Don't make this mistake if you really want to learn a language!
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- If you really want to learn a language, signing up for a language course is not enough. You would need many years to become fluent. If you want to know how to learn a language in a fun and effective way, check out my website 👉 bit.ly/3Fmd6BU
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00:00 Intro
00:20 I've been learning for some time but I'm disappointed by the results
00:43 Why am I still not fluent in the language (even after several years of learning it)?
00:59 What's the REAL problem with language courses?
01:50 What do I need to do to finally learn the language?
02:11 How long it takes a famous polyglot to learn a language?
02:50 How long it takes to achieve the comfortable fluency (B2) level?
03:20 How to learn a language faster and cheaper?
03:53 What does it mean to learn a language?
04:37 How to remember new words?
When people want to learn a new language, they usually sign up for a language course. This is one of the obvious solutions that many of us think about. We find a language school or a teacher, and we sign up for regular classes. 👩🏫 We expect that by attending those classes we’ll learn Spanish or French, or whatever language you are trying to learn. But can you really learn a language in a language course?
Maybe you've also attended a language course for months or even years, but at the end, you were quite probably disappointed by the results. 😞 You got some basics in the language but you never really got to a fluent level, you didn't feel like you could use the language in practice or that you could talk to anyone. What's the reason?
Many people think they don't have the talent to learn a language, they don't have the language genes. But the problem is somewhere completely else. We expect the course to teach us the language and we think it is enough to just attend the lessons. BUT it's extremely important to have contact with the language in between the lessons. If you don't, you naturally forget most of what you've learned in the lesson.
By having contact with the language I don't mean going through your course textbook or doing grammar exercises. Instead, you can watch series, listen to podcasts, read books or bilingual books and do other things that are fun. 😉 That regular contact will help you improve in your language and remember new vocabulary. Because in order to remember new words, we have to encounter them enough times in different contexts and situations.
On average, it takes about 500 hours to learn a new language. But it's up to you how long it will take you - it can be 3 months or 3 years. The more actively and intensely you learn, the faster you become fluent 🙂
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yes ! I do ! Thanks ! You're awesome. 🙏
Thank you very much Lydia
That was so helpful, thanks a lot !
Thank you for your advises
So great to see you again on UA-cam!!! 😅
I totally agree, I am Slovak just like you, learning languages since I was 10, with some breaks. I have attended smaller and bigger groups but it has never been satisfactory. From the day I decided to practise at least for 30 minuts every day, listen to the language and talk to natives on regular bacis, I started to make progress. Today I am a succsessful language learner (my languages are on B2 level and better). I learn portugues(B1) and russian as a begginer but I can see me progressing so fast as I do "something" every day in my target language/s. Nobody will do the job for you guys. Not the best tutor/teacher
This video is 100% correct.
Can you learn a language in a language course?
Short answer: you can't.
Long answer: you can't.
What's your experience with language classes?
With traditional school not so good. With the language mentoring program I had an excellent experience.
@@frankiehernandez1854 happy to read that! 🙂 (Daša from LM)
@@Languagementoring I'm working on finding my plan to break thru intermediate plateau now.
I love Lydia. Everything that she says is always spot on. But, I think maybe I'm at the intermediate plato. After years of comprehensible input and listening to people like Lydia, Kaufman (Linq), Luca, and other language superstars, I'm living in country now with my non English speaking wife (Brazil) in a small town where English isn't spoken. I'm still having serious problems understanding many natives. Watching TV without subtitles is still tough. I know that I'm close to where I need to be but I can't seem to push over this hump. My listening comprehension is just not there yet and I'm not sure how to fix it. It really sucks because sometimes I feel like an outsider because I can't keep up, especially in a group conversation.
Here are some tips which will help you to improve your listening skills:
1. Find material that resonates with you.
2. Listen it again and again without transcript.
3. Then find transcript, read it and write down words or phrases that you don't know in your notebook or your notepad.
4. Repeat after someone who speaks and copy his or her intonation and pronunciation.
5. Do this task until you fully understand the text.
Perfect practice makes perfect results !!!
🤗 That's for sure !!! 👍
Don't hurry !!! Don't overthink !!! Keep it simple !!! 👌💯
It seems like you're listening a lot, but maybe more active work with vocabulary may help :) I agree with the tips shared here by @liliyakhusainova3077. Listen to the same material several times with and without transcript/subtitles and note down phrases you don't know. Add pronunciation as well if you're not sure how to pronounce them. And go through them repeatedly until they become part of your active vocabulary. Active work on vocabulary is what has helped many of our course participants. And of course, don't forget to practise speaking. Since your wife is a native, I'm sure you have plenty of opportunities 😉 Barbara from the Language Mentoring team
Great advice from both. Thanks so much! I'll do this and I also agree that obtaining more vocabulary is part of the problem. I've tried anki and never stuck with it. So, I'll try the gold list. I purchased my notebooks for the gold list long ago but never started. When living in the country, focused study time is difficult because every conversation and interaction is study time. I'm drinking from a fire hose! 😂
8 hours a day for 3 months is insane!
Hello Lydia what language you are learning?
Hi, Lydia is currently keeping her 7 languages she speaks fluently, not learning a new one.
@@Languagementoring but i thought she learns a new language every 2 years lol and i thought she can speak 9 languages
My problem is where to start learning English. Because it is a complete language, so where do I start to learn it? Do I start with words or grammar and so on. All my experiences in learning it through institutes were a failure.
Pick one resource and make sure you understand all text and audio in it - using google is great - before you move to the next one. The resource should be at your level, so ask a teacher or someone else who knows about your level. The resource does not matter, but you have to like it. Pick one and finish it!
Hi, you might want to check our video, where Lydia explains her daily learning routine to get some inspiration ua-cam.com/video/GPHGK4TLhMI/v-deo.html (Daša from LM)