I am still doing my English routine, and I started doing that for 30 days, it was like three months ago. And I wholeheartedly believe that my English skills are going from strength to strength and that is thanks to you, cuz I believed in your tips so much, that I had my heart set on this channel and that meant a lot to me. So from the bottom of my heart thank you so so much for what you are doing for all of us.
Journaling in the language you're trying to learn is such a good tip, specially if you already have some basic knowledge of that language. I think I'll try to take some time to journal in Russian everyday, and see how it goes.
@@pezcristal oooh Oki I will try it out anyway even if it's 1 sentence :) annnd u learn Turkish ??Bc I wanna learn this language one day (after russian which I'm still learning) it's beautiful!
@@lyalya6860 it's beautiful and it's not very difficult if you watch content with subtitles, it helps you understand a little bit more grammar structure which may be confusing at first I hope it helps you ☺️
Kinda the same here. I’ve been studying Spanish for a while and I can understand a lot that I read but listening is so hard for me when native speakers speak fast. I feel clueless!
Me too! You're not alone. Here's a tip that's worked for me: I have a francophone friend with whom I practice my French (Spanish is my first language). Having a specific person to talk to in your target language is just so helpful.
@@courtney9321 How hard is life. I speak Spanish and my target language is English. Same thing happens to me when people who speak fast talk to me in English, I can understand half but I feel dumb when my mind goes blank.🙈
Your active vocabulary (words you use) will always be considerably smaller than your passive vocabulary (words you can understand). That’s true for peoples native languages as well.
As a Spanish speaker I'd recommend you to maybe separate some of the resources by country of origin. Most of the resources I saw in the clip are Spain's and Mexico's Spanish and they vary greatly 😅 both in grammar some times and a lot in vocabulary and pronunciation, so it'd be best for a Spanish learner to pick one they would like to learn. (Maybe this could apply to French too with Canada and France, I studied France's French and oftentimes can't understand very well a Canadian speaking)
@@SM-vz1ek Ooh that's cool to know 😮 that's why I said maybe 🙈 it was just from what little I knew from my French teachers commenting on Canadian French and me not understanding very well some RU-vidrs/Instagrammers. In Spanish, a big grammar difference I notice between Mexican and Spain's is speaking in past. Mexico we mainly use a simple past while Spain uses something like passé composé. So a detail like that can really change the structure...
@@melissavillegas16 this is so true. I'm from México, and for the first Spanish show I watched, I had to put on subtitles because I couldn't understand what it was said at first 😅😅. But after two or three episodes I got used to it. But yeah, they're both quite different, so it's better to choose which one you want to learn
@@SM-vz1ek Thank you so much for sharing this - I've been learning french just in case i can migrate to some of the areas in Canada that mainly speak French, and i had this doubt "what if I'm learning French from France and it doesn't work in Canada?" You just took a weight off my shoulders!
Still I'm learning english, I want finish 2022 speaking fluently in english, and try learn french by myself. It's so beautiful when the person speak more of one language
Very good tips. As long as you do some studying as opposed to trying to do hours in one day and then not studying for days, you're on the right path!! It's great to be driven, but also pace yourself based on your current schedule :)
I totally agree! There's no need to do hours and hours of studying in one day, you'll burn yourself out. Pacing yourself is super important, and making sure you're enjoying the process!
It's nice to see someone talking about the importance of learning the reading, speaking and writing of a language. Thank you for the video! Greetings from Brazil!
WOW! You've put so much work into this Shea! Thank you so much~ ❤️ I'm gathering materials to start learning Italian right now and definitely adding your planner to my tool kit 😊
Thank you! I did put a lot of time into this to make sure it could really help people with their language learning goals 📚😊 I’m super excited that you’re going to learn Italian! Best of luck and I hope you enjoy it!
We’re so alike!!! My mother tongue is Polish actually, however the rest is the same: English is also my second language and I’m currently learning German (~B1/B2) and Italian (A1).
@@aleksandrakonieczna2109 Polish, maybe I put it in my list as well 😂😂. I am in love with Deutsch, I love the accent, and Italian is easy to me, because is a little bit close to Portuguese, is ALMOST the same. I love it. Now I am thinking if I should learn Russian before Turkish, Spanish and France. (I am sure one day I will be able to speak every language in the World, that is my addiction😂😂)
I'm learning French since 3 years and I'm still like on a beginner level, my teachers don't really help me, if i ask questions about grammer they say i will learn that next year, when i ask about vocabulary they say i just have to learn them... not really good advice tbh I'm glad i found this video, i will try to learn more on my own with your tips now :)
Loved this video! You've inspired me to get planning, exploring and documenting the journey myself in my own language scrap book of linguistic adventures! Still trying to decide whether to go digital or pen and paper. Each path has its own wealth of pros and cons i guess.
@@SheaJordan I think you would enjoy it! I started learning Brazilian Portuguese about a month ago and I love it!! It has been the easiest for me to pick up so far and I really enjoy learning it. I actually am learning it so that I can speak to a friend who speaks it ( it's her second language, actually. But she lived in Brazil for 32 years and had to leave her best friend behind. It really seems to make her happy when I speak to her in Brazilian Portuguese ). But I think I would learn it anyway just because it is pretty easy to pick up. Sorry for the long comment!😬
I am so excited to start studing italian! I am from Brazil and brazilian portuguese is much similar to italian so I can understand a little bit, but I am looking to being fluent in the future.
Hi, Shea! Could you give some tips about how learning more than one language at the same time? I am actually learning Spanish, Germany and English, but I am having some difficulties about how manage my time. Your channel is so inspiring and motivivator, congrats! Also, I am from Brazil, so if you need to practise Portuguese, we can talk! :)
I am currently in the process of learning Brazilian Portuguese and would love your help. I know I am just a random stranger on the internet, but I have been trying to find more native Portuguese speakers that could help me. :)
Love your video, one recommendation I would make on the notebook - if the person is studying a language where they stack letters, Korean 한국어 for example, it's probably better to get a wide rule note book rather than college rule - if you want lines in your notebook.
im gonna buy it. been struggling to learn nepali for way too long. (I am embarrassed to say how long) it doesn't help that I am quite shy and introverted so bringing myself to try conversation is a nightmare for me. (excuses I know) i feel like i am just getting nowhere on my own, so here we go. ill check back in 30 days to give you guys an update on progress
Great video! I am trying to create my own English study plan in order to take more advantage of my time and this video will definitely make it easier for me, thanks to your tips I have a better idea now about how I will do it. Thank you for sharing these tips!!!
Your video popped up on my feed but i found this topic insteresting. I do a similar thing with English, i study every day and i do tasks related to all the four skills. This study style helped me a lot through these long three years of studying (struggling) as well all by myself and recently i'm feeling unmotivated and i don't know what should i do. It would be nice if you could give me a piece of advice based on your experience. XOXO
Your videos are really helpful, I’m learning Italian to prepare to study in Italy next year! Unfortunately I’m not able to buy the plan because we don’t use debit/credit cards. But I’ll keep on watching your videos!
@@ezequielgervasio reading and listening to things that are of the right level for you can actually help a lot with improving your vocabulary! Sometimes we underestimate the resources we have already: for example, if you do a reading exercise with true or false questions, go deeper and analyse the text in the exercise; see what new vocabulary you can take from the text and use it in your own speaking. Keep a notebook as a "personal dictionary" where you keep and list your new vocabulary with examples (written by you). Going through this notebook can help remind you of the new vocab you learn. :)
Ciao bella! I'm curious to know if yu yurself still follow this as per your daily language learning routine. Establishing the routine is SO important in order to be efficient with time. I tend to waste sooo much time with language learning when I get so overwhelmed by too many resources!
Ciao! I don't anymore because now I attend a language course in Italy, so my schedule is based around that. But I think having a plan is a great idea and make sure not to overwhelm yourself like you said. Just keep it simple :)
This is the best video i have probably seen yet because I love to be organized, do you think you could make a Russian plan in the future (or does it depend on the languages you have learned?)?
Hi Shea how are you, thank you for this video) I have a couple of questions. 1) What editing software do you use 2) How did you study editing and practice editing 3) How often would you practice editing e.g 1 hour a day? twice a week? If you can answer through a youtube video, blog post, or just in your reply to this comment, that'll be great.
Hi there! So I use Adobe Premiere. I actually have a video on editing for beginners on my channel! It's just an older video so it's kinda far back. I never spent time just practicing it, I learned how to get faster at it just by editing my own RU-vid videos and seeing what work flow was best for me. I also learned SO much just by searching RU-vid for tutorials. It's something that takes time to get used to, especially because the editing platforms can seem super overwhelming at first. But once you get that down, you can start looking up how to do more editing techniques and keep building from there!
Hi Shea, I just purchase your plan...thanks soo much for taking the time that I dont have to put this together...I only saw 1 resource for free online childrens books. Can you recommend another? Thank you.
I got aweful handwriting so I rather use notes app. Back in the days when I was still using notebook for my learning journey, I feel less rejuvenated to review all what I've put in it because of my terrible handwriting. 😂
Ok I updated the link within the course. Let me know if it still doesn't work for you and I can try to DM you somewhere to get it fixed. Or I can add you by email.
Can someone tell me if the Discord server still "alive"? Since is a after-purchase server and have already pass some time since this video, im wondering if its still going well. Thanks for everything , seems like a really good study plan!
I’ll pop in here to answer honestly that it’s not very “alive.” I would like to get it going again but I attempted to post a few extra challenges in there and have study groups but no one participated 😓 but now that I’m more settled in Italy I have time to try and revive it!
@@SheaJordan Thank you so much for you honesty. Im looking for random people to "improve" my 'speaking' since i have social anxiety and cant even talk at all with my friends from different countries. In other words, Im completely stuck on the 'speaking' part, and is (probably?) the most important one. Thank you so much for everything.
No, the language program includes a collection of resources for all the languages mentioned already in it. It's not meant to be for just one language. The study exercises can be applied to any language.
A lot of my followers are learning Brazilian Portuguese so I added that one to the thumbnail, I just added the flags of some languages that my followers tell me they've been learning. I didn't choose this with the intention of leaving out European Portuguese, I just added some flag icons to the thumbnail.
@@SheaJordan I am glad to know that. It is not because I am an European Portuguese, but there are many things that you would miss just studing Brasilian Portuguese, including the different accent. Remember, the historic roots come from Portugal and our neighbouring region, Galicia. Galician is our sister language. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-02MeW9gIoBM.htmlsi=AvITFF0ZfgrCx6g3
I'm gonna say this, on the about 1000th polyglot channel, and hopefully someone will finally get it: YOU CAN'T GET "BURNED OUT" BY SOMETHING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT ! IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL ! Here are the tools that get you burned out in language learning: 1- NOTEBOOKS: You can't run away from the school's method to replicate exactly that in your self-study journey, and hope not to be burned out. TEXTBOOKS: Well, beyond the fact that a language will NEVER ever come out from a textbook, I will just say this about them, use boring stuff for learning and you'll get bored, period. 3. FLASHCARDS: ...Don't really have many things to say about this one. Here is just the cancer of learning in general. Do you like cancer?.. 4. APPS: ...Apps as language teachers.. a joke. 5. DESKS: This one could sound a little bit funny but, WHY ON THE EARTH DO SOMEONE NEED A DESK, A TABLE AND A CHAIR, TO LEARN A LANGUAGE? IS IT MATH OR SOMETHING?.. ...I always wander why people always need to feel like they're really "physically working hard" to convince themselves they are productive. The "School mindset", that's exactly the reason why people are failing, and will continue to fail, learning languages (this, and the "6 months / 12 months" stuffs..). Languages are the only skill every human is certain to be able to master. Each of us is a living proof of this statement. Stop with those counter-productive habits and I can assure you that even the dumbest person will be able to learn ANY language in this world. Note: an advice from a man on his 25, 4th months of learning Mandarin and Italian; who can't speak any language fluently apart from his own (French), and even struggling with English that everybody speaks; but who is certain to become a Master in Mandarin and Japanese within the next 10 years, without any of those "burnout tools" I listed above. ...Good luck to all of us. From Cameroon.
Thank you for all this, but I still disagree on the main “you can’t burnout from something you’re passionate about” argument. I’m incredibly passionate about making RU-vid videos and creating social media content, but I can find myself shooting videos, editing, creating content and working for hours and hours because I LOVE it and I absolutely get burned out. That’s why I and many other youtubers often have to take breaks from making videos. You can still get burned out from things you absolutely love. From your list above, I think you have to remember language learning is a highly personal and individualized process. Some things make work better for me than they do for others. Some people prefer apps and enjoy that method of learning, some don’t. Maybe these things burn you out, but it’s not true for everyone. I appreciate you sharing this and I hope your language learning journey continues to go well! Thanks for watching!
I feel like this comment was meant to be rude? My channel is about my language learning experience and I’m currently learning Italian. You don’t have to be a polyglot who knows a crazy amount of languages to have a RU-vid channel. Eventually I’d love to learn more languages, but I’m focusing on one right now and sharing my tips and experiences with other language learners.
