I am monolingual in my first year of university majoring in French and German, and minoring in Spanish. Most tell me, I am insane. 😅. That said my university teaches language learning through flipped learning and I am finding it to be an excellent teaching method. The responsibility of learning the language needs to be on you and your dedication to learning it.
Couldn't agree more! You aren't insane, the challenge will definitely make something great of you, regardless of whether you ''make it". also those languages are fairly connected so you'll find yourself doing a lot of repurposing, which really helps. By the way, what is flipped learning exactly?
I have been learning Russian. A "hard" language because of learning a Cyrillic alphabet, I've discovered that i cam read it easier than i can speak it. There is a lot of time involved. I force myself to think in Russian. Having a Russian wofe helps. She says that English is very difficult as well.
The best language learning video I've seen. I have pretty much watched them all too. Most people talk techniques, resources, and things like that. I never seen one from the broad perspective of how language fits into our lives, what it is, and our thoughts about it. I actually started with the "this will be easy" attitude, and lately getting discouraged and thinking it's been years now learning danish and i still get lost speaking to natives sometimes. Thus, I've been thinking screw it, I'll never get fluent. You just renewed my motivation to keep working at it. Thanks
I'm so glad to found this video. Thanks so much. I'm learning English everyday and It's still so hard to me. Your video was quite difficult to me understand, but I'll never give up.
Me nodding along feeling empowered after misconception 1. Existential crisis after misconception 2 😂 I loved this video and the way you communicate! Subbed!
my most difficult part is learning the grammar and the first several hundred words and for me paying that barrier does require a teacher but after that it's just consuming media I tried Arabic from Duolingo but no grammar = no progress forgot everything I tried German from 101 RU-vid videos and forgot almost everything except the few sentences and words I used to use in Germany as I was visiting there
One of the best videos on this topic I have ever watched. Languages on Fire, you are really burning 🤗😂! And in my opinion, learning a new language is like opening a new door which was closed before. Even if you do not enter the new room/house/garden/path/mountain/cave/... (= if you stay at a beginner level or just learn the script/alphabet or the pronunciation), you can still take a look at this new world and be amazed and enjoy the view. Really a new world view if you take a closer look.🥰😇
We are glad you liked it! Definitely, it is incredible how much you can feel connected to a distant culture just be getting to understand even just a bit of their language. How they say I love you, a song, a poem, greetings, their writing system, some common expression... :)
Enjoyed the video. Nag-aaral ako ng Tagalog. My brother and his family live close to Manila, and I thought it would be fun to learn. Get me out of my comfort zone.
Very nice video and subscribed :) I'm trying to recapture French that I spoke as a child when I lived there. But then I learned English (my native language is German) and forgot pretty much all of it. It's interesting... English has definitely let me become part of different communities. When I'm in the UK I can blend in as a native. My British in-laws forget I'm not British, etc. The other two languages I'm trying to learn, mostly because I think they look and sound extremely beautiful are Japanese and Arabic. Although beyond studiying the writing systems a little bit I haven't really commited to either that much.
Maintenant je suis en train d’apprendre français Dupuis deux mois. Mon langage maternelle est anglais. Est-ce que vous avez une meilleur façon doit je prendre?
I'm an independent Japanese learner, i've immersed myself to all kind of Japanese material But i also go to Language school, not because i want it, but it was free and government funded program
Maybe that will do the trick! But I have realized that without much active practice my skills also fall short. Passive is great and is often overlooked, but it does not train your skills as much as I had hoped.
It's important to know that with comprehensible input, you will pass through a stage of receptive bilingualism, where you're able to understand a language fairly clearly, but not easily speak it. For instance, while learning Spanish, I read Don Quixote before I was capable of holding any sort of conversation. Pero, en fin, eso es algo transitoria. Llegare algo tiempo en que los palabras del idioma en que estudias simplemente arrive en tuya cabeza como gotas en la lluvia. Esta probablamente occure mas despues que anticipas, pero del todo modo, occure. In any case, the single biggest advantage of comprehensible input is just that it's vastly more enjoyable than other learning methods. For instance, last night I was up late reading a book in French. Would I have spent 6 hours straight doing boring exercises? No, I don't think so! 6 hours glued to a book where I'm excited to see what happens next is a completely different story. Same goes for watching movies, RU-vid, etc. The key to learning a language is making it a fun activity that you can do in your leisure time rather than a chore. Comprehensible input can do that.
If in doubt choose Assimil :D But people say that’s another misconception: it being about the perfect course or method, but what matters more is committing to language learning…
I agree! Sometimes just getting on with it is the way to go! I used shows and flashcards mostly for Greek but I was also very lucky to be surrounded by many Greek and Cypriot friends. :)
@@languagesonfire2796 I'm English and I chose to learn Spanish in secondary school but the way we were taught killed all my motivation to learn languages which I've only recovered recently. Now, I'm learning German but I think I'll give Spanish another try at some point.
