As a fellow self study mandarin- chinese who hv full time job, thank you for this kind of content! Boost my confidence and faith in learning. I also found some good podcasts thanks to your video and have been listening to them during my morning routine too.. 加油 🙌
Sure, here is a positive and agreeing reply to the text above: > 加油！I'm glad to hear that my content has been helpful to you. It can be tough to self-study a language while also working full-time, but I'm glad that you're finding ways to make it work. I'll be sure to keep making more content, so stay tuned!
Hi Izzy, I'm from China. My English listening ability is not quite well. But I found out that I can easily understand what you said. I really love your voice, clear and warming. Please upload more videos when you have time. Thank you!
I accidentally stumbled upon a video of you. I really have to say this. Your aura is very vibrant and you have an infectious energy. I work closely with the Chinese community in the UK. However, being an Asian from the other side, I struggle to learn mandarin myself. However, it's something I should master. Thanks for posting these great videos.
Thank you Izzy Healey for introducing about Language Learning Tactics and you are a skillful woman to learn the Chinese and other languages efficiently. Izzy, I love learning English and love finding more new words in English even though my English. Izzy, Your English knowledge is best and you are a native English speaker. You can decide how well I'm using my English. When you speak English everytime, I'm getting new words from you Izzy. Thank you for your kindness
This video is awesome! I must admit I use your videos to practice my English listening for IELTS examination. I have been watching all your videos numerous times. I really really appreciate it! :D
I'm Kazu from JP, often watching your RU-vid channel. Your videos are all interesting and useful, thank you. Recently I thought it difficult to find a learning style which fit me, because I'm already middle-aged and I'm busy for working weekends. But I'll review my current style again.
in brief: This video, hosted by Izzy, a Cambridge graduate and doctor in London who learns Mandarin Chinese in her spare time, provides tips on how to effectively self-study a new language despite a busy lifestyle. The video outlines five main steps: 1. **Understanding Your Learner Profile**: Izzy emphasizes that everyone learns differently. You need to understand your learning style, when you have the most energy during the day, and what duration of study works best for you. She also suggests identifying learning strategies that you enjoy, to make the process more enjoyable. 2. **Evaluating Your Schedule**: Izzy advises assessing your schedule and blocking out time for language study, using tools like Google Calendar to schedule your learning time in advance and to protect it from other engagements. She also suggests scheduling sessions with online tutors or language buddies to hold yourself accountable. 3. **Habit Stacking**: Izzy recommends multitasking by integrating language learning into other daily tasks. She provides examples from her own routine, like studying Chinese flashcards or listening to Chinese podcasts during her commute or during her morning routine. 4. **Creating a Game Plan**: This involves planning your study content in advance to optimize the efficiency of your study sessions. Knowing what you're supposed to study ahead of time reduces mental friction and ensures that you focus your efforts on areas where they're most needed. 5. **Maximizing Study Efficiency**: Izzy stresses the importance of using effective studying techniques to get the most out of limited study time. She suggests space repetition software, listening to podcasts, having speaking sessions, and practicing reading with graded readers. She recommends the book "Fluent Forever" by Gabriel Wyner for more insights on efficient language learning. Izzy encourages viewers to share their own tips for learning languages around busy schedules in the comments and concludes the video by wishing everyone the best with their language learning journey.
Videos like this one makes me wonder whether you are truly just 26 years old. All those points you mentioned sound like somebody who has had at least 20 years of experience in such a field to come up with such points. Therefore, my hats are off to you. One thing I can share about learning a new language is the importance of listening and understanding it with your body not with your head. I had firsthand😅 experience when I first came to the US Very very long ago. In order to hear the correct pronunciation without much of slang words, I used to watch and listen to the news religiously. Then one day without even trying I would hear the words coming from all directions While understanding exactly what they all meant without putting any effort into understanding what I was hearing. That’s when I finally realized that I got the language down like the natives did.
I love you Izzy! I love your accent, I love your way of being, I love your natural beauty, I love how humble you are are, I love everything about you! Thanks for your videos!
Thanks a million for your video and extremely good advice. Before sleep while I am watching one-two Chinese lessons. I have a habit now . I hope it will help a bit with my busy schedule
Actually I am a school student who is willing to learn British accent,I found your accent interesting. Thank you .We really appreciate your dedication for helping others develop their accent even if you get nothing in return. Your such a great need for society.
Thanks for this content , Izzy! I'm so nervous about learning my languages(English/Chinese). I can't manage time to learn languages for work with my exam and work a full job. But it's very important in my daily. I watched your video it make me encourage myself again. I can do it. haha!
Izzy l love your videos, can't even tell which I like the most. Regarding ways of learning a language; I would suggest learning from someone you feel comfortable with, it helps a lot.
I work 90-100 hours a week. Online tutoring sessions before starting job 1, listening to podcasts, and forcing myself to meet new language exchange partners helps considerably. It’s all about scheduling and doing it. Learning Grammar/vocabulary is a tough slog but easy to stay motivated when you need them as building blocks. The biggest problem I find is making time to learn reading and writing. Since my real goal is for conversational Japanese it gets harder to make my mind focus any time on learning kanji. So I am going to experiment writing a few kanji when meeting partners to stay engaged.
Actually I hated commuting around 1 hour time. However your advice which you study while you commute to the hospital change my thought. Now I am happy to watch your videos while I commute to my work. Thank you🎉
Thank you Izzy for sharing your well organized, arguable, and beginners friendly points of view of strategies and understanding of language learning. As a pre-center director of a language learning center in China, I found your advices very professional and inspiring! Encourages me a lot to keep improving and learn more! Thanks again!
It would be amazing if you could do a video of your weekly routine excel sheet that we got a sneak peek of in one of your other videos! I'm always struggling to figure out the best way to use technology to make long-term plans, and your method looks like it could be really helpful.
Thank you for this video.I am very serious to learn Mandarin Chinese but.. for academic curriculum , presentation,exam etc . I just can't managed time to learn ....and now I know what to do ....
Hi Izzy, in some of your videos, you mentioned you were under quite a bit of stress while in Cambridge, and you took a gap year and had been doing meditation and yoga. Could you go a video on the subject of burnouts and how to handle them? I think burnout is a common problem and a video from you will help many. Thanks in advance.
I work as a call center agent right now and seriously, it's made me have little time to learn languages (currently learning French). But I am now resigning in favor of becoming a freelancer for better convenience. Because it sucks to have to wake up and prepare early to go to work. Although it's just walking distance, the time spent preparing feels wasted for me. And when I get home, I am already tired most of the time. The break times and lunches for me aren't enough either. We always have to be back way early or else we get called out. It also doesn't help that no devices, papers (or anything to write on like books), and pens are allowed in the production floor for fear that agents might write down their customers' personal information. Also, our resting areas aren't that good either. Mostly it's the locker room (which is too cramped) if not the cafeteria (which of course tends to have lots of people and can be distracting).
Hiya, Izzy. Thanks for these tips hehe. And the editing of this video rocks! It's different from your previous videos, I think hehe. Maybe it's just me lol
This is applicable not only to people with full-time jobs, but to students who claim they don't have time. I've pointed out that they don't practise in their commute time, which can be at least, 30 minutes a trip.
Hi! Your channel keeps me motivated to study (taking a variant of GCES I the country I'm from). Could you possibly make a video about UK scholarships for international students? Thanks!
additional tip: start watching Taiwanese dramas. They are so addicting, once you start you will always find time to watch them and learn Mandarin hehehe
Oh, that's nice! I'm learning Chinese too as a Japanese person. I hope to learn Chinese through your Channel too. I'm just curious how learning Chinese benefits your life.
I really want to learn Chinese, but at the same time I am hesitated to do so and just don't know where to begin. I am fascinated with Chinese culture, food, values, costume, and their ancient history. I would love to visit all the historical sites one day and interact with the local. Thanks for the tips, hopefully I will be fluent with the first 1000 common use Chinese words.
One quick way is to obtain on line and book reference grammars in your 1st & 2nd languages to compare parallel elements, including words, etc. for words that are common to most languages (see Wikipedia for Chinese, English, etc. on line reference grammars) But, for culturally unique words of each language we must do own research into articles, websites, videos, books, etc. examples include Chinese-- yin & yang English--hip (Adjective!) curiosities-- how ziyou for most of 20th century to Westerners meant freedom But to Chinese meant individual anti social, while zingy meant freedom-- much ❤problem for Western Cold War propaganda !! But in 1980s 90s Chinese everywhere, including Mainland, adopted Western definition of ziyou as freedom in Western sense. This is quite striking, but no 1 seems to notice & analyze & discuss. ?!!? Perhaps you can!!
I always plan a routine for language learning but I postpone or ignore it as I need to prioritize my assignments. That is breaking my routine and leading to procrastination.
OMG! i need my sunglases, you're shining Doc... İ really like your aura. you attract people with your beauty like nature. i'll realy listen to your advice. Thank you very much. takecare your chocolate eyes. We need your help :) (I'm not flirting or walking towards you these are just compliments to make you happy )
