Watching movies and TV-shows is definitely a huge help when learning a language. But for it to be 100% efficient one needs to at least have a base of grammar and vocabulary. That's why we sadly can't learn Japanese just by watching lots of anime. This is from my personal experience, but I would recommend to start watching movies and TV-shows with both English *AND* your native language's subtitles. This way you can watch it casually, but it still helps you to subconsciously memorize words and their pronunciation, and also makes you more used to hearing the language.
When it comes to grammar, I think one should at least first learn [To Be] -> [Present Simple] -> [Present Continious] -> [Past Simple] -> [Future Simple] -> [Present Perfect + irregular verbs table] -> [Past Continious]. Other tenses are less crucial to know. Before studying a new tense, always practice the previous ones for at least 30-40 minutes. Find exercises where you need to read the text and determine the tense of each sentence. This helps your brain to long-term memorize the differences between tenses and how each of them is typically used. I think at this point (after learning Past Continious) you can try to remove Japanese subtitles and watch with just English subtitles. As for what to watch... I highly recommend Avatar: The last Airbender, and it's sequel, (The Legend of Korra). On the surface it may seem like a silly story with a clear distinction of good and evil, but in actuality it's a world that is incredibly well-written, the animation is great, and despite the cruel war that is going on in the story, the only "absolute evil" is main antagonist. Here's a great beautiful fan-made trailer that hopefully can make a few people interested in this show! :) ua-cam.com/video/ooVvH2IYz0w/v-deo.html&ab_channel=HenryPage
Btw I know the author of this channel is very good at English, and that the audience here probably knows all the mentioned grammar from school program. Originally I just wanted to express my opinion that "immersive" stuff that was mentioned in the video might not help very much unless you already know some stuff.
Thank you for your comment! I agree with your views. I think it would be useful for Japanese people to watch the EN streaming because everyone in Japan learns the basic grammar and minimum vocabulary. However, as you and Bae-chan have said, there is no point in watching EN streaming without the basics, so I try to explain the grammar and vocabulary explanations within my videos as well. (I also watched the animation. I had only seen Japanese anime before, so it was a new experience for me, but it was interesting and mysterious.) I want to say thank you for the comments from native English speakers, which I think will be a learning opportunity for Japanese viewers.
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いつもご視聴、高評価ありがとうございます！この手のサムネ一回作ってみたかったです笑 何となくですが、「リスニング勉強法」→「英会話勉強法」→「モチベーションになる動画」っぽい順番であげてます！
(何本か見てくださってる方への質問なのですが、今回や前回のような普通の字幕と、従来の黒板の上に字幕載せる形式、どちらが良いとかありますでしょうか？単語解説テロップの出しやすさとか見やすさは黒板形式かなと思ってるのですが、もしよければコメントください！)
このようなhow to動画もとても為になります！私も大学生であることを活かして、午前中はほぼずっとENの配信を見ています！TOEICもENを見始める前は610点でしたが、ENを見て1年で775点まで伸びました！ENの配信を見ることは直接的に英語力を上げるものではないですが、英語を勉強するモチベにも繋がりますし、なによりこの動画でGuraちゃんが言っているように「浸れる」という意味では最高の環境だと思います！
大学生の特権ですね！笑
おっしゃる通りENの配信は英語に触れる機会とか勉強のモチベーションには凄いぴったりだと思います。775点凄いです👏
個人的にはダブル字幕で文量が多いので黒板のほうが背景でボケなくてみやすいですかね？あと、他の切り抜きにないので個性的だと思いました。テロップのボキャブラリーはホントに助かってます。※一意見です。
やっぱり見やすさはそうですよね、参考にさせていただきますありがとうございます！
何でもそうだけど、それをやる必要性が重要だろう。
基本、日本人であれば英語を話す必要性は皆無で、１ミリも話せなくても何の障害にもならずに人生を全うできる。
だから、わざわざ留学する。
英語とその方言レベルの派生言語で文脈も単語も似通っている欧米の事情とは、真逆にいるのが日本の社会だからね。
人生に於いて全く必要の無いモノなのだから、習得する必要性が必要なんだよ。日本人にとっては。
素敵なまとめ切り抜きを、ありがとうございます ♪
「一年後にEN配信聞き取れるようになる」シリーズで重要な部分に色を付けてくれている文章や、途中で注釈として載せてくれる文章は黒板みたいな色つきの背景がある方が(背景のちらつきが無くなるので)見やすいです。
でも、黒板が無くても文字は読めるから、作りやすさを優先して黒板の有無を決めて欲しいです。※個人的感想です。
こちらこそ嬉しいコメントありがとうございます！
確かに内容や文字量とかで作りやすさも見やすさも変わりますし、その都度やりやすいように作らせていただきます！
Watching movies and TV-shows is definitely a huge help when learning a language.
But for it to be 100% efficient one needs to at least have a base of grammar and vocabulary.
That's why we sadly can't learn Japanese just by watching lots of anime.
This is from my personal experience, but I would recommend to start watching movies and TV-shows with both English *AND* your native language's subtitles. This way you can watch it casually, but it still helps you to subconsciously memorize words and their pronunciation, and also makes you more used to hearing the language.
When it comes to grammar, I think one should at least first learn [To Be] -> [Present Simple] -> [Present Continious] -> [Past Simple] -> [Future Simple] -> [Present Perfect + irregular verbs table] -> [Past Continious]. Other tenses are less crucial to know.
Before studying a new tense, always practice the previous ones for at least 30-40 minutes. Find exercises where you need to read the text and determine the tense of each sentence. This helps your brain to long-term memorize the differences between tenses and how each of them is typically used.
I think at this point (after learning Past Continious) you can try to remove Japanese subtitles and watch with just English subtitles.
As for what to watch... I highly recommend Avatar: The last Airbender, and it's sequel, (The Legend of Korra).
On the surface it may seem like a silly story with a clear distinction of good and evil, but in actuality it's a world that is incredibly well-written, the animation is great, and despite the cruel war that is going on in the story, the only "absolute evil" is main antagonist.
Here's a great beautiful fan-made trailer that hopefully can make a few people interested in this show! :)
ua-cam.com/video/ooVvH2IYz0w/v-deo.html&ab_channel=HenryPage
Btw I know the author of this channel is very good at English, and that the audience here probably knows all the mentioned grammar from school program.
Originally I just wanted to express my opinion that "immersive" stuff that was mentioned in the video might not help very much unless you already know some stuff.
Thank you for your comment! I agree with your views.
I think it would be useful for Japanese people to watch the EN streaming because everyone in Japan learns the basic grammar and minimum vocabulary.
However, as you and Bae-chan have said, there is no point in watching EN streaming without the basics, so I try to explain the grammar and vocabulary explanations within my videos as well.
(I also watched the animation. I had only seen Japanese anime before, so it was a new experience for me, but it was interesting and mysterious.)
I want to say thank you for the comments from native English speakers, which I think will be a learning opportunity for Japanese viewers.