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I got 2-3 hours a day of listening time last year when I was learning Romanian, by listening to podcasts during my commutes and using the exercise bike. Combined with an online tutor and reading interesting content, it worked really well.
I've learned a lot of English with songs. I used to listen to the songs I liked and not understand a single word, but since I liked the song, I would listen to it again and again. I would look up the lyrics and translations and listen to it. Sometimes I'd listen and read the lyrics at the same time, sometimes I would only listen to the song or listen to it while doing something else, eventually, I started picking up more and more of the song, and then, I would go back to the lyrics and repeat this same method. This has always worked for me, it's like you said, repetition and novelty. I always go back to old songs and I'm constantly adding new ones to my playlists, gradually understanding more and more.
I learn english too, I can understand anything I listen to except for songs bc it is so fast then what my brain can understand so I have to see the lyrics :)
@@rwa9573 this still happens to me sometimes, depending on the song I don't understand anything the first time I'm listening to it. My tip is, If you like the song, look up the lyrics, sing along, with time you'll learn the lyrics and your brain will understand the words. :)
This is how I learn chinese. I use this method. The funny thing is, I used this same method to learn a 1980s classic hip hop song when I was 12. 😅 (native american)
I have been learning Korean for 2 years now and I am not where I want to be. Your videos have helped me improve even in a few days because my tutor could tell a difference and was so stunned. He asked me what have I been doing to improve. I told him I stopped trying to memorize and just listen well and read.
When I feel frustrated in English I'm quickly opening your channel and getting positive energy and gaining again my language skills thanks a lot you are the best language teacher I've ever seen 😀(from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 )
That was tremendously helpful including you sharing that even someone of your stature accepts imperfection. Repetition. Novelty. Humility. Thanks a lot.
At A Transport company in Brampton ON the employee of the year was a Truck driver. On the plaque in the lunchroom is his quote - "Listen first, speak second." Glad I found your channel Steve.
Wow, I did not even know that there were subtitles in 20 languages in these videos. I can practice my German while listening to Steve. Very cool and useful!
Neither did I. I understand Steve completely now. I didn't understand spoken English four years ago, Even the easiest audiostories. But thanks to A.J.Hoge and Steve Kaufmann I improved my listening skills drasticaly. I am able to listen to original audiobooks by Wodehouse without reading them. While working in my vegetable garden, for example.
@@tschewm1353 That is awesome! For me learning English was quite easy, I just watched a lot of movies and cartoons when I was a kid. When I got older I started watching youtube. My comprehension is great now, I can read complex books very easily. Of course learning English in school helped too but I feel that it was my digital immersion that taught me the English language. I feel like many Europeans can relate to this xd
@@mandarinjourneyswithnanno Most likely not, I don't think he has the time. Even translating it to your native language may take around an hour or so. To do that in 20 languages is insane! Probably some people from the Linq community translate his videos.
@@holgerjurjo4282 you can subscribe to volunteer ... He sends the script and you send back the translation. I got the email last time. Tomorrow he's gonna upload again so he has already sent the script to all us volunteers
Started Dutch, my 9th or 10th language thanks to LingQ . Having the same mini stories as Swedish etc. for a beginner it's a blessing because you can SEE the common words, even if the pronunciation is different. Because I haven't learned German, studying a Germanic language like Dutch or Swedish, just trough English is harder than the Romance ones, where being a native Romanian speaker with French education, it's a piece of cake. But I guess it is not harder than listening Japanese where comprehensible words, I mean 外来語、 are 1-2% and even then is a bit harder to recognize the original English, Portuguese or German pronunciation....
I am so glad I found this video! I am exactly the same way. I love sitting down and working throuhg the reading on LingQ, but when i try to sit down and listen I zone out, unless, I'm doing something else (walking, jogging, dishes, etc.). Thanks for confirming that this is ok and even normal that someone like you, a polyglot, does this!
I remember Laoshu said he started to realize the importance of listening after your videos. I had a lot of passive vocabulary in vietnamese and could understand children's books but couldn't speak at all. Then I spent 50 hours listening and now I am able to use what I know
Hi, I'm laos, I'm a one person like to speak English , many people talk like that, many lao student Good for writing grammar reading but not speak, In Vietnam also like that ?😂😂😂
I really like your posts and tips, I was feeling unmotivated and frustrated these days cause I was not able to understand some advanced content, watching you now made me feel much better. I’ll keep pushing myself forward! Thank you Steve! 🇧🇷
Greetings from Brazil. I've been learning English for the past one and a half year and a have been coming along constantly thanks to you, sir. Thanks a lot!
You encouraged me, thanks a lot! It is helpful. Fortunately l can almost understand what you are talking, saying. Appreciated the Chinese characters shown below on the screen!
I've been following Steve's advice when it comes to listening in my target language. It works. Just use a mixture of repetition and novelty when listening in your target language and you'll slowly acquire it.
You've been a big help for me learning my first new language being Japanese, I'm still a beginner but I feel as if I'm progressing at a great rate. Thank you!
Sr. Kaufmann, you are really really correct about everything that you've said in this video. I am getting used to the phase of hearing something and make a combination with meaning instantaneously, but it has been being possible because of the tips you gave here, and i Discovered it alone in with a lot of difficult, But YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT! I am a witness of this. Guys, You should do it if you want to get your English in another level quickly. Good Luck everyone and THANKS A LOT SR. Kaufmann!
I’ve sat down and listened as a discipline, and usually, I will get distracted, so I agree entirely with you. Now when I have free time, I listen; that can be when I’m driving or if I’m on the subway and I notice I get more listening time in as well
Thank you Steve Kaufmann, your videos has help me too much. I’m brazilian, now I living in Vancouver, I’m not confident or fluent, but I study everyday. Thank you so much.
I found that Steve's advice and experiences most closely resemble my own experiences of language learning (although I have been doubting myself, so thank you!!) and make a lot more sense. Very practical and helpful!
You this video really destroy my frustration of reading and not understanding all the way. Two good words or the ways I picked up, repeating and novelty. Metaphor of leveling, or cutting the lawn grass and understanding, reading or listening. I love it.
Hi Steve You make a lot of sence My wife is from Indonesia so im learning bahasa I have learnt a lot so far but going slow with sentences Im now trying the gold list to learn more Thanks for your videos Cheers
Thank you. Been very inspired and encouraged by your videos lately. So true about listening while doing stuff especially practical for people like me who are learning a language while working full time and raising a family. I love to listen when I drive, do laundry, dishes and cleaning!
been on lingQ for 6 months now learning japanese. Im currently at just over 1500 words and even though its slower than im able for im seeing results. I started off just learning the set words but now i am starting to learn whole sentences and groups of words to make for more natural understanding of the language. I have the mini stories and podcasts playing on my headset when im relaxing in bed or when im playing on my computer sometimes. definitely more beneficial listening in bed when im not doing anything else...thanks for everything steve. Have a good weekend. EDIT: would you recommend watching tv series without subtitles even if you dont understand much? thank you.
I know you may have been asking Steve, but in my experience I watched Elite recently which is in Spanish which Spanish audio and English subtitles and now I'm half way through with Spanish audio and Spanish subtitles. The third time, I plan on watching with no subtitles. Watching without understanding anything may be frustrating/tiring after awhile because it feels good/is more entertaining when you know what is going on. Of course, like Steve says, the brain requires novelty, but also input and repetition is important and I am finding it to be useful so far. Maybe you could try this technique out :)
I usually listen (in longer lessons) once while reading the transcript and once without it, to get the words and then to see what I understand. In shorter lessons, I like to listen once at first with no transcript, then listen with the transcript, then without it again. I also like to only do ones with videos because it's more engaging and makes it harder for your mind to wander.
Thanks Steve! I find you are speaking very clearly and your English sounds very clear to me. I sometimes find it hard to understand when people speak really fast, for example, when I was watching some talk show or interview, when people speak really fast or unclear I find it difficult to catch. But there are also some people like you who speak really clearly with a normal speed, I find it easier to comprehend.
hey Stevie! it was quite a relieve to listen to the content of this video because I've been studying French for a while, one year and a half precisely, and even though I'm able to understand great part of the videos that I use to watch or even comprehend movies and tv series without subtitles, I sometimes feel that I still lose lots of pieces of the content, so that I've been second-guessing what I've been doing as a language learner, whether I was doing the right thing or not, whether I was wasting time and energy on what I've been doing, which might be summed up to reading and listening to compelling content, as you use to recommend on your videos. So, what brings me this "relief feeling" which I mentioned in the beginning of this comment is the idea that you pointed out (or at least I took it this way) that even after a while of massive practice on the target language there's no such a thing as perfection when it comes to our listening skills, for example. It will always exist something that we couldn't take quite well, such as specific words, or slangs, idioms, different pronunciations for a same word, different accents, cultural aspects of the language and so on, which might make us slip into some ambiguity of sorts. Therefore, being aware of this makes me feel quite more at easy, allowing me to be more patient in this long path that we must take to keep learning a new language. Thank you for another great video!
Indeed I've easily gotten frustrated when I failed to understand what a teacher said in an online class of English, and have repeated playing that same online class so many times until my listening comprehension has seemed to be perfect. But thanks to Prof. Kaufmann I understand what I've done was not effective for improving my listening skill. I'll try to accept imperfection of my skill and to move on to the next online class when my comprehension gets good enough to try a mini exam of the class. Thank you so much for the great advice. :)
i learn english because i want to read subtitles kdrama and fanfic. Whenever i found new word, i will open google search to find a meaning in my native language. I realize i really enjoy story combine visual to understand english.
I'm trying to improve my listening skills because sometimes I can't understand fast spoken English and it's almost impossible for me to fully understand a song. I feel very frustrated a lot of times but there's not much to do except keep going :) I love your channel and your tips!! I'm planning to start learning a third language (spanish, i speak english and portuguese), seeing your videos encourages me, thank you
Very helpfull. I am learning Spanish right now in Peru. I am coming from France, so I see how far I went to learn English. I feel completely fluent in English while I am still learning complex verbal forms and vocabulary.... I understand Portugese. I will be 4lingual soon❤
Wow, I just ran into this issue. I can read and understand 90% but if I just listen, my understanding can go way down. I thought the answer would be to listen to it a thousand times until my listening comprehension matched my reading comprehension. After this advice, I'm going to move forward and listen to past chapters from time to time for novelty.
I'm still a little way off from being able to do an audiobook in Spanish, so I've been listening to a lot of (mostly Colombian) talk radio. I can usually figure out broadly what they're talking about although I don't understand most sentences. The upside is that there's basically unlimited free, relatively interesting content. The downside is you can't replay anything. Definitely recommended for people who just need content to wash the dishes to.
Steve! When I started learning English, I did exactly what you say in this video. Even I did not know that this is the efficient way. I just invented it by myself. I can confirm that this was a great way to learn a new language.
І am currently a temporary resident of an English-speaking country (and I am not young at all!) I have been studying English intensively for a year, but I am not satisfied with myself. Your advice is very valuable. Thank you!
The first thing I tell someone that asks me how to learn a language is "Learn how not to understand." By that I mean to get comfortable with not understanding. I believe a part of a video was about not being afraid of not understanding everything which warms my heart.
Thanks for the advice. I was wondering at what point I move on to the next lesson. I’m 71 and sometimes I have to look up on a word meaning many many times before I get automatically, but hopefully getting there.
What I love about Lingq is that you can accomplish all of the necessary tasks that support listening and reading (input) in a very concise, easy to use, and richly functional way. To be able to simply choose a phrase, word or sentence and hear it, is vital to embed the material into the subconscious/automatic mind.Of course, Linqq facilitates this perfectly.
Oh... as a english learner, i know how frastrated it is that i cant undersrand anything that i am listening to. But i could keep studying because english has a lot of resource to study. So i studied step by step from easy level with strong motication about english. Repeating listening and reading what i can't understand anything will be too too too challenging.. I think you have tremendous passion and talent about language !!
Above all you need patience and tons of it. In our modern world we expect stuff today, right now. It doesn't happen like that. Our brains are sponges, bit's get stuck but most new stuff flows straight through like water. We need to remember this. Great video Steve !
Hi Steven Thank you very much for your sharing. It is very helpful for me. Even I have studied English for many years, I am still in intermediate level. Especially my listening skill is poor. Anyway, I will try again to brush up my listening.
Understand it’s normal not to recognize all the words, and it’s normal not to focus strongly. The important thing is listening a few times. Repetition isn’t boring but is vital. After listening, reading and learning new words then listening again. One possibility is you can’t get it even after reading materials and processing it. But remind you learning is a process of accumulation. You’re improving gradually
M. Steve, the best Way (English is my second language) to develop any language is listening to radio talk-show because as you mentioned movies keeps me distracted by the images, lights, etc. Additionally, (my own experience), talking to people on a phone is also a great ingredient. Trust me😅. Et voilà!
Thank you so much! I am learning Korean and I am really struggling with listening, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it or how to improve it. This help a lot 😊
Thank you Steve for your tips! This lesson was really helpful. I'm from Argentina. I'm working on my skills in English to achieve my goals, which are moving my family and I to the north.
Hi Steve What you say makes so much sense, especially to someone who is learning a new language. I have been listening to " learn while you sleep" videos on youtube which are basically words and limited phrases repeated several times. My question is: will these types of videos satisfy the recommendation of repetitive listening you are referring to, or do I need to find content with more in the way of stories. BTW the language I'm learning is Mandarin. Thank you in advance. Tony
I like your ideas, video after video. This one emphasizes listening and reading. What about the active skills of writing and speaking? I find these also crucial in working toward fluency.
almost everything you mentiond in this video I was practising on my own in my listeing skills journey without anyone telling like keep changing material for listening and I console my mind that no matter If you couldnth understand something this is the beginning and manymore things which is discussed
Thank you for the tips! I love how you explain the theory behind your suggestions and don't just give out meaningless circular logic like "The way to improve your listening comprehension is to do lots of listening." I really struggle with listening though. I'm studying Japanese, and when I try to watch Japanese shows or listen to songs, I tune out almost immediately because it's moving too quickly and there is too much that I don't understand. I pick up isolated words here and there, but not enough to piece together meaning, and it's like my brain literally gets tired from trying to keep up. I know you said that it's difficult to remain dialed in all of the time. I just wish I could stay focused more, because I don't believe that at the point where my brain has essentially turned what I'm listening to into background noise, that I'm learning anything.
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I from Thailand that viedo important for me thank you so much
Something to learn even i had hearing handicap, Tq.
Zor durumdayım bana yardımcı olur musunuz? Dinleme ile ilgili içinden çıkamadığım sorular..
I fully agree. This is true for any language... i've been telling my students this for years.
I really learned a lot from you. I highly appreciate your unwavering support and encouragement to your learners.
Steve I'm from Brazil and you are one of the first person I understood speaking in English. Thank you for sharing knowledge.
Palmas-TO. Just keep going and you'll achieve you language goal soon or later.
@@viniciusps01 *your language goal *sooner or later
@@Blast-Forward Thanks 😊
He speaks slowly and clearly like a lot of older people
wow there are so many Brazilian people on the Internet, it's almost impossible to not find one of them in a random video, lol
I got 2-3 hours a day of listening time last year when I was learning Romanian, by listening to podcasts during my commutes and using the exercise bike. Combined with an online tutor and reading interesting content, it worked really well.
Hi guy,
It says " Roman wasn't built in one day, & where is the will, where there is way, So do I.
Thank You.
I started studying Romanian last year also in August. Resources for Romanian are hard to find.
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Many thanks once again to the translators who have added subtitles in so many languages! This is a brilliant addition to these videos.
Thanks for pointing this out!
You’re welcome, we need to get the input ideas and Steve’s content to as many people as possible.
I've learned a lot of English with songs. I used to listen to the songs I liked and not understand a single word, but since I liked the song, I would listen to it again and again. I would look up the lyrics and translations and listen to it. Sometimes I'd listen and read the lyrics at the same time, sometimes I would only listen to the song or listen to it while doing something else, eventually, I started picking up more and more of the song, and then, I would go back to the lyrics and repeat this same method. This has always worked for me, it's like you said, repetition and novelty. I always go back to old songs and I'm constantly adding new ones to my playlists, gradually understanding more and more.
I learn english too, I can understand anything I listen to except for songs bc it is so fast then what my brain can understand so I have to see the lyrics :)
Check out the app Lirica. It uses song lyrics and it is really slick.
@@rwa9573 this still happens to me sometimes, depending on the song I don't understand anything the first time I'm listening to it. My tip is, If you like the song, look up the lyrics, sing along, with time you'll learn the lyrics and your brain will understand the words. :)
@@matheusvasconcelos4938 thx for your tip❤️
This is how I learn chinese. I use this method. The funny thing is, I used this same method to learn a 1980s classic hip hop song when I was 12. 😅 (native american)
I have been learning Korean for 2 years now and I am not where I want to be. Your videos have helped me improve even in a few days because my tutor could tell a difference and was so stunned. He asked me what have I been doing to improve. I told him I stopped trying to memorize and just listen well and read.
When I feel frustrated in English I'm quickly opening your channel and getting positive energy and gaining again my language skills thanks a lot you are the best language teacher I've ever seen 😀(from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 )
That was tremendously helpful including you sharing that even someone of your stature accepts imperfection. Repetition. Novelty. Humility. Thanks a lot.
At A Transport company in Brampton ON the employee of the year was a Truck driver. On the plaque in the lunchroom is his quote -
"Listen first, speak second." Glad I found your channel Steve.
Wow, I did not even know that there were subtitles in 20 languages in these videos. I can practice my German while listening to Steve. Very cool and useful!
Neither did I. I understand Steve completely now. I didn't understand spoken English four years ago, Even the easiest audiostories. But thanks to A.J.Hoge and Steve Kaufmann I improved my listening skills drasticaly. I am able to listen to original audiobooks by Wodehouse without reading them. While working in my vegetable garden, for example.
@@tschewm1353 That is awesome! For me learning English was quite easy, I just watched a lot of movies and cartoons when I was a kid. When I got older I started watching youtube. My comprehension is great now, I can read complex books very easily. Of course learning English in school helped too but I feel that it was my digital immersion that taught me the English language. I feel like many Europeans can relate to this xd
Going to turn them on for Chinese, thanks! I wonder if he does them himself…
@@mandarinjourneyswithnanno Most likely not, I don't think he has the time. Even translating it to your native language may take around an hour or so. To do that in 20 languages is insane! Probably some people from the Linq community translate his videos.
@@holgerjurjo4282 you can subscribe to volunteer
... He sends the script and you send back the translation.
I got the email last time. Tomorrow he's gonna upload again so he has already sent the script to all us volunteers
Started Dutch, my 9th or 10th language thanks to LingQ . Having the same mini stories as Swedish etc. for a beginner it's a blessing because you can SEE the common words, even if the pronunciation is different. Because I haven't learned German, studying a Germanic language like Dutch or Swedish, just trough English is harder than the Romance ones, where being a native Romanian speaker with French education, it's a piece of cake. But I guess it is not harder than listening Japanese where comprehensible words, I mean 外来語、 are 1-2% and even then is a bit harder to recognize the original English, Portuguese or German pronunciation....
thanks a lot Steve for having me helping u for this great method of helping learners .....lots of love 🔥❤
Hey Assad! I would love to know your opinion about my videos. I have recently started teaching on RUclips! Let me know what you think!
This is a tremendous talk on language acquisition. Steve really gets the fine points of how the brain works.
I am so glad I found this video! I am exactly the same way. I love sitting down and working throuhg the reading on LingQ, but when i try to sit down and listen I zone out, unless, I'm doing something else (walking, jogging, dishes, etc.). Thanks for confirming that this is ok and even normal that someone like you, a polyglot, does this!
I remember Laoshu said he started to realize the importance of listening after your videos. I had a lot of passive vocabulary in vietnamese and could understand children's books but couldn't speak at all. Then I spent 50 hours listening and now I am able to use what I know
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Hi, I'm laos, I'm a one person like to speak English , many people talk like that, many lao
student Good for writing grammar reading but not speak, In Vietnam also like that ?😂😂😂
A bunch of thanks❤ It was really helpful for me. I watched you from Iran.
I really like your posts and tips, I was feeling unmotivated and frustrated these days cause I was not able to understand some advanced content, watching you now made me feel much better. I’ll keep pushing myself forward! Thank you Steve! 🇧🇷
Greetings from Brazil. I've been learning English for the past one and a half year and a have been coming along constantly thanks to you, sir. Thanks a lot!
You encouraged me, thanks a lot! It is helpful.
Fortunately l can almost understand what you are talking, saying.
Appreciated the Chinese characters shown below on the screen!
I've been following Steve's advice when it comes to listening in my target language. It works. Just use a mixture of repetition and novelty when listening in your target language and you'll slowly acquire it.
You've been a big help for me learning my first new language being Japanese, I'm still a beginner but I feel as if I'm progressing at a great rate. Thank you!
What do you do to improve listening? I feel like I'm not making progress
Sr. Kaufmann, you are really really correct about everything that you've said in this video. I am getting used to the phase of hearing something and make a combination with meaning instantaneously, but it has been being possible because of the tips you gave here, and i Discovered it alone in with a lot of difficult, But YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT! I am a witness of this. Guys, You should do it if you want to get your English in another level quickly. Good Luck everyone and THANKS A LOT SR. Kaufmann!
thanks for all
I’ve sat down and listened as a discipline, and usually, I will get distracted, so I agree entirely with you. Now when I have free time, I listen; that can be when I’m driving or if I’m on the subway and I notice I get more listening time in as well
American also learn other language?
English is best.
@@cherry-oz8gs yes English is the global language but there are many reasons to learn languages
@@muhilan8540 ok.that’s right.
Great advice, thank you. I am actually a postman so listening to podcasts, and other audio resources instead of music, will be my goal tomorrow.
Hey Dylan! I would love to know your opinion about my videos. I have recently started teaching on RUclips! Let me know what you think!
Hi, Steve. I'm from Brazil too. Your Portuguese is very good and your English very clear. Great classes. Congratulations!
Thank you Steve Kaufmann, your videos has help me too much. I’m brazilian, now I living in Vancouver, I’m not confident or fluent, but I study everyday. Thank you so much.
I found that Steve's advice and experiences most closely resemble my own experiences of language learning (although I have been doubting myself, so thank you!!) and make a lot more sense. Very practical and helpful!
You this video really destroy my frustration of reading and not understanding all the way. Two good words or the ways I picked up, repeating and novelty. Metaphor of leveling, or cutting the lawn grass and understanding, reading or listening. I love it.
It was very helpful. Thanks a lot!
This is a trailblazer Steve. You emphatically put across the subject to the audience. As others I got it clearly. Thank you.
Hi Steve
You make a lot of sence
My wife is from Indonesia so im learning bahasa
I have learnt a lot so far but going slow with sentences
Im now trying the gold list to learn more
Thanks for your videos
Cheers
Steve Kauffman you’re my hero and I just think you’re a fantastic human.
Thank you. Been very inspired and encouraged by your videos lately. So true about listening while doing stuff especially practical for people like me who are learning a language while working full time and raising a family. I love to listen when I drive, do laundry, dishes and cleaning!
As always prof. Kaufmann its a pleasure to learn something new in your videos.
Thank u for the idea, the step how to learn, don't give up,study and study
been on lingQ for 6 months now learning japanese. Im currently at just over 1500 words and even though its slower than im able for im seeing results. I started off just learning the set words but now i am starting to learn whole sentences and groups of words to make for more natural understanding of the language. I have the mini stories and podcasts playing on my headset when im relaxing in bed or when im playing on my computer sometimes. definitely more beneficial listening in bed when im not doing anything else...thanks for everything steve. Have a good weekend.
EDIT: would you recommend watching tv series without subtitles even if you dont understand much? thank you.
I know you may have been asking Steve, but in my experience I watched Elite recently which is in Spanish which Spanish audio and English subtitles and now I'm half way through with Spanish audio and Spanish subtitles. The third time, I plan on watching with no subtitles. Watching without understanding anything may be frustrating/tiring after awhile because it feels good/is more entertaining when you know what is going on. Of course, like Steve says, the brain requires novelty, but also input and repetition is important and I am finding it to be useful so far. Maybe you could try this technique out :)
@@taylerwilson1682 all help is welcome :) ill try japanese subtitles next time i was my shows...thank you!!
I usually listen (in longer lessons) once while reading the transcript and once without it, to get the words and then to see what I understand. In shorter lessons, I like to listen once at first with no transcript, then listen with the transcript, then without it again. I also like to only do ones with videos because it's more engaging and makes it harder for your mind to wander.
Thanks Steve! I find you are speaking very clearly and your English sounds very clear to me. I sometimes find it hard to understand when people speak really fast, for example, when I was watching some talk show or interview, when people speak really fast or unclear I find it difficult to catch. But there are also some people like you who speak really clearly with a normal speed, I find it easier to comprehend.
您好 我來自中國四川 我看了您的視頻 覺得非常好 後來我才知道你會講中文 我對中文不感興趣 但是我特別喜歡英文 我學了很多年 但是學的水平一般 我覺得你的這個視頻講解得非常好 希望有一天我能學好英文 也希望有一天能和你成為朋友 能和你一起聊天
Thanks for your kindness. I am very grateful for your help.
hey Stevie! it was quite a relieve to listen to the content of this video because I've been studying French for a while, one year and a half precisely, and even though I'm able to understand great part of the videos that I use to watch or even comprehend movies and tv series without subtitles, I sometimes feel that I still lose lots of pieces of the content, so that I've been second-guessing what I've been doing as a language learner, whether I was doing the right thing or not, whether I was wasting time and energy on what I've been doing, which might be summed up to reading and listening to compelling content, as you use to recommend on your videos. So, what brings me this "relief feeling" which I mentioned in the beginning of this comment is the idea that you pointed out (or at least I took it this way) that even after a while of massive practice on the target language there's no such a thing as perfection when it comes to our listening skills, for example. It will always exist something that we couldn't take quite well, such as specific words, or slangs, idioms, different pronunciations for a same word, different accents, cultural aspects of the language and so on, which might make us slip into some ambiguity of sorts. Therefore, being aware of this makes me feel quite more at easy, allowing me to be more patient in this long path that we must take to keep learning a new language. Thank you for another great video!
thank you steve
Indeed I've easily gotten frustrated when I failed to understand what a teacher said in an online class of English, and have repeated playing that same online class so many times until my listening comprehension has seemed to be perfect. But thanks to Prof. Kaufmann I understand what I've done was not effective for improving my listening skill. I'll try to accept imperfection of my skill and to move on to the next online class when my comprehension gets good enough to try a mini exam of the class. Thank you so much for the great advice. :)
i learn english because i want to read subtitles kdrama and fanfic. Whenever i found new word, i will open google search to find a meaning in my native language. I realize i really enjoy story combine visual to understand english.
I'm trying to improve my listening skills because sometimes I can't understand fast spoken English and it's almost impossible for me to fully understand a song. I feel very frustrated a lot of times but there's not much to do except keep going :) I love your channel and your tips!! I'm planning to start learning a third language (spanish, i speak english and portuguese), seeing your videos encourages me, thank you
Very helpfull. I am learning Spanish right now in Peru. I am coming from France, so I see how far I went to learn English. I feel completely fluent in English while I am still learning complex verbal forms and vocabulary.... I understand Portugese. I will be 4lingual soon❤
Thank you very much, greetings from Bolivia.
Wow, I just ran into this issue. I can read and understand 90% but if I just listen, my understanding can go way down. I thought the answer would be to listen to it a thousand times until my listening comprehension matched my reading comprehension. After this advice, I'm going to move forward and listen to past chapters from time to time for novelty.
I've challenged myself to watch without subtitle and got to understand at least 85%, Thank you for content Steve.
These Vids are so helpful
It's really helpfully, this is the second time for me to watch this series of videos. Thank you so mush for sharing.
I'm still a little way off from being able to do an audiobook in Spanish, so I've been listening to a lot of (mostly Colombian) talk radio. I can usually figure out broadly what they're talking about although I don't understand most sentences. The upside is that there's basically unlimited free, relatively interesting content. The downside is you can't replay anything. Definitely recommended for people who just need content to wash the dishes to.
You speak so clearly in every language (that I have any experience in). It is an amazing gift.
Your advice is wise .Helpful and builds confident.Thanks for your motivation
Steve! When I started learning English, I did exactly what you say in this video. Even I did not know that this is the efficient way. I just invented it by myself. I can confirm that this was a great way to learn a new language.
І am currently a temporary resident of an English-speaking country (and I am not young at all!) I have been studying English intensively for a year, but I am not satisfied with myself. Your advice is very valuable. Thank you!
Hi from Siberia! Thank you very much! I think that your advice is very important.
I learned a lot from your videos. Thank you for sharing knowledge
我對學語言不在乎重複與否
這次看了記不記的得
這部影片讓我認識到重複與新的閱讀之間有其他不錯的平衡點
謝謝
ありがとうございます
The first thing I tell someone that asks me how to learn a language is "Learn how not to understand." By that I mean to get comfortable with not understanding. I believe a part of a video was about not being afraid of not understanding everything which warms my heart.
nice showing about the words and meaning. It takes time to inject the meaning based on what we had leaned to the new voice. Thanks for the advise.
I like the news because it's new every time, inherently interesting, real--not canned, it's nearly 100% talk, and the enunciation is really clear.
Do you use any app to hear the news?
Thanks for the advice. I was wondering at what point I move on to the next lesson. I’m 71 and sometimes I have to look up on a word meaning many many times before I get automatically, but hopefully getting there.
Hi Steve ! Thank you so much for your interesting and helpful advice !
What I love about Lingq is that you can accomplish all of the necessary tasks that support listening and reading (input) in a very concise, easy to use, and richly functional way. To be able to simply choose a phrase, word or sentence and hear it, is vital to embed the material into the subconscious/automatic mind.Of course, Linqq facilitates this perfectly.
Oh... as a english learner, i know how frastrated it is that i cant undersrand anything that i am listening to.
But i could keep studying because english has a lot of resource to study. So i studied step by step from easy level with strong motication about english.
Repeating listening and reading what i can't understand anything will be too too too challenging..
I think you have tremendous passion and talent about language !!
Above all you need patience and tons of it. In our modern world we expect stuff today, right now. It doesn't happen like that. Our brains are sponges, bit's get stuck but most new stuff flows straight through like water. We need to remember this. Great video Steve !
Hi Steven
Thank you very much for your sharing. It is very helpful for me. Even I have studied English for many years, I am still in intermediate level. Especially my listening skill is poor. Anyway, I will try again to brush up my listening.
This information is pure gold. Congratulations.
Keep watching your ideas and they are very helpful.
Understand it’s normal not to recognize all the words, and it’s normal not to focus strongly.
The important thing is listening a few times. Repetition isn’t boring but is vital. After listening, reading and learning new words then listening again.
One possibility is you can’t get it even after reading materials and processing it. But remind you learning is a process of accumulation. You’re improving gradually
Yeah! It was pretty good advice. Thank u for being there Steve Kaufman.
I like your teaching English sir. Your teaching very clearly .. I'm from Laos
Very useful remind us how to learn to learning Language, thank very much Teacher. 😊
Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful motivational ideas...!
thank you teacher, regards from Colombia
Thank you this helped me as listening comprehension in my target language is the most difficult for me.
Hello, Steve. I hope your channel will help me to improve my English listening skills.
M. Steve, the best Way (English is my second language) to develop any language is listening to radio talk-show because as you mentioned movies keeps me distracted by the images, lights, etc. Additionally, (my own experience), talking to people on a phone is also a great ingredient. Trust me😅. Et voilà!
Always grateful for the encouragement
thank you for your tips!) I'll actually use it for my studies
Thank you for the advice concerning repetition and novelty when studying. It was helpful for me.
Exactly right, practical and helpful. Thank you, Mr. Kaufmann.
Simple, direct and very effective tips. Thanks Steve!
thanks for your skill&suggestion，useful，多謝你。
Thank you so much! I am learning Korean and I am really struggling with listening, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it or how to improve it. This help a lot 😊
I've tried to show that English is a beautiful language and it's possible to master it perfectly .
Thank you very much Steve. Very helpful 👍👍
Thank you Steve for your tips! This lesson was really helpful. I'm from Argentina. I'm working on my skills in English to achieve my goals, which are moving my family and I to the north.
Hi Steve
What you say makes so much sense, especially to someone who is learning a new language. I have been listening to " learn while you sleep" videos on youtube which are basically words and limited phrases repeated several times. My question is: will these types of videos satisfy the recommendation of repetitive listening you are referring to, or do I need to find content with more in the way of stories. BTW the language I'm learning is Mandarin. Thank you in advance.
Tony
This video is really important for me. Thanks a lot. You’re the best
Thanks for advice.I will follow your instruction.I think it will help me
Gracias
I like your ideas, video after video. This one emphasizes listening and reading. What about the active skills of writing and speaking? I find these also crucial in working toward fluency.
almost everything you mentiond in this video I was practising on my own in my listeing skills journey without anyone telling like keep changing material for listening and I console my mind that no matter If you couldnth understand something this is the beginning and manymore things which is discussed
Haha 😢
Thank you for the tips! I love how you explain the theory behind your suggestions and don't just give out meaningless circular logic like "The way to improve your listening comprehension is to do lots of listening." I really struggle with listening though. I'm studying Japanese, and when I try to watch Japanese shows or listen to songs, I tune out almost immediately because it's moving too quickly and there is too much that I don't understand. I pick up isolated words here and there, but not enough to piece together meaning, and it's like my brain literally gets tired from trying to keep up. I know you said that it's difficult to remain dialed in all of the time. I just wish I could stay focused more, because I don't believe that at the point where my brain has essentially turned what I'm listening to into background noise, that I'm learning anything.
Thank you so much! I needed to hear that.
That was a wonderful lesson. Thanks a lot!! Cheers from Brazil :)
Wow Steve well said these words could have come out of my mouth, exactly how I approach Nice to hear reaffirming