Came here and never left. Signore grazie mille for this as a Dutchie I speak 4 languages but watching you switch from Croatian to German to French to Italian to DANISH?? That motivated me to level up!
My dad was stationed in Germany when I was born and after the second grade we moved to America where I started in the 3rd grade all the to the 12th. My mom banned us from speaking German at home so I pretty much forgot how to speak it at all except for words like oma and opa which means grandma and grandpa. It was never in the plan for us to ever go back to Germany and in el paso not many people spoke German to keep me using it but instead Spanish was the second language I learned. Me ending up being in a gang and living a criminal life with over a dozen arrest and stints in juvie and months in county jail and eventually over 6 years in a max prision led to me being deported back to Germany. To be fair I choose to get deported because I could of took it court and easily won in my situation. The problem was that this process can take up to 3 years and ICE is just like being in the county jail all over again and after being locked up over 6 years I just wanted to be free and deportation was the fasted way to freedom. They assured me that I would go to a halfway house in Germany so I wouldn´t be homeless and can figure my way from there. In reality the U.S marshals dumped at a Berlin airport in my Jail clothes, potato sack filled with my prison belongings, and 5 U.S dollars that wasn´t even worth 1 euro at the time and I was homeless. Lucky for me was that English is taught in school here so I was able to communicate and work my around to get the help I needed. The best part was that Germany has a really good system and in less than 2 weeks I had health care and became a monthy income to help me buy some clothes and hygiene items. I spent about 3 months in a shelter and applied a social worker that helped me get my own apartment. They also paid for me to go to school to learn the German language. The German language course was difficult because like spanish it is based on masculine and feminine so I found my own way to learn it faster. I rented movies that I knew by heart in english from my child hood and watched them in German with the captions on and boom this sped up the process 10x over. I can explain more but my comment is all ready too long. Sorry bout that
I'm really proud to hear your story has turned into your favor now back in Germany! Glad you've been able to grow! Good on you buddy! Keep kicking butt!
I listen to foreign movies with subtitles. After a while you will see the pattern and understand some of the key phrases. Receptiveness is how we may tap into the unconscious mind areas.
Bald & Bankrupt said on his channel that one should focus on vocabulary when learning Russian. He said that's what worked for him and unless you're trying to pass an exam then you should 1st focus on vocabulary.
“You don’t really ever learn a language, you just get used it. It is not so much the study of a language that makes one fluent, but the acquisition of it through repeated exposure.” - Gianni Russo My philosophy as a self-taught polyglot
Senor Russo, Your comment reminds me of a quote attributed to the famous mathematician Johan Von Neuman, “Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.” Like language, science is a form of communication with its own structure, niches, and rules. As I’ve grown older I have found that gaining deep familiarity through repeated and consistent exposure best all other methods of “learning”, and this is true for all fields.
i totally agree with that! i am doing this already by myself, even tho I didn't read about this theory! 😁 just expose myself to the target language, read and learn grammar. anyway exposing the mind to the sounds of a different language is the key.
bro you should look up yoga nidra. people learning languages and sciences within weeks. listen to recordings while sleep just before awakening. then wake up and immediately read what has been "listened" to.
Really interesting. I am one of those people who study multiple languages and never learn to speak them. I am pretty comfortable with that because I mainly like the sort of "theoretical" aspect of things. I still hope to become fluent in Spanish and maybe speak a little French. I read an interesting theory that says one reason children learn language better is they often learn it while playing. There was an experiment with bonobo chimpanzees where scientists tried to teach a mother sign language. She never learned much. Her baby was constantly playing around her, which actually impeded her learning. One day they decided to see if the baby understood any and found it knew everything! I think this fits well with what your guest said. However, I am sure that really successful adult language learners must have some kind of intellectual gift. One I do not have! It is difficult for me to process oral language sometimes. For example, I live in the South, and I sometimes have trouble understanding the African American dialect. Sometimes I will pretend to understand just so the conversation can go forward. Here is another anecdote that kind of fits your guest's message. I had a Spanish professor who said she was having trouble understanding conversational Spanish, and one day she got drunk at a party and understood everything!
I currently speak german and english. Italian only a little bit. I would love to start learning swedish, norwegian, spanish or russian. Definitely far off, but I am so motivated!
@DonaId J Trump Also not everyone believes that earth is ellipsoid. Some believe it's flat. Doesn't mean anything. Continue believing your magical garden of Eden fairytale. It doesn't change facts or reality.
I have probably learnt 300 plus words or phrases in thai, watched a tv series last night and even words I knew I didn’t pick up (subtitles on) or they used an alternative (such as in English we have good, great, brilliant, amazing, fantastic, awesome…that can all be interchangeable), I feel I made a big mistake trying an Asian tonal language as my first attempt at a second language.
Yes, but we would also correct ourselves when we heard people speak. That’s how little kids can repeat curse words that they hear almost verbatim, or certain people or things when they associate it to something(mama, dada, dog, puppy, cat, kitty, car, blue, red, etc).
On top of my comment, if you’re in an environment from a young age where someone speaks English in a southern accent and will use southern English and slang, you’ll end up doing that. If you learn English in The Bronx and hear them speak it in their accent, your pronunciation will develop like theirs, and then the idea of “proper pronunciation” coming in to play can be trivial, because someone could speak proper English, but pronounce oil as “ole”, or round certain vowels due to their accent.
tbh I learnt English as a second language the way I learnt my native language. Romania is a not so important country, so everything I did on the Internet was in English, I HAD to understand what meant what. Then almost the same thing with Italian, I was at kindergarten, everyone was talking to me and so I learnt the basics, then using the in5ternet to just do daily things I learn both italian and english at a fluent level. These are the languages that I know FLUENTLY.
Came here and never left. Signore grazie mille for this as a Dutchie I speak 4 languages but watching you switch from Croatian to German to French to Italian to DANISH?? That motivated me to level up!
Dat was ook mijn motivatie! 👍🏻
My dad was stationed in Germany when I was born and after the second grade we moved to America where I started in the 3rd grade all the to the 12th. My mom banned us from speaking German at home so I pretty much forgot how to speak it at all except for words like oma and opa which means grandma and grandpa. It was never in the plan for us to ever go back to Germany and in el paso not many people spoke German to keep me using it but instead Spanish was the second language I learned. Me ending up being in a gang and living a criminal life with over a dozen arrest and stints in juvie and months in county jail and eventually over 6 years in a max prision led to me being deported back to Germany. To be fair I choose to get deported because I could of took it court and easily won in my situation. The problem was that this process can take up to 3 years and ICE is just like being in the county jail all over again and after being locked up over 6 years I just wanted to be free and deportation was the fasted way to freedom. They assured me that I would go to a halfway house in Germany so I wouldn´t be homeless and can figure my way from there. In reality the U.S marshals dumped at a Berlin airport in my Jail clothes, potato sack filled with my prison belongings, and 5 U.S dollars that wasn´t even worth 1 euro at the time and I was homeless. Lucky for me was that English is taught in school here so I was able to communicate and work my around to get the help I needed. The best part was that Germany has a really good system and in less than 2 weeks I had health care and became a monthy income to help me buy some clothes and hygiene items. I spent about 3 months in a shelter and applied a social worker that helped me get my own apartment. They also paid for me to go to school to learn the German language. The German language course was difficult because like spanish it is based on masculine and feminine so I found my own way to learn it faster. I rented movies that I knew by heart in english from my child hood and watched them in German with the captions on and boom this sped up the process 10x over. I can explain more but my comment is all ready too long. Sorry bout that
Wow your story is mesmerizing. I'm glad that you're okay rn, wish you the best
I'm really proud to hear your story has turned into your favor now back in Germany! Glad you've been able to grow! Good on you buddy! Keep kicking butt!
read it all, danke bruv
I love how he talks of subconscious learning... I feel like I can really relate... 😃 😃 😃 it's magical sometimes. Lots of love from Cameroon 🇨🇲
I listen to foreign movies with subtitles. After a while you will see the pattern and understand some of the key phrases. Receptiveness is how we may tap into the unconscious mind areas.
the mans first collab😎
We’re trying to ball over here!
Bald & Bankrupt said on his channel that one should focus on vocabulary when learning Russian. He said that's what worked for him and unless you're trying to pass an exam then you should 1st focus on vocabulary.
“You don’t really ever learn a language, you just get used it. It is not so much the study of a language that makes one fluent, but the acquisition of it through repeated exposure.”
- Gianni Russo
My philosophy as a self-taught polyglot
Senor Russo,
Your comment reminds me of a quote attributed to the famous mathematician Johan Von Neuman, “Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.”
Like language, science is a form of communication with its own structure, niches, and rules. As I’ve grown older I have found that gaining deep familiarity through repeated and consistent exposure best all other methods of “learning”, and this is true for all fields.
@@mikedef5958Your quote is similar to Russo’s because math / science basically is a language, it’s the language of our universe. It’s pretty amazing
My mom learned Spanish when she immigrated to the USA. How? She picked it up while just hanging around and working with Spanish speakers
i totally agree with that! i am doing this already by myself, even tho I didn't read about this theory! 😁 just expose myself to the target language, read and learn grammar. anyway exposing the mind to the sounds of a different language is the key.
bro you should look up yoga nidra. people learning languages and sciences within weeks. listen to recordings while sleep just before awakening. then wake up and immediately read what has been "listened" to.
Really interesting. I am one of those people who study multiple languages and never learn to speak them. I am pretty comfortable with that because I mainly like the sort of "theoretical" aspect of things. I still hope to become fluent in Spanish and maybe speak a little French.
I read an interesting theory that says one reason children learn language better is they often learn it while playing. There was an experiment with bonobo chimpanzees where scientists tried to teach a mother sign language. She never learned much. Her baby was constantly playing around her, which actually impeded her learning. One day they decided to see if the baby understood any and found it knew everything! I think this fits well with what your guest said. However, I am sure that really successful adult language learners must have some kind of intellectual gift. One I do not have! It is difficult for me to process oral language sometimes. For example, I live in the South, and I sometimes have trouble understanding the African American dialect. Sometimes I will pretend to understand just so the conversation can go forward.
Here is another anecdote that kind of fits your guest's message. I had a Spanish professor who said she was having trouble understanding conversational Spanish, and one day she got drunk at a party and understood everything!
Thanks man helped a lot
Awesome! Glad it helped
I currently speak german and english. Italian only a little bit. I would love to start learning swedish, norwegian, spanish or russian. Definitely far off, but I am so motivated!
God designed our brain incredibly well😌
Actually we evolved through natural selection. No man-made god was involved
Fearfully and wonderfully made 😍
@DonaId J Trump Also not everyone believes that earth is ellipsoid. Some believe it's flat.
Doesn't mean anything.
Continue believing your magical garden of Eden fairytale. It doesn't change facts or reality.
Amen
Is this the whole interview?
What languages do you guys speak?
I speak English and Spanish
I'm learning Italian and Japanese
Those are very far off…what made you pick those two??
@@goluremilanguages I'm learning Italian in school and i'm learning Japanese because I like anime. Thanks for football vids they help a lot.
Me too. Exactly the same here. Learning Italian and Japanese. I also speak English and Spanish.
@@EasyEnglish90 ayyy we're the same
Spanish and English speaker learning Japanese here 🙋🏻♂️
I have probably learnt 300 plus words or phrases in thai, watched a tv series last night and even words I knew I didn’t pick up (subtitles on) or they used an alternative (such as in English we have good, great, brilliant, amazing, fantastic, awesome…that can all be interchangeable), I feel I made a big mistake trying an Asian tonal language as my first attempt at a second language.
Hey man. Do you have any tips for learning Croatian?
Just do it. I started teaching myself Russian a week ago, and the alphabet is sooo sexy 😩
Im part Croatian glad you’re learning our language:)
@@BosnianJesus Its a beautiful language.
Do you have a podcast?
I really loved this chat... 😃
Question is how do you go about learning the first 1000 words
You make flash cards and go through them daily, ideally a flash card app that incorporates spaced repetition e.g. Anki
Anki frequency lists
Frequency dictionaries? Rote memorisation? SRS flashcards like Anki or your own handmade ones.
Hopefully in context.
clozemaster
Even as infants, we were being corrected when we made mistakes.
Yes, but we would also correct ourselves when we heard people speak. That’s how little kids can repeat curse words that they hear almost verbatim, or certain people or things when they associate it to something(mama, dada, dog, puppy, cat, kitty, car, blue, red, etc).
On top of my comment, if you’re in an environment from a young age where someone speaks English in a southern accent and will use southern English and slang, you’ll end up doing that. If you learn English in The Bronx and hear them speak it in their accent, your pronunciation will develop like theirs, and then the idea of “proper pronunciation” coming in to play can be trivial, because someone could speak proper English, but pronounce oil as “ole”, or round certain vowels due to their accent.
Deliberate correction of infants has been shown to be almost useless.
@@BryanAJParry By whom?
@@diariosdelextranjero By all researchers. It isn’t how people acquire language.
Please,let me join you somewhere,if possible my dears.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
awesome
I learned English in that way 😅
🤗 🤗 🤗 🤗 🤗
What makes this the black method?
Black guy asked Matt a question therefore it is now the "black method" no longer "language acquisition theory"
What??
now i regret buying my korean grammar book
There are two different ways.
Black method?
tbh I learnt English as a second language the way I learnt my native language. Romania is a not so important country, so everything I did on the Internet was in English, I HAD to understand what meant what. Then almost the same thing with Italian, I was at kindergarten, everyone was talking to me and so I learnt the basics, then using the in5ternet to just do daily things I learn both italian and english at a fluent level.
These are the languages that I know FLUENTLY.