3:42 is when the hourglass finishes. You're welcome.
@unscripted483
4 жыл бұрын
hahahah
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 #Steal
@wolfgangwilk562
3 жыл бұрын
Ich hatte keine Ahnung dass es im Video überhaupt ein Stundenglas gab!
@eszterkozma1139
4 жыл бұрын
My native language is Hungarian, so for me everything was far away till I learned English. Now from English everything looks so much easier.
@DavidsonLoops
4 жыл бұрын
Oh god yeah starting from Hungarian would be a nightmare
@sandorcsengeri6230
4 жыл бұрын
Először az anyanyelv nyelvtanát kell jól tudni ahhoz, hogy legyen rálátásod egy idegen nyelv alapjaira. Legalább is nekem ezt mondta a némettanárom. A folyékony idegen nyelven történő beszéd már egy külön dolog.
@bnusabeel
4 жыл бұрын
Everything? How about Hanty Mansi?
@eszterkozma1139
4 жыл бұрын
@@bnusabeel yeah could be, as well as hanti or gnaszan just like you can't really do anything with these languages...
@appleslover
4 жыл бұрын
My mother language is even more distant, Arabic, but now after learning 4 different languages from 4 different language families, everything seems clearer to navigate through
@alanguages
4 жыл бұрын
The answer I give to anything is: "It takes as long as it takes!"
@chronos5457
4 жыл бұрын
Why learn so many languages if when we die we will not use them in the spiritual world? 😕
@lewessays
4 жыл бұрын
To live.in.the.moment
@dettolsanitizer7839
4 жыл бұрын
@@chronos5457 ? It's fun to learn languages, connect with people across the world, enhance knowledge etc. We might not use the languages in the afterlife, but while in the living world, yes. 🤔 lemme ask u some questions, why breathe now if in the afterlife we don't breathe? Why wear clothes when in the afterlife we don't wear anything?
@chronos5457
4 жыл бұрын
@@dettolsanitizer7839 Because in the afterlife we won't have lungs but we will have spiritual clothes.
@chronos5457
4 жыл бұрын
@Chocolate Rain It's totally different. We won't spend money in the spiritual world but we won't stay without talking. We'll use a spiritual language, the angels language.
@paulbradford6475
4 жыл бұрын
"It's not difficult, it's complex." I guess learning a language would be like building a house: It's easy to watch one being built from start to finish, but the real learning comes from building the house step by step, starting at the foundation.
@sbonfiglioli
3 жыл бұрын
An interesting personal anecdote about what "fluency" means and why you shouldn't worry about it too much: My grandfather was a physicist from Argentina. Even in Argentina, in the 1950s the language of physics was German. I don't quite know how he managed it, but he read all his textbooks in German, and had German professors. This was not "Guten Tag, wie geht es dir?" This was serious, technical, sophisticated German about physics - and he did it, despite not speaking German. He was not at all interested in the German - he was interested in the physics. But the physics was in German, so that's how he learned it. Now, I have lived and worked in Germany for 10 years. As you can imagine, my German is pretty decent (C2). My grandfather could not order a coffee in German. So, who would be more fluent? Well, in virtually every occasion, the answer is obviously me. But let's say we went to a physics conference in German, where all the lectures were given in German. Who would be more fluent? I have no idea about physics, in German or otherwise. My grandfather learned all his physics from German textbooks. In a German physics conference, my grandfather, who, again, could not even so much as order a coffee in German, would be more "fluent" than me. Hence why that word "fluent" is all about context!
@angelsjoker8190
4 жыл бұрын
It's rare, but I agree with every single sentence in this video. I always reject the word "hard" when asked how "hard" it is/was to learn one of my languages and explain in complexity and distance to languages I already spoke before. When I teach a language, I start by showing my students (starting from "0") how much they actually already know in that language. They are usually pretty surprised as they think they don't know anything. And in contrast to traditional language teaching, I don't flood them with vocabulary and grammar rules, but show them techniques on how to recognise similarities between the languages and how to find patterns.
@ukrainer7723
4 жыл бұрын
Are you teaching English in Brooklyn? Because I had one teacher with similar method.
@DjHustlequeen45
4 жыл бұрын
I have problem with pattern intonation , I wonder how do you recognize learn for recognizing pattern of languages hope u give me tips for this deal🙏🏻
@angelsjoker8190
4 жыл бұрын
@@ukrainer7723 No, I teach French and English in Germany :) Usually, I don't even say that "I teach languages". I see it more as helping people to optimize using their brain on the example of learning a language. My intent is to make them able to transfer the learned techniques and methods beyond their language learning process.
@angelsjoker8190
4 жыл бұрын
@@DjHustlequeen45 I'm not quite sure whether I've understood what you mean in your question. Could you rephrase it¿
@desmond1780
3 жыл бұрын
@@angelsjoker8190 can you told me these techniques which you teaching ?
@antoine8483
4 жыл бұрын
I'm just 14 years old and i love learning languages, my native language is french and since I'm 12 I'm learning English and spanish and u helped me a lot so thank u ( sorry if i made mistakes )
@k.5425
4 жыл бұрын
You didn't. You used shorthands though lol
@thracianguy7166
4 жыл бұрын
And I'm learning French for 3 months.
@antoine8483
4 жыл бұрын
@@thracianguy7166 cool it's a beautiful language, good luck
@chrisg1499
4 жыл бұрын
Double check your verb tenses (e.g. "since I was 12, I've been learning...")
@antoine8483
4 жыл бұрын
@@chrisg1499 thanks a lot 😊
@vithu864
4 жыл бұрын
at the beginning I was focusing on the hourglass lol
@agatameble721
4 жыл бұрын
After reading this comment, I began to do the same 😂
@yongleong9596
4 жыл бұрын
@@Embrace-Masculinity3 .if you are in environment where your target languqge is spoken you arre damn lucky you get to listen all the time you will get to learn fast.
@mackinnon182
4 жыл бұрын
I spent 2 years reading Spanish on and off, managed to grasp the grammar apart from subjunctives. Could express myself at great effort and struggled to understand what people were saying when I actually heard the language. I then moved to Argentina. The first month was very difficult indeed, my mouth and face hurt from copying all of the sounds the people made, my brain was tired by 3pm each day but I was learning constantly. After 3 months of living there I had gone from sitting on the sidelines at gatherings, trying to latch onto fragments of sentences that made sense, to being fully involved in lengthy dialogues with groups of people, cracking jokes and using the local slang, as well as dominating tricky grammar such as correct use of conditional, present and past subjunctive tenses without really consciously making an effort. The key was input and using the language in real time with context. I learned perhaps more and also integrated it in 3 months than in the previous 2 years.
@strensmsproductions4873
4 жыл бұрын
Surley you improved more in 3 months than 2 years, but did your really learn more? (New words etc?) There is a difference.
@mateoordonez4295
4 жыл бұрын
SOS UN CAPO (Espero que hayas entendido la expresión jajaa)!!!!!
@user-qs6xz1bu6b
3 жыл бұрын
Where are you from?
@raven.4815
3 жыл бұрын
Alto capo
@mcmerry2846
3 жыл бұрын
Well you have one mouth and two ears...so you know
@osonhodeleon
4 жыл бұрын
You need to carry the language with you through your entire life.
@sbonfiglioli
3 жыл бұрын
100% agree! Choose your languages carefully and cherish them through your whole life. No point in being a "polyglot" who "speaks" 15 languages to an A2 level and then forgets them after a year.
@Aditya-te7oo
4 жыл бұрын
I'd just say keep listening, listening, listening and increasing one's vocabulary, eventually you'd understand everything.
@lisaahmari7199
4 жыл бұрын
Your English is not only perfect, your vocabulary is that of an actual English professor. Very admirable.
@Catire92
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve reached the point where I don’t have any foreign accent at all speaking Spanish, overall my level is C2. It took me about 10 years.
@danielpwg4822
4 жыл бұрын
Since what age did you do it?
@Catire92
4 жыл бұрын
Daniel/PWG I started learning it when I was about 18.
@valorzinski7423
4 жыл бұрын
Took me 3 years for Mandarin
@Catire92
4 жыл бұрын
Valorzinski to get c2?
@valorzinski7423
4 жыл бұрын
@@Catire92 Yeah. I never officially took any tests but online Chinese thinks I'm from the mainland. I can also read Chinese books and news websites. I saw the HSK 5 test samples on youtube and they seemed easy for me. I just learn by watching cctv 4 channel on youtube, reading mainland news websites, and using google translate to learn how to read and pronounce the Chinese words. I have really good pronounciations for every single language so I sound convincing in an online game or Discord.
@londonerlearnsjapanese3337
4 жыл бұрын
I always get a nuanced gem from your videos. Took me a while to appreciate the "where you live" vs "how you live"
@sbonfiglioli
3 жыл бұрын
Especially nowadays, we live in a golden age of language learning! You live in a village in Serbia and want to learn Mongolian? No problem! You can access online lessons, tandem partners through Skype, podcasts, etc. All the resources are out there in a way they never have been throughout human history. As long as you have an internet connection, you can learn any language.
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video like always Luca! As a native French speaker who learned Spanish to fluency, I am finding myself able to learn Portuguese quickly and smoothly. But I am also advancing in Russian quickly since I try to surround myself with Russian speakers, and Russian content. Language learning is a lifestyle!
@user-mrfrog
4 жыл бұрын
Bonsoir Luca! Je suis professeur d'anglais, langue seconde à Montréal et je vous écris en français! Je suis entièrement d'accord avec vos propos concernant l'acquisition d'une langue étrangère. Félicitations! En ce moment, j'apprends tranquillement pas vite l'islandais, une langue qui me fascine. Vive les déclinaisons! Merci et bonne continuation!
@keanancupido
4 жыл бұрын
I learned something new today when I watched this incredible video. A language won't be difficult (it can put someone down) it's complex. Which is something different from difficult. This helped me to look at a foreign language from another perspective. Thanks so much for that great point!
@domoraa6578
4 жыл бұрын
Your comments always prove to be correct! Please take care of your sore throat! We want you to stay healthy! Take care!
@jeffdayrit541
4 жыл бұрын
It took me 2 years to become conversationally fluent in Japanese. But I haven't covered all the topics yet. I should definitely do further.
@alescognamiglio4557
4 жыл бұрын
What's your native language?
@ajax7590
4 жыл бұрын
I’m learning Japanese also and I get so frustrated because there’s so much to learn and I feel like I forget things. Lately I’ve been trying to learn pitch accent , N3 , N4 and 尊敬語
@jeffdayrit541
4 жыл бұрын
@@alescognamiglio4557 My mother tongue is Tagalog
@alescognamiglio4557
4 жыл бұрын
@@jeffdayrit541 oh okay I get it, thanks
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
@@ajax7590 I'm an native English speaker and I forget how to say things in english, sometimes, even though it's rare but only because I haven't heard it in so long. And, don't worry About forgetting things. Just restudy and try again.🤷🏾♀️🖤✊🏾 When I first started learning Korean, it took me a week to learn how to say anniyonghasaeyo and a month to familiarize myself with hangul. For four months , my relationship with the Korean Language has been on and off. Two weeks ago, I started studying again but this time around, I had learned more verbs and phrases, than before Before it was maybe 5 verbs That's stuck with me. Now it's over 20 verbs and 30 phrases, using TTMIK audio. Each time I forgotten how to say it, but I reviewed it until it stuck with me Also, I downloaded a book called , "How to study" to perfect my study methods. For now, I create stories around words to help me remember. For example: 춥다 (chubda) in Korean means TO BE COLD. Sounds like CHEW-(BDA) If a person is in a SNOW STORM, and it's below freezing, their teeth will chatter,in response to the cold. To chatter ones teeth is like CHEWING. So, CHEW(CHATTER):Cold this method helps me remember but I feel as if I can improve this method and Incorporate other methods in my routine. Enough about me, though, all you have to do Is review and stick it through 😁😁😁😁😁✊🏾❣️
@kl1541
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Luca! I'm your big admirer from Indonesia and i'm on my way to be a polyglot like you, i've learned English,Swedish and currently working on French. Wish me luck❤❤❤
@PassionPno
4 жыл бұрын
Laughs in Malaysian. I already speak 5 languages without trying. Currently learning another 2.
@bigtombowski
3 жыл бұрын
@@PassionPno oh you!
@LanguagesWithMatthew
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Luca for all your help with content, resources and encouragement!
@7paisan
4 жыл бұрын
I've reached an intermediate level in Spanish and French, but Italian is the language I'm passionate about learning and has my full attention. Currently I'm at a B1 in the bella lingua, but circumstances right now make it difficult to practice with other people and progress. Mainly focusing on listening comprehension since that's by far my weakest area. I've heard 5 years for an English speaker (who doesn't know another Romance language) to reach C1 in Italian.
@ValkrieAnimations
4 жыл бұрын
It took me almost 5 years for me to get C1 in French. I started back in 2016. For a person just starting out a Romance language, the path from A1 to B2 can happen all in a couple of months. But coming from B2 to C1 it can takes years.
@poshy6534
4 жыл бұрын
Tandem,Hello talk, and maybe Speaky
@mattbattaglia4213
4 жыл бұрын
Based on my progress in French as a native English speaker, I could totally see 5 years. I'm coming up on month 3, and I still can't understand much context when I listen. I pick out words and sometimes I can get the context of the sentence, but listening is BY FAR the hardest part so far (haven't even begun to try to speak). I had a solid routine the first month, which has since fallen off, but I still practice 1-2 hours a day with some supplemental passive immersion, too.
@7paisan
4 жыл бұрын
French is probably the hardest of the Romance languages when it comes to listening. I remember, for a long time, everything sounded like one long, nasal word. Speaking wasn't so hard, in my opinion, once you get the phonology down. It certainly helps that so much of English vocabulary comes from French. Similarly, I do at least an hour of Italian listening a day and occasionally read articles from Italian news sources and blogs.
@mattbattaglia4213
4 жыл бұрын
@@7paisan It seems to me listening may always be the hardest part of French. Which is just fine. This isn't a race, I don't mind if it takes 10 years to learn. It will be worth it. Thank you for the reply, it's really motivating!
@FlosBlog
4 жыл бұрын
I found out in my trip to the US, that most everyday conversations do not take a higher level, then B1 (GER).
@e-genieclimatique
Жыл бұрын
in brief: In the video, Luca Lampariello, a polyglot and language coach, discusses the complexities around defining language fluency and the time it takes to achieve it in a foreign language. He asserts that fluency should be understood as the ability to smoothly and confidently interact with native speakers in a meaningful way, encompassing linguistic competence and cultural awareness. The time required to achieve fluency can vary greatly, depending largely on three main factors: 1. The linguistic "distance" between your native language and the target language. This distance refers to differences in vocabulary, phonetics, and syntax. The more similar the target language is to your native language, the less time it will likely take to achieve fluency. 2. The learner's personal and language-learning background. People who have already learned other languages or have experiences relevant to the target language will likely find it easier and quicker to learn a new language. 3. The learner's life circumstances. This refers to the degree of interaction the learner has with native speakers of the language and the use of the language in daily life, irrespective of their geographical location. Luca provides examples to illustrate these points, highlighting how an experienced Spanish language learner could potentially achieve fluency in Catalan within three months due to similar language structures and immersion in the Catalan-speaking community. Conversely, an English speaker with no previous language learning experience could take between three to ten years to become fluent in Russian due to the significant differences in language structure and lack of a language-learning framework. In conclusion, Luca emphasizes that there is no universal timeline for achieving fluency in a foreign language, as it depends on various objective and subjective factors. He encourages learners to embrace the process, incorporate the target language into their lives as much as possible, and maintain a positive mindset.
@LucaLampariello
4 жыл бұрын
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@damianflanagan7359
4 жыл бұрын
Dear Luca I’m trying to get your videos...but your page keeps asking me to correct an error..
@singularity3724
3 жыл бұрын
100% the best channel out there when it comes to learning languages and learning to learn languages. Also, one of the few "hyperpolyglots" out there who is 100% truthful about their abilities in each of their known languages and can back up their claims.
@jasonlockwood7992
4 жыл бұрын
Learning languages was always quite easy for me. When I lived in a French-speaking country (Belgium) when I was 17, it took me approximately three months to become reasonably fluent, by your standard of fluency. The rest of the time I spent in Belgium, and later Quebec, served to refine and expand my knowledge. When I lived in Slovakia, it was a bit more of a challenge, because Slovak is quite different from English, but even so, it was a less daunting experience. I never became very fluent in the language, though. Because I was an English teacher, most people wanted to speak English with me. It was a trade-off and I was willing to accept that. Even so, the amount of effort I put forth was worth it. On another note, it's interesting how stereotypes about various cultures can determine the level of surprise at someone's fluency in a given language. My personal example is French. I've spoken it at native-level fluency for more than 30 years (and with no or very minimal discernible American accent), and yet when I meet French-speaking people, they're surprised an American speaks the language so well. I find it amusing, really, but the stereotype is of course that "Americans don't learn other languages," so when they hear me, it upsets the stereotype.
@carpediem6568
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you said that, that learning the first language is monumental. Thought I would never master French. And I appreciate you having the guts to say it could take 11 years to learn Russian for someone who is distant from that language. Most language teachers won't admit how difficult some languages are and the time it takes.
@mertmaralmojo
2 ай бұрын
Great video Luca! You gave a comprehensive approach toward learning new languages and this sets realistic expectations. I loved the quote at the end from Tolstoy. They are what really matter. Thanks for the video!
@LucaLampariello
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the lovely words! =)
@zengseng1234
4 жыл бұрын
I studied Mandarin for two years in the USA, could not speak it to save my life. Went to China for 6 months. After three months of speaking it every day, and texting/chatting online in Chinese, I finally felt “fluent”
I’m moving to Brazil for 3 months and am curious if that’s enough to be conversationally fluent.... is there anything you would recommend?
@zengseng1234
3 жыл бұрын
@@Andreyabish start studying now so you at least have a good foundation. 3 months is possible, because lucky for you, the average Brazilian doesn’t speak English, and they tend to be pretty friendly and talkative, especially if you’re a foreigner. At least that was my experience in Brazil
@rolandspiess610
Жыл бұрын
Hi, I am Swiss German native speaker. On top of that I am fluent in German, French, English and Portuguese (Brazilian). My Italian and Finnish are basic. I agree completely with your perception. Keep up the wonderful work. Congratulations! You inspire lots of people. By the way, your German is simply amazing!
@camelopardalis84
Жыл бұрын
"Hi, I am Swiss German native speaker. On top of that I am fluent in German ..." That's not "on top of that". That's one language. You speak both a specific version of that language and its standardised form. You also understand several other versions of that same language.
@ComprehensibleRussian
3 жыл бұрын
Fluency is like money: never enough, haha! If seriously, I absolutely agree with all your points. Too hard or impossible to create a universal formula. One little tip for all the learners: never underestimate passive listening. Like turning on radio/audio book/movie/youtube/whatever in your target language while doing something (walking, running, cooking, taking a shower, even working if it doesn't distract you too much). You will be impressed how much it fastens your progress.
@ComprehensibleRussian
3 жыл бұрын
@Al 72 Of course, "speeds up" not "fastens". "Fasten your seatbelt" :) Спасибо!
@EhyWisdom
4 жыл бұрын
Me: *is trying (struggling) to learn Korean* Luca: Korean is as distant as it can get from Italian Me, an Italian: Luca: Me: oh...
@asgarra-giampy319
4 жыл бұрын
Stessa cosa a me
@alimax8783
4 жыл бұрын
@Kenura Medagedara Good luck i wish you all the best
@framox2968
4 жыл бұрын
Idem hahaha
@ukrainer7723
4 жыл бұрын
I am Russian, and Korean is my [almost] 4th language. Don’t give up. 화이팅!
@Maba5.4.
4 жыл бұрын
I am trying to learn Korean too😅Sooo easy ha ha ha😳
@featherleaf1426
4 жыл бұрын
I see a lot of people saying that it is not possible to become fluent in 3 months. However, that is false and I completely agree with Luca. Its about how you learn rather than what you learn. I became fluent in German in 3 months because I was living in Germany at that time and used it everyday. Recently, I tried to see if it works with Japanese. I used Duolingo for about 200 days (a few lessons every day) but I never even crossed the A1 level. Then I decided to get serious and made a strict routine at the start of lockdown. Of course I was not expecting to become fluent because I don't live in Japan and due to a lot of Kanjis but after 3 months of intense studying for 5-8 hours every single day, now I can understand most written Japanese and Standard Tokyo Dialect conversations and I also know 1800 Kanjis. I also don't stutter much at all while I speak. Experience and how you study plays a great deal. Also dedication and perseverance are key.
@to-gocup3069
4 жыл бұрын
I've never heard such a perfect explanation about fluency before. Thank you very much.
@celinaduguay6484
4 жыл бұрын
My native language is English. I'm trying to learn Polish as my first foreign language because I want to be able to have simple conversations in Polish with my relatives.
@juliannes7394
4 жыл бұрын
Wyrazy współczucia 😅😂
@celinaduguay6484
4 жыл бұрын
@@juliannes7394 What does that mean?
@adamwnt
3 жыл бұрын
@@celinaduguay6484 she implied jokingly that you’re embarking on a hard task, but hey, perseverance is key, greetings from Gdańsk ;)
@celinaduguay6484
3 жыл бұрын
@@adamwnt Okay
@lyingcat9022
3 жыл бұрын
I’m an American in my 30s and no big surprises I have no other language experience :( I decided I would like to learn more and I’ve decided to start with Esperanto:) Because it is supposed to be very easy and I always like to start with an easy win when learning new skills. I’ve been practicing Esperanto on my own for a couple weeks now and so far I really like it :) It is very easy. I hope some fluency in Esperanto will make learning the next language easier. Mi esperas cxiu cxi tie lerni malgranda Esperanto! gxi estas amuza! Gxis:)
@jorgeandreslinaresguerra6452
4 жыл бұрын
You’re absolutely right! It took me a couple months to understand Italian 🇮🇹 just by watching movies. Now I can communicate in Italian. I’ve spent 5 months trying to catch Polish 🇵🇱 doing the same, but I barely get vocabulary or expressions. I am a Spanish native speaker.
@domino3554
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah as a polish native i have to say polish is so hard for a foreigner to learn
@louismario5522
4 жыл бұрын
as someone who's learning their first language {French}, on my own, your videos really do help me with remembering that it all takes time. Thanks, Luca :)
@barrysteven5964
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with all this especially about the life circumstances. For example, I always get the impressions very few polyglots on YT have small children to take care of as well as a full time job. If you do, the time and energy you can commit to learning a language is cut by a lot so fluency takes a lot longer - and maintaining it too.
@blotski
4 жыл бұрын
Well done for your comments on a language being 'hard'. The love(s) of my linguistic life have always been the Slavonic languages. It is SO disheartening to constantly hear Poles telling you Polish is the hardest language in the world. It's not. It's not even the hardest Slavonic language. The hardest Slavonic language in my own experience has been Slovene. And then the Czechs telling you their language is impossible for a non-native to pronounce. And so on. I've learned to just smile and ignore them.
@cuchicheo88
4 жыл бұрын
I love that you mention the learner's background. I grew up speaking English and Spanish and hearing a lot of German. But most of my "grown-up" languages (Sanskrit, Malayalam, Mongolian, Japanese, &c.) are SOV languages, and it is actually waaaay easier for me to pick up languages with that structure. My brain has long since come to think of that as "normal." Meanwhile, Celtic or Semitic (VSO) language structures are maybe a little intimidating, because in my world, that's a whole new pot of noodles to noodle on!
@wecandoit9370
2 жыл бұрын
What is sov?
@dinosilone7613
4 жыл бұрын
You may address this in other videos, but the meaning of the word "fluency” is pretty ambiguous. I am “fluent” in Italian by the definition you gave at the beginning of this video. I can watch Italian TV, films, read pretty much anything, converse in real time with Italians about anything at all (as long as I have some knowledge of the subject), without them having to make any effort to change the way they speak in order to be in the conversation. I speak quickly and my vocabulary is pretty large, and my accent is decent (with some hints of the south and, of course, of America). BUT - I still make a lot of basic grammatical mistakes in both spoken and written production, ones no native speaker would ever make. So I wouldn't say that I have “mastery” of the language at the level I'd like (say, like your mastery of English). I speak daily with friends in Italy who are trying to improve their English, and they have the same problem that I do in mirror image. We make the usual non-native speaker mistakes in the use of prepositions, articles, progressives. We KNOW the rules, but mess up in real time. It doesn't get in the way of being able to talk about anything, and neither of us needs to slow down or dumb down to communicate. But ... there are those mistakes. I just wanted to make the distinction between “fluency” and “mastery". I think fluency can come fairly quickly, but mastery at the university level can take a long time, even for someone who is fluent. Do you agree?
@gansogames4927
4 жыл бұрын
I relate so much to "know the rules, but mess up in real time". It feels so embarrassing but I know I just need practice.
@plousia
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, that's what I run into with Spanish. I am "fluent" as you describe, but still occasionally make grammatical errors, can't think of/don't know a word, struggle to express myself. And I'm sure my accent will never entirely disappear. I have had to accept that as an adult language learner, I will never reach the level of fluency as someone who learned from childhood. But that's ok, at least I achieved my goal of learning and becoming totally functional in the language, so I feel I have to be proud of that rather than focusing on the fact I will never be perfect.
@sophiapacione
2 жыл бұрын
This is incredibly relatable. I’m like this with French, but I think a lot of it has to fo with how I was taught the language (with more emphasis on pronunciation and vocabulary than of grammar/tenses/etc.)
@rufikunbargi9407
4 жыл бұрын
i started learning Italian 3 years ago, i am almost into the intermediate level, there is time where i stay continues months focusing on learning and stuff, i know that Italian language is so easy and if i gave it my attention and focus on it for like 3 other months i can really level up.
@wowjef
4 жыл бұрын
This is great, Luca. Perhaps your best instructional video. You demystify second-language learning, but remind people that you still have to "work" at it
@maycommedeiros7034
4 жыл бұрын
Please, never stop to do videos for us! You're incredible
@LucaLampariello
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice words! =)
@inconnn
3 жыл бұрын
I'm learning Japanese. Even though I know very little it's very interesting and fun to do. 日本語は習得してます。日本語が小さく分かりましたのにとても面白くて楽しいです。私は辞書が使られるば文を書くことができる。日本語は分かるば私の失敗したなら私を教えるください。ありがとうございます!
@Anne_adee
2 жыл бұрын
Being forced to speak the language is the key thing. After a year, I still don't understand estonian grammar fully, but i use it right as i spoke and listend to so many natives that my brain just remembered (with many many corrections while i was learning) how native Speakers speak grammatically correct
@maiprincesse
4 жыл бұрын
I think it’s important to learn vocabulary for the beginning.
@007Layanne
4 жыл бұрын
I'm learning english to make connections with people from all over the world because it's humanly impossible to learn all languages
@petrosstefanidis6396
4 жыл бұрын
smart choice 👍
@kryptonitiko
4 жыл бұрын
yep, but everything depends on what level you wish to reach. I could learn 20 languages but at A1 level
@Amanda-qe5lj
4 жыл бұрын
I think learning languages to B2/C1 level is always the goal. I'm not saying learning several languages to A1, A2, etc is a waste of time or useless, mind you. When you start a language you must have a goal, deciding beforehand the level of fluency you want to achieve in order to avoid mindless progression and to know how much studying you should be doing. Right now I'm learning French because I feel like I've reached a pretty comfortable level in English (B2), and as I'm learning French using English, I'm killing two birds with one stone.
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
Facts 💯
@nicoleraheem1195
4 жыл бұрын
@@Amanda-qe5lj I agree with you. As a learner of three Languages, one for 2 years, one for 8 months and the other for 2 weeks, I've met people who wanted to learn English or perfect their english but my Chi and Kor. Weren't even enough to make small talk, as I'm able to in spanish. We all grew apart because if the communication issue. I'm at this point where I'd prefer to reach B1 level before I get another tutor or study buddy.
@keremdemiray9494
4 жыл бұрын
My native language is Turkish. Having learned English and Spanish at a high level, it took me about 10 months to reach C1 in German. It's all about motivation. If you study grammar on your own every day regularly and put it into practise with native speakers online, I am pretty sure that a language can be mastered within a year.
@JuanGarcia-ht5gq
4 жыл бұрын
Cuanto tiempo te tomo aprender español??
@keremdemiray9494
4 жыл бұрын
@@JuanGarcia-ht5gq Aprendí español en el Instituto Cervantes y me tardó casi 2 años y media. Es mi idioma favorito.
@wesleygama447
2 жыл бұрын
I'm Brazilian, so I speak Portuguese (or Brazilian Portuguese as some people like to say). I live in a small town, in the country. No one next to me speak English. I had English classes when I was a kid and teenager, but I never tried to "study hard". I've been studying English as a L2 for more than three years and I still have struggles with language skills, specifically with writing and speaking, just because I don't have so many opportunities to use it. I'll continue and, even I don't know when, I'll be fluent in English.
@ericb9609
4 жыл бұрын
I had never listened to such an intelligent explanation as to why being fluent in a foreign language could be either long or ... very, very, very long.... Thanks for this very insightful video. That was my first video I've looked at from you. You have now a new subscriber. And you're right about being fluent also implying understanding cultural context. I've got a good case in point. I'm a French speaker from France which supposedly could make me fluent in any variety of French. Once I stumbled into a video by bilingual Canadian standup comedian Mike Ward. His skits in English language made me laught as they were perfectly clear to me. But when I started looking at his French skits, I had no fricking idea what he was talking about, and why he had the audience rolling in the aisles... It's just that I don't have any cultural knowledge of Canadian French speaking communities... Nor am i skilled in the Canadian French variety. It just proves your point
@----zd1od
4 жыл бұрын
Your videos encourage me so much to learn languages. Thank you!!
@hoangkimviet8545
4 жыл бұрын
How Long Does It Take to Learn a Language to Fluency? - No certain time!
@solidbanjobanjo9367
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been studying Spanish for 8 months now, religiously every day, I’m proud of what I achieved and how far I’ve come, I can watch a lot of tv shows and understand most of it, I definitely need to improve my speaking though, which is tough because I live in a tiny village with no Spanish speakers to speak with, anyone got any tips, maybe websites where I can find other people to speak with? Thanks for the video by the way it was great like usual!
@шашалакоәмпанадахихихи
3 жыл бұрын
Italki or maybe tandem, Shadowing helps with speaking too
@rag_llm
Жыл бұрын
Chinese is the hardest because it has the unique additional trait that you have to watch the pitch like a hawk! Different pitches on the exact syllables are different words and Chinese also has the complexity of having a completely different written character set like Korean and Japanese so you can be fluent in conversation and still not be able to read it. Most of us, especially European language speakers, freely play with the pitch of our voices in a million different ways. That's a huge vocal cord motor memory obstacle to over come! I took a few weeks of Chinese. Fascinating language, but I knew it would be many years (if ever) before I could speak it freely without concentrating painfully on my pitch with every syllable.
@Alisa-wb4dp
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insight, Luca! I've learnt (& been learning) French and a few days ago i started learning your native language, Italian! Although i can find similarities between French & Italian, the vocabulary and some parts of the grammar are hard to recognise. but Italian is easier to pronounce so more points go to Italian!
@hannofranz7973
3 жыл бұрын
Apart from the inicial circumstances that are , of course, very individual, I think there are two clues to language learning. Number 1: Motivation. The better defined your reasons for learning a language, the better you advance. Number 2: Confidence. The more confident you are, the better the outcome. This is particularly the case for speaking. A confident speaker is one who gets things under control. Modulating your voice and adapting language speed are crucial here.
@giancarloferrer2768
4 жыл бұрын
Ottima informazione Luca! Sto imparando l’italiano per un mese.
@ironside915
4 жыл бұрын
L’hai fatto bene. :) Keep going!
@giancarloferrer2768
4 жыл бұрын
Fabrizio Ibba Grazie, devo migliorare la mia grammatica
@whatthe_Alex
4 жыл бұрын
I'm basically John, just turned 30, haven't learned a language, American. I really want to learn German and French, for travel and to escape this place eventually. 3-10 years, wish me luck
@mandyajel
3 жыл бұрын
Same, early 30’s never learned a language before. Want to learn Japanese. however I know I won’t be able to visit Japan until I’m in my 40’s anyway due to certain reasons. So fudge it! 10 years? LETS DO THIS! 💪
@wrightjustin23
4 жыл бұрын
True listening fluency takes longer than all of the other components combined. Being able to spontaneously listen to content intended for educated natives, to 99% comprehension or higher, takes years.
@NetAndyCz
4 жыл бұрын
Try getting fluent in writing Japanese or Chinese, listening fluency might be way easier there.
@wrightjustin23
4 жыл бұрын
NetAndyCz I’ve studied Chinese a long time, and it is MUCH easier to learn how to write and read than to listen. I am reading an adult science fiction novel at the moment, fairly comfortably, and I struggle with television shows where i know every single word.
@NetAndyCz
4 жыл бұрын
@@wrightjustin23 I suspect it my depend on your learning style. I spend a lot of time walking so I try to listen to foreign radio or an audiobook, or some audio courses and it is not that hard for me to recognise the words I know. The audiobooks are fairly easy though, I find the fast paced news the biggest challenge, though any TV show where they use slang or on-line players with poor microphones are even harder to understand.
@wrightjustin23
4 жыл бұрын
NetAndyCz that’s what I’m talking about. I also don’t have much trouble with audio books, but colloquial speech where multiple natives are going off about a random topic is not easy and is the hardest thing i’ve encountered so far
@femmeNikita27
4 жыл бұрын
@@wrightjustin23 That's odd. To me it's always easier than speech production. But maybe my brain just works in odd ways. To me listening comprehension fluency comes quite early. Speech production though is a bit different story.
@Tehui1974
10 ай бұрын
I learnt 1 language to an advanced C level as an adult, which was incredibly challenging (but rewarding) because I had never learnt languages before. I've now just started learning Spanish. It will be interesting to how my language journey with Spanish compares with the other, given that I'm now an experienced language learner.
@LonerBSP
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Luca and everybody who read it! I'm Russian and I've been learning English about 14 years, it's may shock a bit but I'm a passive learner, I do not do any practice except consumption information in English, as you said in video different fluencies, I may have higher level of understanding than speaking. In case I'm comfortable with my English level because I do understand every word, but in the same time I'm feel unsatisfied about my speaking skills when the time came to speak with someone! (in advance I apologize for my grammatical mistakes)
@user-or5sv3wl1y
Жыл бұрын
Learning language passively alone won't lead you to fluency. You have speak up and practice a lot
@Kanguruo
4 жыл бұрын
It makes sense to start with a language like Esperanto for which it doesn't take that long to reach fluency
@brettlarch8050
4 жыл бұрын
So I am fluent in spanish. I have been speaking it since I was 17 and I don't have an issue translating for native spanish speakers at work. What really helped with my spanish was these top three things: 1. I put everyday items that I use in spanish in order to force myself to have to read it everyday so that I can get used to the structure of sentences and words. My phone is in spanish, I play video games in spanish, and I watch tv shows in spanish. 2. I spend time with native speakers. I speak the language to them, go out and experience their culture if I can, and do activities I would normally do in english with them. Social media is a great way to learn and practice the language because we have that technological connection to where we can simply add someone from another country and learn the language. Plus, you can find ways to video chat with speakers. but most importantly: 3. I spent time in spanish speaking countries. For me, that improved my spanish ten fold because it wasn't an option for me to use it. I had to use it and I think that motivation of me being the one speaking the second language and being the one from another country. I have chosen to take french classes at school and I am repeating the same steps. And so far, it is going great and I haven't even actually started my french classes yet. Everyone is different though.
@audylu5681
4 жыл бұрын
This was a very interesting and realistic answer to the question posed in the title. Well explained! I am a native English speaker learning Spanish. I appreciate your help and motivation!
@Pratik1ful
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. I now understand that your point of view is always think about an idea and build-up. Make a practical way to learn. I understand your thinking now. You are simply great !! Luca. 🙏🏻😊❤️
@christopherortile6537
4 жыл бұрын
Me as italian I had to be studying English 4 years to become fluent cause unfortunately in Italy most of people don't speak English properly .I tried going into English meet-ups in Padova (the town where I live) but rarely did I find native English speakers.That's really bad cause,if I had found before any people to getting started to talk with,I would have taken much less time to become proficient in English
@aharonnitkin6912
4 жыл бұрын
There are many websites that enable you to do a language exchange or practice speaking with a tutor. I recommend this one www.italki.com/i/ABeBEH?hl=en-us
@larryhoward1593
4 жыл бұрын
4 years it's not a long time my boy! 😄
@johnleake5657
4 жыл бұрын
Fortunate for me that most Italians don't speak English fluently, or I would never have learned to speak Italian fluently!
@elleryprescott
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Concise and informative. Nicely done, Luca! 👌🏽
@GypsieSeeker
4 жыл бұрын
I use the FSI estimates for native English speakers. When assuming 1 hour of study per day they work out to: Romance/Scandinavian ~ 2 1/2 years German ~ 4 years Slavic (+others) ~ 5 years Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Arabic ~ 9 1/2 years
@okeykkey
4 жыл бұрын
I'm Kurdish, I grow up with Arabic, Kurdish, English and Norwgian. I'm currently learning spanish, spend 4 months (450 hours) only on phrases I can now at least 250 different phrases and a lots of words. I believe I need 6 more months to understand and speak every day talk. News, movies, reading.
@mantko3206
4 жыл бұрын
how did you learn Norwegian?
@shevetlevi2821
4 жыл бұрын
What Luca says makes alot of sense. I lived in Israel for 2 years in the mid 1980's. According to the U.S. State Dept. Hebrew is category 4 out of 5 in difficulty for English speakers. I took 6 months of government sponsored intensive Hebrew; 5 hours/day, 5 days/ week for 6 months. My Hebrew was just functional enough to have friendships with Israelis who spoke no English and eventually get through the army (shortened to 6 months as I was already in my early 30's when I entered the country). I wasn't however able to get through a radio or TV broadcast. Sometimes I think another year in the country would've helped bridge that gap. One thing that impeded my progress was that the average level of English in Israel is fairly high so it was easy to fall back on English. People in the intensive Hebrew class who came from countries with less frequently spoken languages, e.g. Romania advanced more quickly because they had no alternative but to use Hebrew. Overall it was a struggle for me and after a day of speaking only Hebrew it felt like my brain was physically tired.
@laurenazalea
4 жыл бұрын
Always inspirational to watch these videos....in addition to the content....love the color scheme and hourglass on this one!
@jeanettekeegan471
Жыл бұрын
Your presentation and use of language was excellent. Thank you.
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! It took about 9 months for me to become fluent in English.
@haleyschricker2124
4 жыл бұрын
English is my native language, and it took me about 2 years to achieve a B2 level in German, which I consider something like conversational fluency. I'm more advanced now, but that was the period of time when I studied in a concentrated way. Years later, my first few months studying Portuguese took me much further than my whole first year of German!
@IrredeemablyEvil
4 жыл бұрын
Hey buddy what's up! I also tackled German and Portuguese. I've been studying both for a year and a half now and I agree with you. My study sessions in Portuguese are short and I feel like I acquire it easily and smoothly. German on the other hand takes up way longer and I need to concentrate a lot more. Question for you: why did you choose to learn those languages?
@mattschwarz7563
4 жыл бұрын
It is funny , because Portuguese is my native language , on the other hand i am learning English and German . My level in English i would say is between b2/c1 and in German b1.
@IrredeemablyEvil
4 жыл бұрын
@@mattschwarz7563 Oi Matt! Posso fazer você a mesma pergunta? Por que é que você escolheu estudar inglês e alemão? Saudações!
@haleyschricker2124
4 жыл бұрын
IrredeemablyEvil I wanted to learn German because of my heritage, and funnily enough my first contact with Brazilian Portuguese was in Berlin at a language school-my interest took off from there! How about you?
@haleyschricker2124
4 жыл бұрын
Matt Schwarz That’s awesome, best of luck with your English and German studies!
@Bnbakr552
2 жыл бұрын
I speak 4 languages: Fulani, Hausa(Nigerian languages) , English and Arabic. I am now learning Hindi. I feel motivated by your video.
@henryviera7825
2 жыл бұрын
Luca has a great point. As a deaf polyglot (started losing hearing at 6 years old, finally lost it all at 22) to me it was easier to learn ANY spoken language while I could hear, audio/ video imput at the same time ment I could read and listen to learn. With sign languages it's frustratingly more complex. And worse still, while I can speak any of my known languages fine, sign languages are typically used as a crutch alongside spoken word incase I slur or mispronounce a word. However the deaf community in American doesn't even had one common language. Theres ASL (American sign language), PSE pidgin signed English and SEE (signed exact English) my home town is in a small territory of the USA 🇺🇸 called Puerto Rico, the primary language there is Spanish. Yet it uses its own dialect of ASL and PRSL a separate vernacular based around ASL mixed with Spanish (Castilian spanish) sign language. My point is not to complain it's that languages can be heard, but so what keep going, try to enjoy the process. I'm 23, speak spanish English french russian and Chinese, and can sign in ASL and SEE. Sure I'm different then everyone else. But I'm blessed bcuz even now there's plenty for me to learn. I have alot of signed languages to learn yet and who knows maybe in 10 years I'll go back to learning new languages. I've always wanted to read Arabian knights in the original text but never learned the Arabic letters
@billwailey5050
4 жыл бұрын
great video Luca! my native language is English, and I have no prior background in language learning until I learned Spanish to fluency. I didn't know anything but "hola" until four years ago and now I am fluent. given the close proximity to English, and the vast number of Spanish speakers in the United States, it has been rather easy to reach fluency. I am currently trying to decide which language to conquer next. Again, thank you for sharing this video!
@rafaeldias9097
4 жыл бұрын
Adorei este vídeo, as pessoas acham que existe uma receita de bolo para aprender uma língua estrangeira. Concordo plenamente contigo, um dos fatores que mais interfere na aquisição de uma segunda língua é a distância entre esta e o nosso idioma materno. Seus vídeos são incríveis, Luca. Aprendo muito mais contigo do que nas aulas de Linguística.
@danilojen2144
2 жыл бұрын
Sim, existe uma "receita de bolo" de bolo para aprender linguas. O problema q as pessoas nao querem sentar a bunda na cadeira e sò levantar quando tiver 800h de pratica deliberada.
@alextheskater
4 жыл бұрын
Native Polish here. Living in the UK, and not actively learning English (not learning from textbooks or such), only interacting with people everyday in school, it took me three years to go from basic conversations, to complete native-like fluency, and I even got an A in my GCSEs in language and literature. Now I'm learning Japanese. Someone end me... It's about as far as it can get. I think the only thing worse than Japanese, would be Chinese... I'm hoping to get to a good natural conversation level within three years. I only started three months ago.
@tomaswoodall
4 жыл бұрын
I've come to realize two traps people keep falling in: 1) No attention to pronunciation: consonants, vowels, diphthongs, silables, rhythm... Simply other language learners may understand you, because they know and make the same mistakes, but not the NATIVES, who know so much vocabulary they might even mistake what you just said for something totally different! We Brazilians tend to think that's not true, so just imagine someone comes and says "porta" (door) in Portuguese: /'pɔxta/ (standard) ✓, /'pɔɹta/ (some dialects)✓, /pɔx'ta/ (is that a mispronounced verb?), /pɔɹ'ta/ (is that a mispronounced verb?), /'poxta/ (harbor? similar enough...), /'poɹta/ (harbor? similar enough...) /'puta/ (w.h.o.r.e?!!). You get it. 2) Much less vocabulary then needed. This time I ditched easy-to-read A2 and B2 fiction and I'm reading real German comics and, man, that's hard (C1 and C2)! I've set down and wrote more than one thousand words just to finish an eighty pages story, Der Kolumbusfalter, published in Lustiges Taschenbuch (Disney). I suppose just downloading 500, 1.000, 1.500 flashcards and playing with them would not do the job! So I'm close to finish my Nicos Weg A1 and get my Busuu/McGraw-Hill level A1 certificate knowing so much extra vocabulary that I can almost watch Der Tag on Deutsche Welle's news channel. In A2 I will be able to listen and understand almost everything, self taught and way ahead of other German learners.
@giacomomallaci595
4 жыл бұрын
Grazie per la tua contribuzione. Sono siciliano, nato al estero e studiando la lingua italiana sin da due anni. Ti ho conosciuto guardando i tuoi filmati. Sei stato molto logico nella tua dissertazione e a quello che vedo, hai perso un sacco di peso :D
@tedc9682
4 жыл бұрын
I'm studying Chinese and it is taking years. I can read magazines in Spanish (for 50 years now), but I can't speak it. I'm sure I just need practice -- lots of practice, and finding ways to use the language a lot. Thanks for your ideas -- as always, they are very insightful.
@petrosstefanidis6396
4 жыл бұрын
I feel very lucky to know Greek and English. It's a huge boost as I am trying to learn Spanish and Russian.
@khalifaali5793
4 жыл бұрын
I would also say that the script would be another factor that you can consider when measuring the distance between languages. Great video as always!
@sandytyler5626
4 жыл бұрын
In my opinion term "fluency" has everything to do with speaking. I wouldn't say I am a fluent reader or a fluent listener, it sounds inapropriate to my understanding of fluency. And it also has little to do with vast grammar and vocabulary knowledge. It just points out how comfortable you are in speaking, mostly mentally. A person can be at A2 or B1 level and have confidence to speak fluently, but sometimes even with C1 knowledge one cannot do this. The most powerful thing in reaching fluency is speaking with natives on everyday basis, spending time abroad.
@woodsy424
4 жыл бұрын
As someone who has been learning and practicing spanish on my own since 2008, I am always looking for ways to polish and refine my abilities. For me, fluency comes and goes based on how much effort I put in to not only learning but maintaining the language, which can sometimes be the hardest part. If anyone has suggestions on how to boost my abilities once they start to lag, I'm all ears.
@maclane7
3 жыл бұрын
Practice 1 hour /week with a native tutor. It keeps you in shape and it's fun. As a French, I do it for my English and it cost me only 24 dollars / month
@nerzenjaeger
3 жыл бұрын
Watch Spanish content. It's the sure-fire way.
@camelopardalis84
Жыл бұрын
I watch t.v. shows and films almost exclusively in English. Whenever I research something, I research it either in my native German or in English, depending on whether I find more/better information in German or in English. It is very often in English. I am on KZitem almost daily, and I watch almost only English-language videos and, as in this case, interact with people in the comment sections of those videos in English. I also use one other social media site where that provides me with things to read and an opportunity to write in English. Spanish is an extremely wide-spread language compared to almost all others in this world. I am sure you can emulate the parts of what I do that seem appealing to you, but in Spanish instead of English. I also recommend reading enough books or magazines or newspapers in Spanish, since I see that when it comes to English, the language level used in speech or informal KZitem comments and so on is on a noticeably lower level than the English found in books or magazines or news articles written in English.
@natsuwabi2323
3 жыл бұрын
I'm currently 13 years old, and my native language is Latvian (a country from Europe). You can say i have gradually learned english my whole life. I could say i mix up the grammar in Latvian with English. The only thing i have done through these years is just watching youtube and movies. Recently i've been reading a lot of books and this one character knew spanish, dutch, french and italian. This character really inspired me to learn new languages, but the thing is i can't learn them, cause my school teaches me russian. I never really liked the russian language, because it confused me and i didn't understand a single thing from the grammar. Also, i learned from 1.-3. grade dutch, but i forgot 97% of it. I think it is the best for me to start learning russian and then learn other languages!
@_Hibafathima
3 жыл бұрын
Did you start studying russian?
@natsuwabi2323
3 жыл бұрын
@@_Hibafathima no, my school forces me to learn russian
@Kumulmeskis
3 жыл бұрын
Learn both Russian and English, you will never regret it in the future. Take that opportunity. Russian is also very important as well as English.
@user-rs9py9yr1r
Жыл бұрын
learn languages that you will use in the future otherwise you will forget everything. russian is more useful than dutch because every dutch speaks english and it's spoken only in the netherlands.
@chocozeus920
4 жыл бұрын
The structure and content of the video is incredible. Thank you
@rezagrans1296
4 жыл бұрын
a terrific speaker with great ideas and eloquent ways of explaining them. (e.g. "how the wordz we use affect our personal affirmations, and then by extension, our thoughts, beliefs, perceived concept of our abilities in reality
@annap1871
4 жыл бұрын
English - since I was two or three... and I started to be fluent three years ago, but honestly I had really long breaks (even one of ten years), German - six years to C2, I was a teenager and didn't know how to learn, Spanish - five months to B1 and we will see what will happen - the most significant difference is that I know what and how to learn and that some constructions or vocabulary can be associated with grammar or vocabulary from another language.
@valerie329
3 жыл бұрын
i love languages. i always get random bursts of motivation ans start learning a new language every now and often but it usually only lasts for about a month. i think its mostly because i keep telling myself i wont be good enough, so i might as well just give up.
@greenfocus7552
4 жыл бұрын
Got clarity on developing a language learning process. Thank you very much.
@jimlemon1
4 жыл бұрын
I’m the typical American knowing only English. I’ve been learning Italian for three years and am far from fluent, maybe low level B1. I’m sure I have made many mistakes along the way, but it’s fun and I will never stop.
@pac167
4 жыл бұрын
It took me almost 5 years to learn french to fluency (I'm Croatian, different language group). Afterwards, it took me around 5 months to become fluent in italian. Result of taking up a similar language and knowing how to acutally learn one.
@nwans701
4 жыл бұрын
How did u learn Italian in 5 months , do u have any tips ?
@pac167
4 жыл бұрын
@@nwans701 3 months of pimsleur subscription, then 30 minutes to 1 hour daily of youtube while writing down new words and phrases. I look up for youtube channels with both english and italian subtitles, mostly Podcast Italiano, Learn Italian with Lucrezia and Max Mariola (so usually 1 channel dedicated to language learning and the other one with ordinary everyday language which is more challenging). But as I said, it was much much easier because of all the similair vocabulary and grammar to french.
@nwans701
4 жыл бұрын
@@pac167 thanks , instead of a app like pimsleur do u think apps like Duolingo and memrise actually help ?
@pac167
4 жыл бұрын
@@nwans701 I haven't tried memrise, although I've heard that it's useful tool. Duolinguo is in my opinion completely useless. As a main app, you could try Babbel or Busu (Busu is free) instead of Pimsleur.
@yarno8895
4 жыл бұрын
How can someone be always that relevant? Thanks a lot Luca!
@ukrainer7723
4 жыл бұрын
I also want to add about environment. You don’t have to go to the country of the language, but you can find people to speak online. For myself, when I started learning Japanese, I was... I’d say gifted with an opportunity to find and play a PC videogame “VRChat”, where I found Japanese speakers. That way I enhanced at least my conversational Japanese, lost the fear of talking on the language I learn, and found some friends to practice with. And I am not alone. I met many people who learned English through “VRChat”, and even Russian.
@s001b
4 жыл бұрын
I'm Arab, I speak French and English fluently, I want to learn German
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