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What annoys me is you want to listen to languages in the car but the spouse or other person (who isn’t doing the driving by the way) doesn’t like it despite the fact all they have to do is sit there and enjoy the ride for free.
it depends on my mood. It's largely listening. I think it probably amounts to an hour to an hour and a half a day. I take days off when I don't feel like doing it or when the day is filled with other activities.
Cada mañana leo al menos dos artículos en español en lingq. Y mas tarde leo libros en español por un rato en mi kindle. El habito de leer mucho en el idioma me ha ayudado un montón.
I always have a quick workout first thing in the morning, while listening to language learning content. I feel much more awake, energized and motivated after that. Plus it quickly adds up to a lot of listening time.
Mr Kauffman, if you like podcasts and mini stories, you will enjoy the 15-minute drama podcast called Hay elMaTTar. It's basically a soap opera in Levantine dialect depicting the war in Syria. It was produced by the BBC and the EU . I got to discover Hay elMaTTar by listening to BBC radio Arabic, also my most used listening resource.
Yes I'd agree their best time to study is in the morning, I'm a morning person and enjoy my Japanese at that time of day, in the afternoon it can be a labor so I switch over to music and reading manga or anime. Still have to keep the ears tuned and immersed in the language. Another great video Steve thankyou
Hello Steve,❤️ I have been learning English language for over 2 years . Yet, I don't know the correct usage of the definite article "THE". I have read all the rules and have watched hundreds of videos on articles but nothing helped. I constantly make mistakes in articles. Could you please tell me how can I overcome this problem. 🙏🙏🙏 Plz reply Thanks🙏❤️
Hey! I enjoy watching your videos! I’m currently learning Japanese, it’s really though! I’m a native Arabic speaker so it’s nice to see that you’re learning it! I’ll type this comment in Arabic as well for you to read it: أهلاً! أنا مستمتع بمشاهدة فيدوهاتك! أنا حالياً أتعلم اللغة اليابانية، إنها صعبة للغاية! اللغة العربية هي لغتي الأم، لذلك أعجبني بأنك حالياً تتعلمها!
For the last month, I set the habit of practicing my German, in bed, for 30 minutes, as soon as I wake up. Doing something the second you wake up (and in bed) is so easy. I'm going to incorporate your ideas/activities you listed here too throughout my day. Great video!!!
My routine goes like this (Japanese learning) Wake up 7:00 AM and start binging new words while reading approximately 25-30 words per day. I typically finish at around 10:00 AM. So I spend another 2 hours reviewing everything and making sure they stick, 12:00PM. Sometimes review older words. Then it's listening time! podcasts, anime or shows for around 4 hours. I try to not focus too much on the subtitles and more so on the Japanese. To get a sense of the rhythm/words/grammar. either passive or intensive listening, 4:00PM. It varies depending on my mood. After that I only sit around lingQ for around 30 minutes. I'm not huge on lingQ tbh. Then after all that I'd just go to the gym and relief the stress and start thinking things through without listening to language, 8:00PM. Then it's either free time or more practice and that's it for the day! For me I found flashcards and reviewing words (aka spaced repetition) an affective method to insert those complicated words further into my brain. It's been working out perfectly for a month now and I wish to continue with this routine as I'm finding great success in it!
I think 'making sure they stick' could be a waste of time since you have no long-term control over that, really. Even if you force memorise something, it doesn't mean you've truly acquired it.
I like to listen to audio where I can access the transcript, look up words and have a chance of understanding it. I'm not so fond of listening to audio where I don't understand much. On the other hand watching a series from Netflix in Egyptian Arabic where I'm struggling to understand, is nevertheless entertaining. I follow along with English subtitles. It's my exotic culture immersion. It motivates me to learn more.
Benim anne dilim türkdir ve türki diline (hem azərbaycan hem istambulu) ve farscaya iyice hakimim. Arabcaya da biliyorum ancak 50% ve inglizceyi 80%. Ben ispanyolca ve fransisca oğrenmeğe başlamışam. Bir problemim var oda zamandır, dilleri oğrenmeğ çok zaman harcamak gerekiyor ve buda yani ben universitedi ki derslerime hiç fırsat bulamiyorum...sizinle tanışmağıma çok mutluyum ve sizin onerdiğinizler dil konusunda çok işime yariyor. زبان مادری من ترکی هست و من به زبانهای ترکی (هم آذربایجانی و هم استانبولی) و فارسی تسلط کامل دارم. عربی هم چون به الفبای آن از کودکی آشنا هستم، حدودا ۵۰ درصد،انگلیسی رو حدودا ۸۰٪ تسلط دارم. من یادگیری فرانسه و اسپانیایی را شروع کردم و در کنار آنها عربی من هم پیشرفت می کند. اما یادگیری زبان ، زمان زیادی لازم دارد. مشکل من این هست که پیشرفت در یک یا چند زبان یعنی این که درسهایم را ول کنم و فقط زبان ها را یاد بگیرم... خیلی خوشحالم که با شما آشنا شدم و از راهنمایی های شما بسیار استفاده کردم.
Thanks. Quick question. How much of the background audio do you understand? Is it on for the sound of the language or are you understanding most of the content?
Hi Steve, I'm 45 and since I was a boy I stay fit with sport and exercises, you are a better example of person to show to the new young generations....very very lazy....too much lazy!!! Stay strong as you are and congratulations for your body and brain shape! Un grande abrazo desde Fuerteventura.
Here in South- Eastern Finland, where I live, the lake is now 14 degrees, and I have been swimming 20- 30 minutes in the morning. It is quite refreshing! Then I start my Italian learning.
@@85sharifa55 I am also from Finland. This year I started to swim in the river (Kokemäki) on the morning of April 4th. Admittedly, I wasn’t in the water for 20 minutes, but maybe about 20 seconds. It was very refreshing and the Italian studies went well after that.
A lifestyle to aspire to! I wish I could find a way to effectively combine immersive listening with resistance training. When lifting weights I need to fully concentrate on maintaining proper form on each repetition, meaning that I can't concentrate on the audio in the background. And when I'm not concentrating on the audio, there is no benefit in terms of language acquisition.
I'm with you there. I've never got any benefit from listening in so-called "dead time" while doing other activities. I need to give it my full attention. If I'm cooking, cleaning or even just walking along the street the audio is just an annoying distraction.
My morning routine is to read for half an hour in a language I am maintaining (that is a language which I have learned and which I am not actively learning any more). I am leaving the active language for the part of the day when I am ready for the long run and the heavy weight lifting (so to speak). Having a routine is essential in language learning (and anything else, where you want to achieve success).
The first thing in the morning I do is read my material, I have written down. I read out loud and repeat the words, I am trying to memorize. I use to listen to my second language while I am doing other things more often. But it seems I remember and comprehend more by doing more reading in another language. I then listen and watch a UA-cam video cartoon in another language. Then I go to a language learning website to listen to sentences and words that are interested to me.
Hey Steve! Would you recommend passively listening to a podcast in your target language while working? or do you think it's better to keep work and language learning separate?
Depends on what your work is. However, usually at work requires a level of concentration that would rule of listening to Language at the same time, it seems to me.
@@Thelinguist That's very true. It can be quite distracting at times which is why I've moved towards isolating my language podcast listening time. Thanks Steve!
It is probably unlikely you will read this personally, Steve, but anyway you and I are about six months apart in age - you in Canada, me in Scotland. This latest blog is not far out from what I try to do. Learning Spanish, I am trying to follow you suggestions and posts. However, you are most certainly more successful than I! Many thanks for this latest. Rennie
Hi Steve. Thanks for the great advice. Just wondering where lingq would factor in your routine? I’ve just started using it and would love tips on integrating it into a routine. Thanks
I should probably do a video on this. It depends where I am in the language. I listen first thing in the morning while preparing breakfast etc. also while exercising. Then I find time later in the day to go through what I listened to, often in sentence view.
I have been waking up early at 5:00 am last week. I have never felt that much energetic in my life before. I wake up and do 1 or 1.5 hour of rollerblading that really sweats me up, like dripping sweating. then I am taking a cold shower and start my day. While doing all this I listen poscasts or stories in German. It is interesting to me I burn energy in the morning yet I have more energy and vitality than other days I don't do rollerblading.
Here's my routine: After I get up, the first thing I do is read the transcript for the pre-recorded French news broadcast that I will listen to later during my walk. After breakfast I do my indoor workout with some sort of UA-cam French playing in the background. It's usually 'man on the street' interviews of which I understand very little. Then I take a one hour walk during which I listen to the news broadcast I previously previewed. In the afternoon, I spend at least an hour translating and reading aloud the material I will use for the following day. Speaking it prepares my brain to hear it. Before dinner, I spend 30 minutes reading a French newspaper just to see if I understand anything. (answer: not much) In the evening I listen to a 30 minute InnerFrench podcast styled to my language level. All that adds to at least 3 hours/day. Except for the newspaper, my language study is composed entirely of "comprehensible input" or material I'm tying to upgrade to "comprehensible". The only grammar I study are issues that pop up during my translation sessions (e.g., why did they use the subjunctive in that situation?). I don't do any drills. Other than reading aloud, I spend zero time conversing in French. I'm waiting for that skill to emerge organically. If this doesn't work, I'm going to direct a few harsh words toward Stephen Krashen.
Wait so passively listening can help a lot? I usually practice a couple hours a day, I use Bussu, Duolingo and Language Transfer, plus I read a bit before bed, like maybe 30 mins. I also have Peppa Pig on my tv pretty much at all times in the language I’m learning. I’m not sure if passively listening like this will teach me anything of value in the long run.
For Ancient Greek, I get at least 20 min a day in by playing a video of an Interlinear (English under AG), with audio, while I run on the treadmill. It really really helps. That way I can immediately see unknown words but continue at the same pace.
Como quisiera aprender tan facil ingles. Llevo 2 años estudiandolo por mi cuenta pero unicamente ha mejorado mi listening y reading. Se me hace imposible hablarlo y escribirlo.
Great video, Steve. Looking svelt, brother. My boss recommends the cold shower in the morning, as a Navy Seal motivational speaker he likes does the same. Will have to try once I figure out how to shave while shivering
Wow! I do it too, and that is really helping me to learn languages and to not forget what I've already learnt! Thanks for sharing, Steve! May The Lord bless you!
Seus vídeos sempre me anima. obrigada. minha realidade é um pouco diferente: mãe, faço homeschool pela manhã com meus filhos, e portanto tenho tempo para estudar somente a tarde ou noite. Não é o ideal, mas não posso desistir embora é sempre mais difícil concentrar a tarde ou noite.
Hello Mr. Kaufmann, im currently using lingq for german language and I have noticed that my lingqs(the yellow ones)are 4000 approximately and are less than the words I actually know(the white ones)which are 6000 approximately, is that a good indication of my progress?Because I noticed in some other videos of yours, your lingqs are waaay more than the words you actually know(so I am doing the opposite :( Also my second question is that in how many known words will I be able to feel fluent in german language specifically(around B2 to C2 level, is the gap between B2 and C2 huge?) (being able to comprehend almost everything in a newspaper or generally) ofcourse you cannot say an exact estimation but according to your experience with germanic languages you can at least predict an approximate estimation Thank you an advance your lingq rocks!!
Hi, Steve, thanks for remarkable video, suppose you are the most experienced in tat stuff and your approach is quite useful. I have got a question.....do you have any thoughts and ideas of finnish language? It is not so popular and it differs greatly from the most european ones...... but anyway, the question still exists........
I have never tried to learn finish. However I would go about it the very same way. I doubt that it is more difficult in Arabic or Chinese, since it is written in the Latin alphabet.
Hi Steve, I am improving learning the English language Since I followed you thanks for that. Now I can communicate a little bit but I can lesson and understand American or English podcasts but not proper. Sometimes some words are not understood. So how can I improve this, could you please suggest?
If I try to enter LingQ as a new user and I already know probably a thousand words or more in a language, is it easy to catch up on my progress with the course? Do I just check and check all the LingQs I know? Does it have audio listening as well?
There's an option for "paging moves to known" where if you turn the page all the unknown words will be set to known. Just start reading some material at your level and pretty quickly your known words will shoot up.
Sorry to be the one to call this out but what exactly is the point of having subtitles for the videos? Sometimes they'll be there and sometimes not. Even if they are there, it's a different set of languages every time, so if a new/regular viewer doesn't have the subtitles in their language, they can't understand it. Not to mention how many cumulative hours of unpaid work that is just for credit to the volunteer's name? Makes you wonder why people tend to irrationally jump into things without understanding what they get into or in this case, where their time goes
My argument still stands with the additional fact that the intended use of the subtitles were never clarified. If it was to reach a larger audience, there should be more languages and should have been implemented a long time ago. Maybe it's a different set of languages because they're losing motivation from consistent unpaid work. Not answering my question of what the point is implies supporting such irrational actions and a lack of critical thinking like the sheep kissing ass. Go ahead and keep supporting it. There are already too many people wasting their own time while some of us value ours
@@michaelrespicio5683 lol often subtitles are added by a person’s audience and not by the poster so it’s based on whoever has the time to take the effort to help add the subtitles and it’s sometimes useful to others. It’s not some ill-thought out decision. It takes a lot of time and effort to do subtitles and, while content creators should always try to make the effort, it is a big effort. So availability of subs often comes down to who in the audience bothered to make subs. Maybe you can make more subs in different language for his videos to add some consistency ;)
Just started to listen to you! 😊 When you listen in the morning, what percentage of that language do you actually understand in the podcast or discussion?
I like to get a good start on each day, both in my language learning and in my physical exercise routines.
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"If I weren't in the car w/ my wife, I'd be listening to Arabic or Persian but you can't you know .. there's a limit right ?!" You made my day.
hahahah
ha ha
My husband agrees with you😂
What annoys me is you want to listen to languages in the car but the spouse or other person (who isn’t doing the driving by the way) doesn’t like it despite the fact all they have to do is sit there and enjoy the ride for free.
Agree😂
Can’t wait to watch this on my lunch break! Happy language learning, everybody :)
How many hours daily do you invest in the language you’re currently learning?
Do you take a break from it? If so, how many days off?
it depends on my mood. It's largely listening. I think it probably amounts to an hour to an hour and a half a day. I take days off when I don't feel like doing it or when the day is filled with other activities.
@@Thelinguist thanks ☺️☺️
"There is a limit", I burst into laughter, didnt see that coming
I wanna be as active from my old age as this man in his 75
Steve Kaufmann is powerful man!
Señor usted me motiva mucho a seguir estudiando idiomas, lo miro y digo "wow que increíble"
Steve is there a linq to your 7 Minute Workout? Just purchased the straps and trying to figure out a good overall workout that is time efficient...
Cada mañana leo al menos dos artículos en español en lingq. Y mas tarde leo libros en español por un rato en mi kindle. El habito de leer mucho en el idioma me ha ayudado un montón.
Y se nota 👏
La verdad es que escribes perfectamente 😮😮😮👏👏👏
Excelente trabajo, te recomiendo leer el libro y a su vez poner el audiolibro para que puedas mejorar tu listening aún más.
Wow muy bien 👌
Woow incluso usas El termino "montón"!!!🧐😯😯👏👏👏
I always have a quick workout first thing in the morning, while listening to language learning content. I feel much more awake, energized and motivated after that. Plus it quickly adds up to a lot of listening time.
Mr Kauffman, if you like podcasts and mini stories, you will enjoy the 15-minute drama podcast called Hay elMaTTar. It's basically a soap opera in Levantine dialect depicting the war in Syria. It was produced by the BBC and the EU . I got to discover Hay elMaTTar by listening to BBC radio Arabic, also my most used listening resource.
i'm in my Egyptian period right now. However I will look it up thank you very much
Yes I'd agree their best time to study is in the morning, I'm a morning person and enjoy my Japanese at that time of day, in the afternoon it can be a labor so I switch over to music and reading manga or anime. Still have to keep the ears tuned and immersed in the language.
Another great video Steve thankyou
Hello Steve,❤️
I have been learning English language for over 2 years . Yet, I don't know the correct usage of the definite article "THE". I have read all the rules and have watched hundreds of videos on articles but nothing helped. I constantly make mistakes in articles. Could you please tell me how can I overcome this problem. 🙏🙏🙏 Plz reply
Thanks🙏❤️
Hey! I enjoy watching your videos! I’m currently learning Japanese, it’s really though! I’m a native Arabic speaker so it’s nice to see that you’re learning it! I’ll type this comment in Arabic as well for you to read it:
أهلاً! أنا مستمتع بمشاهدة فيدوهاتك! أنا حالياً أتعلم اللغة اليابانية، إنها صعبة للغاية! اللغة العربية هي لغتي الأم، لذلك أعجبني بأنك حالياً تتعلمها!
I love your channel and the fact that you continue learning Steve, thank you for all your contents :)
For the last month, I set the habit of practicing my German, in bed, for 30 minutes, as soon as I wake up. Doing something the second you wake up (and in bed) is so easy. I'm going to incorporate your ideas/activities you listed here too throughout my day. Great video!!!
スティーブさんの若さの秘訣がわかった気がします！わたしもちゃんと運動しなければ！
Amazing content!! You are so motivating with your morning routine! Thank you!
My routine goes like this (Japanese learning)
Wake up 7:00 AM and start binging new words while reading approximately 25-30 words per day. I typically finish at around 10:00 AM. So I spend another 2 hours reviewing everything and making sure they stick, 12:00PM. Sometimes review older words. Then it's listening time! podcasts, anime or shows for around 4 hours. I try to not focus too much on the subtitles and more so on the Japanese. To get a sense of the rhythm/words/grammar. either passive or intensive listening, 4:00PM. It varies depending on my mood. After that I only sit around lingQ for around 30 minutes. I'm not huge on lingQ tbh. Then after all that I'd just go to the gym and relief the stress and start thinking things through without listening to language, 8:00PM. Then it's either free time or more practice and that's it for the day! For me I found flashcards and reviewing words (aka spaced repetition) an affective method to insert those complicated words further into my brain. It's been working out perfectly for a month now and I wish to continue with this routine as I'm finding great success in it!
I do not believe you 😂
@@garrettphillipson6696 lol don't cuz I changed the routine months ago due to school xD
I think 'making sure they stick' could be a waste of time since you have no long-term control over that, really. Even if you force memorise something, it doesn't mean you've truly acquired it.
Steve, how much of the audio do you understand? Should i listen to audio even if i don't understand it or no? please answer if you see this 😊
I like to listen to audio where I can access the transcript, look up words and have a chance of understanding it. I'm not so fond of listening to audio where I don't understand much. On the other hand watching a series from Netflix in Egyptian Arabic where I'm struggling to understand, is nevertheless entertaining. I follow along with English subtitles. It's my exotic culture immersion. It motivates me to learn more.
@@Thelinguist Thank you, i appreciate the answer
Benim anne dilim türkdir ve türki diline (hem azərbaycan hem istambulu) ve farscaya iyice hakimim. Arabcaya da biliyorum ancak 50% ve inglizceyi 80%. Ben ispanyolca ve fransisca oğrenmeğe başlamışam. Bir problemim var oda zamandır, dilleri oğrenmeğ çok zaman harcamak gerekiyor ve buda yani ben universitedi ki derslerime hiç fırsat bulamiyorum...sizinle tanışmağıma çok mutluyum ve sizin onerdiğinizler dil konusunda çok işime yariyor.
زبان مادری من ترکی هست و من به زبانهای ترکی (هم آذربایجانی و هم استانبولی) و فارسی تسلط کامل دارم. عربی هم چون به الفبای آن از کودکی آشنا هستم، حدودا ۵۰ درصد،انگلیسی رو حدودا ۸۰٪ تسلط دارم. من یادگیری فرانسه و اسپانیایی را شروع کردم و در کنار آنها عربی من هم پیشرفت می کند. اما یادگیری زبان ، زمان زیادی لازم دارد. مشکل من این هست که پیشرفت در یک یا چند زبان یعنی این که درسهایم را ول کنم و فقط زبان ها را یاد بگیرم...
خیلی خوشحالم که با شما آشنا شدم و از راهنمایی های شما بسیار استفاده کردم.
Thanks. Quick question. How much of the background audio do you understand? Is it on for the sound of the language or are you understanding most of the content?
Hi Steve, I'm 45 and since I was a boy I stay fit with sport and exercises, you are a better example of person to show to the new young generations....very very lazy....too much lazy!!! Stay strong as you are and congratulations for your body and brain shape! Un grande abrazo desde Fuerteventura.
What’s a polyglot? Somebody proud of himself talking about himself.
This is awesome Steve! Thanks for the post!
Haha, I am glad to hear Canadians use degrees Celsius (or centigrades as they are also called). Very brave to swim in 16 C.
Here in South- Eastern Finland, where I live, the lake is now 14 degrees, and I have been swimming 20- 30 minutes in the morning. It is quite refreshing! Then I start my Italian learning.
Why are you glad?
@@85sharifa55 I am also from Finland. This year I started to swim in the river (Kokemäki) on the morning of April 4th. Admittedly, I wasn’t in the water for 20 minutes, but maybe about 20 seconds. It was very refreshing and the Italian studies went well after that.
Eu sempre tenho dúvidas do que ouvir e o que fazer quando eu não entendo algo. Aliás, estou fazendo algo e ouvindo, não posso parar para ler.
Hi ; Farsi (PERSIAN)is different with Arabic !but if you like ,i will be able to help you that learn Farsi
A lifestyle to aspire to! I wish I could find a way to effectively combine immersive listening with resistance training. When lifting weights I need to fully concentrate on maintaining proper form on each repetition, meaning that I can't concentrate on the audio in the background. And when I'm not concentrating on the audio, there is no benefit in terms of language acquisition.
I totally agree with you. I can't do both at the same time either!
I'm with you there. I've never got any benefit from listening in so-called "dead time" while doing other activities. I need to give it my full attention. If I'm cooking, cleaning or even just walking along the street the audio is just an annoying distraction.
My morning routine is to read for half an hour in a language I am maintaining (that is a language which I have learned and which I am not actively learning any more). I am leaving the active language for the part of the day when I am ready for the long run and the heavy weight lifting (so to speak). Having a routine is essential in language learning (and anything else, where you want to achieve success).
As always, a great and useful video. Thanks Steve.
Loving this morning routine! 🌟Keep rising to be who you want to be🌟 #risingtobe #keeprising #imariser #irise
Sorry professor, I ask you one answer, when we old ago, Could we learn any languages? You could explain for me
قبل كم سنة كتبت لك تعليق ورديت عليه انك يوما ما ستعود لتعليق وتعرف ماذا كتبت ردك على وقتها اعطني دفعة لتعلم اللغة
I love the morning state perfect for learning a language
I review my anki decks first when I got up
The first thing in the morning I do is read my material, I have written down. I read out loud and repeat the words, I am trying to memorize. I use to listen to my second language while I am doing other things more often. But it seems I remember and comprehend more by doing more reading in another language. I then listen and watch a UA-cam video cartoon in another language. Then I go to a language learning website to listen to sentences and words that are interested to me.
Sorry professor, when we old , Could we learn new languages?
Its hard to be mindfull learning a language
It's good that you stay really active
A lovely retired person routine :D
Hey Steve! Would you recommend passively listening to a podcast in your target language while working? or do you think it's better to keep work and language learning separate?
Depends on what your work is. However, usually at work requires a level of concentration that would rule of listening to Language at the same time, it seems to me.
@@Thelinguist That's very true. It can be quite distracting at times which is why I've moved towards isolating my language podcast listening time. Thanks Steve!
It is probably unlikely you will read this personally, Steve, but anyway you and I are about six months apart in age - you in Canada, me in Scotland. This latest blog is not far out from what I try to do. Learning Spanish, I am trying to follow you suggestions and posts. However, you are most certainly more successful than I! Many thanks for this latest. Rennie
A soul mate! Cheers.
I always start my day reviewing my Anki.
Hi Steve. Thanks for the great advice. Just wondering where lingq would factor in your routine? I’ve just started using it and would love tips on integrating it into a routine. Thanks
I should probably do a video on this. It depends where I am in the language. I listen first thing in the morning while preparing breakfast etc. also while exercising. Then I find time later in the day to go through what I listened to, often in sentence view.
truly inspiring video, viele Dank oder grazie mille
Steve Kaufmann's the best
I have been waking up early at 5:00 am last week. I have never felt that much energetic in my life before. I wake up and do 1 or 1.5 hour of rollerblading that really sweats me up, like dripping sweating. then I am taking a cold shower and start my day. While doing all this I listen poscasts or stories in German. It is interesting to me I burn energy in the morning yet I have more energy and vitality than other days I don't do rollerblading.
Here's my routine:
After I get up, the first thing I do is read the transcript for the pre-recorded French news broadcast that I will listen to later during my walk.
After breakfast I do my indoor workout with some sort of UA-cam French playing in the background. It's usually 'man on the street' interviews of which I understand very little.
Then I take a one hour walk during which I listen to the news broadcast I previously previewed.
In the afternoon, I spend at least an hour translating and reading aloud the material I will use for the following day. Speaking it prepares my brain to hear it.
Before dinner, I spend 30 minutes reading a French newspaper just to see if I understand anything. (answer: not much)
In the evening I listen to a 30 minute InnerFrench podcast styled to my language level.
All that adds to at least 3 hours/day. Except for the newspaper, my language study is composed entirely of "comprehensible input" or material I'm tying to upgrade to "comprehensible". The only grammar I study are issues that pop up during my translation sessions (e.g., why did they use the subjunctive in that situation?). I don't do any drills. Other than reading aloud, I spend zero time conversing in French. I'm waiting for that skill to emerge organically.
If this doesn't work, I'm going to direct a few harsh words toward Stephen Krashen.
Wait so passively listening can help a lot? I usually practice a couple hours a day, I use Bussu, Duolingo and Language Transfer, plus I read a bit before bed, like maybe 30 mins. I also have Peppa Pig on my tv pretty much at all times in the language I’m learning. I’m not sure if passively listening like this will teach me anything of value in the long run.
You're quite enjoyable. I really appreciate your input, suggestions and the like.
Really good points! Never thought of it in the mornings. Great way to wake up the brain & get you day ready
For Ancient Greek, I get at least 20 min a day in by playing a video of an Interlinear (English under AG), with audio, while I run on the treadmill. It really really helps. That way I can immediately see unknown words but continue at the same pace.
Como quisiera aprender tan facil ingles. Llevo 2 años estudiandolo por mi cuenta pero unicamente ha mejorado mi listening y reading. Se me hace imposible hablarlo y escribirlo.
Great video, Steve. Looking svelt, brother. My boss recommends the cold shower in the morning, as a Navy Seal motivational speaker he likes does the same. Will have to try once I figure out how to shave while shivering
Great advice Steve! I listen to a French podcast in the morning while walking on the treadmill before work.
Yow know Farsi?
MANY THANKS
Wow! I do it too, and that is really helping me to learn languages and to not forget what I've already learnt! Thanks for sharing, Steve! May The Lord bless you!
I don't have so many time to study languages during the mornings, but I usually study during the night.
Thanks a lot, Steve. You've inspired me.
How come are you learning Arabic and Persian at once and they're similar??
Y're very precious Man!! Thanks....
Makes sense. Starting the day like that definately makes me more inclined to study later in the day, or throughout.
سلام. فکر میکنی یاد گرفتن فارسی یا عربی الان به چه دردت میخوره؟
موافقم ...حالا عربی باز یه چیزی....فارسی که هیچ به درد نمی خوره...
Thanks for share with us ur knowledge sir, it gonna be very useful for us 😁🧡
AMAZING! SUCH AN ACTIVE LYFE-STYLE. SO MUCH SPORTS AND LANGUAGES! BRAVO!!!!
Calculate with Kelvin, intuit with Fahrenheit. Celsius-no.
Gee your summer water temps are freezing!! haha That's our winter water temp here in Australia
Steve, what's your take on reading outloud?
Great video😊 I start out every day some some language learning as well, whether it’s 10mins or 60mins, it’s a good habit I think.
Hello you are correct about morning and because we have to memorize Quran we do it in mornings it is the best time
Have you seen the arabic like arab progran what do you think about that
Nice
Anybody know any good German mini stories I can listen to?
Do you think that writing is the difficult part of learning
I Love that
So , KAUFMAN DO YOU READ SOME PAGES DURING THE DAY ??
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Great advice, thank you so much
Good routine, thank you very much for sharing
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Seus vídeos sempre me anima. obrigada. minha realidade é um pouco diferente: mãe, faço homeschool pela manhã com meus filhos, e portanto tenho tempo para estudar somente a tarde ou noite. Não é o ideal, mas não posso desistir embora é sempre mais difícil concentrar a tarde ou noite.
Hello Mr. Kaufmann, im currently using lingq for german language and I have noticed that my lingqs(the yellow ones)are 4000 approximately and are less than the words I actually know(the white ones)which are 6000 approximately, is that a good indication of my progress?Because I noticed in some other videos of yours, your lingqs are waaay more than the words you actually know(so I am doing the opposite :(
Also my second question is that in how many known words will I be able to feel fluent in german language specifically(around B2 to C2 level, is the gap between B2 and C2 huge?) (being able to comprehend almost everything in a newspaper or generally) ofcourse you cannot say an exact estimation but according to your experience with germanic languages you can at least predict an approximate estimation
Thank you an advance your lingq rocks!!
This is depends on the language. in some languages there are words that you easily recognize based on languages you already know.
Hi, Steve, thanks for remarkable video, suppose you are the most experienced in tat stuff and your approach is quite useful.
I have got a question.....do you have any thoughts and ideas of finnish language?
It is not so popular and it differs greatly from the most european ones......
but anyway, the question still exists........
I have never tried to learn finish. However I would go about it the very same way. I doubt that it is more difficult in Arabic or Chinese, since it is written in the Latin alphabet.
omg youre so fit thats amazing!
Hi Steve, I am improving learning the English language Since I followed you thanks for that. Now I can communicate a little bit but I can lesson and understand American or English podcasts but not proper. Sometimes some words are not understood. So how can I improve this, could you please suggest?
Just keep going. Try to enjoy the process and don't be impatient.
Hey Steve! What does your wife think about your language learning hobby? Is she supportive?
We have interest that we share and interests that we pursue separately. No problem.
If I try to enter LingQ as a new user and I already know probably a thousand words or more in a language, is it easy to catch up on my progress with the course? Do I just check and check all the LingQs I know? Does it have audio listening as well?
There's an option for "paging moves to known" where if you turn the page all the unknown words will be set to known. Just start reading some material at your level and pretty quickly your known words will shoot up.
Steve sei una leggenda assoluta 🔥🔥🔥
Why 7 minutes of exercise? Have 7 minutes any reason?
That's just the program that I downloaded from the Internet called muscle booster. It is really quite effective.
Very enjoyable thank you!
You're an inspiration
Muy divertido aprender! 😁
What a lifestyle!
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Sorry to be the one to call this out but what exactly is the point of having subtitles for the videos? Sometimes they'll be there and sometimes not. Even if they are there, it's a different set of languages every time, so if a new/regular viewer doesn't have the subtitles in their language, they can't understand it. Not to mention how many cumulative hours of unpaid work that is just for credit to the volunteer's name? Makes you wonder why people tend to irrationally jump into things without understanding what they get into or in this case, where their time goes
Do you have problems in your personal life Michael? Getting no attention from other people. No friends?
My argument still stands with the additional fact that the intended use of the subtitles were never clarified. If it was to reach a larger audience, there should be more languages and should have been implemented a long time ago. Maybe it's a different set of languages because they're losing motivation from consistent unpaid work. Not answering my question of what the point is implies supporting such irrational actions and a lack of critical thinking like the sheep kissing ass. Go ahead and keep supporting it. There are already too many people wasting their own time while some of us value ours
@@michaelrespicio5683 lol often subtitles are added by a person’s audience and not by the poster so it’s based on whoever has the time to take the effort to help add the subtitles and it’s sometimes useful to others. It’s not some ill-thought out decision. It takes a lot of time and effort to do subtitles and, while content creators should always try to make the effort, it is a big effort. So availability of subs often comes down to who in the audience bothered to make subs. Maybe you can make more subs in different language for his videos to add some consistency ;)
Where do you get your LingQ shirt?
We ordered some a few years ago I still have some.
Just started to listen to you! 😊 When you listen in the morning, what percentage of that language do you actually understand in the podcast or discussion?
It can range from 10% to 60% or more depending on the language and where I am in the language.
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