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I have a question and I really hope you can answer me .. When you are listening to the target language -on youtube - is it better to see the text and listen while trying to understand ? Or just listening and trying to understand ? -- I'm learning German --
When I read a novel in German or Russian I actually get more insight into a writer’s ‘style’ than in my own languages of French and English. I’m more conscious of vocabulary, idioms, dialogue , etc. One especially notices repetition of vocabulary. In a Russian novel, I may look up a word per page for the first 25 Pages but only a word for every 3 pages the last 25 pages. Also, I don’t notice new words the more I get into a book as my mind is no longer ‘translating’ but has transitioned into another state. It feels good when I realize that I have been reading in German or Russian for 10 minutes and temporarily ‘forgot about language’.
I'm an English teacher and I really support your point about "reading comprehension exercises" that many language teachers often impose on students. I understand there's a need for assessment, but as you said, readers don't have to understand "everything" (whatever that means come to think of it) as they enjoy the words on the page.
Thank you for your video ! Personnally, I really up my game when I started reading english. The reason was simple for me : Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Seems silly enough but I was 14 and that was my motivation ; a book in french cost me 60$ while the english versions were retailed at 20$... Needless to say, I kept my dictionnary next to me and I wrote every words in french on pages that I kept in the books. After just one book, I greatly improve. I did not really understood it at the time, but I read my first novel in english years later : Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice. I didn't know it at the time, but some dam broke inside and I became fluent in english afterward.
Agree with all your assessments as I'm learning spanish. Being a reader certainly helps. What I like also, is that I can stop and go over the sentence or a word again to be sure I got it, or double check with a dictionary to make I understood. You can't do that while driving or listening to a lecture, and just sitting down and listening to a podcast doesn't work for me. On a side note, I found out that the majority of people do not care if you want to learn to speak their language or not. Most people are not teachers and do not want to be, they don't have the patience or time and just want to commuinicate. Neither do language teachers want to teach you, unless you pay them.
Another great video, Steve! I am with you here, reading is very pleasurable and it helps with vocabulary acquisition, internalization of grammar patterns and so much more. It's amazing!
Interesting points, Steve! It’s amazing how well our brains are adapted to reading. Whenever I get really into a Japanese manga series, and read constantly everyday, I have the odd sensation of Japanese thoughts flowing through my mind. They’re not quite coherent, almost like snippets of speech. It almost feels like my brain is sorting through and making sense of it. Parts of my inner dialogue come through as Japanese. I just don’t get this experience after listening.
Keep going sir.as morocain woman i learn english at university mohamedv at the age of 58years old.im fol lowing your videos,your english is clear.thanks a lot
It’s great to listen to you Steve Kauffman. I am always impressed by your enthusiasm and your ability of knowing so much languages.How can you do it, it is really amazing. Some times I become frustrated about my progress but Your every lecture inspirers me to learn and never give up.
I am a long time student and now part-time study because of many ongoing health conditions and I focus on reading more and more each time because I do notice a difference in all my study subjects when I do read more often than not , and it better supports my most stuggled subject which is English but I am a , I can do it if I just focus on reading that diss give me strength ... And just want to say these words that listen here on this learning video gives me more courage to read more too , so for that am just trying to say thanks Which is what I try to say is Thank you for better the consintration to what is confirmation that reading is developing in so many areas to sort the thoughts into structure If that made any sense but again Thank you so very much and also trying to say very much appreciated for these words for better thinking for anyone like student or the focus of reading , listening, and trying to listen to what builds the thoughts for structure while learning is in this video I learned in this video !
Currently reading the novelization of “Back to the Future” in Japanese. Knowing the story certainly helps me comprehend but am still constantly learning new words thanks to the context. Also your sounds quality has really improved! Sounds great!
It is better than reading nothing, but I cannot help thinking that discovering a translated foreign work, instead of discovering a work in its original language, is... how could I say? It would be way exaggerated to say "a shame", but rather a "missed opportunity" for cultural reasons, maybe?
Reading translations is a good strategy to get reading in a foreign language. Translations are usually easier, and the subject matter is often more familiar.
I really liked your two videos The Power of Listening and the Power of Listening. They really sum up an overview of how you view those two skill and how they fit into your language learning. I feel like I can feel this more intimately in my own learning now.
You have said that reading helps understand the meaning of sounds and enables intelligible input. In addition, I suggest you talk more about how to develop reading habits and listening habits. We know the method you teach, and it only works if we implement it every day. Thanks.
Boaa noite Steve. Me surpreendi hoje ao me deparar com seu vídeo e incrivelmente conseguir entender a maior parte sem traduzir quase nada. É muito satisfatório notar que avançamos no idioma que estamos aprendendo. Ótimo vídeo. (Vou colocar mais em prática a leitura em inglês para aperfeiçoa-lo cada vez mais!!! Muito Obrigado!!!!
many thanks, Mr Steve, acquiring English as a foreign language is just a matter of eagerness no more no less. When you're reading a novel, you make your imagination work, therefore you get your brain exposed to a vague interpretations
I focus mainly on listening because that's the skill that's hardest for me to progress on, but reading is definitely helpful if you want to build up vocabulary.
I a had a friend from Africa who came to Germany as asylum seeker. Was illiterate and i guess he is still (lost contact). He learnt functionable German only by listening and using, like he learnt perhaps three West African languages. He always had a certain wish to learn reading but never had the energy and imagination to start it seriously. He was far too in awe of it. In Geramn we say Ehrfurcht, being afraid of these honour, it doesn't belong to his humble life. On his necklace he carried a grigri with some words of the Koran. Writing/reading has a holy spirit, in old days it was the instrument of the religions, this gave them power to rule. The capacity to fix an idea was a privilege of religious institutions. In Hinduism it is the opposite, in the moment the Veda are written down they loose their spirit, oral learning is the great secret of these school. But as you say, both listening and reading and by the way also touching (emotional and tactical) are the instruments to learn, to take part of life.
I'm currently reading a book in english called think like a monck by Jay shetty I've really fascinate by this gripping book and it helping me a lot to improve my english reading skills wich is so powerful thank you so mush Mr steve
Some specialists says that "active" skills (speaking and writing) are more important than "passive" (listening and reading), however, they seem to forget that fundamental is the "passive" side, we only speak because we can listen.
I'm currently reading The Diary of Anne Frank in my target language. I've never read it before and I find the story to be compelling. I find reading to be the best way for me to expand my vocabulary and to acquire grammar patterns & metaphors in a natural manner.
Sir, I enjoy the quality of your videos which are great, you transmit your passion your energy and your outstanding knowledge. Many thanks. Warm regards. Andre BERENYI
I started learning English when I was 32 years old and my way was never know the meaning of any words in English translated in my natural language which is Spanish because Is very confusing, I studied the words in English lenguaje by their own meaning or by pictures and after 10 years of deepest studies….I speak, write and reading English.
I believe that this space is for learning English, learning to get a better reading comprehension, as students of any language we can make mistakes and repair them with practice and study. I believe that no one has the right to blame anyone for their mistakes or there is no specific method to learn a language, each person learns and develops their own method, no one has the right to say that someone has failed, that type of language is inadequate and little educated, I would like to know the opinion of the administrators of this space. Best Regards
Agreed, reading's the best way to learn new words, as well as grammar. However, in my experience, it should be combined with something else: reading while listening, reading aloud or translating into your language and back into the original to compare like Luca does. The more actively you do it the better
When I read in Spanish I read out aloud and listen to a podcast which is on the background at the same time, so when I read out loud I try to mimic the intonation and way of speaking of the person in the podcast.
@@holliswilliams8426 that's a good idea. Shadowing (simultaneous repetition) and listening & repeating sentence by sentence both have different benefits, I believe.
Yeah mate reading is not the only way of learning not everybody can read just so you're aware and there are alternative ways of learning which is very effective
Reading is crucial to develop vocabulary even in your native language. However, nowadays, the Internet provides an excellent way to learn as well. Sometimes, putting the visual (images) with print can teach a tremendous amount of vocabulary. What do you think of the classics though? Students detest to read such books and frankly I don’t blame them. They simple don’t understand what they read.
@@rezagrans1296 looks like you are studying Russian, nice! If you have any questions about learning the language, you are welcome to ask in the comments under my videos 🤓
Hello, Mr. Kaufman. Are you planning to do a video about the "power of handwriting"? I enjoy doing that almost each day in Japanese. ;-) Speaking of reading, I think the more the writing system is complicated, the more it is important to read A LOT, so that we can get used to reading in another writing system. ESPECIALLY in languages with thousands of logograms like Chinese or Japanese. But even when we learn another language using the same writing system as our own languages, reading is still very powerful, yes. In my case, I am learning Japanese for almost 4 years: I spend a lot of time in reading, so that I get used to reading kanji (and even hiragana/katakana). My first goal in learning Japanese was playing all Japanese video games I want, without being stucked by language barrier, so I was very, very motivated in reading Japanese. Then, my goals evolved a bit: now, I really enjoy reading classical Japanese short stories (Akutagawa Ryûnosuke, Miyazawa Kenji...), or reading articles on subjects I like (for example, Japanese Wikipedia articles). Besides, after three years of learning, I changed the language of all my devices/Internet browsers to Japanese (I think that it is a thing we should not do too soon when learning Japanese or Chinese because of all of those thousands of logograms to learn, or else, if there is a technical issue, it would be very inconvenient). And, of course, I play to Japanese video games only in Japanese language. In other words, what I read each day in Japanese is very DIVERSE: it is important to read a lot, but also different kinds of contents. Speaking of hearing, I neglected that too long during three years in Japanese (and even in German and English before), so I am now doing a lot of effort to do that each day for almost one year in Japanese (by hearing audio contents each day and talking to Japanese native speakers each week). Later, I should do that in English and German as well. But I cannot really focus on hearing when I am doing something else, like driving a car: I need to be in a calm environment, with headphones, taking notes on paper about what I am hearing (by doing that, I can review later those notes, check the audio transcription after hearing several times without the text, and create Anki flashcards with that, so that I can acquire vocabulary or grammar), or else, I cannot "grasp" the audio contents. Nevertheless, I do listen during my "dead times" when I have to wait somewhere (or drive) without being able to handwrite notes, but it is just "passive hearing": I do not really understand what I am hearing (but it is still a little useful to immerse myself in Japanese audio's environment).
Thanks for the video, was it very educated, now I going to ask something, or any one that could help me, I want to learn two languages, I can show my knowledge in English, but I want to learn French, for academics reasons, is it possible learn both in the same time?
Hi Steve, I have watched some, but not all, of your videos on reading, so pardon me if you’ve addressed this point. I’ve heard you talk about the value you place on reading, but I haven’t heard you talk about HOW you approach a story or book in a language you are studying. As an Intermediate / Advanced student of Spanish (B2) living in Colombia, my preferred method of reading a book is to NOT look up vocabulary words or try to untangle complex grammatical structures - at least on my first pass thru the book. It takes too long and disrupts the flow. So I read straight thru as best I can, realizing that there’s a lot that I am going to miss. That’s OK. I’d rather enjoy the story and absorb what I can of the language. At a subsequent time, I might decide to go deeper and plow thru the book with a more analytical approach. That can be rewarding as well, but only after I’ve gone thru the book at least once and am familiar with its contents. Could you please give me your take on my methodology? And thanks for your thought-provoking and stimulating content!
I agree with you. I prefer to read books. Each week I spend time reading Spanish or German. At the moment I am learning Russian so I am watching Russian shows to help recognise the sounds.
@@ЗвездныйБолливуд Hi I am Australian. I recently watched a russian series and by the end of the series thought that it would be a good exercise to try and understand the alphabet and it has gone on from that. I also learn Spanish and German. Where are you from.
I am reading the Basic Text of Narcotics Anonymous is my target language Spanish and I am reading the Quran in Arabic. The reason why the Quran is so helpful to read is because it is Classical Arabic which includes the signs for the alphabet. Modern Standard Arabic does not contain those signs; it "expects" you to know whether the consonants are an alif, waw or a yaa! If you visit your local mosque, ask the local Imam to teach you to read the Classical Arabic of the Quran. I am sure he would be delighted to help you. Good Luck.
Steve you didn't mention Sumerian civilisation, while you mentioned Persian several times. You know and it's a fact that writing started in Mesopotamia. They started writing when the surrounding people live in a primitive life.
I've spent a good amount of time trying to learn Korean...coming from English, it just takes longer for us to recognize Hangul. The more words you learn though, you'll start seeing the patterns at a higher level, thus it'll become easier. As for the getting tired part, take your time, break up your study sessions into smaller time frames.
@@matthewsnow6317 im getting better at pronunciation. I try to do 10 min reading korean, im very slow but I know that takes time. I'm been memorizing vocabulary, my goal is to reach 800 vocabulary words by Jan hopefully more. I feel it's a little hard when doing this by myself but I'm not giving up.
I am really working on my German language with those methods means listening and reading but I think it gets more time specially in that a little difficult language what do you think??
I love reading in english, but the most difficult thing, that sometimes I can not find the translation of the words in dictionary or there is no such meaning of the word on the dictionary.
Hi Steve I just got this weekend Spanish Tutor language book and it has a reading section. How do I make it make sense to me. There not of words I know. My question is do I keep looking at the reading section hoping it will make sense to me or do I move on.
Really interesting video! For me, I'm reading Harry Potter (it's almost a stereotypical book to read in another language, but I love it), it's so interesting to me! I'm a big advocate of reading genres that you enjoy - for me this is fantasy and crime. It's also fascinating the differences between reading by itself, listening by itself and doing both at the same time with an audiobook. You're right, Steve, we as humans have wayyy more experience with listening and it's interesting how our brains have recently evolved to experience text, yet both are super useful activities for language learning. For my language, finnish, I like to read ahead, just me and the writing, then the following day re-read the chapter with the audiobook. Listening by itself is important too, so UA-cam channels are my go-to. I think it's a good idea to do a bit of all-of-the-above: reading by itself, reading with an audiobook and listening by itself
I would personally not read things which have been translated if reading in another language. So when I read Spanish I always read things written by native Spanish speakers, never translations.
im reading a book for 10-12 year olds in spanish where i dont know 90% of the words should i read books for younger kids or translate every word or just read the words and hope for the best?
I came across your channel just a couple of days ago and there is something I don't quite understand. You talk a lot about listening and reading and not really trying to memorize words but rather to acquire them trough context passively. I get the point but is it really possible to do this when you are brand new at a language? When I read and listen to stories in LingQ most of them have almost 100% words that I don't understand. How will I get the context then?
I know I’m a little late with my comment 😂but anyway… reading is very helpful for learning a language. But what do thing about reading out loud, many it’s a good practice but I’ve noticed that when I read aloud I lose the meaning and forget about 60 %
Everyone has an easiest way to learn of any new language and it usually based on their hobby, if you've hoby on reading it will be an easiest way for you.
Interesting Steve how you think it is the case for everyone that they use a language's script to decipher the sound. Native speakers have already developed a degree of fluency long before they learn to read. In impoverished countries with poor rates of literacy many native speakers do not read at all. This is not a small number. I once read that 100 million Chinese people cannot read/write. One issue with fuzzy knowledge is that it can in the hands of the wrong person impart a fuzzy message. I think it is true as you suggest that in language learning you have to accept living with unknowns to a certain degree, but I disagree that it does not matter. If you want to be an electrician, you need to know one colour from another. If you want to fly an aircraft, you need to know what the controls do. I see your point - that imperfect knowledge of a language can still facilitate usage and enjoyment of the language, just on this occasion I don't feel you made it as well as you could have done. Thanks for the video all the same!
I have a question and I really hope you can answer me .. When you are listening to the target language -on youtube - is it better to see the text and listen while trying to understand ? Or just listening and trying to understand ? -- I'm learning German --
when there are subtitles you’re mostly practicing reading not listening so if you want to practice listening, turn the subtitles off and if you want to improve your reading ability, you’re better off reading a book
I do the opposite of what you do master steve I could listen for 3 hours but i can't read for 40 minutes in row Even in my mother tongue (Arabic language)
What are you reading in your target language?
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I was Googling about LingQ when this notification popped up!
By the way, I love LingQ. Thank you sir.
My target "language" right now is... UA-cam 😉 So, I am reading "The UA-cam Formula" by Derral Eves 😎
I have a question and I really hope you can answer me ..
When you are listening to the target language -on youtube - is it better to see the text and listen while trying to understand ?
Or just listening and trying to understand ?
-- I'm learning German --
Legally blonde in English and así se escribió una historia in Spanish. I'll read a basic french book for beginners.
When I read a novel in German or Russian I actually get more insight into a writer’s ‘style’ than in my own languages of French and English. I’m more conscious of vocabulary, idioms, dialogue , etc. One especially notices repetition of vocabulary. In a Russian novel, I may look up a word per page for the first 25 Pages but only a word for every 3 pages the last 25 pages. Also, I don’t notice new words the more I get into a book as my mind is no longer ‘translating’ but has transitioned into another state. It feels good when I realize that I have been reading in German or Russian for 10 minutes and temporarily ‘forgot about language’.
Agreed I had the same experience when I was learning english
Reading books in the language (not speaking the language) is the primary reason why I learn the language in the first place.
I'm an English teacher and I really support your point about "reading comprehension exercises" that many language teachers often impose on students. I understand there's a need for assessment, but as you said, readers don't have to understand "everything" (whatever that means come to think of it) as they enjoy the words on the page.
I read two French short stories and I breezed through B1. Now I sit competently in B2 but still have a way to go! Reading a miracle!
Which ones did you read and study through may you share?
Thank you for your video !
Personnally, I really up my game when I started reading english. The reason was simple for me : Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Seems silly enough but I was 14 and that was my motivation ; a book in french cost me 60$ while the english versions were retailed at 20$... Needless to say, I kept my dictionnary next to me and I wrote every words in french on pages that I kept in the books.
After just one book, I greatly improve. I did not really understood it at the time, but I read my first novel in english years later : Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice. I didn't know it at the time, but some dam broke inside and I became fluent in english afterward.
Agree with all your assessments as I'm learning spanish. Being a reader certainly helps. What I like also, is that I can stop and go over the sentence or a word again to be sure I got it, or double check with a dictionary to make I understood. You can't do that while driving or listening to a lecture, and just sitting down and listening to a podcast doesn't work for me.
On a side note, I found out that the majority of people do not care if you want to learn to speak their language or not. Most people are not teachers and do not want to be, they don't have the patience or time and just want to commuinicate. Neither do language teachers want to teach you, unless you pay them.
Another great video, Steve! I am with you here, reading is very pleasurable and it helps with vocabulary acquisition, internalization of grammar patterns and so much more. It's amazing!
Interesting points, Steve! It’s amazing how well our brains are adapted to reading. Whenever I get really into a Japanese manga series, and read constantly everyday, I have the odd sensation of Japanese thoughts flowing through my mind. They’re not quite coherent, almost like snippets of speech. It almost feels like my brain is sorting through and making sense of it. Parts of my inner dialogue come through as Japanese. I just don’t get this experience after listening.
Keep going sir.as morocain woman i learn english at university mohamedv at the age of 58years old.im fol lowing your videos,your english is clear.thanks a lot
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@@gee8883 你的简体字才不伦不类，你写错了也不知道！
It’s great to listen to you Steve Kauffman. I am always impressed by your enthusiasm and your ability of knowing so much languages.How can you do it, it is really amazing. Some times I become frustrated about my progress but Your every lecture inspirers me to learn and never give up.
I am a long time student and now part-time study because of many ongoing health conditions and I focus on reading more and more each time because I do notice a difference in all my study subjects when I do read more often than not , and it better supports my most stuggled subject which is English but I am a , I can do it if I just focus on reading that diss give me strength ...
And just want to say these words that listen here on this learning video gives me more courage to read more too , so for that am just trying to say thanks
Which is what I try to say is Thank you for better the consintration to what is confirmation that reading is developing in so many areas to sort the thoughts into structure
If that made any sense but again
Thank you so very much and also trying to say very much appreciated for these words for better thinking for anyone like student or the focus of reading , listening, and trying to listen to what builds the thoughts for structure while learning is in this video
I learned in this video !
I totally agree! Reading is powerful! Thank you, Steve! ❤
I love reading. This is a Brilliant guy😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
great and full of benefits. Thank you Steve.
That's really great Steve, thanks for sharing. I agree that writing can be very powerful to our learning process
Currently reading the novelization of “Back to the Future” in Japanese. Knowing the story certainly helps me comprehend but am still constantly learning new words thanks to the context. Also your sounds quality has really improved! Sounds great!
It is better than reading nothing, but I cannot help thinking that discovering a translated foreign work, instead of discovering a work in its original language, is... how could I say? It would be way exaggerated to say "a shame", but rather a "missed opportunity" for cultural reasons, maybe?
Reading translations is a good strategy to get reading in a foreign language. Translations are usually easier, and the subject matter is often more familiar.
100% agree you, I can focuse my attention in Reading for more than 2-3hours, but only 10-20minutes if listen.
2-3 hours is great.
Most people don't and can't do that.
I really liked your two videos The Power of Listening and the Power of Listening. They really sum up an overview of how you view those two skill and how they fit into your language learning. I feel like I can feel this more intimately in my own learning now.
You have said that reading helps understand the meaning of sounds and enables intelligible input.
In addition, I suggest you talk more about how to develop reading habits and listening habits.
We know the method you teach, and it only works if we implement it every day.
Thanks.
Boaa noite Steve. Me surpreendi hoje ao me deparar com seu vídeo e incrivelmente conseguir entender a maior parte sem traduzir quase nada. É muito satisfatório notar que avançamos no idioma que estamos aprendendo. Ótimo vídeo. (Vou colocar mais em prática a leitura em inglês para aperfeiçoa-lo cada vez mais!!! Muito Obrigado!!!!
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many thanks, Mr Steve, acquiring English as a foreign language is just a matter of eagerness no more no less.
When you're reading a novel, you make your imagination work, therefore you get your brain exposed to a vague interpretations
Thank you, Mr. Steve!
I focus mainly on listening because that's the skill that's hardest for me to progress on, but reading is definitely helpful if you want to build up vocabulary.
Not only learning new vocab but also it helps in getting speakig skill in target language
@@mehmet.albyrk it can absolutely contribute to building up one’s speaking skills
I a had a friend from Africa who came to Germany as asylum seeker. Was illiterate and i guess he is still (lost contact). He learnt functionable German only by listening and using, like he learnt perhaps three West African languages. He always had a certain wish to learn reading but never had the energy and imagination to start it seriously. He was far too in awe of it. In Geramn we say Ehrfurcht, being afraid of these honour, it doesn't belong to his humble life. On his necklace he carried a grigri with some words of the Koran. Writing/reading has a holy spirit, in old days it was the instrument of the religions, this gave them power to rule.
The capacity to fix an idea was a privilege of religious institutions.
In Hinduism it is the opposite, in the moment the Veda are written down they loose their spirit, oral learning is the great secret of these school.
But as you say, both listening and reading and by the way also touching (emotional and tactical) are the instruments to learn, to take part of life.
You are right, at the end as long as we keep communicated and connected we can read as much as we listen
I'm currently reading a book in english called think like a monck by Jay shetty I've really fascinate by this gripping book and it helping me a lot to improve my english reading skills wich is so powerful thank you so mush Mr steve
Very cool! Keep it up!
@@heiwanoyume24 thank you, yeah I always will doing it
I practice listening with Jay's podcast I haven't read his book yet, but I'll venture out soon.
Brazil Here 🙏🏿
Consistency and immersion.
Some specialists says that "active" skills (speaking and writing) are more important than "passive" (listening and reading), however, they seem to forget that fundamental is the "passive" side, we only speak because we can listen.
You are the best teachear ! I understand almost everything.
I'm currently reading The Diary of Anne Frank in my target language. I've never read it before and I find the story to be compelling. I find reading to be the best way for me to expand my vocabulary and to acquire grammar patterns & metaphors in a natural manner.
@Akash Das She was a very smart young lady who always thought of others.
Where can I find this dairy please
@@nadjetmansouri8780 what language? Everything is available online.
English please. do me a favor send it to me pdf
@@nadjetmansouri8780 You'll have to buy the book.
I'm following your interesting videos from Morocco. Your good accent lets me easy understand the content. Thank you very much.
Great video. The other problem with being online is that we're surrounded by algorithms that work incessantly to steal our attention.
GREAT! MANY THANKS
Thank you!
Sub-lingual B12 is excellent for memory recall and formation and costs about 6 dollars a month. Game changer for me.
Thank you Steve!
Thank you.
Enjoyable lesson. Thank you
Sir, I enjoy the quality of your videos which are great, you transmit your passion your energy and your outstanding knowledge. Many thanks. Warm regards. Andre BERENYI
I started learning English when I was 32 years old and my way was never know the meaning of any words in English translated in my natural language which is Spanish because Is very confusing, I studied the words in English lenguaje by their own meaning or by pictures and after 10 years of deepest studies….I speak, write and reading English.
I'm also trying to do the same learning Spanish
@Akash Das using the English dictionary is the best way to learn, also improve your vocabulary.
sir i love your way of teaching❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I believe that this space is for learning English, learning to get a better reading comprehension, as students of any language we can make mistakes and repair them with practice and study. I believe that no one has the right to blame anyone for their mistakes or there is no specific method to learn a language, each person learns and develops their own method, no one has the right to say that someone has failed, that type of language is inadequate and little educated, I would like to know the opinion of the administrators of this space.
Best Regards
Thank you Mr. Steve Kaufmann : )
I checked the date of the ruler of somewhere or other and Steve is spot on.👍
Agreed, reading's the best way to learn new words, as well as grammar. However, in my experience, it should be combined with something else: reading while listening, reading aloud or translating into your language and back into the original to compare like Luca does. The more actively you do it the better
When I read in Spanish I read out aloud and listen to a podcast which is on the background at the same time, so when I read out loud I try to mimic the intonation and way of speaking of the person in the podcast.
@@holliswilliams8426 that's a good idea. Shadowing (simultaneous repetition) and listening & repeating sentence by sentence both have different benefits, I believe.
Luca doing what? Tell me bro i wnna that
@@yukirinn2526 Watch Luca's videos.
@@yukirinn2526 He lives on the second floor, he lives upstairs from you, yes I think you've seen him before.
Thanks a lot Sir!
Reading makes my brain more powerful,so I found it misunderstood that I am able to master language by only listening,speaking and fundamental grammar.
You pick up a lot of vocabulary when you read. It compliments hearing because the words are more ready to be processed from memory.
@Akash Das That's very good because you're reading the definitions in english.
graded readers are a must😊
Yeah mate reading is not the only way of learning not everybody can read just so you're aware and there are alternative ways of learning which is very effective
Reading is crucial to develop vocabulary even in your native language. However, nowadays, the Internet provides an excellent way to learn as well. Sometimes, putting the visual (images) with print can teach a tremendous amount of vocabulary. What do you think of the classics though? Students detest to read such books and frankly I don’t blame them. They simple don’t understand what they read.
I think your ТЁЗКА Stephen Krashen would agree with you, even for learning one's native language 😉
@@rezagrans1296 looks like you are studying Russian, nice! If you have any questions about learning the language, you are welcome to ask in the comments under my videos 🤓
Hello, Mr. Kaufman. Are you planning to do a video about the "power of handwriting"? I enjoy doing that almost each day in Japanese. ;-)
Speaking of reading, I think the more the writing system is complicated, the more it is important to read A LOT, so that we can get used to reading in another writing system. ESPECIALLY in languages with thousands of logograms like Chinese or Japanese. But even when we learn another language using the same writing system as our own languages, reading is still very powerful, yes.
In my case, I am learning Japanese for almost 4 years: I spend a lot of time in reading, so that I get used to reading kanji (and even hiragana/katakana). My first goal in learning Japanese was playing all Japanese video games I want, without being stucked by language barrier, so I was very, very motivated in reading Japanese. Then, my goals evolved a bit: now, I really enjoy reading classical Japanese short stories (Akutagawa Ryûnosuke, Miyazawa Kenji...), or reading articles on subjects I like (for example, Japanese Wikipedia articles). Besides, after three years of learning, I changed the language of all my devices/Internet browsers to Japanese (I think that it is a thing we should not do too soon when learning Japanese or Chinese because of all of those thousands of logograms to learn, or else, if there is a technical issue, it would be very inconvenient). And, of course, I play to Japanese video games only in Japanese language.
In other words, what I read each day in Japanese is very DIVERSE: it is important to read a lot, but also different kinds of contents.
Speaking of hearing, I neglected that too long during three years in Japanese (and even in German and English before), so I am now doing a lot of effort to do that each day for almost one year in Japanese (by hearing audio contents each day and talking to Japanese native speakers each week). Later, I should do that in English and German as well.
But I cannot really focus on hearing when I am doing something else, like driving a car: I need to be in a calm environment, with headphones, taking notes on paper about what I am hearing (by doing that, I can review later those notes, check the audio transcription after hearing several times without the text, and create Anki flashcards with that, so that I can acquire vocabulary or grammar), or else, I cannot "grasp" the audio contents. Nevertheless, I do listen during my "dead times" when I have to wait somewhere (or drive) without being able to handwrite notes, but it is just "passive hearing": I do not really understand what I am hearing (but it is still a little useful to immerse myself in Japanese audio's environment).
As we go from zero to fluent, it's not a series of iteravely, cumulatively correct steps.
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Joining me in ur podcast series
Is more effective learn a subject, like computer programming, via books or via video tutorials?
What's your opinion about reading and listening at the same time? I've always enjoyed that...
I don't do much of it except in the beginning when going through a time stsamped lesson in sentence mode at LingQ.
I prefer listening to reading when learning English. SO WHICH IS BETTER? It differs from person to person.
Thanks for the video, was it very educated, now I going to ask something, or any one that could help me, I want to learn two languages, I can show my knowledge in English, but I want to learn French, for academics reasons, is it possible learn both in the same time?
Its really annoying to see 75 years old guy who claim to love history and languages so much saying writing started 3000 years ago
Hi Steve, I have watched some, but not all, of your videos on reading, so pardon me if you’ve addressed this point. I’ve heard you talk about the value you place on reading, but I haven’t heard you talk about HOW you approach a story or book in a language you are studying. As an Intermediate / Advanced student of Spanish (B2) living in Colombia, my preferred method of reading a book is to NOT look up vocabulary words or try to untangle complex grammatical structures - at least on my first pass thru the book. It takes too long and disrupts the flow. So I read straight thru as best I can, realizing that there’s a lot that I am going to miss. That’s OK. I’d rather enjoy the story and absorb what I can of the language. At a subsequent time, I might decide to go deeper and plow thru the book with a more analytical approach. That can be rewarding as well, but only after I’ve gone thru the book at least once and am familiar with its contents.
Could you please give me your take on my methodology? And thanks for your thought-provoking and stimulating content!
I love reading to learn english but I hate when I run into a page with so many unknown words still I do it 40m a day to keep the habit on.
I agree with you. I prefer to read books.
Each week I spend time reading Spanish or German. At the moment I am learning Russian so I am watching Russian shows to help recognise the sounds.
Hi! Where're you from? Why are you studying Russian?
@@ЗвездныйБолливуд Hi I am Australian. I recently watched a russian series and by the end of the series thought that it would be a good exercise to try and understand the alphabet and it has gone on from that. I also learn Spanish and German.
Where are you from.
How can i read without translate in my mother language(Spanish)? Of course with the context but my brain try to say the words, ¿Is It normal?
I am reading the Basic Text of Narcotics Anonymous is my target language Spanish and I am reading the Quran in Arabic. The reason why the Quran is so helpful to read is because it is Classical Arabic which includes the signs for the alphabet. Modern Standard Arabic does not contain those signs; it "expects" you to know whether the consonants are an alif, waw or a yaa!
If you visit your local mosque, ask the local Imam to teach you to read the Classical Arabic of the Quran. I am sure he would be delighted to help you.
Good Luck.
Steve you didn't mention Sumerian civilisation, while you mentioned Persian several times. You know and it's a fact that writing started in Mesopotamia. They started writing when the surrounding people live in a primitive life.
I love to read. Sence I'm a beginner self learning korean, 3 months. It's harder for me to read without getting tired. Not sure what to do.
I've spent a good amount of time trying to learn Korean...coming from English, it just takes longer for us to recognize Hangul. The more words you learn though, you'll start seeing the patterns at a higher level, thus it'll become easier. As for the getting tired part, take your time, break up your study sessions into smaller time frames.
@@matthewsnow6317 im getting better at pronunciation. I try to do 10 min reading korean, im very slow but I know that takes time. I'm been memorizing vocabulary, my goal is to reach 800 vocabulary words by Jan hopefully more. I feel it's a little hard when doing this by myself but I'm not giving up.
Same. Reading a different script is so mentally exhausting, even feels like a chore :(
I am really working on my German language with those methods means listening and reading but I think it gets more time specially in that a little difficult language what do you think??
How many books do you have Steve_
I love reading in english, but the most difficult thing, that sometimes I can not find the translation of the words in dictionary or there is no such meaning of the word on the dictionary.
Hi Steve I just got this weekend Spanish Tutor language book and it has a reading section. How do I make it make sense to me. There not of words I know. My question is do I keep looking at the reading section hoping it will make sense to me or do I move on.
Read online and look things up
Really interesting video! For me, I'm reading Harry Potter (it's almost a stereotypical book to read in another language, but I love it), it's so interesting to me! I'm a big advocate of reading genres that you enjoy - for me this is fantasy and crime. It's also fascinating the differences between reading by itself, listening by itself and doing both at the same time with an audiobook. You're right, Steve, we as humans have wayyy more experience with listening and it's interesting how our brains have recently evolved to experience text, yet both are super useful activities for language learning. For my language, finnish, I like to read ahead, just me and the writing, then the following day re-read the chapter with the audiobook. Listening by itself is important too, so UA-cam channels are my go-to. I think it's a good idea to do a bit of all-of-the-above: reading by itself, reading with an audiobook and listening by itself
I would personally not read things which have been translated if reading in another language. So when I read Spanish I always read things written by native Spanish speakers, never translations.
That's the way to do it. Read whatever you're interested in.
From your experience with learning,could repeated reading make memorization ?
im reading a book for 10-12 year olds in spanish where i dont know 90% of the words should i read books for younger kids or translate every word or just read the words and hope for the best?
I’am reading Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection.
I read many Carl Barks comics in order to learn English
I came across your channel just a couple of days ago and there is something I don't quite understand. You talk a lot about listening and reading and not really trying to memorize words but rather to acquire them trough context passively. I get the point but is it really possible to do this when you are brand new at a language? When I read and listen to stories in LingQ most of them have almost 100% words that I don't understand. How will I get the context then?
Just keep going and trust your brain and the process. I like using sentence mode and review new words after each sentence. You will get there.
I know I’m a little late with my comment 😂but anyway… reading is very helpful for learning a language. But what do thing about reading out loud, many it’s a good practice but I’ve noticed that when I read aloud I lose the meaning and forget about 60 %
can i learn another language if i’m already 17?
If your goal is speaking then comics would be the best since it's all dialogue.
Umm...
Actually i didn't read any books in english i'm not really a reader boy but sometimes i read an article in english about pokemon.😂
Arabic is my native language so l can help everyone who wants to learn for free
Have you tried reading Hindi?
Everyone has an easiest way to learn of any new language and it usually based on their hobby, if you've hoby on reading it will be an easiest way for you.
Interesting Steve how you think it is the case for everyone that they use a language's script to decipher the sound. Native speakers have already developed a degree of fluency long before they learn to read. In impoverished countries with poor rates of literacy many native speakers do not read at all. This is not a small number. I once read that 100 million Chinese people cannot read/write.
One issue with fuzzy knowledge is that it can in the hands of the wrong person impart a fuzzy message.
I think it is true as you suggest that in language learning you have to accept living with unknowns to a certain degree, but I disagree that it does not matter. If you want to be an electrician, you need to know one colour from another. If you want to fly an aircraft, you need to know what the controls do. I see your point - that imperfect knowledge of a language can still facilitate usage and enjoyment of the language, just on this occasion I don't feel you made it as well as you could have done. Thanks for the video all the same!
I have a question and I really hope you can answer me ..
When you are listening to the target language -on youtube - is it better to see the text and listen while trying to understand ?
Or just listening and trying to understand ?
-- I'm learning German --
I think the answer is just listening and trying to understand first, and then to see the text and listen again. 👍😃👌
@@giannishen that is a lot..
@@malakm8143 and you what do you think ? : )
when there are subtitles you’re mostly practicing reading not listening
so if you want to practice listening, turn the subtitles off and if you want to improve your reading ability, you’re better off reading a book
@@malakm8143 Thank you very much！👍👍👍
I do the opposite of what you do master steve
I could listen for 3 hours but i can't read for 40 minutes in row
Even in my mother tongue
(Arabic language)
As l learned to read English first, there's a lot of words I know, but I don't know the pronouce.
B''H, Christ, Jesus, Amen.
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This is a good argument against evolution. God created the world not that long ago.