I have a better way to do it (true for ANY language!): 1. Find a book(novel, magazine, etc.) you like, while you're reading (you should listen to the audiobook version at the same time), jot down any words you don't know and you think is relevant (some words are too specific or bombastic or rarely being used, ignore these words). However, don't pause reading for too long, keep reading! 2. While you're using flashcards app, include the definitions and sentences, try make your own sentence by imitating that sentence with your own sentence (of course, use spaced repetition). 3. After learning those words, go back and read the book again, not only you can enjoy the book even more (much smoother than first reading), you can also learn the context it's been used. (this step is optional if you don't have enough time) 4. You've just saved yourself a bunch of time by only learning new words from one source. Once you reread it, you can master all of them at the same time (say 100 new words per book, you've just killed 100 birds with one shot) PROFIT!
When I was learning English I did 50 a day with a friend. Practicing it a lot after, but to learn we were able to do it in 45 minutes. It's just constant drilling.
@@thetruthalwaysscary Ye it really depends what language ur learning, I recently started Japanese and 5 words is a pretty good mark for me ( Of course considering the Kanji, 筆順 and etc)
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It also depends on the distance between the target language and the languages you already speak. I speak English and French, and I struggle learning 20 words a day in Russian while learning 100 words a day in Italian is rather easy (most of the words are identical or slightly different).
Just curious how much have you catched up with Russian in these two years. Would appreciate if u could share some tips on effective method memorizing Russian words. Thank u in advance.
Well, I have learned 20 words per day and I go over them all every week. I think quality is more important conversely we shouldn't be so slow. I've been lingering and hope to maintain it longer
I'm learning 10 words a day because the language I'm learning is japanese, and not only I need to learn the word itself (how it's pronounced) but how it's written too, which ideograms (kanji) are used, so it ends up with me learning 10 words and about at least 7 new kanji every time
How is it going now? 3 years later? I'm currently learning Japanese. I'm learning like three to five words each day. But I'm mostly just learning the words and what they mean in context. I'm not too concerned about the kanji just yet. I think I'll learn it over time. And the hiragana I'm learning slowly. But I mostly just want to be able to speak and understand the language for now.
Thank you for the video, but there is no way in hell I'm learning 30 to 50 words a day. I'm aiming for 10 a day and even that takes a lot of effort! I've only been learning a new language for a month. Will I start to learn more words as I learn the target language better I wonder?
For me my SRS apps are the LEAST I'll do in a language a day. (Or, times like now where I'm super busy it's all I'm doing so I'm at least doing something). How I decide whether or not to keep learning new words or how many to learn is dependent on how many words I got wrong in my review. I feel if you're getting them all right you're not doing enough, but if you get a handful wrong you're right on the mark! Of course, if you get a lot wrong you're doing TOO much and should take a short break from learning new words.
I used to learn about 500 to 1000 words a day. After I learn the structure of sentences (the grammar) I just get a chart with about 6000 most used Korean words, type them in the NAVER dictionary, get the first sentence that I understand, CTRL+C, then past it on a NOTE-pad.txt. Obviously I can't remember neither 70% of them, but, after a while, I am able to read a text and fixing the word that once I see (with this method) just by looking for its meaning one time. Obs.: I spent a lot of time just creating the structure where I place the words. Like: Words that describe a friend Words that describe an animal Words for auxiliary verbs Words for verbs that describe motion Words for parts of the body ... Plus 100 structures. After that I can in the end of the week read them and try to guess their meaning.
The statement "learning X words a day" may lead to a misconception. You only can ADD a certain number of words a day to your learning routine, but you don't learn those words a day. You learn words over weeks and months. That's why you need spaced repetition and, as said in the video, different resources per word to give you different context for it. The more different contexts you meet a word in the better you will remember it and master its usage. And don't learn "words", learn "words embedded in sentences" (context).
can you give some more detail? How do you suggest it? Write down the words and look up example sentences and write them down too? Its kinda hard to find places to read Chinese without being overwhelmed with a bunch of vocabulary that you aren't learning. Sometimes DuChinese is good. So do you recommend writing down the stories and reading them?
Wow, you said something realistic would be 30~50 words per day, I´m surprised. I´ve been learning a maximum of 10~15 words daily in Russian😂😂but this amount increases to 30 words while studying Italian, coz I´m a native Spanish speaker, so it gets a hundred times easier.
But thats still a lot! Thats 18000 words per year.. the average person has a working vocabulary of about 5000..Why does anyone need have that vocabulary in 4 months! Does it stick?
@@redwood3723 It's not Bullshit. Alexander Arguelles (One of the worlds premiere polyglots) cites these same numbers during a lecture here: ua-cam.com/video/PUqME-RTtIs/v-deo.html&ab_channel=PolyglotConference Even if the average person only uses approx 5,000; different people use different words so you still need to KNOW about 10,000 to comfortable understanding most people.
@@solairehimself1386 I can tell you by experience that I know more than 10000 words in English, which is my second language. And I say that because I have written down new words for months, and my lists have around 11000 words. All of them are words I can remember and recognize when I see them. One good way to fact-check whether you know or not a specific amount of words is to see about how many words there are in a book you've read, a book in which you understand all the words. So, if you know all the words in that book, and the book has a total of 15000 different words, it's certain that you can at least recognize 15000 words.
Wait what, 5-6 words a day is slow? I thought 20 words was unrealistic and then I hear you say 30-50 words. Enlighten me on this method. I'm learning Russian right now which is not very similar to English.
😂 😂 I surprised also. I was learning Chinese 5 or 6 words per day. But this way so slow and a friend told me I have to start with 15 words until 20 everyday. But it's really difficult. Chinese very difficult everything is different for me 😅😅
When you start learning a new language, it's better to stick with at most 10 words/day. It then gets easier to learn more as you get used to the language.
According to my experience, the best way to learn quickly a new language is to look for an online girlfriend and the problem will be solved in a very short time. Otherwise, you will spend years trying to learn it. You need to incorporate the language into your muscle memory as any physical discipline and that require a conjugation between motivation and practices.
can someone help learning a new language should i focus on specific words in order like nouns first then verbs then adjectives? or what ever would be the easiest and most efficient. much appreciated first time wanting to learn a 2nd language
Great tips actually I am not that well in English but I study 100 words every day and reading stories, also i lately started learning tukish language irrespective I can't make a correct sentence , it has to be a balance between vocabulary, grammar, speaking,listening, reading and writing but it takes a lot of time I think it needs more than 24 hours to do all these every day damn:/
I learn korean from english and i've been doing 50 words a day along with correspondong amount of grammar and its not too difficult even tho languages have no touching point. I do flash cards on phone app (i learned how to type 한글) and utilizing spaced repetition. I could do more but it would be so boring and this its optimal pace for me.
I am currently learning Korean and Chinese ... with chinese it is going well because I am using pimsleur and the repetition really helps me ... I used pimsleur with Korean before and I finished the course but I was no were near even lower intermediate... now I am stuck because words I learn however much I repeat them, I cannot seem to remember most of ... how can I remember. .. I really need help
I have a better way to do it (true for ANY language!):
1. Find a book(novel, magazine, etc.) you like, while you're reading (you should listen to the audiobook version at the same time), jot down any words you don't know and you think is relevant (some words are too specific or bombastic or rarely being used, ignore these words). However, don't pause reading for too long, keep reading!
2. While you're using flashcards app, include the definitions and sentences, try make your own sentence by imitating that sentence with your own sentence (of course, use spaced repetition).
3. After learning those words, go back and read the book again, not only you can enjoy the book even more (much smoother than first reading), you can also learn the context it's been used. (this step is optional if you don't have enough time)
4. You've just saved yourself a bunch of time by only learning new words from one source. Once you reread it, you can master all of them at the same time (say 100 new words per book, you've just killed 100 birds with one shot) PROFIT!
lol here I was doing 25 words a day and thinking it was a lot and you're like "maybe something realistic like 30-50 words a day." fml lol
When I was learning English I did 50 a day with a friend. Practicing it a lot after, but to learn we were able to do it in 45 minutes. It's just constant drilling.
I’m start doing 25 I’m a complete beginner
@@bxbxj5472 now I am learning Chinese /Mandarin I am at the 1-2 word a day level....lol...English is much easier
@@thetruthalwaysscary omg I would love to learn Chinese I wanna start learning a bunch but I got to start small
@@thetruthalwaysscary Ye it really depends what language ur learning, I recently started Japanese and 5 words is a pretty good mark for me ( Of course considering the Kanji, 筆順 and etc)
He said “30 words rather than a 100” I’m shooketh 😭😂
Lmao
Gabriel, é muito bom parabéns Gabriel pela sua dedicação sou daqui do Brasil sou seu aluno é posso dizer com gosto você é um dos melhores poliglotas do Brasil 🧠🇧🇷
It also depends on the distance between the target language and the languages you already speak. I speak English and French, and I struggle learning 20 words a day in Russian while learning 100 words a day in Italian is rather easy (most of the words are identical or slightly different).
+M Deroin that's true, although as you progress in Russian, that number can go up.
Just curious how much have you catched up with Russian in these two years. Would appreciate if u could share some tips on effective method memorizing Russian words. Thank u in advance.
Well, I have learned 20 words per day and I go over them all every week. I think quality is more important conversely we shouldn't be so slow. I've been lingering and hope to maintain it longer
Keep on doing what you do ! You inspire other people. Currently learning my 4th language.
Thank you, I'm glad you think so! :) And that's awesome. May I ask which language you're learning?
I speak Dutch, French and English. Learning German at the moment :)
@@sonsandgunz7991tips?
I was just wondering if i was trying to learn too much at once, yesterday. Thank you for the video.
Do you think that 30 words per day it's okay?
i- im doing 3 words what
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I am 5 lol
30-50 RATHER than 100!?
I learnt English doing 1-20 words a day.
Thank you, this is a really helpful video
I'm learning 10 words a day because the language I'm learning is japanese, and not only I need to learn the word itself (how it's pronounced) but how it's written too, which ideograms (kanji) are used, so it ends up with me learning 10 words and about at least 7 new kanji every time
How is it going now? 3 years later? I'm currently learning Japanese. I'm learning like three to five words each day. But I'm mostly just learning the words and what they mean in context. I'm not too concerned about the kanji just yet. I think I'll learn it over time. And the hiragana I'm learning slowly. But I mostly just want to be able to speak and understand the language for now.
Thank you for the video, but there is no way in hell I'm learning 30 to 50 words a day. I'm aiming for 10 a day and even that takes a lot of effort! I've only been learning a new language for a month. Will I start to learn more words as I learn the target language better I wonder?
Thanks Gabriel. Nice tips.
For me my SRS apps are the LEAST I'll do in a language a day. (Or, times like now where I'm super busy it's all I'm doing so I'm at least doing something). How I decide whether or not to keep learning new words or how many to learn is dependent on how many words I got wrong in my review. I feel if you're getting them all right you're not doing enough, but if you get a handful wrong you're right on the mark! Of course, if you get a lot wrong you're doing TOO much and should take a short break from learning new words.
Language Learning Lounge SRS? supplement restraint system? What?
I used to learn about 500 to 1000 words a day.
After I learn the structure of sentences (the grammar) I just get a chart with about 6000 most used Korean words, type them in the NAVER dictionary, get the first sentence that I understand, CTRL+C, then past it on a NOTE-pad.txt.
Obviously I can't remember neither 70% of them, but, after a while, I am able to read a text and fixing the word that once I see (with this method) just by looking for its meaning one time.
Obs.: I spent a lot of time just creating the structure where I place the words.
Like:
Words that describe a friend
Words that describe an animal
Words for auxiliary verbs
Words for verbs that describe motion
Words for parts of the body
...
Plus 100 structures.
After that I can in the end of the week read them and try to guess their meaning.
The statement "learning X words a day" may lead to a misconception. You only can ADD a certain number of words a day to your learning routine, but you don't learn those words a day. You learn words over weeks and months. That's why you need spaced repetition and, as said in the video, different resources per word to give you different context for it. The more different contexts you meet a word in the better you will remember it and master its usage. And don't learn "words", learn "words embedded in sentences" (context).
can you give some more detail? How do you suggest it? Write down the words and look up example sentences and write them down too? Its kinda hard to find places to read Chinese without being overwhelmed with a bunch of vocabulary that you aren't learning. Sometimes DuChinese is good. So do you recommend writing down the stories and reading them?
Wow, you said something realistic would be 30~50 words per day, I´m surprised. I´ve been learning a maximum of 10~15 words daily in Russian😂😂but this amount increases to 30 words while studying Italian, coz I´m a native Spanish speaker, so it gets a hundred times easier.
😂😂
cool video. thank you Gabriel!!
Sometimes i know words but i don't use them .. How can i use them?
But thats still a lot! Thats 18000 words per year.. the average person has a working vocabulary of about 5000..Why does anyone need have that vocabulary in 4 months! Does it stick?
No, i think native speakers use somewhere within 7000-10000 words while understanding up to 20k.
@@solairehimself1386 I said i think... Omg what are you searching yt comments for scientific proofs?
@@filippetrovic845 Your comment is bullshit, you don't have any proof.
@@redwood3723 It's not Bullshit. Alexander Arguelles (One of the worlds premiere polyglots) cites these same numbers during a lecture here: ua-cam.com/video/PUqME-RTtIs/v-deo.html&ab_channel=PolyglotConference
Even if the average person only uses approx 5,000; different people use different words so you still need to KNOW about 10,000 to comfortable understanding most people.
@@solairehimself1386 I can tell you by experience that I know more than 10000 words in English, which is my second language. And I say that because I have written down new words for months, and my lists have around 11000 words. All of them are words I can remember and recognize when I see them. One good way to fact-check whether you know or not a specific amount of words is to see about how many words there are in a book you've read, a book in which you understand all the words. So, if you know all the words in that book, and the book has a total of 15000 different words, it's certain that you can at least recognize 15000 words.
Wait what, 5-6 words a day is slow? I thought 20 words was unrealistic and then I hear you say 30-50 words. Enlighten me on this method. I'm learning Russian right now which is not very similar to English.
😂 😂 I surprised also. I was learning Chinese 5 or 6 words per day. But this way so slow and a friend told me I have to start with 15 words until 20 everyday. But it's really difficult. Chinese very difficult everything is different for me 😅😅
When you start learning a new language, it's better to stick with at most 10 words/day.
It then gets easier to learn more as you get used to the language.
Lol i like these comments. 30 a day is not that much. I am learning deutsch for 2 months now and I know over 1500 words which is around 25-35 a day.
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Ich komme aus Bulgarien, aber ich möchte in Deutschland wohnen.
Actually, right now I am studying Genitiv and reflexivpronomen
BoBiShemeta yeah i also want to live their aswell, i wish you the best of luck!
@@spookytheblackcat7416 Gl bro
Three vocabularies per day are 1095 vocabularies in one year, add another year to it and you can speak a language
An average person should be able to learn (or study) at least 10 words per day (depending on the way of learning of course)
What ? I study about 2 hours a day and I get about 1 or 2 words per day if I’m lucky! I’m reading a lot!
Could these techniques be applied to your native language to effectively and efficiently learn new words? Or is there a better technique out there?
I remember every word I have learned but can't use it in conversation
It Will happen naturally; talk with yourself. Think you're fluent already. It's quite helpful.
According to my experience, the best way to learn quickly a new language is to look for an online girlfriend and the problem will be solved in a very short time. Otherwise, you will spend years trying to learn it. You need to incorporate the language into your muscle memory as any physical discipline and that require a conjugation between motivation and practices.
can someone help learning a new language should i focus on specific words in order
like nouns first then verbs then adjectives? or what ever would be the easiest and most efficient. much appreciated first time wanting to learn a 2nd language
Great tips actually I am not that well in English but I study 100 words every day and reading stories, also i lately started learning tukish language irrespective I can't make a correct sentence , it has to be a balance between vocabulary, grammar, speaking,listening, reading and writing but it takes a lot of time I think it needs more than 24 hours to do all these every day damn:/
I shot for 5 to 10 a day.
I learn korean from english and i've been doing 50 words a day along with correspondong amount of grammar and its not too difficult even tho languages have no touching point. I do flash cards on phone app (i learned how to type 한글) and utilizing spaced repetition. I could do more but it would be so boring and this its optimal pace for me.
I am currently learning Korean and Chinese ... with chinese it is going well because I am using pimsleur and the repetition really helps me ... I used pimsleur with Korean before and I finished the course but I was no were near even lower intermediate... now I am stuck because words I learn however much I repeat them, I cannot seem to remember most of ... how can I remember. .. I really need help
You should learn at the pace you can handle.
Lmao wtf 30?!