've gone with Pimsleur and on top of that I found an amazing tutur on Preply, Somaia! She is really really awesome! I've hit that kinda slump that you talked about there and I have to say Somaia told me the same thing and I'm kinda recognizing this part of the journey. For me its not a slump much as its a realization of what it actually takes to really learn a language/culture. It's a lot! But I've not stopped having an awesome time learning with a new friend! So thanks Jo! 🤘👿🤘
How’s your learning going? Good choice going with Egyptian though, it’s definitely the easiest dialect to learn!
That’s so cool. I did pimsleur for Spanish for a while but fell off and have been about getting a tutor. Hope you stick with it and are patient!
My girl has the best video on this topic that I’ve seen thus far. 👏🏾
When she was describing the stages, I literally felt like she was READING MEEEEE!!
@8:32 you are so funny a natural comic....luv you with the songs rapping.
oh my GOD, this is amazing. first of all, I'd like to say that I'm a huge fan of yours and second, the fact that you said my country makes me 10 times more interested in your Flemish learning journey. I'm originally from Suriname and we do speak Dutch and from what I hear it can be a challenging language or even an understandable language, which ever one it is, I'm sure the journey will be well worth it. the languages that I currently would like to learn and are learning are French, Italian and Turkish. Have fun on this Flemish learning journey. I hope that one day you can come to Suriname and speak Dutch.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤I am definitely motivated thanks Jo!!! Tuning in from NYC❤❤❤going back to re-learning Italian, Russian and Arabic ❤❤❤
Thanks for watching!!!
omg thank you. you are amazing....i love learning languages but never actually put an effort into it..until 2020, where i started learning mandarin. u are soo right....need to practice everyday..consistancy..!! you are inspiring. thank you angel
I don't have a deep reason that explain why i want learn portuguese and japanese. I have that feeling that make me be curious about others cultures (I Love anime❤😊), in this moment portuguese and japanese language. Is Just that.
Understand others in a different language than yours is AMASING✨.
Omgosh me too! I love anime and I want to learn Japanese and hopefully visit one day. I’m also trying to learn Portuguese just cuz it’s similar to Spanish and my niece already knows it too lol. Good luck to us 😁👏🏼💪🏼
Hi there, I am so happy to know that other girls in this world have the same lifestyle and passion as me. I am on my 4th journey with Portuguese, I speak French as my second language (fluent), Spanish, and English. I am shy and I am not fluent yet, and I think I am gonna apply your method to get there and pursue Deutsch, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Arabic... You are inspiring. Thank you!
I admire your energy!!!
You are so excited just talking about i just did my first lesson (Duolingo) since i had it for years but never really use it 🧐 Thanks For Getting so excited (I stop in the middle your video and did a lesson it was FUN 👍🏽 🇺🇸 (Spanish first the next would Thai)
بكتب عشان ارجع بعد ست اشهر تعليم متواصلة باذن الله واشوف فين وصلت
شكرا لتحفيزك ❤ 🤩
اي المصادر الي هتدرسي منها ندرس مع بعض❤
@@queena7444 لو حابه نساعد بعض هاتي الانستا
@@queena7444 مرحبا 🙋♀️
اعتذر على الرد المتاخر دوبي انتبه للاشعارات ،حصلت بودكاست جدا جميل وسهل وحملت تطبيق لينك الان بس ما جربته واتابع هنا وبالتيك توك ايطالين
7:05 I'm so glad you mentioned Pimsleur in this video.
I love your Pimsleur driving ad so much that I actually watch it every time, because I DO THE SAME THING! 😂
As an Egyptian your pronunciation of the Egyptian dilacet is so good and I recommend for you to watch Egyptian films and series you will love it
This video is pure gold! Following now!! And, OMG, você já esteve aqui no Rio! 😉
Spanish...I have dreams of speaking fluently but I am definitely not there yet.
Omg the algorithm finally loves me! I love you and wasn't looking for on today and boom.. found you.. every time I see you somewhere you are my beautiful motivation not so spent inspiration to get my butt back to work and do my Japanese, Arabic, & Hebrew vocabulary N writing work, my Spanish & French listening😢😂lbs stay blessed sis
Thank u for all the advice!❤
You are a fantastic teacher and polyglot role model. On my 4th language. Nothing better than learning all about a new culture through language 💙.
Aren't you terrified that one language will override the other. I had a brain fart in my Japanese tutoring and started spotting out French for some reason.
i’m learning arabic and whenever i try to speak my brain fills in the blanks with portuguese. same happens with spanish when im speaking portuguese. it just takes time, you’ll get there!
Lmao same, but for me spanish and chinese
Language interference is a thing.😂 But it's also fun. When you're detailed and focused, it happens less.
I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Language learning rocks!😊
I often start a thought in German, fill in some words with Spanish, and then remember that I'm supposed to be learning Irish and try and translate it but then by the time I also remember that thought was something I wanted to say out loud and I try to translate it into English I've lost the thought entirely.
This happened a lot when i tried to learn two languages at once and i was sometimes making sentences and it made sense if u spike both languages but obviously that isn’t the right thing lol so i just chose the one I preferred and stuck to it:) it was also making me make slower progress now that i just learn one it’s a lot easier and faster to learn for me
It’s been 8 years since I’ve taken French in high school and I’m still very much a beginner. I keep falling off but i really want to learn more languages. French, Spanish, italian(specifically the Sicilian dialect) German, arabic(Egyptian preferably) Russian and so many more.
I feel like my honeymoon phase has been going on for a year now, idk, I have felt frustrated before, but it's met w an attitude of "yeah I'll get this eventually....keep going girl"
am on day three learning chinese and i think your ideas are really helpfull ... thanks alot
Thanks for this Jo much love and blessings ❤🙏🏽
Thank you for the tips. Currently learning a second language, Spanish
Omg thank you for this video!!!
I love learning new languages. I started with learning Spanish and French in 2019 and have now added Finnish, Korean, Swahili, and German to the list. Most of my learning happens on Duolingo. Yet to figure out some other resources that I can stick to for having an overall progress in the language. Love your PAR concept. Will try to implement it in my language learning pursuit.
This is amazing!!!
There is a lot of stuff out there for people to learn the languages.
I need to make one of these videos a quarter because I'm finding so many new good apps and resources!
@@jofranco That will be great
I just started learning French for the millionth time, and this video popped up JUST as begin to get overwhelmed! So excited to try your strategies!
Have you found a series you love yet?! That's changed the game for me in Dutch!
Watch under Paris in French with English subtitles it’s a great movie and I followed along so well
tysm, i'm trying to create new habits now that i'm feeling like i'm in a positive time on my life (idk what is going on either) and learning new languages has become one of my favorite habits, so your help has been essential for me to start learning French, i hope we could spill some french tea together someday
Hi! I understand a lot of Spanish but my goal is to be able to speak back fluently so that’s my goal in the next three months to have improved tremendously. 🎉 thanks for a the video 🫶🏾
People like you get me excited about life all over again, so much to see and do, so many amazing people❤
If anyone needs a tagalog study buddy let me know!
Im philam and finally seriously started learning 6 months ago. Ive hit a wall and this video was very helpful! I hope i can buckle down even more to have more quality learning time!
I would like to be that study buddy but how would we do it?
omg meeee I’m have Filipino and I’m learning right now because I want to talk with my familyyy
signed up for the kit, thanks!
This is by far the best video i've ever watched about learning languages, not kidding. I've watched SO many of them yet this one takes the cake without even asking for it.
When I was much younger I was fluent in German. I tripped over your channel today. I think I will try your approach out to see if I can re-learn what I once knew.
Anyone here wanna study Spanish or French or even Mandarin together with me? I’ve studied French for 8 months, Spanish for 2 and half years, and Mandarin for like 2 weeks bahaha
Hey yea Spanish and French am down
I’m down to study Spanish
meeee, Im down for French
Where do you learn french from?? From youtube?? @@JadaAmani-ve1xi
Meeeee, for French and Mandarin, haven't started mandarin but I plan to lol
I have a friend whose just 14 and she knows 7 languages and she is really fluent in at least 4 of them she speaks them all with such great accents so I am insanely proud of u polyglots u r super impressive ngl
Hi from Ukraine 👋 Jo I am curious how much time it took you to get fluency in your first foreign language, and how much time it takes now to get fluency in some new language?
Hiii! Hope you're well! It takes a while! Like at least 1 - 2 years if I'm studying far from where it's spoken! If I'm living in the place, I'll start picking it up in half the time because i'm fully immersed!
@@jofranco thank you for reply!
Your energy is so inspiring and contagious that it makes me want to learn even more languages! 🤩 (But I’ll stick with my French journey for now)
Love this. Controversial opinion: if you're a really shy or reserved person, it's gonna be a slog. I think you have to enjoy people and be outgoing (big fire sign energy lol). I don't think this is mentioned enough that you have to have a passion and creativity for talking and inventing and enjoying your own native language first - some people haven't got that down first cos it's just not in their nature.
Here's the irony: I WAS shy. I had to outgrow it. When I was a kid I was incredibly introverted, I literally grew up in hiding being undocumented, and being the different one in every room I stepped in. It was skill that allowed me to cultivate confidence and be more "outgoing." That and the awareness that everyone is self conscious, so it evens everything out.
It's cool that RUclips recommended this video to me, because when I saw the girl in the thumbnail I instantly remembered a video I watched years ago of her with another guy singing "drop that ne" when I was studying French. I don't even know if she remembers she recorded this, but I remember it clearly. Good memories!
Wanna be a polyglot but my ADHD has held me back for the last 10 years 😅😅
Dude, I used to feel the same way until I found methods that actually work for ME and learnt to see it as a sorta superpower.
I currently speak portuguese, english, japanese, spanish and italian.
Here's what I do: grab every positive adhd trait, weaponize it. Exploit it to a maximum, just like the goverment does to our funds.
Being atypical just means you gotta find ways to navigate life differently and we do, cause we depend on it. That makes us more resilient than typical ppl.
Anything a neurotypical person can do, we can re-invent and better!
I need guidance on how to do that.... I can't function 😭 @@coficofi3737
Hey Jo! Bedankt voor deze inspirerende video 😊 ik wil al lange tijd graag Russisch leren en jouw kanaal geeft me de motivatie om er eindelijk aan te beginnen. Het is heel waardevol om de waarheid over het leren van een nieuwe taal te horen, namelijk dat het voor een groot deel draait over discipline en geduld hebben. Ik kan al Engels, Frans, Spaans en Portugees en het leren van die talen heeft mij zo veel doen groeien op persoonlijk vlak. Dankje voor je content 🤗 groetjes uit Vlaanderen 💛
I basically was a bilingual person since birth and I never ever cared about English. Never. I was learning it in classes, but it was just some basic stuff and I wasn’t really passionate abt it. I was in grade 8 ig when i’ve actually started to care about English, because I had only one year to choose what do I want to do with my life. Yeah, in my motherland we can go to college since we’ve done grade 9. So, I decided to be an IT guy and that was a point when I started to realize that I NEED to know English. I’ve got a tutor and started learning. It was half a year when I started studying for English and I was pushed in a situation when me, my lil sister and my pregnant mom have to leave our country just because we wanted to be safe.(there is a war in my motherland now) My English wasn’t fluent AT ALL in that moment of time, but I actually knew something and I was the person that took responsibility for all my family(besides my father, he couldn’t move out from our country) because I was the only one who understand English. I moved to Italy for half a year and there is the moment when my English started to improve. But it was not because of environment(in town where I lived there was really few people that could possibly speak English,so) it was because I started to get all my social media, all of my activities in internet in English. There is the point of my comment. If you are not interesting in content in that language that you learn you will never ever reach your goal.
And if you’re interested, now I live in Canada, I’m 17 and I go to school with Canadians. I do the same thing as they do, I can read, I can write and I can understand. Yeah, my English is not the best, it could be better and it’s gonna be in the future.
Wow I'm learning German! And I always see you on ads! It's amazing to actually see your RUclips and to know you are really learning and not just advertising ☺️😊
i swear i saw you in an ad at the start of this video
dude same💀💀in some pimsleur ad
I speak French and English on good level , got Spanish lessons at university years ago. Turkish is my native language. Working for tourism 17 years now but I couldn't advance neither on German nor in Russian due to laziness. ( this 2 language is the most important for our clientele in hotellery right now)
I felt motivated after seeing your videos even I am 42 now 😅❤
french is just not progressing. A1 to A2 is difficult
my best tip learning french is stop and learn spanish. Hope this helps👍🏻
@@livaaispure1827 ugh... fine.
@livaaispure1827 I'm at a B1 level in spanish and going to live in Nicaragua for 4 months at a spanish school with a host family to hopefully reach b2 level. I try to say some French words randomly sometimes and it's so hard. I'm forsure choosing Portuguese next after I reach upper intermediate in spanish😂
Why does everyone want to Own the method? Ollie tries to convince people HE invented learning a language with stories. Hmmm, my mother used stories to learn English 70 years ago, Kato Blomb used and suggested stories, and she lived long before Ollie. Some people get on YT saying They invented chunking, while ignoring or not know of The Lexical Approach book which came out decades before their video.
I just started following you cause I really want to learn a language ( french) and you should be a motivation for me,i just saw your video for the first time today
I liked my own comment
Nobody cares 😂
@@Tiam2552shut up
😅😅😅😅@@Tiam2552
Shame on you, but I liked mine too.
@@jacobyoung2045 let me double yours
I want to learn polish since all my family is polish and I'm going to a Christmas do so I needed this so I can have a conversation in Polish!!
Thank you!!