That was helpful. I've been eager to jump into native content because I find it interesting but ended up being so disheartened when I could barely understand anything. I've humbled myself and started watching simpler content and it's getting much more helpful.
Great insight into language learning and very helpful. I’ve been working on Mandarin for a few years and am still at A1 with my toes dabbling in A-2. I’m going to do the loop as you explained it and see if I can break on through to the other side, as Jim Morrison would say.
I'm so glad to hear that! I used to be extremely shy too, but it makes it so much more rewarding when you take that leap and go for it. Let me know how it goes :D
I am terribly introverted and shy and recently dove into HelloTalk to talk to native speakers and other learners and it has done wonders for my courage and confidence! I recommend it ^^
I just had a dream where colelangs was making videos about a half building construction half French class he was taking, but his teacher got fired for goofing off.
This video was great! I am currently trying to learn Spanish ( took it all through middle school, high school, and college but have nothing to show for it). About the input, I’m still a little confused, I’ve been watching kids cartoons in Spanish with Spanish subtitles and I usually can understand what’s happening in the episode without translating all the words - is this what you mean by the 85-95% understanding? Also how would you go about using that to produce output? Sorry if these questions are dumb but, I’m learning on my own and really want to get to a point of fluency, it’s my my ultimate goal to be able to say I’m bilingual ( would be so awesome lol) - thanks!!!
I’m in the so called plateau. how do I pop out of it ? my listening comprehension vary from 50% to above… I want to reach 70% to 100% of any content I watch. do you have any training recommendations? I’m subscribed to lingQ by the way, but I don’t know how to use it effectively to improve both my listening and reading comprehension. a few insights or even further conversations with you would def help me to sort this out. can you help me ? 🙏
I'm from rural Michigan so I can relate haha. Use the internet to find people. There are hundreds of websites/platforms you can use. Language exchanged can be fun, but it could also be as simple as playing video games casually with ppl from other countries
Italki is an example of a site where you can talk with native speakers of a language. You select your mother language and how adept you are in the language you want to learn. The site will give you suggestions for people who speak the language you want to learn and want to learn your native language. So you can make conversations and help each other at the same time. There are also teachers available but those people are paid and that is Italki's main source of income. There are other sites where you can have conversations, Busuu for example but that is more where you can get speech exercises and native speakers can give feedback through audio or text. Depending on the culture of the language people will either give harsh feedback or almost no feedback at all. Personally, I prefer the harsh feedback instead of a general and kind "You are doing so great!" because you get to know what to improve and actually start learning.
@@loviebeest thanks 👍 but I don't really think I wanna improve my output atm, I'm ok learning new stuff with this language and I really don't think i'll ever have to speak it in my life lol, I just care about the understanding part of language learning xd
The Portuguese nasal sound ão took me over a year of practice to get comfortable with, so probably that. But if my Arabic were better and if I could pronounce all of its sounds then it would certainly be غ
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Let me know if you have any questions! :D
I’m in trying to learn German it’s my first language besides Spanish in school which nobody remembers and I’m worried if I will actually get fluent😅😅😅
Help me
@@ericmielke8454 Ich auch. Es ist sehr schwer!
That was helpful. I've been eager to jump into native content because I find it interesting but ended up being so disheartened when I could barely understand anything. I've humbled myself and started watching simpler content and it's getting much more helpful.
So happy to hear that! I had the same experience but started to learn much more with resources that were closer to my actual level
Great insight into language learning and very helpful. I’ve been working on Mandarin for a few years and am still at A1 with my toes dabbling in A-2. I’m going to do the loop as you explained it and see if I can break on through to the other side, as Jim Morrison would say.
As an extremely shy language learner this really helped! Perhaps now I'll break out of my shell and go for it ☺️ I can't thank you enough 🙏
I'm so glad to hear that! I used to be extremely shy too, but it makes it so much more rewarding when you take that leap and go for it. Let me know how it goes :D
I am terribly introverted and shy and recently dove into HelloTalk to talk to native speakers and other learners and it has done wonders for my courage and confidence! I recommend it ^^
This makes it seem so simple. I think it’s a good reminder that we tend to overcomplicate language learning. Cheers! 🎉
Yes absolutely!
I just had a dream where colelangs was making videos about a half building construction half French class he was taking, but his teacher got fired for goofing off.
Thanks for the insight!
You're welcome!
23 male, starting to learn spanish from scratch using duolingo free version. I only know english. Hoping to stick with it! Love the vids
⬅️ اتمنى لك كل التوفيق والنجاح الدائم
➡️ I wish you all the best and lasting success
Thank you very much for this video!
I really needed this to learn languages by my own !
You're welcome!
This video was great! I am currently trying to learn Spanish ( took it all through middle school, high school, and college but have nothing to show for it). About the input, I’m still a little confused, I’ve been watching kids cartoons in Spanish with Spanish subtitles and I usually can understand what’s happening in the episode without translating all the words - is this what you mean by the 85-95% understanding? Also how would you go about using that to produce output? Sorry if these questions are dumb but, I’m learning on my own and really want to get to a point of fluency, it’s my my ultimate goal to be able to say I’m bilingual ( would be so awesome lol) - thanks!!!
Cole, I wanted to let you know that Cut made another “Guess which language I’m speaking” video!
Im going to major in arabic next year as a native English speaker who knows 0 other languages. Any advice??? I’m super nervous I dont went to fail
I’m in the so called plateau. how do I pop out of it ? my listening comprehension vary from 50% to above… I want to reach 70% to 100% of any content I watch. do you have any training recommendations?
I’m subscribed to lingQ by the way, but I don’t know how to use it effectively to improve both my listening and reading comprehension. a few insights or even further conversations with you would def help me to sort this out. can you help me ? 🙏
I’m brazilian by the way 🇧🇷 and grasped around 90% of the video without the subs 🎉
this man looks like he had to suffer through a 12h flight without sleeping at all, just to then record a vid. XD
I live in Arkansas, not the most linguistically diverse area. How do you find people to test your output and give feedback?
I'm from rural Michigan so I can relate haha. Use the internet to find people. There are hundreds of websites/platforms you can use. Language exchanged can be fun, but it could also be as simple as playing video games casually with ppl from other countries
Bro am I supposed to get feedback??? I have never ever had a convo in english lol
Italki is an example of a site where you can talk with native speakers of a language.
You select your mother language and how adept you are in the language you want to learn. The site will give you suggestions for people who speak the language you want to learn and want to learn your native language. So you can make conversations and help each other at the same time. There are also teachers available but those people are paid and that is Italki's main source of income.
There are other sites where you can have conversations, Busuu for example but that is more where you can get speech exercises and native speakers can give feedback through audio or text. Depending on the culture of the language people will either give harsh feedback or almost no feedback at all. Personally, I prefer the harsh feedback instead of a general and kind "You are doing so great!" because you get to know what to improve and actually start learning.
@@loviebeest thanks 👍 but I don't really think I wanna improve my output atm, I'm ok learning new stuff with this language and I really don't think i'll ever have to speak it in my life lol, I just care about the understanding part of language learning xd
Arkansas gang!👊🏼
Instructions unclear, my tongue is stuck in my braces. Please send halp.
What is the hardest sound of the sounds that you have learned
The Portuguese nasal sound ão took me over a year of practice to get comfortable with, so probably that. But if my Arabic were better and if I could pronounce all of its sounds then it would certainly be غ
Ok
How can i get your English accent ❤
Immersion
How do i get feedback. when i try to chat in Spanish or other languages online nobody replies
Join a Spanish speaking community or do a language exchange
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