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In this video I break down how to find the balance between new material that's fun and exciting and the stuff you already have that you're getting bored of.
I stumbled upon that has greatly motivated me to do more language shadowing, which is the one activity that will most improve my target language.
Using any of these links for the services described really helps me out by making me feel like people care... and sometimes literally paying me money (but other times not).
The native speaker tutoring shown in my videos is through iTalki. You can get $10 credit applied to your account when you make your first purchase, or you can find a language partner for free using this link, which also helps me out by allowing me to take more language lessons:
www.italki.com/i/CHfEEb?hl=en-us
DO YOU LIKE THE MUSIC I USE? You have excellent taste, and should checkout Soundstripe, the excellent service which I get my music from. It also helps me out immensely and if you use the code "LAMONT" you get 10%:
soundstripe.com?fpr=days-of-language
The piece is "Triboro" by Falls, an artist I've used in many of my videos.
I buy my Swedish books, e-books and audio books through Bokus, which is simple, reliable and lots of fun to look for good deals:
adtr.co/UFCN4D
Do you like foreign language TV shows and movies? Check out the channel on which I review ONLY those shows:
/ @lamontmcleod2
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@user-mw1zr4si2s
@user-mw1zr4si2s 4 года назад
I'm russian, native russian speaker and l've understood 80% of this video. A started learning english a few years ago and at the beginning I just learned only grammar rules and tenses. And when I attempted to watch english video or any other content I just wasn't able to understand any information. And, a few months ago, I accidentally found this channel and begin watching it. I'm very happy, that I found it. There are many very interesting video witch help me practice my english aurally. Thank you very much for your videos! P.S. I originally made this comment under another video that came out a long time ago. I repeated this comment here so that author sees my gratitude.
@javisantana1
@javisantana1 4 года назад
Good job man!
@fratira7271
@fratira7271 4 года назад
Well done, keep it up :)
@twoblocksdown5464
@twoblocksdown5464 4 года назад
Просто хотел написать что я пажылой рашан палучаица даб даб даб даб даб да да я. ШО?
@user-mw1zr4si2s
@user-mw1zr4si2s 4 года назад
@@twoblocksdown5464 чего? Пацан, ты каналом ошибся. С такими комментариями тебе к Айтипедии
@yEgorov.
@yEgorov. 4 года назад
the comma in "I'm very happy, that I found it" is so cute :)
@emthis22
@emthis22 4 года назад
When you said "you're always looking for the best resources" I felt that
@CreativelyPhoenix
@CreativelyPhoenix 2 года назад
Same as I downloaded two more apps yesterday.
@gwimmer98
@gwimmer98 4 года назад
A resource will never be more interesting than it is during the time between purchase and delivery
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
HAHA. YES!
@blankb.2277
@blankb.2277 4 года назад
Trueee. I have so much stuff already like Busuu, books, Netflix shows, tutoring sessions... and for some reason I still spend a good amount of time scouring the internet looking for something to quicken the process as if I don't already have everything I need and more.
@susanb.1567
@susanb.1567 4 года назад
Brooklyn Benik Same!! I have a shelf full of books and a kindle full of digital books, all designed to teach me my target language. I have Busuu, had Duolingo before, have language learning software. Etc. Etc. And I spend more time on RU-vid and the internet looking for *the best* way to learn languages.
@blankb.2277
@blankb.2277 4 года назад
Susan Bridgewater yeppp. And adding all these new methods I try to add is probably just inhibiting my learning. 😬😬
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
We all do it. Honestly I think it's human.
@wolfzmusic9706
@wolfzmusic9706 4 года назад
Personally I think I’d be quite good at sticking to a few resources because using loads & trying to find the best way would overwhelm me. Also I don’t think there’s a best way because everybody is different, and so therefore likes to learn differently. Just do what you like best and what is beneficial to you.
@NimiMariam
@NimiMariam 4 года назад
Hahaha and I was thinking about what other languages could I learn when I already had 12 in mind!! Right now I'm deciding what I will learn after progressing in Italian but it can be hard, like I'm stuck with Arabic, German or Turkish because they're so cool :p
@JamalAhmadMalik
@JamalAhmadMalik 4 года назад
So...here's what I should be doing: 1) Find the actor who has the clearest accent. 2) Find his most famous TV SHOWS/MOVIES. 3) Edit him out. 4) Shadow him! Wow! I got his accent!
@rangerdenver3534
@rangerdenver3534 4 года назад
it's not easy )
@bovrar2nd861
@bovrar2nd861 4 года назад
Accent thief 👌😂 I will do too!
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
*edit out OTHER parts. If we say "edit out" that means "delete". But yes that would be good. I prefer to do it with RU-vidrs etc because they talk more like real people.
@JamalAhmadMalik
@JamalAhmadMalik 4 года назад
@@daysandwords, while you are right, I meant it like: edit him out of the movies and make a standalone movie/clip. I didn't mean to use the phrasal verb: to edit out (which means to cut or delete from an original track). I obviously do want to keep other parts too so as to be able to make comparisons. I guess I should have put more time in writing the right way!🙊 And yeah, that ought to be laborious. But I have been Learning English for years, but I still don't have a good English accent. And it demotivates me.
@JamalAhmadMalik
@JamalAhmadMalik 4 года назад
@@daysandwords, they do talk like real people on RU-vid, but most of what is in RU-vid isn't rich in vocabulary. While I do want to speak like real people, I also want to ace the IELTS... and they are no real people...haha😂 Thank you for the suggestion tho. I use RU-vid for Spanish.
@samal-scharkauy268
@samal-scharkauy268 4 года назад
I'm interested in Nutrition, so recently I'm trying to switch from reading game of thrones in German to reading books about nutrition and veganism. I'm so excited about it even more that I started to consider getting a degree in it.
@JR-rf9sq
@JR-rf9sq 4 года назад
Jaa Sam, weiter so!
@tysonkicks8596
@tysonkicks8596 4 года назад
I am trying to learn German too.
@samcollins8330
@samcollins8330 4 года назад
Tyson Kicks That’s great! I don’t know many people who want to learn my native tongue!
@twoblocksdown5464
@twoblocksdown5464 4 года назад
Sam Al-Scharkauy, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PJnPZgLHHWQ.html - just watch this, I promise u won't regret it.
@vix7146
@vix7146 2 года назад
@@twoblocksdown5464 just wanted to send her something like this🤣 I, too, started reading about nutrition and veganism about 4-5 years ago(thanks god i wasn't pregnant or planning to have kids that time, I was 100% sure plant-based is the only way to go) in my target language, now my vocabulary is fulll of words connected with not only dietary stuff, but endocrinology and who knows what else medical +recipes obviously and foods which names I don't even know in my native language lmao. So, when you're only exposed to vegan ideologist's books,studies and other content you can't really see the whole picture Sam, justsuggest you to read Weston Price(should be translated to German), Ray Peat(!!), Natasha mcCampbell, S.Fallon and Sally Norton about oxalates. And at the end Ray Peat! Everything leads to pro-metabolic eating 😂
@sayitsayuri8951
@sayitsayuri8951 4 года назад
I was at a book store yesterday and for fun went to the language section. I poured over the mandarin textbooks and was having a blast briefly looking through them to see if they might work for me. By the third book I realized that I would have to tailor my routine to these books for it to be beneficial but that would weaken other areas of my study. I realized that I work best when I find resources that fit my routine rather than the other way around. I get much more out of one sentence that I used in my normal routine than 10 sentences I studied from a vocab or phrase book. My minimum needed resources: 1. an online dictionary 2. A grammar resource 3. Some way to practice.
@nomoreillusions
@nomoreillusions 4 года назад
Jag här studerat Svenska under en period av sju år nu, men hittade dina video här hjälpte mig mer an jag kan talar! Jag är battre nu och kanner mig mer bekvampt med Svenska an forra år. Tack så mycket!
@Ebra53
@Ebra53 4 года назад
I love that you talk about realistic language learning methods and goals in your channel, sometimes watching a lot of language learners learn a language too fast makes me feel demotivated. My English skills are by no means perfect but i couldn't learn until i started watching things that i actually enjoy in English and i'm still doing it and now i don't even think about learning, i'm just having fun.
@andrewbrandt1441
@andrewbrandt1441 3 года назад
Omg this is the video I’ve needed, I feel like I’ve spent more time this last year looking at how to learn a language rather than actually learning the language!
@georgemonnatjr.172
@georgemonnatjr.172 4 года назад
You're touching on my biggest weakness, which is throwing money at more and more resources thinking that will somehow magically improve my language skills. So thanks for helping me to pull back from the brink (and save money). By the way, do you sell your photos? I think they'd make some great backgrounds or slideshows.
@MisterGames
@MisterGames 4 года назад
Always remember: we acquire language via comprehensible input. If you buy a course all you are doing is buying comprehensible input. IMO, it is more beneficial to find existing such a RU-vid with dual language subtitles or make your own.
@animeandstuff5377
@animeandstuff5377 4 года назад
lol learn a language that has such a lack of resources you cant even do that
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
George - I should probably do that but I'm not the most efficient business man haha.
@jj1818
@jj1818 4 года назад
Bro, your stuff is so relatable. Like you, I love languages and have a list of them I want to study. laziness and searching for "the one" way to study has made this take forever. To top it off, my language choices, Samoan, Scottish Gaelic, and Mandarin, are either rare with few resources or hard for a native English speaker to learn. Your content is relatable, entertaining, and insightful and above all reminds me I'm not alone in my struggles to greatness. Currently trying the Fluent Forever method since it has you making most of your own resources. Thanks for the motivation to get back into it!
@TheDsasadsad
@TheDsasadsad 4 года назад
Ha ha It's totally story of my life I bought in target language 100+ books on Kindle 30+ audio books 30+ in physical copy (it was hard to find them) and after this it took me years to read just handful of them. (But I glad that I at least started.)
@felicvik9456
@felicvik9456 4 года назад
I found this in the reccomended and thought that is was older
@Nomatterwhat69
@Nomatterwhat69 4 года назад
Saaaaame wow
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Genuine question: Can I ask why you thought it was older? Just trying to work out a good thumbnail system.
@demetriobattaglia3977
@demetriobattaglia3977 4 года назад
"I know what food is good for me, and that I should exercise [...] but I don't do it, because I like Oreos more" I FELT THAT
@internalmedicine9982
@internalmedicine9982 3 года назад
Collecting more resources for language learning without learning anything new ? Yes, this video describes my life.
@pedroalves6560
@pedroalves6560 4 года назад
I found your channel like a month ago and now I drop everything to watch your new videos 😂
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
While I'm flattered, you need to switch everything off to work on your TL! (Or is your TL English?)
@pedroalves6560
@pedroalves6560 4 года назад
@@daysandwords That's true 😅😂 Although English isn't my native language (I'm Portuguese) it's not my target language since I already consider myself fluent in it, but I am trying to pick up Japanese or German, but I'm thinking of focusing on Japanese for now. PS. thanks for the response you just made me smile :)
@kathryngordon7364
@kathryngordon7364 4 года назад
This really demonstrates how dynamic the learning process can be! Explore ways to learn, reflect on what you've done and where you can improve. I appreciate how thoughtfully you do this. I really think this is the application of wisdom, as what you've done in the past has served you to a point and yet can still provide insights for moving forward. My methods can also become stale after time, and I have to figure ways to refresh my interest and my engagement. But I have to do this for myself, just as you did.
@anna.rrrrrr
@anna.rrrrrr 4 года назад
Wow, I never thought of it this way! So true, thanks!
@fratira7271
@fratira7271 4 года назад
Nice topic. I went through that fase of "that's the new book I need, I'm stuck let me try another one and another one over again" with many languages. Still doing sometimes, but rarely now that I know how to control this urge and focus on the material I already have, which is a lot if you consider all the free or almost free resources we can find online. Nice video and nice photos :)
@alant8140
@alant8140 4 года назад
Very insightful video, I totally agree
@violinperson1835
@violinperson1835 4 года назад
your way of thinking is so intriguing and contagious! you're literally a genius to come up with this and analyze it so well. goodness!!
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Haha thank you. I guess I just think about it like AAAAALLL the time.
@SilentJaguar68
@SilentJaguar68 4 года назад
This is actually great for me since I wanted to get back into Romanian and I was iTalki lesson heavy back in those days so I have a crap ton of recordings that I could parse down for that !
@MisterGames
@MisterGames 4 года назад
Woah dude. Your channel is going off! Congrats! Of course, your raw honesty and non pretentiousness is so refreshing!!!
@MrCagnacio
@MrCagnacio 4 года назад
You have just described myself. Well, my new technique is to simply starting doing what I'm suppose to do! If I don't do this right now I'll be struggling in the future for sure. So I'm just helping the future me -just help the future you, he/she will be extremely thankful for what you're doing now.
@twoblocksdown5464
@twoblocksdown5464 4 года назад
"my new technique is to simply *start* doing what I'm suppose to do" do u think it's correct. Or u caan say it both ways? Is English ur native language. Cuz I got a little bit curious
@sotmMrPants
@sotmMrPants 4 года назад
Thanks for this video. The idea of the shiny, new, perfect material was something I've been thinking about but getting frustrated with all the time. -- I guess focusing on process rather than wishing for the perfect material to come up.
@selfimpovingprophecy5970
@selfimpovingprophecy5970 4 года назад
Awesome just what i was looking for . I speak 4 Languages and want to learn more . I Learned most of my languages from Talking to native speakers and people always assume im from a certain country and that flatters me .
@prabuddh_mathur
@prabuddh_mathur 4 года назад
It's just great that you don't pass the vibes of being superior and have tried all the possible methods of language learning and guiding us. It is more like that you are with us and trying and telling, again, trying and telling what to avoid what not to. Updating your previous views, facing denied truths, and telling us in public so that we can avoid what difficulties you faced, most of all reply to comments even from very old videos. People generally don't do that and you have become my go-to language learning RU-vidr. You are like an elder brother who is experiencing new things along with us. Vielen Dank, Bruder.
@fofy915
@fofy915 4 года назад
That's so true what you said about always looking for the best resources. I actually had that 'learning period' but then I realized I didn't get to learn anything and it was like plain procrastination. And also because I would like to achieve advanced level (in Italian; I'm Hungarian) I often feel like in a hurry that I have to learn everything at the same time, but then I quickly forget a certain kind of conjugation or some words. So I just repeat, repeat, repeat what I already 'know' and don't let myself to move one to next thing till I'm not satisfied. Your videos are really inspiring! (btw I also prefer oreos)
@chileanguyfleegman1908
@chileanguyfleegman1908 4 года назад
When learning Swedish (1992) the internet wasn't "a thing", I learned the language very quickly exaggerating the pronunciation. That helped me speaking. I prefer speaking rather than reading grammar. But I always go through my conversations and ask where I did wrong to know how to correctly build a sentence later on. edit: Titivillus
@YogaBlissDance
@YogaBlissDance 2 года назад
OMG the Universe works in mysterious ways! Waht you said of "distilling" well two days ago, I REALIZED that the dialogues in my Mango Languages course, are perfect comprehensible input. Instead of breezing through them to pass the quiz at chapter end. HERE'S WHAT I DID AND SUGGEST- I pulled out the printed transcript and the audio and am really dissecting and almost memorizing it. PERFECT as it drills what I'm learning, so simple and I can already see the benefits, as I only was guessing my way through now I'm really "learning" the vocab. Why was I wasting time searching- yeah the trap...for simple input- ALL the while skipping over what I already had!
@NataliaNNS
@NataliaNNS 3 года назад
I feel so called out with this video, but in a good way!
@learodrigues3108
@learodrigues3108 4 года назад
Lamont has cool uncle vibes. Thank you for your very sound advice.
@felicvik9456
@felicvik9456 4 года назад
Could you do a video about finding resaurces about obscure languages.
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
I can't really do that because I've never studied an obscure language. Swedish is like maybe 16th or 17th most common for English speakers. French is like, 3rd haha.
@heyjianjing
@heyjianjing 4 года назад
very well said!
@jackball8547
@jackball8547 4 года назад
Great video, thank you for the tips! I subscribed only a few weeks ago when were at 10k subscribers and I can't believe how fast you're growing! Keep up the great vids :)
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Yeah it's slowed down now actually. But in one week like 2 weeks ago it grew 5000 subs haha.
@jackball8547
@jackball8547 4 года назад
Days of French 'n' Swedish That’s amazing! Can’t wait to see the videos to come.
@internalmedicine9982
@internalmedicine9982 3 года назад
Ok, am going to chime in with the others. This video has described me more than any other, on RU-vid. Kudos. Am going to stop hoarding on so called resources and use them, for a change
@Flauschbally
@Flauschbally 4 года назад
Great video and I couldn’t agree more. The feeling of looking and finding new material. And maybe that’s the one and only 😂 At the moment I am doing a listening challenge. Inspired by one of your videos to set up a plan. I haven’t been watching and listening my target language (Croatian) a lot . It wasn’t fun because I didn’t understand much. Well, surprise 😂 so here I am. Watching, listening, watching, listening. Sometimes it’s too difficult but at least I enjoy it. So for now better this way. I can’t watch or listen to stuff I have and understand better at the moment because it’s so so so boring. And I hope to get some beneficials out of it anyway. Somehow. It’s not a race. It’s a journey. And it’s ok to take longer than others.
@languagecomeup
@languagecomeup 4 года назад
Looking forward to your reflections about shadowing. I haven’t done it, just let my accent improve through the years. Since the goal is near native Spanish, I believe I will end up doing it.
@chileanguyfleegman1908
@chileanguyfleegman1908 4 года назад
I hope you chose a specific Spanish dialect. It makes the process of learning easier.
@vinisuichi1243
@vinisuichi1243 4 года назад
Perfect!
@zakariaradoine625
@zakariaradoine625 4 года назад
thank you
@ThisIsNotInUseOkay
@ThisIsNotInUseOkay 4 года назад
I just bought a bunch of books for learning French to a more advanced level... gotta stop collecting & gotta start getting through them before getting anything else! Also, will try to only be choosing the material that I enjoy or find interesting.
@adolin.kholin
@adolin.kholin 4 года назад
It’s so hard for me to get continue right after I get started with a book, a website, etc. This is probably why, plus my ridiculous lack of motivation (thanks adhd). Thank you for talking about this exactly at the moment I needed it.
@samal-scharkauy268
@samal-scharkauy268 4 года назад
I feel you, I have an attention span of a mosquito.
@Taradays
@Taradays 4 года назад
ADHD learner here. Self-learning is great for us. Want to learn 2 language? (hopefully not both too similar) switch back and forth studying it throughout the day. You need to have multiple ways of learning and you need to do what stimulates you and what you find the most rewarding. For me right now the most rewarding thing is watching a kdrama after my late night tutoring lessons (book multiple teachers so you don't get bored) and understanding more as well as picking up on words.
@adolin.kholin
@adolin.kholin 4 года назад
Tara Doherty Thank you omg. Adhd is making me go nuts tbh. I do absolutely love self studying bc it’s freeing and I can do things the way I want it, but the lack of structure also hinders me sometimes. I am studying Greek, and I’m dabbling in Irish and Korean, trying to figure out which to go with. I’m not into the whole kpop kdrama thing personally so it’s hard to find resources that fit me, but the language itself is intriguing to me. I sometimes feel like I shouldn’t be doing 2 languages because most people say you shouldn’t. but then again, those most people don’t have adhd and don’t need that different level of engagement and differences. Anyway, rant over I guess, thank you for this little burst of encouragement and help🧡
@samal-scharkauy268
@samal-scharkauy268 4 года назад
@@adolin.kholin so I understand from your comment that studying different languages at the same time is beneficial for adhds? If true how so ?
@adolin.kholin
@adolin.kholin 4 года назад
Sam Al-Scharkauy Well, it depends of course, for everyone ADHD and also studying is different. For me, I find that there are days I cannot physically get myself to do anything for one language. Like, I cannot even care about it. However, that same day I am actually able to study another language instead. Sometimes the interest switches within the day. In the morning I’m really into the idea of doing some Greek, but by the end it’d be about the worst thing I could spend my time with. So in that way perhaps studying more than one language can help, though many people say you should never do it-I feel like things work just a bit differently than for “normal” people for me
@Aura-bu9jb
@Aura-bu9jb 4 года назад
"It feels like it will be boring before I start" I have that feeling a lot. Almost everything that I plan to do that takes even a little bit of hard work seems so boring and daunting, but when I actually start it's really not that bad. Do you have some advice on how to deal with that?
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Try saying "I'll do 10 minutes and then I can have... *insert whatever you like doing here*", and then you'll probably find you go longer for extra "self-credit", but it doesn't matter if you don't.
@Aura-bu9jb
@Aura-bu9jb 4 года назад
@@daysandwords I'll try it, thanks.
@paulmakiana
@paulmakiana 3 года назад
you are totally right: it is the hunt :-)
@cxstarfan
@cxstarfan 4 года назад
hey man thanks!
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Thanks for the comment!
@hmt894
@hmt894 4 года назад
Recently, I've been using the "Fem Ord per Dag" videos on RU-vid to practice pronunciation. I already know most of the words so I focus on pronunciation and do as many videos as I feel like each day. 🙂
@JohnBrute
@JohnBrute 4 года назад
Something that I thought of doing recently that seemed like it would be fun and motivating is copying the transcript from target language RU-vid videos and pasting into Google docs. Then I can watch the video while reading the transcript and make an Anki card from things I don't understand.
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Absolutely. People will tell you that LingQ is good for that but I find I need to accompany LingQ with a packet of paracetemol for the headache haha.
@TheGabennn
@TheGabennn 4 года назад
haha, the search for the best app or language learning method is so true. I probably spend hours doing it but to be honest I'm a lazy guy so I need apps to learn, apps give you a clear course about what to do. A teacher would be better but private lessons are expensive. I have a few language books but only 1 or 2 I really like because they are interesting and have a wide range of different exercises, like reading, grammar, listening, some fun fact about learning a language etc. Most of the books are boring, at least for me. Unfortunately I know we can't learn a language only from apps and yes the most hardest part is learning every day or almost every day.
@tabestorm5339
@tabestorm5339 4 года назад
Some tips for fellow language learners: Write every note, every appointment and every shopping list in your target language. Write in a diary in your target language. Change a story, written in past tense, into present tense or vice versa.
@stevencarr4002
@stevencarr4002 4 года назад
If something is beneficial, but you feel resistance towards starting it, set it up as a minihabit - something really small that you can and will do every day. I mean really small, like 'Translate one sentence a day' or 'Do 2 push ups a day'. Surely everybody can do 2 push-ups a day. Human nature being what it is, if you start something, you often find it easier just to keep going, and you do it for 20 minutes. Mini habits are useful, especially for people who promise to make a big commitment, and then don't follow through, because they find the size of the commitment daunting.
@TalkingAmerican
@TalkingAmerican 4 года назад
I'm learning Spanish from English, and I've got a massive collection of resources to use. Aside from spending some time working on Lingvist every single day, I allow myself the luxury of picking and choosing. Today I listened to a playlist of Easy Spanish (RU-vid channel) street interviews and spent some time listening to The Martian audio book in Spanish. Tomorrow I may focus more on reading, or focusing on a verb or two that are giving me trouble. Maybe the next day I'll work on Pimsleur or Learning Spanish Like Crazy. But every single day I spend some time in Spanish. Not 15 minutes, but real time (even if it's in ten minute chunks some days). What I do during that time is almost irrelevant.
@dycedargselderbrother5353
@dycedargselderbrother5353 4 года назад
I'm used to the "perfect resource" trap, not just in language but in just about anything. I've learned to segment my "intellectual investments", if you can call it that, into guaranteed time advancing goals using what I have and using the remaining time, which is variable, into researching improvements. That way, I'm guaranteed to advance in some way, even if it's initially slow, and not fall into "systematizing the system" where the meta becomes more important than execution.
@Tomanita
@Tomanita 4 года назад
I make that mistake all the time! Also, I know that I need to work on my speaking and writing skills but spend most of my time watching movies and reading books😅
@Xiaoxiao738
@Xiaoxiao738 4 года назад
Thanks for that, I actually have an italki lesson today and I am gonna take ur idea and record the class. Cheers
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
You should probably ask the teacher, especially just in case you ever want to use the footage as a "before and after" in a video or whatever. I've never had a teacher who has had a problem with it.
@Xiaoxiao738
@Xiaoxiao738 4 года назад
@@daysandwords Yea of course
@seeun_der74
@seeun_der74 3 года назад
Recording lessons is so genius, and so simple 😅
@patcarone7652
@patcarone7652 3 года назад
Hands down the best language learning content available, thanks man! You should consider setting up a Patreon, I would sign up in a second.
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 3 года назад
Thank you! I have one (I'll link it when I'm on a computer, bit harder on a phone).
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 3 года назад
Here you go Pat - thanks for your comment. :-) www.patreon.com/user?u=38320669&fan_landing=true
@bluecladchipmunk
@bluecladchipmunk 4 года назад
As someone who used to work in a craft store I found that buying the craft supplies and doing the craft were 2 separate hobbies, language learning is much the same thing. This video called me out...but in a good way.
@FlowUrbanFlow
@FlowUrbanFlow 4 года назад
I've been complimented on my accent in Japanese a lot by learners and natives. I'm just always mindful of sounding Japanese. I will also read anything I read out loud, and I use speech to text to type in Japanese.
@noodletribunal9793
@noodletribunal9793 4 года назад
watch out though. they might just be jouzuing you XD
@FlowUrbanFlow
@FlowUrbanFlow 4 года назад
@@noodletribunal9793 Oh certainly. But that's why I threw in about being complimented by a foreigner. His Japanese is a much higher level mine, but his accent is entirely American
@FUBARGunpla
@FUBARGunpla 4 года назад
Yeah ironically not just with languages but most hobbies I've had to learn how to sit and utilize resources I've already got or can make within my means, so I dictate how much of my resources are utilized towards my goals. With a recent hobby I picked up (model making) the big thing ive used to keep my costs low is by utilizing multiple tools for multiple uses, or fabricated my own so I could spend more money towards the crucial things I needed as they came. So it's a bit long term and a bit short term. Same with languages, find that balance of teaching tools that are crucial to understand the main body of whatever it is your learning then create your own resources like flash cards for example, this way you find a way around the boredom of normal practical lessons because your utilizing what you DO know to make things. This is how I've done it for years and it helped with guitar, coding languages, Gundam models and Spanish/english. When you force yourself to use your knowledge practically you learn new contexts you didn't have before, i think your suggestion here about shadowing in your own way does the same, so much of learning is finding new contexts that aid not only in learning but your practical uses because they keep the material fresh. Those "ah hah!" Moments
@8dpopintown307
@8dpopintown307 4 года назад
Same Problem ! Since the Life Started
@paulwalther5237
@paulwalther5237 4 года назад
I am totally going to try this. I have an audio recording program that records well the 'speakers' on my computer and it stops when it's quiet. I wouldn't even have to edit anything to try this. Listening to my Korean is not really that enjoyable... regarding the bits about stuff getting boring so you look for a new app or study program etc. This probably can't be helped completely but if you can stop looking for the best app or study program or method and instead looking for different native content to consume I think it will be better and won't make you feel guilty for stopping if you get bored and just looking for something else.
@jamesdavis-ford6882
@jamesdavis-ford6882 4 года назад
paul walther Hey there, Is there any chance that you'd be willing to share which audio recording program you use. I've been doing this form of shadowing for a while with Portuguese, but it is painful using the program that I have. Thanks.
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Try Matt vs Japan's "Shadowing setup". It works if there are lots of pauses in the audio.
@paulwalther5237
@paulwalther5237 4 года назад
@@jamesdavis-ford6882You might not want to get it. Per the website it's currently $30. www.abyssmedia.com/ It's called I-Sound Recorder. Actually the one I own is I-Sound recorder for Windows 7 but they updated it to support current versions of windows. I'm pretty sure you can do this with Audacity for free but it would involve some Googling and figuring stuff out. Audacity is very feature rich. I-Sound Recorder is stupid easy for just recording stuff with very few features but it has VOX which lets you tell it to only record when the sound goes above a certain threshold.
@bobafruti
@bobafruti 4 года назад
I sometimes think about different studying methods... then I just get back to reading in my target language.
@kawtulu3052
@kawtulu3052 3 года назад
Can you recommend a book to help me learn German?
@milosm9280
@milosm9280 4 года назад
When will u make a video about learning Swedish(9-5)?
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
I've gotta do the week first, I am hoping for next week (to actually do the time) and then the video will be a few weeks after that.
@victorstroganov8135
@victorstroganov8135 4 года назад
Do a review on 'Learning with Text'!
@lucyleaper8568
@lucyleaper8568 4 года назад
I'm learning french and I've got a book for intermediates that's I'm working mostly from for grammar and things but not sure if I should be fully focusing on it, do you have any tips?
@arealnowhereman8255
@arealnowhereman8255 4 года назад
grammar is important from the beginning to understand language structure, but then grammar books are not really best ressource, you need to listen as much as possible and try to find people to speak with... grammar book won't learn you speak
@TheRafaeldiasavelino
@TheRafaeldiasavelino 4 года назад
Hey! If you started your Swedish learning all over again, what would you say to yourself the best way (not the fastest) was?
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
I have a new video on 10 mistakes I made in Swedish, that pretty much covers this.
@bingolingo6555
@bingolingo6555 4 года назад
When to start hiring tutors?
@HaIsKuL
@HaIsKuL 4 года назад
Yes yes of course... What exactly is shadowing?
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
It's listening to a native speaker and trying to repeat everything they say down to the smallest detail, so like "Oh... what? No sorry... um, yeah... I was just thinking that... well, you know..." It sounds simple but normally we're only ever trying to sound "fluent" rather than trying to sound like a native.
@petra1995
@petra1995 4 года назад
As someone who's been on the hunt for good Chinese resources I feel very called out
@BrentStrathdeePehi
@BrentStrathdeePehi 4 года назад
I think if it’s engaging then it’s 99% chance that it’s beneficial anyway cos if it wasn’t we’d lose interest- so I’d say that our ongoing will to engage is a pretty good gage of the value
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Well, yeah but there is some stuff that is like running intervals: it hurts like all hell but it DOES do good haha. (For me it's shadowing.)
@danielely2892
@danielely2892 4 года назад
At what language level do you recommend using Italki? I'm at an A1 level in japanese and don't think it's necessary yet but I would like to use Italki someday
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Sorry, for some reason I never saw this. Probably B1 minimum, but preferably B2 comprehension if you can be that patient.
@rutherforduslane2810
@rutherforduslane2810 4 года назад
Okay, man, I've got a question. How do you manage to get Swedish books is Australia? I've tried a lot to get Dutch books (because that the language I'm learning), but I've managed to get some.
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Oh sorry Sankar, so I sort of answered this as best I could in the livestream. Basically my best tip is Google "buy books" / "online books" but IN DUTCH, don't just google those terms in English.
@rutherforduslane2810
@rutherforduslane2810 3 года назад
@@daysandwords Oh! Prima. Dat zal ik doen.
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
I am going to do what NO youtuber ever does (disclaimer: it has probably happened before)... and link to a different channel's video because I think it's SO damn good. You would almost think that I copied this video from it except that I filmed my video like 10 days ago. Anyway, check this video out... it's incredible: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6U06IfrhN6k.html
@guhmuhtruh
@guhmuhtruh 4 года назад
Commenting for the alg
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
The moose? Thanks. (Jokes: älg = moose in Swedish haha.)
@alexprus7953
@alexprus7953 4 года назад
Watching youtube videos on how to study a language instead of actually practicing xD
@twoblocksdown5464
@twoblocksdown5464 4 года назад
Hi man. A little bit off-topic question: what is your motivation to start learning Swedish? I mean, not a lot of people speak Swedish and here comes the second problem - the lack of material on the Internet to learn it. Do u like the language itself? Or maybe u/ur relatives have some swedish roots :D Actually I wanna start learning dutch when my English level would be satisfying to me, but man.... I don't know if I should do that. I really like dutch. The structure, the way it sounds. So I thought I would ask u why, why people start learning "not widely spoken" languages on the first place.
@SanderJanssenBSc
@SanderJanssenBSc 3 года назад
The novelty factor will one day wear off! I made an in depth video about how upgraded make you miserable so I resonate a lot with this message
@daryl-is
@daryl-is 4 года назад
I first too
@sertiverinacov4003
@sertiverinacov4003 4 года назад
plz put the number to the reason . reason number1, reason number2 e t c
@nelsongael6
@nelsongael6 4 года назад
Hola puedes agregar subtitulos en español?
@arealnowhereman8255
@arealnowhereman8255 4 года назад
aprende inglés !
@WilliamOunj-ge8th
@WilliamOunj-ge8th 4 года назад
Why dont you make a review of Pimsleur? Especially for oral communication skills.
@noodletribunal9793
@noodletribunal9793 4 года назад
I DEFINITELY have this problem. i really can't focus on anything really T.T
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Just try 10 minutes on the most helpful thing you can think of.
@tomatrix7525
@tomatrix7525 4 года назад
1
@pivea
@pivea 4 года назад
Now I'm curious about what is your preferred accent in swedish, I hope it's not skånska. Danskjävlar :)
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
I quite like the way Skånska sounds actually, but no. Just Rikssvenska but I haven't really decided any closer than that. I find Göteborgska easier to do but I think I overdo it a bit and end up sounding Norwegian.
@RyanRumble
@RyanRumble 4 года назад
Days of French 'n' Swedish Göteborgska is consistently voted the coolest/sexiest accent so it’s a good choice :) I find it clearer than ‘potato-y’ skånska or nasal stockholmska
@plurakok
@plurakok 4 года назад
What Swedish accent are you aiming for?
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
I kinda haven't decided yet but for example, NOT Smålandska or Skånska. I actually like the way they sound but it's too hard to get material in it. My favourite narrator obviously just speaks Rikssvenska, and the books are set in Stockholm.
@plurakok
@plurakok 4 года назад
@@daysandwords What do you think of the göteborgska? It's so funny when it's thick😂
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
@@plurakok I like it but I tend to overdo it a bit and almost sound Norwegian.
@owenthompson5214
@owenthompson5214 4 года назад
First
@gc1599
@gc1599 4 года назад
Lamont, have you done a review on Pimsleur? If you haven’t, do you think you can do one soon?
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
I am working on it, a lot of people have asked for it actually.
@gc1599
@gc1599 4 года назад
Thank you. Take your time
@ace-2k8qa6
@ace-2k8qa6 2 года назад
Not me getting a duolingo ad lol
@christopheradrien6829
@christopheradrien6829 4 года назад
Hmm, I will have to start recording conversations that I have
@enzosf
@enzosf 4 года назад
I thought describing his shower thought WHILE watching him shower was important and relevant. LOL
@shiryu42
@shiryu42 4 года назад
We like the hunt because we are hunters. At least the mind it is, never satisfied with what has already. It is like a black hole.
@LibraMakeup
@LibraMakeup 4 года назад
How much time is spent editing these skype-class videos? How about booking another class instead? Are you sure you will get better in the target language or you will become a really advanced video-editor? But I guess it's a bit like the bullet journal... for me, it's just a distraction, but some people swear by it. I guess if there is enough actual studying going on, it doesn't matter how you spend your time ;)
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
It takes like 20 minutes per class and I listen to them while I do it. Obviously I can already edit videos, scrubbing the vid down to the teacher talking is super basic and fast.
@highchamp1
@highchamp1 4 года назад
Study? I want to get away from "study" and use the "power" of the internet. I get studying at the beginning. (for 3 to 6 months or a year) I wish language people would build the (simple) technology to read, speak, listen and watch. LingQ is close. I use various resources. (cobbled together) I always find myself struggling trying to get audio, video and text to sync up together.
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
When I say "study" I mean "time in the target language". People think I mean "hitting the books" but I just mean RU-vid, Netflix, reading or listening in Swedish. That's "study".
@highchamp1
@highchamp1 4 года назад
@@daysandwords That's fine. I wasn't questioning you. I was just complaining about language learning. Great channel!
@aliceduanra7539
@aliceduanra7539 4 года назад
huh I didn't really know there were different swedish accents lol
@chileanguyfleegman1908
@chileanguyfleegman1908 4 года назад
can confirm. Grew up and live in Sweden. My accent is a farmer accent but I can switch to Rikssvenska (Official swedish) quite easy.
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Yeah there are heaps. Småland (South West) Skåne (South East), Gothenburg (West, nearer to Norway) Stockholm (east and obviously the most common), the North (Uppsala or anything North of that) and then Finland-Swedish... now this is just me naming the ones that I can pick the difference between. In reality there are big differences even in those distinctions but I would have a lot more difficulty telling the difference. It's weird but typically the more densely a country is populated, the more accents and dialects they have. For example: Australia. Huge land, tiny population, and only now are we starting to develop different dialects and accents, but even then it depends very little on where you live. Russia, as far as I understand, sound mostly the same from Vladivlostok to St Petersburg. Whereas England: tiny county, big population, big variation in accents an dialects. Same with America (big country but big population density too).
@chileanguyfleegman1908
@chileanguyfleegman1908 4 года назад
småland is southeast and skåne is south. also the official Swedish doesn't come from Stockholm it comes from Nyköping witch is called Rikssvenska "Swedish of the kingdom".
@irenemcnamara9699
@irenemcnamara9699 4 года назад
Who is interested in this shadowing besides you?
@daysandwords
@daysandwords 4 года назад
Sorry what do you mean by that?
@QuiltingCrow
@QuiltingCrow 4 года назад
Due to having a high IQ, boredom is a killer for my brain. I tend to jump between all the languages I speak/learn and between materials as well. Usually I don't spend more than 10-15 minutes on one subject (or material), before jumping to another. I also found out that a lot of things like reading books or watching movies in my target language doesn't help me at all. I need to write and talk to learn a language. And with all the apps and stuff available today, I still use the same method to learn languages I used 30 years ago. Over all, it helps to have some resources, but having more resources will not automatically help with learning a language. In the end, it's just going to happen if you...well, learn. Actively.
@miggy_lan
@miggy_lan 4 года назад
this video dragged me
@prof.suspiciousbreadfruitp8540
@prof.suspiciousbreadfruitp8540 4 года назад
happy Pride
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