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@EasyFinnish
2 жыл бұрын
Kiitos Steve! Thanks for your video.
@briban65
2 жыл бұрын
I read read and read.
@suatcangeyik4714
2 жыл бұрын
I've seen this video , it's quite for the leveraging the vocabulary that your learning language . Yet I'd like to write my own learning phrase that I've been using so far , it maybe help you out to increase your vocabs. In my daily life , I read and listen english resources during the day . I check the vocabs if I couldn't comprehend the meaning of the sentence otherwise it is redundant to check and you will feel lost after return to context. As if , I can infer the meaning to vocab even though not know about it , I would highlight but I wouldn't stop the reading until end of to paragraph after that , I look the dictionary in English not my mother tongue firstly. If I could not understand even , I'd check the mother tongue as well . Most likely , I would forget it the meaning precisely after a while . Probably I'd see that words some other resources either within the next paragraphs therefore , I get used the word after see couple of time . Instead of writing tons of words to paper, you could grasp the words easily by this technique which I've been using it. So this encountered couple of times world could have been familiar or known words. I wish , you would understand what I mentioned in this paragraph because I'm not to much good with the writing and I don't feel free while I write some context in English. :D
@zenozoldic3043
2 жыл бұрын
You have to read the Qur'an , the best book on the surface of the earth .
@deutschmitpurple2918
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve! You are the best
@IKEMENOsakaman
2 жыл бұрын
My memory is really bad, so I really can't memorize vocabulary by writing them down in a notebook and trying to memorize them. Rather, I memorize whole sentences in contexes and situations. My body can remember so much more than my brain. Weird, but true.
@valeriemcdonald440
2 жыл бұрын
I can relate.
@pseudonomous
2 жыл бұрын
I think this is actually true for most people. Memory works by linking knowledge together, the more you link a word to context, the easier it is to recall. It's much easier for me to memorize all the words in a sentence from a story than a single word, or an out-of-context vocabulary sentence. However, the downside is that sometimes I can't recall the meaning of word, or the reading of kanji out of the original context I learned it in. I think, optimally, you learn the words in one context, one sentence first, then you learn another 2 or 3 sentences and, eventually, you become pretty good at recognizing the word in any context.
@HollyDollyTakahani
2 жыл бұрын
Study harder.
@Dark-vg7iz
Жыл бұрын
Well, it's not your body it is still your brain 😂😂😂 You just use it better
@violawang724
Жыл бұрын
yee,me too .when my teacher tell us to dictate words in our notebook that i always feel hard for that because of my weak memory.when try to dicate,i need to read them for many many times but cant remember them permenantly but i will forget them quickly when finish the dicatation. But if I go through many books and the words come up again and again, i'll remember them unconsciously.
@AndreSantos-qv1kd
4 ай бұрын
Hi! My name is André, I’m from Brazil, I’m learning English and I have a dream to speak many languages and to be a linguist. Thanks for this video👏🏾
@BryanAJParry
2 жыл бұрын
As a language teacher, I independently came to Steve's conclusions myself. This Man has it bang on!
@DrJustininJapan
2 жыл бұрын
100% agree!!
@Davide-cb1nr
Жыл бұрын
How do you imorove in speaking without actively recalling vocabulary? Passive vocabulary is not enough in order to produce (a decent) language.
@mostafathunder4921
2 жыл бұрын
از این ویدیو استفاده کردم و برام مفید بود. چقدر خوب که در حال یادگیری فارسی هستید. براتون آرزوی موفقیت دارم. بترکونید.
@pourad1039
2 жыл бұрын
با درود و احترام . از مطالب آموزنده شما سپاسگذارم .
@starlightphoenix2030
2 жыл бұрын
I can definitely get behind this! I'm relearning Japanese after not speaking it for about 10 years. I remember a lot more about the grammar than I do actual vocabulary... which leaves me in an awkward position when trying to have a discussion 😅. I'm doing my best to relearn as much vocab as possible so that I can actually start speaking it again, lol.
@DrJustininJapan
2 жыл бұрын
that's awesome!! i just moved back to Japan and am in the same situation!! amazing 😂 lived here about 8 years ago and need to catch up AND learn things i was too lazy to do before like reading and writing properly. GOOD LUCK!! i just made a video about how i will do this actually
@ruhstill1399
2 жыл бұрын
@@DrJustininJapan 👍
@IBRAHIMMOHAMED-ek6ew
2 жыл бұрын
🥲🥲
@youtubeads3797
2 жыл бұрын
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@davidgarcia-rv3fs
2 жыл бұрын
I’m there too lmao
@Heidelbuam
2 жыл бұрын
The idea that passive vocabulary is your main indicator of how far you“ve progressed in a language is very appealing to me. I think though it depends on your communicative (or for that matter non-communicative goals) you are trying to achieve in a certain language. If your aim is to be able to understand reading and listening material passively, it would help you a great deal. Once you want to communicate or write something in a language, you“d eventually have to turn your acquired passive vocabulary into an active one. Thus, being aware of the contexts (syntactical,lexical and pragmatical) in which you can actively use certain words is quite essential, I think. I would love to see comments on that.Being a linguist and polyglotte myself, I“ ve always enjoyed learning vocabulary, even out of a dictionary:)
@zosiapotok1226
2 жыл бұрын
I completely agree!
@HollyDollyTakahani
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment! Excellent!
@lucie442
2 жыл бұрын
Totally on the same page! I just have a hard time finding listening material to what phrases I’m reading here and there (in Japanese, I don’t really know the pitch etc) did you study linguistics?
@Heidelbuam
2 жыл бұрын
nu@@lucie442 Thank you for your comment. Wow, Japanese would be a hard nut for me :) Not that I havent thought about learning asian languages, I‘d be struggling with Kanji and the pitch accent as well. Yes, I studied German as a second language, linguistics and language acquisition in particular. Hence,my passion for language learning.
@deutschmitpurple2918
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this nice advice. You are wonderful
@fahadhussain66
Жыл бұрын
2:08 this is why you're a gem, somebody who has been through all of this, and is now sharing is knowledge in simple 10 minute videos is truly a treasure to be found. Thanks!
@Eduardo-gi8ex
5 ай бұрын
YEA
@laurentpicard3963
2 жыл бұрын
Parfait comme toujours. J'ai 40 ans et bientôt 41 et moi qui ne suis jamais aller à l'école ( vie très particulière suite à différentes circonstances) ait commencé l'anglais il y a quelques mois ( je ne me l'étais jamais autorisée auparavant). J'avançais très lentement puis il y a environ un mois et demi je vous ai découvert ainsi que toutes vos précieuses méthodes et depuis je suis bien plus confiant. En faite, je suis en train de lire votre livre actuellement et bien qu'il existe en français je l'ai acheté en Anglais et je suis en train de le lire en Anglais ... À ma grande surprise je m'aperçois que je comprends à plus de 90% ... Parler, surtout en circonstances réel est bien plus délicat... Mais je sais que ça viendra en continuant à prendre du plaisir. Merci 🙏
@alonsocastaneda9936
10 ай бұрын
It is impressive how we can learn any language by just doing simple things like reading books, listening to podcasts, and writing things in that language. When I first started to learn English, I didn't take it very seriously because I thought that if I went to school and studied English there, I would learn English as time went by, but then I realized that if I really want to learn and speak English fluently, I will have to study English everyday and make English learning a habit.
@davidsthoughts60
2 жыл бұрын
I signed up for LingQ a few weeks ago, after seeing several of your videos over a couple of years. My Russian learning has moved from ‘stagnation’ to ‘making process’ since then. I watch a few polyglots telling how they learn languages, but as you say, it comes down to spending time with the language and having comprehensible input. Thanks much for LingQ and for your continued motivation.
@roseeemetiche6895
2 жыл бұрын
Is it that helpful ??
@deutschmitpurple2918
2 жыл бұрын
I am learning Russian like you. I hope we can do it
@yuliyak3481
Жыл бұрын
Я могу поговорить с вами по-русски))
@sonjak8265
Жыл бұрын
I learn Russian by listening audio books, such as Anna Karenina, found on KZitem, and reading a bilingual edition of the same book, which I bought on Amazon. Tolstoy's book Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth --is easy.
@yuliyak3481
Жыл бұрын
@@sonjak8265 I love Tolstoy too) Some people prefer Dostoevskij, not me😁
@paland1979
2 жыл бұрын
A have my own experience in studying foreign language words - when I started to study Chinese, studying characters and tones was very hard, therefore I wrote a short application in Python with random appearing of words. It helped me much to get initial Chinese vocabulary.
@Kender591
2 жыл бұрын
Very Interesting video! There are a lot vocabularies that I've learned long time ago and i never use them,I don't forget them,but thanks to them I can understand more complex ideas.
@H33HDS
2 жыл бұрын
I learn vocabulary through listening and I'm getting better and better
@PikRabbit
2 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with you, and I also see language imput as a form of review because everything we consume in the language is only going to have repetitive words so you dont have to worry about ever seeing it again plus it'll still give you context (90% of the time) compared to if you only stuck with language programs.
@vunguyentr5561
Жыл бұрын
This is fantastic, I love binge learning new words but felt guilty not using any of them. This gives me perfect excuse to indulge in this hobby
@vhxb-gq5dt
10 ай бұрын
Have a try for it.
@DiegoMorales-iz8lg
2 жыл бұрын
Great video... I'm a native Spanish speaker
@youssefelmrabet7033
2 жыл бұрын
I'm really grateful that I know you. every time you upload a video I learn something new. thank you for your time.
@_Username__
2 жыл бұрын
I will be forever thankful and grateful for you Steve for sharing your invaluable wisdom and experience, I actually totally agree with your statements but I never were able to summarize it for my self and output it elegantly and clearly as you just did, Thank you so much.
@samizin911
2 жыл бұрын
wow almost hitting the 500k mark, thanks a lot for all these videos Steve! we much appreciate it!
@evarkf5303
5 ай бұрын
He’s on over 1M now 😂
@teamjipper2495
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. From my own limited, but intensive experience I find that there is a 'scale' of knowing a word. In the early going it is exposure, exposure, exposure in context for non-cognates. True cognates are a gift. My biggest current challenge is recognizing known words in speech. Early on I might recognize a word, but slowly. So slowly that I loose the context - the world passes me by. A weird, long delay until my brain accepts it knows this word. This delay shortens the more times I hear a given word. So in this context I wouldn't say I fully know a word (or phrase) until I can understand it in speech at a normal listening rate. Repetition matters a lot. Reading is different, the delay in recognition doesn't matter because the rate I read at is not important. Great stuff!
@MeAsMeButMe
Жыл бұрын
This comment should have more likes! Great observation! I couldn't agree more!
@hajji384
3 ай бұрын
5:22 The best idea that I always had in mind, a large passive vocabularies. With massive listening and reading to create familiarity with the language and increase our comprehensive, increase our passive vocabularies
@isaachester8475
Жыл бұрын
As a complete beginner, I’ve been supplementing Anki flashcards with podcasts, TV shows, and movies. So far, the flashcards have actually been helpful because words I would never even have parsed out in spoken language are specifically drawn out to me repeatedly by Anki. Then when I consume the media it’s like it just “clicks” and from this I’m able to learn even more words because I can guess based on the context of the words I just learned. I’m learning like 20 new words per day from flashcards and reviewing others recommended by Anki, and so far I’m pretty satisfied with my progress. Goal right now is to learn like 5K words in under a year.
@genuinolegitimo5625
2 жыл бұрын
Claramente um sábio profissional, nota-se o domínio que você tem do que está falando, parabéns pelo trabalho
@CouchPolyglot
2 жыл бұрын
I really agree to learning vocabulary naturally :). I am now learning a lot of Swedish words by listening to an "easy Swedish podcasts", it is like "Assimil" but in a podcast format, I love it!
@CouchPolyglot
2 жыл бұрын
@rm monster just by listening to input that we can understand, have you heard about the "natural approach"? I am a big fan :)
@ariohandoyo5973
2 жыл бұрын
I want to say that my weakness is learn new words in english, i'm still struggling with vocabulary i agree with you mr. Steve learn new words by memorsing 500 words it won't affective at all we should do more input learning ya you're right good luck on your languange learning guys.
@NoahSteckley
Жыл бұрын
I have been language learning at various levels for years and I have fully converged more and more over time to this exact perspective. Context, mass input, *passive vocabulary*
@So_-sk2wb
8 ай бұрын
Could you maybe explain what you mean with passive vocabulary 😅? Because I don’t really know what it’s supposed to mean
@BaackTheBaptist
2 жыл бұрын
What I have found helpful is using a frequency dictionary and making Anki cards out of the words.
@sparksoflight5022
Жыл бұрын
Just found this channel and loved it at first sight!!!!Big thanks!!! Greetings from Germany from a fan of linguistics:)
@marielaward8434
3 ай бұрын
I know when I have learned a word because I noticed myself identitying it in several contexts. Most of the time it happens naturally, first with reading it and later in listening content. It is a nice feeling, it makes me feel I am learning. When I become advance and my base knowledge of the language is large, I start learning less unless it is specialist language, at that point I know I am fluent in that language. I am a Spanish native, fluent in English, advance in Italian and French begginer. I use lingQ, duolingo, linkpie, helloTalk, preplay, Netflix, audible, podcast and any other form of content that I can access. I enjoyed learning and teaching languages. And I like to listen Steve talking about language acquisition.😊
@nojanshambayati9370
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Mr. Kaufmann This Nojan, I am an IELTS cours student and very interested in learning English, my mother language is Persian and since I saw your videos I become your loyal fan. As I understand you are studying Persian currently and I want to tell you I will be more than happy if I can help you in this wau evem by simple talk in persian and practice English with you too in a two way conversation. Thanks for your brilliant videos. Sincerely yours.
@davidzhang8764
2 жыл бұрын
“You see behind me I have all these books” lol I thought it was a curtain with books on it at first
@carloforziati2624
2 жыл бұрын
Learning a word in a context (in a phrase) is much better than learning it and trying to memorize it singularly! Bear it in mind to everyone!
@deutschmitpurple2918
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🤗🤗🤗
@faezehfirouzabadi8323
2 жыл бұрын
خیلی ممنون و موفق باشید.
@APlusRussian
2 жыл бұрын
Certainly need words to... wordsmith (e.g., apply grammatical rules, etc.) 😉
@germancasallas3506
2 жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias como siempre señor steve Kaufman
@redmed10
Жыл бұрын
People who say they have problems learning new vocabulary should bear in mind We are learning new words every day in our first language. We change our vocabulary all the time depending on the social situation we are in. It's just not as obvious as when you are learning a new foreign language when it seems like hard work. These things take time and because so many people present this as an easy task to sell their products or to show they are special one can become rather negative about our own abilities.
@АлександрЯкимов-к3о
Жыл бұрын
I found out that a passive vocabulary much bigger than active one. That's why we can understand more when listening than we are able to say in conversation. So when someone is listening or writing, he likely uses both of them, but when saying a person mostly applies an active vocabulary.
@Davide-cb1nr
Жыл бұрын
But how do we improve in learning how to speak the target language? I like this idea of passive vocabulary and I've always found it very useful, but the goal is learning how to speak, to produce that language. I really can't understand how you're supposed to improve your speaking without mastering, though active recall, a big vocabulary (and phonology of course).
@Dumm11111
Ай бұрын
I have a friend,very talented. He study many languages by himself. And he read dictionaries. Only about English,he read 4 dictionaries. The last language he studied is Hebrew. Mostly he cannot speak,but can read. He died years ago. As a friend of him,l also read dictionaries when I study German,and I have 35 German dictionaries . Now I study Japanese.
Word count isn't about if you can use it, but it _is_ about if you don't forget it. I fail at language learning because i'm on a treadmill - the words i "learn" fall away, come back, fall away, come back, and i'm treading water, never reaching the point where i can use regular material as input
@macumbajc
2 жыл бұрын
As a second language teacher who only speaks two languages fluenty, I agree 100% with everything you say. I am still a beginner in Spanish, my third language, but it is my laziness that prevents me from going further. Thank you for your insight Steve!
@deutschmitpurple2918
2 жыл бұрын
I am learning Spanish and I love this language. Muchas gracias ❤️❤️❤️
@chadbailey7038
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite sub-topic in the genre! Great assessment 👏🏾
@m17434
2 жыл бұрын
We LOVE you, Steve! Keep up the good work; you are an inspirational teacher. I am learning Arabic with Arabe Facil, which means I am learning that language through Spanish. It makes sense to me because I am learning to improve both languages ...
@samaval9920
Жыл бұрын
Arabic & Portuguese both borrow Arabic words. See videos by Paul Jorgensen of Langfocus Bahador Alast of ? both discuss both languages words that are borrowed from Arabic.
@Justusosaa
9 ай бұрын
I started learning French: I bought three French books and a dictionary. I started to translate word by word with my dictionary. I underscored every word in my dictionary. After using it, I noticed, that I have underscored this word already. To translate took time. Next book was easier, because my vocabulary has increased already. After translating three books, I did not need to underscore much. I continued this way and after reading 1500 French books, I understand many new words from the context. I listened to the French songs, watched movies and travelled in France and Belgium. I cannot say, that I know French, but I have a tiny idea about it. Later I made blogs in three languages and I learnt more.
@grunntalll
5 ай бұрын
wait what. youve read 1500 french books but you only have a tiny idea bout the language?
@rafaelribeiro8675
2 жыл бұрын
Obrigado Steve por trazer mais um desses video e Por coincidência estava pensando exatamente sobre isso.
2 жыл бұрын
Is this Italian or Spanish? Sorry for disturbing...
@kaynansilva6998
Жыл бұрын
@ it is portuguese from brazil.
Жыл бұрын
@@kaynansilva6998 Oh, thanks. Are there big differences bitween Brazil and Portugal Portuguese? How did you understand it's from Brazil?
@henriquesnowing8762
Жыл бұрын
just a few words, but the most biggest difference is from the accent.@
Жыл бұрын
@@henriquesnowing8762 I understand it. It's like saying garbage and rubbish different in USA and UK English...
@alinecardoso9668
2 жыл бұрын
I've been learning English for a couple of years, one thing that I'm not doing anymore is studying in traditional courses in my country, because you go to school, study lots of grammar only, and we usually pay lots of money to have poor conversation, the classes tend to have lots of people and you have no enough time to get to practice what you have learned. I have a friend leaving in Japan, she has being there since 3 years ago, and it turns out that she doesn't speak the language because she's just have Brazilian friends.
@jackbombay1423
3 ай бұрын
The editing in this channel has improved tremendously.
@MatrixCoder01
2 жыл бұрын
Real bookshelf this time lol :) awesome as always
@LanguageTeacher
2 жыл бұрын
Well done, Steve. An excellent summary of this topic.
@elllllllle939
Жыл бұрын
Completely spot on! So sad that I have only realized this in my late 20s. I wish I knew this earlier. Had wasted so much time using the wrong method learning English before.
@charliesomoza5918
2 жыл бұрын
Stunning! As usual! Thanks Steve.
@fernandocortes1187
2 жыл бұрын
7:00 listening and comprensión reading ti learn words
@margaretfan5
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agreed what you have said. Thanks for sharing. Steve.
@vrmartin202
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experience! My past experience with German come to mind as you share this.
@Jayinjapanese
Жыл бұрын
I’m recommending everyone to you.I hope you hit 1Million subscribers
@alexanderjamesl4868
2 жыл бұрын
The setting and lighting on this video feels good 👍
@MCyagli
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, I did not understand why you find the following statement irrelevant: "you must read content that only has a small percentage of new words in it, or that you have to meet a word so many times" and how it contradicts with what you later describe how we should acquire words. To me, they complement each other perfectly.
@dennisenglishjournal498
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve, your tips are always useful and interesting to hear! 👍🙋♂️ I strongly believe that we all should learn vocabulary *through listening and reading THE CONTENT THAT IS INTERESTING FOR US* 😊 It's the most natural way to aquisite vocabulary and finally get our language goals 💪 *Reading, listening, review* - all three components are very important! 👏 Let's boost our English confidency in 2022, guys! 🤩🙌
@deutschmitpurple2918
2 жыл бұрын
True 👍👍👍
@danisarteaga6475
Жыл бұрын
Thanks again for your support 😘
@mariosergio7537
8 ай бұрын
I've been learning English for two years, and now I'm able to understand at least 90 percent of any content I hear. I never went well in learning words separately, instead I only did well watching series with subtitles and rewatching the same series without subtitles again and after that listening over again.
@garyhull6689
7 ай бұрын
Your written English is superb.! Well done!
@mariosergio7537
7 ай бұрын
@@garyhull6689 Thank you! I appreciate that, it makes me feel confident to keep on track
@grunntalll
5 ай бұрын
oh interesting! so you watched shows with your native subtitles and then again without subtitles or you meant you watched show with english subtitles and then without?
@mariosergio7537
5 ай бұрын
@@grunntalll hi , how are you? So I always use to watch with English subtitles and never my native subtitles. This the way I've been improving my progress, I have a long road to run yet, but eve making some mistakes I noticed a lot of progress
@grunntalll
5 ай бұрын
@@mariosergio7537 okay cool, and how did you get to the point where you could watch english shows with english subtitles and understand enough to keep going? what did you do to get to that point?. thanks im fine = )
Ingenious! Thanks a lot for your video! Very interesting it is!)
@bluefairy9683
13 күн бұрын
Just perfect ❤ this is what I finally learned English vocabularies
@misterchamstandupcomedy5560
2 жыл бұрын
steve, I can't agree with you more. Passive vocabulary is the first step to learning a language, it's like some people can understand the language but can't speak it fluently. The next step is to turn the passive things into active vocabularies.... and this process could be much longer. coz... now, it's about memory and instinct, but not just basic understanding.
@MDobri-sy1ce
2 жыл бұрын
Too me, it’s all about context in which the words are used.
@EasyFinnish
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations 500k!
@Mingsbuddy
Жыл бұрын
I love this guy! He makes learning interesting and accessible. Yay!
@tahall5646
3 ай бұрын
Un hombre con consejos excelentes.
@meerghalib320
8 ай бұрын
The idea that passive vocabulary is your main indicator of how far you"ve progressed in a language os very appealing to me. i think thought it depends on your communicative (or for that matter non-communicative goals) you are trying to achieve in a certain language. if your aim is to be able to understand reading and listenig maerial passively. it would help you a great deal. once You want to communicate or write something in a language, you'd eventually have to turn your acquired passive vocabulary into an active Thus, being aware of the q
@alanguages
2 жыл бұрын
Steve, Do you ever do vocabulary augmentation by learning the roots and affixes of a language? I continue to do that and cannot see myself ever doing the one word at a time with the dictionary ever again. Aside from the most frequent words study of in a case of one word at a time, which is necessary, the passive knowledge of learning word roots and affixes has changed my outlook entirely. The Ancient Greek and Latin roots, suffixes and prefixes have expanded my passive understanding of English my mother tongue. Now I know many of that can be transferred to other Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages. Also modern Greek of which I can think of.
@ronyrony6086
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this lesson, I'm an English learner and I'll practice your advice,of course I'll download your app too.
@tra.nsgood3930
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you...very useful...not only the content....I hear you...as comprehensive lesson also .
@TLK3324
11 ай бұрын
How can we expand our vocab knowledge faster as a result of this speech ?
@rafaelzv99
2 жыл бұрын
I love your naturalness…gonna take the tips
@deutschmitpurple2918
2 жыл бұрын
Vocabulary is the most important step to learn any language. If you want to learn vocabulary firstly, you can understand any language easily.
@driesverhaag8955
2 жыл бұрын
That 500k is so close, congrats in advance
@paulwalther5237
2 жыл бұрын
“Hopefully, I don’t contradict myself.” 😆. That cracked me up. I can relate too. I suppose there’s something to be said for using a word to try to get yourself to remember it but when I was in Japan I would cram words in my dorm room and then go downstairs to talk to people and use some of the words but still forget them if they were hard or less common words as compared to whatever my level of a Japanese was. Frustrating but what can you do. Of course increasing your active vocabulary is nice but I think it’s overrated. If your vocabulary is sufficient to express pretty much any idea you want to talk about then you’re basically good. I haven’t noticed that anyone I talked to cared at all that I kept using the most common 5000 words even though native speakers can go far beyond that.
@wendelwise1289
Жыл бұрын
The best teacher
@LiuMichael-o4n
4 ай бұрын
thanks teacher, you are excellent!
@mariotaz
2 жыл бұрын
So true.
@caoyi9691
2 жыл бұрын
I totally have agreed
@senjutsu3400
4 ай бұрын
Not knowing how many words you know is probably the best if you are doing immersion appropriately. Language isn't a game, unless you want it to be.
@intersubjektivebrahim7712
8 ай бұрын
I am so excited to hear that you are learning Persian. It's very interesting. What do you think about it? Is it hard?
@malakmimika9824
2 жыл бұрын
He's a Legend ✨
@mourningireland4560
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I found myself considering Occam's raisin and realized I'd missed half the video
@belkicabral4641
Жыл бұрын
Gracias
@veritevraie4433
Жыл бұрын
As a french, I do exactly what you suggest : I'm currently learning Chinese Mandarin, and most ressources are in English and sometimes I have to look for the translation of an English word in my mother tongue so I incidentelly improve my english too. I would add that I learn mostly from native speakers, but from non native speakers too, because for a certain part, they will point things that native won't, in a way which is more understandable : so among the infinity of ressources, maybe those non natives are but 10 percent of those I listen to, but I think it remains appreciable for the reasons I just mentionned.
@Samson-v5v10
Жыл бұрын
I'm chinese, and I'm learning French now. Translation between French and Chinese are not natural like English and Chinese, so I also had to check the English meaning sometimes.
@pablojonathan3322
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Steve, Good video First of all. I really enjoy watching your videos Just to listen and listen in english. I would be really happy if you make a video with the Channel "Gengotaku" ( which is such like your Channel, talking about languages and learning methods ) .He's from Brazil, Living in Japan and he can speak... maybe 13 languages?! Incredible. Thanks.
@jamesm.9285
2 жыл бұрын
Just found this looking him up. :D It seems they have indeed met lol. kzitem.info/news/bejne/x5trtW2DbohzZn4
@masakolopez3859
10 ай бұрын
I like your way to learn language❤
@finkananisa5173
2 жыл бұрын
I got it, thanks sir for your tips. Actually, i know a many vocabulary in English since i learn English 1 years ago. But, the problem is i forget it when i speaking in English idk why can like that😖. I can understand when other people speaking in English, i can reading in English, but i can't speaking English with other people. I can if i am alone in a room. Maybe i already have been English for 1 years so, i should learn hard for this language. P.s I'm sorry if my English is really bad, i coment for this video just test my English Skills thank you
@Thelinguist
2 жыл бұрын
It all takes time. The brain gradually gets used to the language. You will slowly speak better and better. Writing is also a good way to practice your output.
@Algazhan
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve! You are wonderful man! It would be honour for me to make interview with you✨ Salut from Kazakhstan!
@gabibaldeon9456
2 жыл бұрын
What would be the strategy to acquire the vocabulary we want? Making lists, flashcards, what else?
Therefore, to learn a new language should we use text with audio, spaced repetition and vocabulary?
@DoyouTV
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@hananabed1866
Жыл бұрын
I love learn language very much, it's very interesting to me even my tongue language I interested it from the Holy quran
@whatMezLearn
8 ай бұрын
come back again for this advice!!
@jorgelicea4481
2 жыл бұрын
HOLA, GRACIAS POR COMUNICARTE, QUIERO REAPRENDER LENGUA RUSA ;)
@loveingbot
2 жыл бұрын
I know a lot of words that I don`t necessarily know how to use them and I find that, when I`m talking to my tutor and he says one of those words (or words I`m still learning), I tend to ask him to repeat it and suddenly my brain remembers what it means.
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