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Ikenna can you give us some tips on how to ig I guess block out a language and focus one at a time or the ones you use the most.Because I’m learning Italian so I can speak to my mother’s side of the family I already speak one romantic language Romanian, I been so use to watching French movies RU-vidrs like bilal Hassani and sulivan gwed and Sunday Jules, mademoiselle Gloria, spark dise, alix gavoille, and more that I can sing ROI by bilal Hassani but can’t remember the word for bathroom in Italian, it like I need to be cleared of French and turn my room and brain into little Italy
I just bought the book today... I’m halfway through it. This has been something I needed. I need to refine my Spanish. After that I will choose another language. Unlike you though, I’ve known early that languages could be a thing for me. I was surrounded by Spanish speakers at a young age; I was raised in central Florida. So, thank you for this!
When I come round to trying to learn I will have made my technique so efficient that I just learn how to say "Beans" in every language and extrapolate the entire language from that in 3 minutes.
@@Aaron-zd1ws if you want to know.... Us frenchies have a tendancy to struggle AS F* in orthography (for this generation at least) and we all have a phenomenon called "flemme" that happens when we're tired and that makes us don't want to do anything and procrastinate like no other human being on earth. And because of this a lot of french guys and girls have litteraly no skills in orthography.... So keep going 👍
I literally used to watch her in spanish back in Cuba i never learned Chinese yet. I'm learning japanese right now as my 3rd language, planning on learning chinese later so let's see how it goes.
Lucas Bustillo Wow, I’m also learning Japanese right now. I would watch the show in Mexico as a child, weird coincidence in language knowledge lol. Best wishes!
I personally think that people should deconstruct a language by using their own language and finding all the equivalents and then learning how to use your study language as if it were your own. For example, find out all the pronouns, all adjectives, then find the 20 most common verbs, top 100 every day objects and places, and get basic sentence structure/grammar rules in the study language and make flash cards and study them. Then after hearing music or video's in your study language you will start learning from them 10X faster because you actually KNOW what words are being spoken in the tv and music. I don't believe in learning a language RAW (as in learning it like a baby does). NO matter how much NOISE you hear in the study language, if you don't know what they are saying, you are making very slow progress at best to learn the language. That's why it takes babies 4-5 years to talk despite full immersion in the language 24/7. Turning NOISE into Knowledge is not as effective as building a language blueprint and filling it in like a puzzle.
Wrong. You learn faster if you disconnect your native language to the language you're trying to learn. Think of equivalents in the same language just different, simpler words
i learn my japanese through my 3ds its a game called my japanese coach but now i study in school and im currently learning kanji along with grammar things
This is what i did since i was 14 I started with, baby shows and currently i can understand even slangs. and i am mexican and never put a foot in anglo countries. Also i push myself about reading books in english and start discussions online.
My mother came from serbia to germany without any knowledge of the german language, she learned german by interacting with people and watching TV. She's working as a translator/interpreter today without ever having seen a language school from the inside and judges always ask for her when they need someone for the serbian language, even though there's quite a few others.
@@avzarathustra6164 It has a few similiarities with other slavic languages. Other than that? No idea, never took a deep dive into the language, which i definitely regret. If you have no problems pronouncing 3 consonants in a row (Krk for example, an island in croatia) then you wont have a hard time with speaking. Theres also 3 or 4 kinds of 's' sounds which can be hard to grasp, but grammar is actually pretty hard according to my mom. Grammar is something i never understood tho, neither german or english. so again: no idea bout that :x If you wanna know some specific stuff i can try to ask my mom about it, may be a good opportunity to get better at the language myself xD
@@XploitedEuter oh lol! I'm sorry, I assumed you were fluent XD! Serbian isn't really mentioned that much compared to Russian, so it's interesting to talk about.
When I start learning a new language I always watch Peppa Pig at first.It is really helpful and you can find it in whatever language you want,even in the one that is quite rare(czech in my case)
@@jadrobe3492 Five,including my native-Russian.I can speak French Zcech Spanish English and I recently started Korean but I cant say anything,I just mastered Hangul.
As a french i Can recomend you some french comedy like for exemple "mais qu'est ce qu'on a fait au bon dieu" (but what did we do to god un english) it's a comedy about racism in a family
Tips for improving your listening skills in your target language. I’m in this strange limbo stage of French rn. I’d consider myself somewhere around B1-B2 and when I listen to others speak my mind just blanks out!
I tried doing that with spanish subtitles Korean dramas, but I was finding myself focusing on translating the Spanish 🤷🏽♀️ ..I feel like my Spanish would probably improve
That's what I'm doing now. I'm watching series with Portuguese audio and English subtitles, because there are no subtitles in my native language. It helped a lot, because I found a lot of words that are very simular in the 2 languages so it's easier to recognise them.
@@szabinakalocsa437 where are you getting the Portuguese shows I am currently learning Portuguese and I'm finding it very hard to find shows that are from Portugal or have Portuguese audio. if you have any to recommend it would be appreciated !
As someone that just finished with kana, I approve this! ありがとございます Just for the newbies, he's saying の which is the sound "no". Which is basically saying no in English. In Japanese no would be iie いいえ although!
Stromae in the background ❤ J'adore tes vidéos mais surtout ta chanson "je crois pas" ! Je l'ai saigné tout l'été ! Do one other more of this kind please !!!
Now that I'm thinking of it, the og dragon ball was really linguistically simple. I watched it in English, and never saw words difficult for people learning English.
If you wanna learn a language, watch something which is basically in the language you wanna learn. I mean if you wanna learn French, watch french shows, not English shows translated in French, because the translation isn't always good and you can't notice every joke or something else specific to the language you wanna learn.
I learned English only from RU-vid videos and tv shows/films + some books down the road. It’s probably not good as only way of learning but I think it worked out for me. Some study of grammar and stuff like that would be probably good to top it of but I don’t like textbooks. Right now I would like to Learn Japanese and I will probably try it in similar way. First I would like to learn hiragana and katakana so I can read subtitles and then watch some good shows with Japanese subs + I got Pimsleurs Japanese so I can have some basics before I start watching. Great video.
i know english, dutch and portuguese due growing up speaking those languages. portuguese as my mother one, dutch as my everyday at school and english with internet. you’re really inspiring me to check out some more languages and have get the whole potential that i can do it. i’ve been watching anime and japanese, korean, chinese, spanish dramas and till this day don’t really get it bUt now i really have the motivation to go for it. thanks man. 😤🙏🙏
I don’t think you can learn a language from zero just by watching a TV show. I am watching animes for 6 years now and cannot speak Japanese at all. But I do think that TV shows are a good source of learning a language if you are actually learning the language with books or in a school, then you can practice your hearing comprehension and pick up new words. That’s how I learned english, was learning English in school and watched lots of tv shows to improve it but learning a language just with a TV show? Nahh
i learned english that way, i didnt watch TV but i've watched youtube. i also started to read books after a while. i never used subtitles and i talked english by myself everyday. i never had to open a grammar book.
Nah... I don't think so... I learned English and German just by watching tv and nothing else... It wouldn't make sense from a evolutionary perspective to not be able to learn a language just by listening... What if one day you get stranded in a land where you don't know their language? The body would have to have a safe plan for that.... And that is being able to learn a language just by listening.
English is so easy to learn, it's almost everywhere, I am way better at English, one of the best in the class, because I watch so much youtube, but of course, memes, they helped a lot too
@@idk-ww5th My mother tongue is Estonian, I'm from EU, I have learned English for 2-3 years in school but I play a lot of video games and spend time on internet, so I always read English. It has accelerated(I don't know if it's the right word to use) my English reading skill, but only reading doesn't teach you everything, my pronunciation isn't that good and I have hard time writing long, complicated sentences.
@@Tony-rt1gr wow! the same, I started learning when I was 12 years old and I was almost fluent when I was 15 thanks to memes and RU-vid videos now I'm 17 and I understand English well My native language is french by the way. And I also completely agree with you, English is very easy to learn since you see it everywhere
I guess Id do this, if you are: Beginner: target language audio+your language subtitles Intermediate: target language audio+ target language subtitles Advance: target language audio+no subtitles
3:58 Actually it is possible to learn a language with jus watching TV. For a person that’s already fed up with school studying I know that I’d never be motivated enough to learn a language by studying it. It prolly will take a long ass time but it is possible. I’m Saudi Arabian so my first language is Arabic and considering the fact that Arabic is a pretty difficult and different language it’s kinda hard to learn any other languages. But I’ve always watched RU-vid videos and movies n stuff for years and now I can speak English fluently. Now I’m switching into learning French so wish me luck:)
Watch a movie you're very familiar with, in the dub of the language you want to learn, with english subtitles. Like, I know the whole script to The Fast and The Furious off by heart, so what if I watch it in another language? Because I know what's going on and what they should be saying in English, but instead comparing it with the other language. So you're learning like "Ok, so this phrase is said like this in this language", etc. Genius.
I’m not sure if anyone has already brought this up but CaptionPop is another really good source for language content with double translations. Plus it’s RU-vid videos so it’s native speakers speaking in modern language as well as it’s free!
I recommend using RU-vid once you've passed the subtitles stage of watching things. Most native content in Spanish doesn't have subtitles so that kind of sucks haha but there are channels where there are subtitles available.
@@iris-zy1dt Hello! If you are still interested, some hipanic youtubers that I know are: SPAIN: Vegetta777, elrubiusOMG, TheWillyrex, AuronPlay, RanguGamer, ElRichMC... (let's players), El canal de Korah (parody dubs and vlogs), Karimero (Pokémon channel). LATAM: JuegaGerman (Chile, let's plays), El Reviewer Random (Chile, media reviewer/critic), piyoasdf (Chile, art channel), Nico Borie (Chile, music covers in spanish), Fernanfloo (El Salvador), Luisito Comunica (México), César Córdova (México, art channel. He has subtitles in various languages), Leo Meza (México, art channel), La Zona Cero (México, animation reviewer/critic), DrossRotzank (Venezuela, spooky videos?).
@@iris-zy1dt I'm not sure how good these channels actually are for language learning since I'm a native speaker but I hope it helps a bit at least! Once you start watching them, RU-vid will recommend other channels anyway in case you don't like those.
SUMMARY: 1. Only watch shows that you would watch in English (or your native language) or you would get bored and learning languages should be fun. 2. For the beginning parts of your language learning (3-9 months) use English subtitles, and then remove them and replace it with the language you’re studying. 3. When you learn a new word put it in Anki (flash card program that forces you to remember the word) 4. Some really good websites to use are Viki rakutan (I definitely spelled that wrong but it’s good for Chinese, Japanese, and korean), Fluentu, and Yabla (has a lot more languages) Good luck on your language adventures 😊💕
@Hansol yes, it's nothing new because they are a very talented group of boys, and many people love and support them. Your opinion is your opinion and you are allowed to like any music you like.😊
Maya Armour I’m getting better at reading Hangul too but I still need lots of practice. This song is pretty slow enough to where you can sing a long when reading the hangul ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lzyl7abaPe0.html
Great advice! My 6 year-old son is a big fan of Yokai Watch. He wanted to watch newer episodes, so I started playing the subbed version for him and reading the subtitles aloud. I'm very surprised at how much I have learned!
It would be great to hear you talk about how much time you think someone should spend learning grammatical rules and stuff. I'm not a fan of it, but obviously it it's place, in moderation.
Skinny Dwayne Johnson? It’s funny I’ve literally just started learning Japanese three days ago starting with Hiragana and I’m watching bleach subbed and I am already beginning to understand the grammar and construct of sentences. Obviously very low key. I have watched bleach all the way through both in English and Japanese
Could you tell what you think of the Fluent Forever App, It's quite new contain similar methods to what's on your book, just wanted to know your take on it?!
I tend to go with RU-vid videos or Podcasts instead of TV, because most of the TV shows I find not very interesting or a little bit too simple and obviously don't reflect genuine conversation with native speakers. Am I the only one with this problem?
I got into kpop and kdramas In January of 2020 - so it’s been over a year now since I’ve been hearing the Korean language like daily. I had no intention in actually learning Korean and honestly I’m still not seriously learning it but I generally pick up things (especially languages) pretty fast. So even I have noticed that I can make full sentences in Korean now, just by watching and listening to Korean ppl speak. (Obviously im not a pro lol) but if I can learn without even tryin that hard - you can definitely do it!! believe me, like if you actually pay attention - you’ll for sure be able to get to atleast a late beginner stage or something! So good luck to everyone trying to learn a language :)
Ikenna: Kids TV shows are boring if you're not a kid Me, over 18 yo watching all the seasons of my little pony, not even willing to learn new languages:
I’m bout to fuck around and learn French so when I’m around a group of people imma cussing out in French and then they be like wtf and I’m just like “I’m smart bro” lmao I’ll be back in a year
I;m 2 minutes in and I just realized Tous Les Memes by Stromae was playing in the background. Or at least some version of it. This makes me very happy since I haven't heard it in years.
Been watching Japanese videos online for a long time yet the only Japanese I've learned is "Dame! Yamate! Ie! Hentai!" Often followed by some high pitch squeaking. I gotta say, conversations I've had with Japanese tourists are mildly awkward, so I don't know if this method is recommended, honestly.
My personal method of learning French with video media is mostly through short youtube videos. The process is not necessarily the same as what Ikenna mentioned about Tv series as they are generally longer and contain multiple episodes or seasons. Since the youtube videos I watch are shorter, I can watch them multiple times. When I started out as a beginner, I watch the video repeatedly with my native languages (I'm bilingual, so either work). The important part is to be interested in the content to the point where you subconsciously start to mumble or mouth certain lines from the video. Moving forward as an intermediate, I did a similar method of watching the video with French subtitles or no subtitles at all, as Ikenna said in his video. However, again due to the short nature of RU-vid videos, I would watch the video once without subs, once with French subs, then one final time with English subs to make sure I understood everything. I then go back to the French sub to check for any words that I didn't know previously and try to figure out the meaning based on context and my knowledge from the English subs. I find this quite effective for me. Hope this can serve some help for people who are trying to learn from RU-vid.
After years of watching anime and playing Japanese game my Japanese level sort of stuck at a stage where I can watch Japanese kid shows without subtitles but can’t make any conversations with a Japanese person.
The hard thing for my language, Cebuano, is that there isn't a lot of movies or tv shows for the language. There are some short films and some that exist.. but the selections are small; and nowadays a lot of the short films have almost too much mixing with english; I don't need to learn my native tongue! lol However, I found a collection of hour-long music! Not as much inferring words this way cause there's no visuals.. but at least it practices my listening and identifying a little :p
I am actually Turkish but i'm trying to learn it and get fluent again since i forgot much of it. (I was fluent till i was 3 years old or something like that) Because i live in France i quite forgot how to speak turkish. 😅 But it's really easy for me since i watch A LOT of Turkish dramas without wanting to learn. And it's that time where i realise that i'm actually really good at turkish, but still, i don't feel confident enough speaking it. -BUT. I do a lot of errors too 😃 But eventually i don't worry about that since it's part of the process! :) So that's why i write everything i need to learn or work on. *REMEMBER!* : Learning a language isn't an easy thing so it's okay to do errors! Even if i speak turkish with my parents most of the time it's in french. But the thing, is that my dad only speaks Turkish (he still understands french) so it forces me to speak turkish 😂 PS: Im trying to get as fluent as possible in a very short time because in july i'll have to go to Turkey! And obviously i'll have to speak in turkish with people 😃🔫 Goodluck to everyone! :)💜
Ok, so I'm 14, I want to learn Spanish I'm down to watch some Spanish TV shows, I'm down to use a language app but all the good ones cost money... I don't have any money to pay for a language learning app.... What should I do? Any reliable apps that are free??
If you watch something with subtitles in your native language, you are not going to learn much. Maybe just 1-3 words or so. Your brain will be more focused on the translation and you probably won't even hear the words being used in the target language. From my personal experience, I learned English by watching tv shows without any subtitles, without any translation. I was just really into the Thundercats and watched them every single day. Next thing I knew, I was speaking English fluently. (this is an example from when I was just out of kindergarten and heading into first grade). English was my second language. I've watched anime's and Japanese drama's with English subtitles since the 2nd grade (Older brother's influence ^^). I am 29 years old now, and although I spent a good majority of my time watching anime and j drama subs, I can't speak Japanese. I know some words by themselves, but I can't watch a tv show and say I understand more then 10% of the context that I hear, because the attention that would have went into listening went into reading the native translation. I learned German as my 3rd language and one of the tools was Netflix, I used German subtitles at first, with German Audio, and then switched to just German Audio I know understand 100% when I watch tv shows in German, I understand 90% when spoken (dialect and official written German is a bit more difficult to understand from my experience). What made the difference between understanding 10% of whats going on in a Japanese tv show, to understanding 100% of whats said and done in a German show was the fact that I wasn't using English to help me understand the context, instead I was actively watching and paying attention to the words I was hearing. Sometimes I'd repeat them/and the sentences. Before I knew it, that German show I only understood 1 word from when I started, was now so easy to understand that I didn't even have to think about what and how it translates.
