I clicked on this video (being the language nerd that I am) not noticing the view count, but I am honestly so surprised at how little views it has! This video is OUTSTANDING!! I am sending this now to all of my friends. You perfectly explained what I have been trying to tell all my friends for ages. Best YT video I've watched in a long time. Wish I could like this video more than once. Truly outstanding, Standing ovation 👏👏
I couldn't agree with you more! I have been studying French, Korean and Japanese for almost a decade now (I'm a native English speaker) and I have made slow progress through grammar and vocab, about 2 years ago I decided to take the approach you're talking about here and have made more progress in these languages in a single year than the last 10 years. Simply LISTENING, READING and TALKING with people is really the only way to learn a language to fluency as far as I have seen. Grammar can help a lot in the beginning, and can even fast track your learning, but can become a crutch in the intermediate level if you're not careful.
I find that using songs like you said is kind of helpful with learning a language. More specifically, watching those RU-vid videos where it has the lyrics in the original language, the romanized lyrics, and the translation of the lyrics.
Do u feel like your voice change when you speak English like you speak with lower voice compared to what was your “1st” language (I’m assuming it’s Chinese) ? Because I feel like American tends to have a warm and rich voice like yours, whereas non natives their voice is so high, thin and lack of resonance