HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH (or any language) the Easy Way | Get into THE ZONE
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- In this video we look at learning English another language or anything using the flow system as suggested by Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
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Content in this channel is such an oasis and you make real sense of the word "sharing" - highly inspiring
Thank you some much for your kind words. They inspire me.
agree!!
I've been learning German for the past few years and it seems that I've been a pretty fast learner. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I've spent quite a bit of that time playing videogames with German localization, reading German novels or novels translated into German, and watching German videos and movies, which I find a lot more enjoyable than just going through textbooks.
It seems you've found your path. Happy learning.
My experience is, that listening to songs sung in the concerning language can really be helphful.
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ive been learning english for about 20 years, and i never get bored. i watch films and i read books in english. learning english became a part of my life. i believe i will die learning it
you are even more clever than I expected you to be. You are the bet teacher online
That's totally true, I only started to improve my English skills when I found a way to enjoy studying it.
I reach the state of flow everytime I listen to your lessons Gideon! 😘👌💯
Gideon's videos are the best ones!! Inspiring and fun!!!!
Wonderful video! I would like more videos like this, philosophy, literature, psychology. An intellectual feast in an English lesson. Thank you!
These are all subjects that interest me so I hope to make more such videos soon. Take care
I agree. He has "intelligent" videos.
Hello everyone, I'm from Siberia and I adore learining english. I hope I'll pass my exams perfectly next year and I become a great interpreter after university.
Well, I’m learning English since I was a kid but, just some words or with video games and cartoons but, I didn’t have no one to practice because I didn’t know someone who speaks English very good so, now thanks to ALL the technology that we have i am meeting people from all the world and it’s a very great and enjoyable way to learn a language and of course watching Netflix or some videos in the language you want to learn is the best thing that we can do :)
Hi, Gideon, my name is Naomi, and I am an American who is currently learning the Irish language, on my own, from a constantly-evolving collection of materials. I want to say that I really enjoy your videos, and I find them helpful and inspiring, even though they have nothing directly to do with Irish.
In particular, I resonated with what you stated in this video about the Zone, and the state of FLOW. I wouldn't be able to continue my own studies day after day, if I didn't have methods of attaining that state of mind, and it's good to know that I'm doing something right when I lose myself for periods of time in my language learning. Many have been the times in which hours have disappeared as if by magic as I gleefully look up word after word, building mental bridges between the disparate elements of language I have collected. There is a particular state of manic joy which occurs when something I'm discovering slots neatly into some other piece of information that I learned in the past, and a whole new range of understanding suddenly unfolds in my mind. In those moments I feel that way a scientist or archaeologist must feel as they uncover a previously hidden truth, or unearth some lost chapter of the past... it's exhilarating to say the least.
My favorite tool/practice for achieving this state of mind is a series of journals I'm keeping into which I am attempting to contain all of the language I'm learning, as I learn it. The books are divided into sections that correlate to areas of speech as I understand them, and thus they are very accessible to my brain because they are also a product of my brain. As I work, I am essentially creating the language-learning reference book that I WISH already existed, so the process of discovery is also a creative project. I am never happier than when I am darting from dictionary to grammar book to online dictionary to UA-cam, to... wherever, and all the glorious words are falling like snow into my mind... it's worth getting out of bed for, I can tell you that much!
Very interesting. Why, of all languages, did you choose to learn Irish?
I must say that I could listen to you all day! Such an awesome teacher.
Cheers from Brazil.
I loved the types of happiness- "Hedonistic" and "Eudaimonic". I'm gonna remember this 😄
Yes, it's an important distinction
I learned english because I love to watch tv shows. I had some basics before but not even enough to have conversation. Then I spent a year watching tv shows and improved to a B2 and now I'm C1. Honestly just use what you normally enjoy doing in your language and do it in the language you want to learn.
I'm learning English and my best way to do it is through reading books: I started by listening to an audiobook while reading the book at the same time. Watching movies with English subtitles helped me a lot! And, of course, I'm watching UA-cam videos made by such nice teachers like you!
As for me, to reach this state I usually read detective stories, at the beginning I struggle to read, but towards the end of a story, I become so intrigued, that I can't stop reading, craving to know what happens in the end.
Well, I believe that my enjoyment lies mainly in the fact of try to get the British accent , I really love it each time more
You are the only stoic English teacher I've known, not only on UA-cam.
I never thought of myself as stoic. I'll take it as a compliment. Thanks
Do you know what stoic means? If that's the case, could you tell me what is it for you?
Thank you very much! This video is full of advice. I am fluent in Russian because it's my mother tongue. I am almost fluent in Lithuanian because I live in Lithuania and work here as a University lecturer. I have been studying Italian for 4 years. English was my "working" language because I am an IT lecturer and used to use it for creating a curriculum of the subjects. Since my school childhood, I speak English terribly with an incorrect accent like many Russians born in the USSR. We didn't need to speak English because we used it only for reading topics and for translating them. It was so boring! :-D a Few years ago unexpectedly I found that English is as beautiful as Italian is! Now I have an objective: to learn to speak English as better as possible for me. Thanks once again for creating such interesting content! 👏🏻
I am learning danish and it is so difficult: pronunciation is hard. It's the kind of language that makes you feel so stupid when you try to speak it properly but hey...step by step I am catching it! Patience is the word...thanks for your videos!!!
First, I would like to say I enjoy your channel tremendously. I found it through my adoration of books and language. I am in the process of simultaneously learning two languages, Dutch and Turkish. I am finding the Turkish language easier to pick up. Intellectually, Dutch should be the easier language for me to learn as I am a native English speaker and Dutch and English come from the same parent language. I think, Turkish is coming more quickly due to finding my “Zone” more readily. As I mentioned earlier, l love books...but more importantly I love a good story. I have found no end to Turkish content on UA-cam and on paper. I am struggling to find similar in Dutch. I am not widely fond of reality tv, which seems less like reality and more like contrivance, which eliminates a lot of the current Dutch television programming. I do love to cook, so my last trip to Aruba in addition to purchasing Judas in the Dutch language, I purchased two cookbooks hoping that they would help me find my Dutch “Zone”. I am open to any and all suggestions if you or any of your followers know any good Dutch stories. I am open to books, tv and/or movies. I do find that hearing native speakers really helps me with pronunciation and am really looking for something with an audible content. In a separate video, you mentioned reading a classic in a language you are learning and that is something I hadn’t considered reading a classic translated into the language I am learning, lots of good stories there. ☺️ Teşekkürler! Dank je wel!
I think that to find enjoyable any kind of learning a very good teacher is absolutely indispensable. I have heard of you and your lessons from a friend of mine. She said that they were brilliant. She was right! Thank you for sharing them I feel that I am entering into the Zone!
I moved to Britain but did not have enough motivation to study English.All those conventional language schools, esol, well it was just depressing really, perhaps i wanted more challenge and so. once upon a time my life crushed and i was wandering on the streets under the rain.. suddenly i spotted a book in a black cover lying by the rubbish bin. it turned out to be a Bible (not that of king James edition, a readable one), I picked it and started reading it.. WOW I was not too religious in terms of rituals etc, but that when I realised that the text in the Bible reflects the deepest content ever, and it is given sparsely, let's say, it doesn't go into detail, you must get into that flow and it starts showing up, or rather engulfing you... I read Old and New Testaments and that helped me to learn to express myself in Engish, first in writing, subsequently, I became fluent to such a degree that I did MA at uni, enjoyed it a lot and even got complimented on my writing. Since then I have read the Bible in my native language. Informal education hah
.. currently, translating is my main and favourite occupation
Just wanted to add that Gideon is simply the best, he is not only about the rules etc, but clearly, a person who loves English and at the same time he is not a type of a bore: "look'ere, I'll tich ya". Guess, he has some mixed nationality background, could be half French perhaps? Lots of charisma))
@@mw6267 ...sorry but Nobody believes your story....your English language is get too prefect from it to be a second language....a good story ...
You don't beat around the bush, Sir! Excellent content through and through!
You are simply a brilliant teacher!
It is you who are brilliant.
Hi!
I'm learning Japanese and I'm enjoying it most of the time but as for every long term activity sometimes I lack a bit of motivation. The remedy I fond working quite well for me is learning kanji by getting into calligraphy, it makes this hard, slow, and sometimes frustrating process into a fun art class. It definitely helps a bunch to avoid relying too much on motivation alone. Finding ways to enjoy the process of learning itself is definitely the most reliable advice to give a language learner in my opinion!
Cheers!
I was combing the channel looking for a video I hadn't seen yet, and this came up. My moment of hedonistic happiness is when I can find a good rule in English, but you're right it only lasts a short time, just long enough to find a score of exceptions 🤨. But that's why I like it. 🙂
Speaking about grammar I am weird too I love grammar and when I find some explanations about certain grammatical constructions I feel an internal satisfaction. Do you think that I should go to the doctor? seriously no, it is only I installed into the zone.
Yes, you should definitely see a doctor. Tell me what he/she says. Don't forget to take the tablets.
Welcome to the secret grammar society
@@llamingo696 jajajaja I want belong too
Same here.
I also like grammar, but after I’m exposed to the target language, notice new sentence constructions, try to solve the puzzle and then grammar gives me the answer. If I learn grammar in isolation, it’s okay, I feel like I’m making progress, but it isn’t as fun
I am scientist and I understand the "zone" because I get into this phase when I am analysing the data and preparing a talk/ paper. English is my third language but it deteriorated when I learned Italian. I enjoyed to learn Italian to understand the world around (I was in Italy) and I loved lyrics and music. But when in lodon, my ex boss dumped me so.much that I was not a native speaker that I got concern even to write. Sometimes I feel handicap due to his comments. It's very hard to work for a perfectionist. I wish to have time to learn languages and express myself better in all of them:)
I find it too difficult to perfectly know more than two languages. The more I study English, the more I acknowledge I still have a lot to learn. My mother tongue is Spanish and I was able to speak French pretty well, however, I'm losing my French for lack of practice, but I personally can't mix both foreigner languages (English and French). My advice to you is to focus on less material to learn. Better learning a few flawlessly than a lot of macaronic languages. Life is long enough, you will have time to learn, believe me. You've found your path, now follow it little by little.
Of course you are not an English native speaker you'll never be and so what ! Never,never,never excuse because your English isn't perfect. Theirs English, Americans, etc. isn't either. You are the one who makes the effort to learn or acquire it. Forget this stupid boss.
🇬🇧. You’re making mistakes in English but your meaning is perfectly clear. That’s the main thing.
My best method of learning is to use your videos for a dictation.Yes, it's listening, writing and reading,after that the info is useful and I have fun.Well,the subtitles aren't so proper all of the time but it's better then nothing.So, thanks a lot and break a leg ;) Stay mellow
Again, you are a great teacher, because it looks that you are a great person. You are one of my mentors in teaching.
Thank you a lot for your encouraging courses !
I'm a knitter and a creative. I love reading book and articles and listening podcast about knitting, I think it's a fun way to learn english (and get into the zone!).
Glad you've found your path. Enjoy learning and knitting
Bravo, dear Colleague, on an inspiring and invaluable lesson!
Thank you for exposing the snake-oil pedlars of miracle language learning cures and thank you for so eloquently and unequivocally pointing out that enjoying the process of learning is paramount to success, combined with long term application and commitment, of course. At times, I thought I could hear myself talking but it's always so much better coming from you!
Take care and good health.
You express it brilliantly
Hello teacher Gideon! Good evening! I learned firstly Italian with a method that I found: the immersion in the language! I listened a lot of the language, conditioning my brain to understand it and secondly I tried to speak it! In a few of months I've been able to understand the people and to express myself in the language! After, I did the same thing with English and now I'm improving my Spanish skills. I'd like to say you that you're the bestest teacher on UA-cam I know! I'm speaking from Brazil. Have a nice day! 😁🏴
Hi, Gideon! I am watching this video today.
This is incredibly useful for all of us. 👍👍
It makes me happy that you say that. Best wishes
I do too. It was so nice to receive such best wishes. I appreciate it. Thank you so much for your great response. I was really pleased/blissful. Toodle-pip/Cheerio.
I know this state of mind since I was a child, 'cause I used to read intensively and I forgot about the time and everything else. Later it was the same with drawing, and with learning French; this last one I could reach a quite good level without setting foot in a French-speaking country. I guess it's a gift, one was born like that, but I reckon it probably can be developed if one really wants it. Where there's a will...
I think children are able to reach this "zone" easily.
I honestly think that a good way to learn English is subscribing to this channel and watch on a regular basis your videos. Really interesting stuff, mate. Thanks for sharing it.
You do the great work, Gideon! And it's not only about teaching language. You strive to bring the person back to himself, his individuality and uniqueness. That's admirable! I do love your efforts and enthusiasm!
It's so wise, so deep, it's not just English teaching but thinking and philosophy. Amazing. Thank you, you're the best!
Hello, great video, please do not stop and make next New one! Thanks
That's the heart of the matter, as always. Thanks a lot! Best wishes and stay healthy🍀❤
Hello, Gideon! I'm from Brasil, found your videos this week and I'm very grateful! You're a great teacher, the lessons becames such easy with you. I'm very shy about speak and write in english, but after watch this video I decided that I'll write comments in every video that I watch. Let's see what can happen! Thank you for your job!
The fact that you've taken the time and effort to write a comment shows you are on a good path. I thank you for your kind words
Deixa eu adivinhar, Olavo de Carvalho?
You’re so so complete and brilliant teacher! Thank you
Much respect, sir. Love the content of your channel.
I can feel you really know what you're talking about. thanks. subscribed.
I appreciate too much your teachings, you are the only one who inspires me to continue studying English. When I was young I studied British English (and still love it) but at this moment I have my eldest son living in Australia and the youngest one living in USA and...what a mess! Their intonation and pronunciation differs a lot. Thanks for being there, see you in next video!
Hi Gideon, as always I’ve loved the video, thanks for being so inspiring!! Stay safe 😄😉
Your videos inspire me to continue learning English, to improve my skills, to create
I love grammar too! I love your videos.Thank you!
Amazing video! Thanks!
Wow, you look smashing in red! Thx for sharing this info.. That book review made me understand many things about learning! Pretty interesting. Thx.
I go along with you certainly. Been teaching English for twenty Three years to Argentina speakers. Thanks for saying things as they really are.
I'm getting into that state of flow watching this video with subtitles! I'm from spain
I looove yr witty style with a bit of sarcasm!
I’m learning German (at the basics), I’m a native Spanish speaker and I don’t know how, but I learned to understand English (reading and hearing) at a high level although I get trouble to speak, I’ll watch more of your videos to find help with that. Also, I’d like to start by reading anthologies of short stories in German to try to improve.
Good advice, thank you very much
By the way, I want to add my gratitude to you for these strikingly efficient and helpful videos. When I watch them, I have a whale of a time; moreover, I learn a lot. You never cease to amaze me pleasantly. Greetings from Santander, Spain. :)
I'm learning English and I enjoy watching your videos... Thank you!!
You are absolutely correct Sir.👍
Wish you a Happy New Year.🙏
As I was listening to you I started to understand what lately I had felt, suddenly I noticed that I can spend hours and hours learning English, it was a new experience, until then it had been very hard, I can't explain how and why, but it was evident that I started to be another person to face my learning, nowadays I know that I am far away from my goal but if I continue being motivated I will stay in the zone and all will be possible. Thanks and cheers.
Excellent.,Thank you for opening this door that I didn’t even know existed
Amazing video. I'm a brazillian software engineer and I can relate with this flow sensation when I'm coding.
In terms of english, I've learned all I know just by waching youtube videos/movies (lots of them) and talking with myself like a lunatic.
This certainly works!
Looking foward for more videos like that. Much love.
I do love your hair style!
In my case at the time with the English: I connected it with the passion of films…so I started to watch everything in English (+ sub in English). With the learning of German i did many things together Tandems+German Netflix series+language courses, etc. Usually with the multi-faceted approach wins. Yes it takes a lot of time.
What is very interesting of your videos is the offering of psychological analysis of the learning process. For me I benefit from your lessons not only for the sake of improving my English but also to extend my knowledge especially those linked to how our brains work. Thank you very much Gideon.
I loved your lecture. Thanks for this pragmatic useful piece of advice.🙏
you are of grandad's age and thus I pay regards to you,and I'm all the very thankful for all the wonderful videos that you make,love you♥️🙏
Actually , I feel a strong relationship between me and English language, it's a part of me . I'd a lot of problems in the learning journey , bad teachers with very bad pronunciation , and lack of learning resources ( before internet ) . The language LOVE pushed me to find different solutions for learning my preferred language . One of these solutions is reading about famous persons from different cultures of the world , it helped me to get and enrich my vocabulary .
Thanks for your efforts my respectful teacher .
Abdelkader , Algeria.
Thank you Abdelkaber for your story. Best wishes
@@LetThemTalkTV You're welcome sir , I try to do my best . Thanks again for your efforts.
Hello teacher Gideon, hope you are doing well. Nice to see you back on the youtube. I´ve been learning a lot through your videos. Especially during the lockdown. you have a knack for teaching! and also to choose relevant topics for advanced students. have a good day.
I'm glad to hear that. I hope lockdown is easing where you are. Take care
Thanks for the video.
"as coisas só funcionam se estiverem fluindo " BRABOOOO
For most of my life I never got in the zone. I don´t get in the zone easily because I have a mind that diverges alot, I like alot of subjects . I start alot of things and don´t finish most, disorder and unfinished things accumulate around me and friction increases if I don´t do something about it. Something that helped me to get in the zone is to understand myself, I used Jordan Petersons big 5 personality model, which gave me the vocabulary to describe who I am, not very industrious, average orderly, neurotic, extroverted, stubborn, which sounds bad but its just who one is and there is no shame in that. For a long time my goal has been french, and I feel good about it this time, as you beautifully put it, I am "engenieering my success" and I am not relying on a curriculum. Very informative, thank you!!!
Thank you for all your helpful videos! Before I knew it, I hated grammar. Now I use it to get better, thanks to your explanations
You explained it beautifully...Sir.
I've improved my English very much with your help.
I can't thank you enough🤗🤗
Love from India...
I can't thank you enough for your kindness. Best wishes
Hello Gideon! Thank you for explaining everything so beautifully. I feel so lucky and happy to have such a fantastic teacher! 🙏❤💚🧡💙❤
I feel lucky and happy to have such a fantastic student.
Very interesting and inspiring video. Really a great teacher, Gedeon, compliments.
Very good pieces of advice here. Gideon's comments are Socratic in nature.
I think You are right, Gideon. I founded that zone years ago studing musics, and I remember having found it again studing other things like trick cards or English. It,s a very good advice of that kind of things taht You knew in any moment of your life and You have forget. Thank You Gideon. By they way, ir,s easier to find the zone with your videos, it,s a fantástic work. Thank You Gideon.
Thank you so much.
Fantastic video ,thanks a lot for the info !!!
My pleasure
I loved this lesson. Thank you, teacher.
Love your comment. Thanks
Hey teacher! Thank you for mentioning the Flow concept , I agree it’s extremely important to find your own flow in the area you want to succeed. You have to focus on the things you are interested in and do not disperse yourself to all available information. As for me, I come back to my favorite books and enjoy reading it in English. I’m also looking for a English learning buddy to exchange the opinion about books or movies. If anyone is interested, please reply
Suggestion: Setting the stage/environment within the mind for maximizing focus. Enthusiasm, which one can choose through visualizing and feeling the success want to achieve. This will lead to inspiration to passion to capability to accomplishment. Enjoyment makes one's mind more subtle and focused. Consciousness is a powerful tool... learning how to get one's self out of it's way is a process of unlearning or letting go of limitations we have placed on ourselves. It can be as simple as appreciating one's self. Everyone has gifts their born with, finding them, using them well...
Another great guidance thanks for boosting us
My pleasure.
Listening to you is enjoyable. In london for 5 years and still struggle with pronunciation and understand local dialects.
It takes time carry on learning. Thanks
They also speak weird in london
Fully agree with you, God of teaching 🤘🏼 thanks for amazing content, such a particular information and thoughts you share 🤓
What I do, when I'm learning English, is to read phonetic books, grammar books, vocabulary books, etc. until I stop enjoying it and I find it difficult to concentrate. When that moment arrives, I don't force myself to keep going, but I move to an easier task such us watching English videos, reading English tales or novels, or something else that makes me put into practice all that I've been learning, in a fun way, I fill in my breaks with more English but less hard tasks. I think that I really get into my zone each time I read English, hours fly without me noticing it
So in fact it is the same as : I take an hammer and I hit my knee until I realize it hurt. After that I watch a movie and I feel better. Sure.
@@aquarius4953 jajaja are you comparing doing grammar exercises with kicking your knee with a hammer? Gosh, learn English as you please, if you notice improvements go ahead
Muy bien ; profe 👏👏👏☮
Thank you so much
Great tips.. great job.. as always.
Great comment as always
I'm learning English now.
This video was very useful to me!
Thank you so much from Argentina!
If you found it useful that makes me happy. Best wishes to you and Argentina
@@LetThemTalkTV cheers, Gideon! :D
HELLO , SWEETHEART !!!!!!!!
THANK YOU MY WORLD BEST TEACHER ANYTIME AND EVERYWHERE I GO !!! THANK YOU FOR STAYING TRUE TO YOUR TASK AND BEING SO ACCURATE IN YOUR TEACHING . MUCH LOVE , SWEETHEART !!!!!!!!!!
Your kindness shines through the comments. Take care
Listening to your inspiring,involving speech..a "Flow state"!Your lessons always make me experience that "blissful immertion" in learning your beautiful,enjoyable language.Thanks so much!💕
You express it well. Thanks
All that you said is 100% correct and the truth!
Thank you too for your efforts! It's a pretty usefull subject you had been talking about in this video! I riched intermediate level and now I'm trying to write with no help of translator. I haven't read that book but I know what you were talking about. I agree with you and have a lot to add but won't. Just a little bit))) We all have OUR emotions: negative or pozitive. It's individual. And the very major thing at all of this it's our ability to create inside us a world that we glad to feel, concatrate our attention and consciousness in good way. BUT this ability we will not achive without problems and bad feelings which we must experience: we cannot cognize or make intelligible good thing without the same with bad thing. And at the end we have to make a choice, find the strength and just do it! Only then we can ACHIEVE the constant feeleng of satisfaction and this life flow without doubts and recognize the word "responsibility" from other side of mind as an ability to communicate!
Sorry if I had done some grammar mistakes but this is my opinion at this moment! Good luck!
I also resonate with the points from my fellow English teacher made here, it's best to find enjoyable & productive ways to learn a language that fits YOU! I like using flash cards for writing/reading Japanese Kanji on an app called anki, but many find it extemely boring; I would never watch kid shows for learning, but I know one person who liked to learn listening in British English from the children's show Peppa Pig!
The only priviso is, please talk to others in the language even if you sometimes make mistakes, as it's important to understand that mistakes are part of learning rather than just 'frustrating', and can be funny if you accept them! Good luck everyone!
P.S. Eudaimonic sounds like a good band name, thanks for the new vocab!
Great
Great video, as always!
One small correction:
We hungarians pronounce the last i letter of Csíkszentmihályi, like a short ee sound.
All the bests!
You are the best of the best ❤️
Thanks for giving us such magnificent lessons.
From Syria ❤️
You are the best. Greetings to you and Syria
@@LetThemTalkTV 💕💕💕