The Importance of Reading
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We need meaningful input to learn languages. Listening is great for preparing to speak, and is the most portable learning activity, but reading is where I feel I acquire the most words.
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Appreciate you very much sir and all you do! You are a testament to hard work and dedication to linguistics that inspires me. To know a European descended man from North America can travel the world and speak other languages fluently, do business, make friends, and experience life through another set of eyes, in a sense.. It's priceless, absolutely worth the hours and hours of studying.
id love more videos in russian and german! russian is my biggest priority right now so that'd be really fun for me!
Hello steve .I'm a persian native speaker .I totally agree with you about the script of our language there are a lot of limitations in it which avoid non-natives from learning it. I'm so fascinated about how languages work and looking for a way to solve this problem. I'm always available to have a conversation on this if you would like to .
Hi Steve. I can't agree more. I'm native Polish speaker and currently I'm learning German as I moved to Berlin some time ago. Recently I started reading regularly. I actually introduced a rule that every week I have to use at least once each language skill in German (listening, reading, speaking, writing). And after I think a week or two I notice an amazing progress. Although still most of my learning is listening, speaking and then reading ( I think at least 30 mins a week).
As a big time introvert, read and listening is really the only way i could feel comfortable learning a language. So this video is reassuring of that fact.
I agree. Its hard to not be judged by my own fellow Americans.. Foreigners' learning new language stereo type is real in my state 😭😐😁. Perseverance is key though. Its how I learned Espanol.
If you force your self to speak, you will be surprised how quickly you become comfortable. You can do it.
@@louisronan5903 I don't think it's true. I can't feel comfortable even when I speak in my native language. It took me 19 years (ok 16, i didn't speak till 3 years old) and I still don't feel comfortable. So "quickly" how many years it is?
And if you force yourself to speak, no matter what language, you'll just be exhausted
I'm an introvert as well and I'm really interested in learning new languages.
I don't know why I'm writing this ... I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone struggling with speaking because of extra nervousness that I have to fight with even when I speak in native language.
@@moranag209 : I would be surprised if you were more introverted than me, I can’t even speak to strangers without almost having a panic attack. And by quickly I mean like 3 months or less, it’s helps when your speaking partner has a lower level than you in their target language as well because you don’t feel as judged.
"I associate listening with speaking and reading with vocabulary acquisition" best phrase of the video
I believe that the more you know a language the more important reading gets, simply by the fact that it uses so many different words from the conventional and uses tons of descriptive words and verbs you usually don't see in daily contexts. I've been studying English for quite some time now and things like "he drew his sword", "she flung herself forward" were pretty difficult to have an idea of their meaning before I started focusing more on reading. While TV series and movies have a lot of the essential vocabulary you expect to see in your daily life, books help you achieve more quickly that remaining "5%" of words you'll naturally have some trouble with that don't appear so often.
I quite agree with, but the question is how do you know the language when u don't read it... Is also part of the process of learning, therefore is another part of learning
I believe when you read and understand the context of a book, for example. I don't know all the words in a book I'm reading now, but through context I was able to predict several meanings of words previously unknown to me.
It forces you to confront your level of vocabulary. Theres a bunch of words on the page, and you either know them or you don't. And when you do get to where you read well, it gives you utter confidence. you KNOW that you know the language
Reading is important because words spoken and written are building blocks of life. Motivational video. Thank you.
Reading is a good thing
*For those who are advanced students of German: Ein Lehrbuch für fortgeschrittene Schüler/Schülerinnen der deutschen Sprache, das ich stark empfehle, ist ,,From Language to Literature“. Es besteht aus Geschichten und Ausschnitten von einem Roman des deutschen Schriftstellers Heinz Piontek (*1925 - † 2003), der im Jahrgang 1976 den Georg-Büchner-Preis gewann. Nach jeder Geschichte und jedem Ausschnitt gibt es Fragen für Verständnis und Interpretation. Es ist besonders nützlich in einer Klasse oder mit einem Privatlehrer. Leider ist dieses Buch schon lange vergriffen. Allerdings sind gebrauchte Exemplare bei Amazon und anderen online Buchhandlungen noch zu verkaufen.*
I have thrown away my books in Chinese in recent years. I started to do reading mostly in English. It was difficult at the beginning but it gradually gets better and better, things get more smooth the more books I read. Although I’m still not 100% correct on grammar ( because English verb tenses is just so complicated and I always tempted to use the simple present form), but I have made huge progress in general comprehension and can use the proper vocabulary whenever I want to describe something. I’m here on UA-cam to comment not only because I want to leave a comment but also to practice my writing in English.
Good for you 👍. I'm guessing your native language is Chinese, in which case yes, English verb tense/verb mood must seem extraordinarily complex. Just keep at it every day (and don't worry about it unnecessarily--native anglophones also make 'errors' in tenses all the time). 加油！！
PS: in this case you could say, 'it was difficult at first, but *has been getting* better and better' (to emphasize a changing condition in the very recent past/present, in contrast to the more distant past).
@@analogpark8059 thank you, English grammar is the most complex thing to me. Yes I’m a native mandarin speaker but I lived in the west for many years. Thank you for the correction I think for most of the time I could get by quite okay because as long as you have the vocabulary people will instantly understand you. However I wish to improve on the grammar bit. The perfect tense is the most difficult one. Are you a Korean? I tell from your last name Park
@@elllllllle939 哈哈 不是，我是美国人。我的网名是歌名。有趣的是，每种语言都有自己独特的困难来源。我花了很多年学习法语，它的语法比较复杂。相比之下，中文语法相对简单。但是声调和汉字太难了！
@@analogpark8059 哈哈对的，中文的语法特别的简单，实际上古代中文并不存在语法这个东西，语法是后来借鉴了一些英文的语法，不过是一些简单的形式 主谓宾那种大致结构，才构建出的现代中文。嗯我听说4个音对老外来说比较难，汉字的话 熟练就好了。对每个语言都有它难易的地方。法语是很严谨的语言，因为它语法复杂，所以不容易有歧义，这也是为何联合国发表重要文件，首先用法语 而不是英文的原因。你在学习中文吗？还是用的google translate 😉
礼貌的表示不同意“中文没语法”的观念，吃了饭，吃过饭，吃着饭，“了”和“过”和“着”就是表时态的语法
Just listening only to the people that you know is very limiting, even if you move to other places. So, as Mr. Kaufmann says, reading is far more important, and serious writers would have to spend hours to transmit the same content verbally. With a book you can leave it, go back in chapters if your mind has some doubts, or reread it after years as you have matured with new experiences, and then see the same words in a different light, as has happened to me with the books of Ayn Rand.
But to understand a nation, it is better to live there for a while, and a good knowledge of the language then becomes important, whether it be a country in Africa or the USA, where there are "local" views and customs for similar topics.
A "thank you" to Mr. Kaufmann for his contribution to the subject.
I'm reding your book ( the linguist) because i want to practice my reading skill with your book so i consider that when we want to read something the most important is find interesting topict for you.
Yes! Seeing the words helps me so much more. I can listen to something 10 times, but if I see a transcript of it and read it once or twice I will understand much more. I'm sure a big part of it is just having the time to process and slow down. I think I really am hopping on the reading bandwagon now with recent successes. It's a different world when you find material at that perfect spot for you. I have a book I bought in spring that was too difficult for me then. Now I can understand 90-95% and the words I don't know are used multiple times so I can use them. Then after reading a couple times I'm writing a summary of the story and it's amazing how quickly I can type from something that I read vs. when I just try to type whatever in my target language.
Back when I was in 8th grade, my English teacher praise me for accurately expressing myself in English (which is our second language) through writing. And even now, I still owe that to myself who just loves to read and listen
Reading is very good indeed. I note that when I read a lot my listening skills are better; I can recognize a word that I've already read better.
What you enjey to read? I have difficult to find something that I enjoy read!
@@imoliver2822 read the subjects you are interested in, eg futebol, health, exercise, clothes, etc. Read in print; its better, picking up the meaning of unkown words on a dictionary (Google Translator).
When I was a kid my parents encouraged my siblings and I to read alot. For me I used to read Goosebumps by R.L. Stine for a long time (until my catholic elementary school banned them for dumb reason's). I unfortunately didn't get back into reading novels until Jr. High (grade 8 here in Canada). These day's I read books by William W. Johnstone, Robert Crais, James Patterson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (+ more).
Thanks, Steve, Hi from Istanbul, Turkey
Do know the first verse revealed to the last prophet Mohammed peace upon him. was "READ"
"Read in the Name of your Lord who created; created man from a clinging mass. Read, and your Lord is the most generous, who taught by the pen, taught man what he did not know”
I think you should take out the blur
For sure.
Reading in arabic is easier than reading in frensh or in english.if you are able ti read arabic alphabet so it is easy to read an arabic text.
the arabic language is not easy to read.!!! most of the publications, texts, and books do not have vowels set ... and a foreigner who no knows the word ... how do you think he will read? I study Arabic and I liked it but what I hate about this language is that it is not easy to find many resources in this language, and also with the texts that most do not put the vowels!!!
it is not the same to read "قٙبلٙ كُلّٙ شٙيءٍ" than this word "قبل كل شيء"
@@vellmaycary7476 I agree with you in thid case.in order to read without vowels you have to know grammar and a strong knwoldge about the vacabulary.
@@kakamama9658 I know that. but I'm talking about the people you don't know. That is why I said that Arabic is not easy ... you must know each word with its pronunciation to be able to read something (in case they do not have the vowels).
@@kakamama9658 And another thing that I also hate is that the countries that say they speak "Arabic" ... actually it seems not to be like that, then you realize that each country speaks totally different Arabic in each country.
I am learning Russian! I love reading! Hai! I am your Malaysian fans! 🤩🇲🇾🇲🇾
I'm your russian fan
@@ariohandoyo5973 Me?? Я?
Hi Steve, I watch yor videos constantly, and because this I reading alot books and e-reader in english, i know my active vocabulary don't is large, but i think i can exprese my self about certes themes, because of this massive reading, my vocabulary growing up very fast and now, I think understand more words. Thanks for share your knowledge. Brazil here!
What's very telling is the "mistakes" you made in this comment that sound weird to a native speaker don't get in the way of the meaning. I knew exactly what you meant even when it wasn't how I would say it. Keep up the great work, you're an inspiration to my poor French skills.
At first I thought you were french with words like "certes" instead of certains. You'll get there, you just have to do it everyday.
@@TheSpecialJ11 👏👏👏😊👍🙋
Good!
هل قرأتَ يوما القرآن الكريم كشغوف بالقراءة كما قلتَ في هذا الڤيديو ؟
أنا لستُ عربيّة لكن أتقِن كمسلمة اللّغة العربية ..وجدتُ عند قراءتي لهذا الكتاب ثراءً في لغتي هذي و جمالاً في نطق الحروف بسهولة فوق الخيال ..سبحان اللّه !
Hi there, reading is a receptive skill in addition to listening, they represent the INPUT process as opposed to speaking and writing which are productive skills representing the OUTPUT. The more we listen and read the more we can speak and write. To put it in other words, a good listener is a good speaker, and a good reader is a good writer. All in all, if there was no input you wouldn't expect output and vice versa.
Yes, exactly
My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
I just subscribed now.. This video just popped up.. This is the first time I'm seeing this channel..
So grateful thank you so much God bless you
steve , you are like a father for me, thanks!
Thanks, Sir, I would listen more than reading till now, I'm going to read more from now on...
many thanks 🙏 🙏 🙏
That's great lesson
I find this video very useful so many thanks from your guide
I grew up in a home that looked like your book backdrop. My father was a philosophy professor and had collections of all major philosophers in ancient Greek and Latín. He also had the works of Heidegger and Goethe, Heinrich Heine and many others in German. Voltaire and the French in French language and of course books in Spanish, my native tongue, and English. I love reading myself and have been focusing on French resources in UA-cam. It would be great if you could recommend what to read in French. Iam currently reading an abridge version of Les Miserables. I also read a few articles of Paris Match here and there. Merci Steve. Paula
Read topics you like....I personally like to read mistery because it allows my brain to create the movie with more details for an enhanced reading experience...Spanish is my native tongue as well.
Late reply, but I found Amélie Nothomb's novels enjoyable for improving French. They're all very short, often quite funny, and always full of useful vocabulary and expressions.
reading is extremely important in language acquisition~👍
The best advicer thanks a lot
Thanks.....sir....
Bonjour.. j'aime beaucoup votre chaîne et j'aimerai bien apprendre de vous mais malheureusement je comprends pas l'anglais... si c'était seulement en français je serais heureuse...mes respects !!!
Bonjour. Certaines de ses vidéos comportent des sous-titres en français (et d'autres langues). Pas celle-ci, néanmoins, mais il y en a quelques unes quand même. Sinon, comme alternative, il y a aussi les sous-titres en anglais (pas les sous-titres "automatiques" qui ne sont pas terribles).
ua-cam.com/video/bOAuW9bGOlk/v-deo.html
Steve kaufmann good video it's very helpful for us students. I really appreciate your help. Your tips is so good ♡. I admire you.
My method to learning English is just by reading, picking up the meaning of unknown words on a dictionary, and listening. 70% reading and 30% listening, every single day.
Wonderful sir. Keep doing.
Do you know that the first command of the Kurân is the 'reading' ?
Reading is the first and the main command and the main worship of Kurân. When you're reading and writing, you're worshipping at the same time in the sight of God.
You're honoring yourself while you're reading.
Reading is above than all other worship rituals.
I am an English learner and watch this video to learn English😃
Good idea!
I was not a bookworm in the past, but since I found reading can help me in many ways. I am trying to build a reading habit.
Regarding arabic i advice you to read the biography of prophet mohamed
To have something in common
And then speech of prophet mohamed it will gives you the good grammer that you will develop automatically through the language especially the formal one
And
Thank you for the great effort
I thought the background bookshelf was real. Thanks for the learning tips!!
What you are saying is your personal point of as all skills have equal values. For some, writing ✍️ is the most useful skill. Receptive skills: reading or listening 👂 are important; nevertheless, writing and speaking stamp the validity of understanding the former skills. I listen 👂 a lot to podcasts replete with academic and general information, and for me this is amazing. Writing is what makes me confident after having rephrased the listened information. Hmm 🤔
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
I really enjoyed listening to you. 👍
Mr kaufman, you are the best teacher I have ever seen, your methods of learning new languages are awesome, I have tried different approaches for learning new languages, but I didn't succeed,until I tried your methods, and all those work!
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Writing: ok! Reading: ok! Speaking: ok! Listening: no ok!
Chapter 96 is traditionally believed to have been Muhammad's first revelation. While on retreat in the Cave of Hira, located at Mountain Jabal al-Nour near Mecca, Gabriel appears before Muhammad and commands him to “Read!”
That is most beautiful video about reading i have seen thank you very
Your background is very nice,looking original....😊...video is very nice....👍
thank you vert much M Kaufmann
Well educative
Oh cool. New setup! I like it. The blurriness might be a little much around Steve's torso and lower body. It wouldn't make sense for a camera to have his face in focus, but not his body if it's basically the same distance from the camera.
This is a good speech
tank you so much sir greeting from Rabat Morocco
I love the video..I'm your follower..greetings
Love the backdrop. Can you do reading in Chinese? Both my favorite and least favorite way to study 😂 LingQ is so helpful in this regard, though!
Seeing words on a page nails them in place in my memory. People learn in different ways and seeing words used in context is essential to my own language study. Reading is also essential for me to improve and extend my native language, which is English.
A video in SPANISH would be great! Muchas gracias Sr. Kaufmann
AMAZING! MANY THANKS!
C'est vrai... M. Kaufmann, c'est la verite.
Very helpful 🙏
importance of resistance training))
Great
Nice one
currently I'm reading book "mindset" a must read book for everyone
谢谢你
Por supuesto Señor tiene usted mucha razón .
Saludos sinceros.
like you and your film👍
Just read my 5th book in Japanese. Awesome stuff
So true!
Powerful
The back drop totally had me fooled!
One of the strange things I find is that a less commonly used word, newly acquired by reading, seems to 'unlock' my ability to hear a cluster of words which surround it. An expression consisting almost entirely of words which I know, but can't for some reason hear properly in this situation - not even the 'known' words - can suddenly become clearly meaningful to my hearing when the new uncommon word is understood via reading. I hope that this makes sense. Does anyone else find this to be their experience?
Sí. Yes. Ken. I'm learning hebrew using the new testament. Ha Berith hadasha. I'm reading while listening. First listening at half of the speed while reading.
Then at normal speed, then faster... I use the Bible and listen hebrew while reading spanish or English to get the meaning.
There si wisdom doing it this way.
I speak English as a second language.
God bless u all.
The book of John is a good one to begin with. Adiós, bye, shalom.
Sorry for My mistakes...
yes i agree. With repetition and "fresh" ears you pick up more after you have read a text. And the next time you listen to it you will notice more. It is linked to the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.
Here is a short text i copied of a short summary.
The psychology behind seeing your new car everywhere after you buy it
According to science, there hasn’t been an increase in the number of that particular car around you - you just rarely noticed it before.
Your subconscious can be quite selective in what it gives attention to or ignores without you realizing it (go read about the invisible gorilla test). You’re bombarded with information all around you every single second - just think about how many items are in your vicinity at this moment you’re not actively staring about. Your brain has to be judicious in what it lets through.
For instance, when you’re driving to work, your brain largely ignores the hoards of varying models you pass. Once you purchase a new car and it’s under your possession, your brain adjusts, adding the particular model to its list of things to notice.
Psychologists call this the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon; more commonly, they refer to it as frequency illusion. Now that your brain has taken note of your new car, it will alert you when it sees it elsewhere - on the road, on TV, in conversations, etc. The human mind strives to identify patterns in the chaos of daily life and uses a confirmation bias to affirm that this car is everywhere suddenly, when it was around long before you noticed it.
@@Sosui2 Thank you for your careful and interesting comment, Alexander. I'm sure that you are right. What I find interesting is that I seem to need to thoroughly acquire a word by reading before I can hear it. Is this your experience as well?
Best wishes and thanks again.
@@haroldwood1394 yes, this happens to me all the time too. I belive that the brain is trying to be as efficient as possible and therefore "skip" some words. I like to listen to things many times and also give it some time (hours / days ) before relistening and rereading again. I find my self noticing words that I previously did not hear because of the speed or simply because I did not pay enough attention.
When I was in the beginner phase of learning spanish I used the mini stories on LingQ and I always noticed more words when i came back to a previous lesson and reread or relistened to it. Keep up the good work and stay motivated. You cannot fail if you don't stop
i would love to hear ur thoughts on the pyramid of learning because it puts reading at the next to last position of the most efficient ways to learn something
I just had a quick look at this pyramid. It strikes me as quite irrelevant to learning, just a fad or fashionable idea, not practical.
I think it’s like learning music. When you are very young you experience and learn music through listening, singing, playing instruments, and dancing. We can remain in that mode of learning and still become quite good in a variety of musical activities. (Like an amazing musician who plays numerous popular styles by ear, however is not able to play the music of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms because it requires reading.) However as we get older learning to read music will enable us to understand all sorts of music on a deeper level. We can play the music of the greatest composers of western music, and learn the music of other cultures as well as . Of course, there is no substitute for listening to great music. Combine this with reading music the opportunities are limitless.
Also, as a teacher of many years, I would recommend looking at Bloom’s Taxonomy . I think the learning pyramid that you referred to probably changes over the course of a person’s life. Yes we do learn experimentally at first, but later on reading becomes the most efficient way to increase one’s knowledge on any given topic.
Just glanced at this pyramid and it seems to be focused on practical learning, so it makes sense. If you are training to be a umpire for the sport of cricket, for example, reading all the rules is probably less effective than watching games and learning why each call is being made. However, this is different for language acquisition. Where reading has nothing to do with cricket, it is an essential skill or language.
What a wonderful idea the cover of the bookshelf!!!
Personally, I should say listening seems to me easier and funnier to do while I'm learning a language than reading, even if I love reading!
I've noticed that reading books in French it's easier to me than in English, 'specially if I already know the story 'cause I've read it in my native language, but with a little bit of effort - once I start - I can appreciate reading more
Steve I hope you enjoyed Palm Springs. Just a ways across the state line from Yuma.
I really enjoy the information you share for those of of us learning other languages.
realy I do appreciate, Steve is one of the best teacher l meet in my life your way of talking is awesome as well as you motivate me for reading and and writing thanks so much Steve
I would suggest getting rid of the blurred edges around these videos. It makes them very difficult to watch.
What do you mean by the blur?
Ah I see. I don't know why the editor did that, maybe to centre the video more. I agree it is a distraction.
@@Thelinguist I agree I immediately found the distortion unsettling and distracting. Steve I'm an artist by training I think it would be less distracting on a simpler background.
Hi Steve, how are you? Thank you for this video because you talked a very important topic. Reading is our way to learn more about this world we are living in.
Hello Steve. Whenever you make videos in different languages please keep GERMAN in mind. I realize now it is not as popular as I thought it was but I would still like to hear it whenever possible. Thanks.
Ah.. Steve found out how to change his video background.
I am from Indonesia and I really like this video coz we know how meaning of reading.
I learn English with my self coz no one who can speak english in my small town, so I just could leran englush by memorizing words or vocabulary and try to combine from one word to another, and I also try to practice with reading and listening english language.
Thank for great information about reading and listening.
Hopefully in short time I could improve my english.
Stay safe
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I genuinely thought that was an actual book shelf
Interesting
Это самый хороший совет. Спасибо.
I have found that reading the "Guinness World Records Book" is a great book to read in your target language. The content is generally interesting if one page is not - you can move on to the next while having fun and more interest in what you are reading. Which in the end keeps me coming back to this book.
I like this idea a lot. Where did you find the books? I wanted the Japanese version but it’s a bit tricky to track down in the UK. Any advice?
@@metalgearbill8827 Isn't Guinness a UK thing?
I bougt the French & Spanish versions from Amazon - state side. Happy hunting
I speak a lot in English, but I think it gave me almost zero progress in terms of learning new vocabulary. If any, it's only made me more able to put together what I've learned so far through reading many books, articles, forums, etc. While listening per se has helped me to get used to different accents, it hasn't been of much significance to my gaining much comprehensive input; I still had to resort to dictionaries to figure out what something really meant, of course I got the idea upon hearing a word/phrase, but to be completely sure a good dictionary was the key. So to reiterate everything briefly, I can confidently say that a hard work with books and my best friend Dictionary has contributed to about 90% + of my knowing English. People think that they need to speak all the time to learn a language, and I've seen such people on language speaking websites. That's great they're puting their time into it, but it's all in vain. Many of whom I've talked to haven't improved in any way during the last two years speaking almost daily in English! Speaking is just one minor component of language ablility, but the core of that lies in conscious learning.
In my experience reading gets you three important things -
You need heigh level of attention for reading, so you develop concentration.
Second you improve vocabulary of course but that is the last thing.
More than that you get enormous amount of knowledge, perspectives that various authors have put in the books.
It broadens your thinking ability.
Third is if you are student or working person then reading is most important skill you need to succeed. As most of the communication is in written form, it is imperative to have best reading skill to communicate and understand others.
Finally reading is like the practicing in nets before the match of speaking. Speaking is output of reading. The more you read the more you are good at thoughtful speaking.
As a dyslexique, what would be an advice for me to learn languages ? Thanks! ( still reading or focusing on listening?)
Can confirm that my English (second language) was rubbish until I started reading extensively halfway through high school. Though I'd say that what I learned in school up to that point definitely helped to get me started, even if it wasn't good enough on its own.
EDIT: Can also confirm that picking up reading in languages with a different writing system can be significantly more difficult, since you essentially need to learn the "alphabet" all over again, sometimes more complex. Currently facing this with Japanese.
How much did you read everyday and what kind of content?
I think LingQ is like a stove. You can cook good food, choose nutrition as much as you want. The other available lessons like foods in the restaurant. You have that very short but you are only can eat what they give to you.
The importance of sleep is what i lack most till i go home
Querido Steve, sou nova no canal, moro no Brazil, e estou aprendendo inglês e espanhol sozinha. Com sua rica experiência, devo estudar dois idiomas juntos? Ou, devo conseguir fluência em um idioma primeiro, para somente depois estudar o outro? Agradeço muito se puder me tirar essa dúvida. Um forte abraço. 🙂😘
O Steve geralmente fala q aprender mais d uma lingua é bom, pois traz variedade para o seu cérebro e vc retém mais informaçao, mas é aconcelhavel q vc estudei Ingles pelo menos por una seis meses e quando chegar num nível razoavel tbm mesclar seu estudo com espanhol. Ele tbm fala d vezes em q focou mais em um idioma específico e quando voltou para os outros sua abilidades de reconhecer padroes estava melhor hihi, pq o cérebro gosta de variedade.
Eu estudo Português e English no mesmo tempo , é muito bom por que você consegue aprender palavras de origem latim , elas estão fluindo nas três línguas , I study Portuguese and English at the same time , it is very good because you can learn words of Latin origin , they are flowing in all three languages ,
Just watched long long video with Steven Krashen talking about the studies many of them- showing how we are helped by reading....I can't even explain it...but it had a multitude of benefits....OMG creepy- as you are now saying this lol in video.
symbols are material, the iformation of the symbos are immaterial like the information of the DNA
could you recommend some books to start with?
I agree with what was said but what about people with mild dislexia where reading is harder? What would you recommend?