IMMERSION ISN'T WORKING! 

What are you going to create or do with your language today?

I absolutely agree with you. I noticed it myself when ever I consume content no matter how much it affects me, if I do not discuss it with anyone or put it to something, the knowledge I gained through it eventually goes lost on me. But the truck is that this passive content consumption requires little effort and at the same time mostly keeps your brain relaxed, whilst reviewing it or pondering over it is much more complex. It takes more effort and more self-discipline to pursue the reflection. But it’s totally necessary and needs being put to life.

Just found your channel Emily, very interesting topic. I agree with you 100%. I think passive listening is great but you are right, you have to follow up with some dedicated homework or study related to the piece you are listening to. Repetitive listening works for me too. Keep up the good work! You post every day??? Wow. Don't burn out, just keep in touch. Well done. Richard from Ireland 😊

Background music is very distracting.

Thanks awfully. That's a huge help.

Best video about language learning that I've listened to in a long time

Thank you! Your short video is so inspiring!

I’ve fallen into that trap so much! thank you for helping me see where I should really be focusing my time 💗

Thanks for your tips, I'll try to do it.

Hey there, this was pretty interesting, I’m learning Thai at the moment (on amd off for a while but only seriously for the last 2-3 months) and I see a lot of people recommending loads of input. Yet some of them have done 1000+ hours and while their comprehension is good, they basically can’t speak. So I definitely think engagement with the target language is needed. Obviously I have a similar challenge to that which one of your other commenters mentioned (guy who is learning Korean) in that it’s a whole new character system which I’m just starting to get to grips with. I agree with your comments on active / passive learning. I find when I do exercises which have quizzes to review things or if I try to write a word, I tend to remember it a lot better than if I randomly just watch somethjng on RU-vid or TikTok.

First of all, this comment came up as a consequence of today’s video, which I love the content of but not the title of. I’ll try to explain myself; in maths science and other sciences, there is a principle that says “one thing can be necessary but not enough”, and this can be applied to output resources in the learning process, to succeed fully requires input as well, but in right order (output firstly). As a student, I suffer from the plateau syndrome, but I believe, it would be temporal, so I appreciate a lot your knowledge trying to shed light on this complex state. Thanks.

Thanks for your tips, I'll try to use it.

if someone isn't rely on their subconscious mind and keep translating and using subtitles, in this case it doesn't work. To activate immersion we should start using our brains in a natural way. Try to recall what you've hear, try it a lot. The only way to say something is to recall it. Translation or reading is not an option. Then it will work

I like your idea about having a project in the target language, but i was wondering what project would you suggest for someone who is very beginner in the target language. Im learning korean I am at a point that i can read the alphabet but i cannot write yet or produce sth at this stage what project would you suggest?

Absolutely agree!

Look we do not know how chaotic systems work. Take a nursery of children born tomorrow. Give them all the exact same stimulus and environment. Then tell is the exact hour that each child will speak the language introduced to them at birth to the PhD level in exactly the same discipline. No one can make such a prediction. Just because I have a sense of self even I cannot know how much exposure to a language I require to achieve any given goal. The only thing we do know is that 67 percent of the people on earth speak at least two languages. That tells me that the monolinguals are monolingual because of policy not because of ability.

I need to learn to type in Korean or at least get a Korean keyboard :(. I liked this video probably because it resonates with my own thoughts on what's wrong with my Korean right now. I studied a lot of German in college and my 20's and gave all of the credit to my fluency to all the input I did. I didn't have any speaking partners and although I love writing in English I despise writing in a foreign language (add spelling and typos and it's way easier to criticize someone's writing than their speaking because it's memorialized forever for them to look at and pick apart.. yeah.. don't like it.) But I legit talked to myself in German. A lot. I imagined myself as a German speaker and acted it out in my imagination quite often. I liked the language that much. I think that counts as output too. I'm not doing that in Korean or I wasn't until recently I just started. Korean is a bit farther from English both linguistically and culturally which doesn't help either but I chose this so I can do it.