How to ACTUALLY learn a language through watching TV

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 68

  • @sarahs.8404
    @sarahs.8404 16 днів тому +41

    As a beginner i actually like mixing hard and easy content. Idk why but it helps me bridge things and usually helps me hear common words more often.

    • @Mishe-shoshinsha
      @Mishe-shoshinsha 13 днів тому +1

      I couldn't agree more! It's good to hear I'm not the only one. :)

  • @Ellary_Rosewood
    @Ellary_Rosewood 16 днів тому +35

    My Georgian friend learned English almost completely from watching cartoons, movies, and tv shows as a kid. A lot of the time there weren't even any subtitles so he was just listening without understanding anything at first. I was so impressed, but then I realized that when I was first learning Japanese (the first language I ever learned), most of my knowledge came from simply watching and listening to media in Japanese. Even now I feel like most of my language learning in any of the languages I'm studying comes from videos. 😂

    • @dissonantdreams
      @dissonantdreams 16 днів тому +1

      Funnily enough I’m learning Georgian at the moment in much the same way as your Georgian friend learned English 😁 I swear as much as 75% of my “study” time is just watching TV, movies and youtube videos!

    • @futatsushiri
      @futatsushiri 14 днів тому +1

      but, you just sit there and watch Japanese TV without subtitles and slowly it goes in? Even if just listening?
      I live in Japan, and I work from home a lot. I could literally have Japanese TV on 24/7 and just listen but it feels like it would't work well.

  • @marcelopugnali7567
    @marcelopugnali7567 16 днів тому +11

    True, I also learn foreign languages by watching TV and UA-cam videos!! It has worked great for me!!! I watch movies and series in foreign languages!!

  • @remy2718
    @remy2718 13 днів тому +2

    I'd recommend watching something you're already familiar with. The first movie I've ever watched in English was Pirates of the Caribbean and I'd already watched it in my native language plenty of times; I even knew some of the lines by heart. There were plenty of words I didn't know but because I was so familiar with the movie already, it wasn't exhausting or overwhelming whatsoever

  • @WelcomeToClaires
    @WelcomeToClaires 14 днів тому +3

    as much as I like structuring my learning, I ALWAYS end up learning most of the language by actually just watching TV. It makes speaking the language so much easier, and once you're speaking you learn so much more than from books

  • @MrVoicemailGuy
    @MrVoicemailGuy 16 днів тому +4

    As a beginner, I've only ever been able to use books and apps to learn Japanese and Portuguese. I've felt like it's been a safe space for me especially since I wanted to move at a much slower pace than most people.
    I've never heard of Lingopie until now so I think I'll get out of my comfort zone and try it as well as the methods mentioned in this video. Thank you Lindie❤

  • @chadbailey7038
    @chadbailey7038 16 днів тому +6

    Great advice Lindie. I especially struggle with finding shows at my (A1-A2 level) that aren’t kids shows. Like you said. Thanks for the tips! Спасибо большое за совет))

  • @MikkoDaFinlandia
    @MikkoDaFinlandia 16 днів тому +4

    Thank you for the inspiring video! Showing how you use the tool was interesting & useful. I tried Lingopie before with Portuguese. I’ve watched their European Portuguese videos. I can recommend the tool although their library in that language was a bit limited when I used the tool. In addition, I have used a similar tool called Yabla when Lingopie didn’t exist. The shadowing approach is especially effective because it developed my reaction speed - a skill that is essential when trying to speak the language when travelling. It depends on the content and the background but based on my experience it’s even possible to start learning a language (e.g. Italian) as an absolute beginner by just watching videos and go very far. My recipe was to first watch the videos with double subtitles, then with target language subtitles and finally without any subtitles.

  • @Jelloc
    @Jelloc 16 днів тому +3

    I love Mind Your Language series from the 70s, helped me with my English alot lol!

  • @TheTeachingCouple
    @TheTeachingCouple 16 днів тому +4

    We learned English (same with a couple of more languages) when we were younger mostly with tv shows and movie 😊🎉

  • @lalillyland
    @lalillyland 14 днів тому +1

    Thank you so much for all the tips! I decided to come back to learn Swedish but this time I have less time, so it will be helpful to do shadowing at least while I'm doing some chores. Me alegra de todo corazón verte brillar de nuevo 💖🙏✨

  • @loua.7324
    @loua.7324 16 днів тому +2

    Thank you very much for the advice! 😊 ps. your hair looks great!! 😃

  • @MandarinHQ
    @MandarinHQ 14 днів тому +1

    Great video, Lindie! These methods are spot on for developing vocabulary, pronunciation and listening skills using TV shows. I've used them myself a lot (especially the first two) and they've been incredibly helpful. Keep up the great work!"

    • @LindieBotes
      @LindieBotes  13 днів тому +1

      Thank you! 😃 I'm glad you've found it to be useful for youself too!

  • @yuenatv
    @yuenatv 15 днів тому +1

    great video~ur korean progress is so inspiring, i remember watching you talk about learning korean around 2 yrs ago!

  • @jose1981mariano
    @jose1981mariano 14 днів тому +1

    I improve so much my English level listening the BBC and watching Tv shows,in fact more than studing, but if you are a beginner student I recomend you start with children's series, or series that you have watched a lot of times doubled in your mother language.
    And if you are studing Spanish (from🇪🇸 ) I recomend you watch old series in RTVE's website. Because their actors had had a perfect pronuntiation and entonation that unfortunately nowadays bright for its absence in a lot of modern series an films. In fact even us, as native speakers, for a while now have a lot of problems to undestand what today's actors are saying in a lot of modern tv series or movies

  • @Dafs
    @Dafs 13 днів тому

    I loved the idea of replying to the question that was made on the show! Ill definitely be doing that from now on, thank you! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷 (Brazilian shows are indeed great lol)

  • @ninakheldar
    @ninakheldar 12 днів тому

    I like how I've heard instead of 'my brain makes this shift' - 'my brain makes this shit' and it's still was completely logical :D
    I love when watching yt I find youtubers who speak English not just on the basic level, but also using more advanced vocab which I don't know or don't hear very often (you Lindie, and recently Hannah Alonzo (maybe because she's an educator?):)). Then I can tell myself that I'm not only relaxing but also learning at the same time!

  • @MarcelaChandía
    @MarcelaChandía 16 днів тому +6

    OMG I did all the things that you said with English and I learned it!!! I know it sounds pretty standard, but here in Chile, almost anybody speaks it. And when I studied Japanese, same situation. Walking at night to take the subway after class, I would have entire conversation with myself in Japanese. I also interact with shows, it is so thrilling to say the phrase before the character and have guessing right!!! 😁 Now I do it with Chinese when I watch shows, passive and active learning forever!!!❤

  • @tibowmew
    @tibowmew 14 днів тому

    This video is exactly what I need as I was just looking to get back to studying my Korean and was considering using dramas. I know that just watching them normally doesn't do anything and was thinking through the best approach to actually gain meaningful practice from it 😃

  • @hjo4572
    @hjo4572 16 днів тому

    Thank you for some great advice! I've been trying to feel out how to learn with all the content out there in Korean. I've been listening to music while I do chores and watching different things. It's been pretty slow for me but I catch words here and there. I think doing what you've suggested will help a ton with learning :)

  • @shivam-x5b
    @shivam-x5b 16 днів тому

    Thank you so much lindie! That is what I was waiting for ❤😊

  • @mebeasensei
    @mebeasensei 16 днів тому +1

    What a clever lil thumbnail design with the curve pointed at NF

  • @Angelo-or3tt
    @Angelo-or3tt 16 днів тому +4

    Hi Lindie.. I am currently studying korean now.. I listen to podcast and korean news as my study method.. What do you think is the most effective way to learn faster..? Thank you 😊

  • @MilenaSilva-ul4gp
    @MilenaSilva-ul4gp 15 днів тому

    Thank you Lindie, for this content! It's really useful

  • @manuelmed98
    @manuelmed98 16 днів тому

    I loved your perky start to the video 😂✨

  • @Randa-yr3sv
    @Randa-yr3sv 14 днів тому

    Pls tells us some of ur fav Korean (or Japanese for those who want) scrapbooking and journaling UA-cam channels!

  • @Jgirasole315
    @Jgirasole315 14 днів тому

    I can speak a little Spanish and the absolute tiniest bit of French in addition to my native English. I have a goal of learning Italian and Greek....maybe Russian and Japanese someday. Lately, I just cannot focus on languages. But most of the people who go to my church are "Russian" (from various countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union), and I know at least some of them learned English by listening to the radio. That blew my mind. We would have to start living on earth for about 500 years for me to have enough time to pick up a language like that. I'm typing this before I watch the video, and can't wait to see how it's actually done.

  • @lohaye3260
    @lohaye3260 16 днів тому

    Hi Lindie, Thanks for the advice! Could you make a video about learning languages that are similar or related to our native language?

    • @LindieBotes
      @LindieBotes  13 днів тому

      What in particular would you like to know about it? :D

  • @maricrirubisse
    @maricrirubisse 15 днів тому

    Very usefuls tips 👏

  • @YogaBlissDance
    @YogaBlissDance 16 днів тому

    Lindie honest question, I thought you were not doing language acquisition videos anymore I thought you said that? Are you just enjoying it more?

  • @nordicpink
    @nordicpink 16 днів тому +1

    Posted on my birthday!

    • @ksajamx
      @ksajamx 16 днів тому

      생일 축하합니다 🎉

  • @lisaonthemargins
    @lisaonthemargins 13 днів тому

    Your hair is beautiful this long!

  • @AbnerLucas-ho9hw
    @AbnerLucas-ho9hw 11 днів тому +1

    ...maybe you should come to brazil.
    but seriously , doesn't talking over someone (shadowing) feels a little hard to follow and overwhelming?

  • @3lmodfz
    @3lmodfz 13 днів тому

    I feel like I need to up my game when it comes to Hungarian. I hardly speak it nor watch much content online in the language. Been learning it for over a year now and still can't form sentences.

    • @LindieBotes
      @LindieBotes  13 днів тому +1

      You got this! Don't be hard on yourself :)

  • @MariaJoubert-rs8nn
    @MariaJoubert-rs8nn 14 днів тому

    I am learning Afrikaans. I watch Juffrou Linky on UA-cam with my toddler. I found a couple of movies on Netflix. Fluent Fiction is a good website too. I would like to watch movies or shows in Afrikaans. Can you recommend where I can find Afrikaans content to watch?

    • @LindieBotes
      @LindieBotes  13 днів тому +1

      That sounds great, I haven't heard of those resources! You can try looking up some TV channels that have UA-cam channels, like KykNet, Via, or Boer Soek n Vrou (popular series), or even Lisa met die Rooi Hare (she does reviews of local TV shows).

    • @MariaJoubert-rs8nn
      @MariaJoubert-rs8nn 11 днів тому

      @@LindieBotes thanks so much

  • @franziskaeiglsperger8235
    @franziskaeiglsperger8235 16 днів тому +1

    Hey lindie great video
    I wrote a comment on this video already but now i can not find it so i writing it again and hope you will see it and Sorry if you see that comment twice now
    What shows or UA-cam videos do you watch in hungarian can you recommend some I'm learning hungarian myself

  • @neeltheother2342
    @neeltheother2342 16 днів тому

    As a Chinese learner, I'm not sure how shadowing would be a good method for beginners (like me) or lower intermediate learners. Even though embedded subtitles are provided, that doesn't help with no new characters unless you're on lingopie specifically...

  • @grecca
    @grecca День тому

    Will your code still work in 3 weeks??

  • @DefineMorena
    @DefineMorena 16 днів тому

    I use a ton of alarms as well 🤣

  • @MarijaDjordjevic8
    @MarijaDjordjevic8 16 днів тому +1

    What if you're not living alone? How can i practice speaking?

  • @johannesdekoning9521
    @johannesdekoning9521 16 днів тому

    Altyd lekker om 'n Afrikaanse taalfundi aan te hoor.

  • @anna8282
    @anna8282 15 днів тому

    I learned English 100% from TV. Unfortunately it's not working for me now with Korean lol

  • @endouerick7519
    @endouerick7519 16 днів тому

    with or without subtitles to improve listening?

    • @hjo4572
      @hjo4572 16 днів тому +1

      I like to listen with subtitles even though I'm not fluent in reading the language( I'm pretty beginner lvl actually). I concentrate more on all the content so I'm more actively listening. It helps me with both reading and listening practice. It's hard to keep that going for a long time though so sometimes I turn off the subtitles just to listen passively for a while too.

    • @endouerick7519
      @endouerick7519 16 днів тому

      @@hjo4572 glad to know that. thanks

  • @MrPassion4truth
    @MrPassion4truth 14 днів тому

    The problem is, most people want to watch TV for entertainment purposes and so they're not going to choose TV shows where they can actually learn the language. They're going to use action movies where characters say things that people would never say in real life. You do have good ideas, but I don't agree with using subtitles in both languages cuz most people will only focus on their native language if they are reading subtitles.

    • @LindieBotes
      @LindieBotes  13 днів тому +1

      This sounds very particular to a specific type of person. Everyone is different. I personally dislike action/fantasy/sci-fi and would never watch things that people would "never say in real life", so for me, watching shows is a great way to learn because it's worked for me in the past and I still see it working. But if that's not the way you enjoy learning, that's fine! To each their own.

  • @Elisha_the_bald_headed_prophet
    @Elisha_the_bald_headed_prophet 15 днів тому

    I want to listen while washing the dishes and I can't follow if you suddenly switch to korean.

  • @justalameusername1736
    @justalameusername1736 16 днів тому

    2:52 she's packing some cake tho 😍

    • @nordicpink
      @nordicpink 16 днів тому +5

      Extremely inappropriate thing to say about a woman who’s a stranger to you. Especially since she can see this. Rude.

  • @johannesdekoning9521
    @johannesdekoning9521 16 днів тому

    Goeie Afrikaanse viseo vir diegene wat dalk sou belansel in Afrikaans... ua-cam.com/video/10gge9Ug7AE/v-deo.htmlsi=XX2fgjq0Ba0XsvRg