Oh my gosh. I just looked at your LingQ stats -- you've read 4 million words and have ~1400 hours of listening with French alone! I've read 1 million but I barely listened to content. These days I'm studying Mandarin with LingQ and I'm trying to combine reading with listening every day. That's crucial for me because I struggle with listening comprehension. I've often just used LingQ for reading and used UA-cam/Podcasts for listening.
@@DanInTheTO haha yes, but I have spent also lots of time over a longer time period. The 1400 hours of watching, I don't know how LingQ calculates it. I'm pretty sure that can't be right… But I've listened to all the content I read at least once, that's for sure. That means I always do both, reading and listening. Especially for such a difficult language like Mandarin I can imagine that's even more important. I really like to use my time, while doing other stuff to listen to language content :). You'll get there!
I think for a language like Mandarin, Arabic, or even Hindi on lingq is nearly useless until you have memorized a bunch of words or memorized Arabic and Hindi letters and a good chunk of words. Amazing once you are far enough along. Duolingo is much better, imo, to start learning those languages. Arabic and Hindi feels hopeless on lingq because I'm a beginner. Mandarin is great now that I'm nearly at the intermediate level. I assume it'll be the same for Arabic and Hindi.
@@Coadytnp Thanks for your feedback, Coady :). I haven't learned such a difficult language yet, so I don't know how I would do it, but I get the point you are making here. I would also first try to really learn the script and to only focus on a few resources to get going. Will keep you posted on how I do it in the future, when it comes to more complex languages :).
I use link for acquiring vocabulary so I do a lot of the drills. I have a friend that makes recordings and transcripts for me that I import into Lingq. This way, I am learning the most important thing for me, which is how to communicate with a friend. When I go to bed at night, I listen to a play list of about 30 minutes of recordings as I fall asleep. This helps me use the time before I sleep to learn a language. If I have insomnia, then at least the time wasn't wasted!!
Hey Briana, thanks for commenting :). Having a friend that provides content, which is highly relevant to you, is a great way to use LingQ. I have actually never thought of doing something like that! Also, listening to something before falling asleep sounds like a good idea to reinforce some of the stuff you've read before. As long as you don't get nightmares doing that :D.
Thanks for another great video Dustin. I don't know if I've mentioned this, but you're the only UA-camr who consistently has the box actually appear when you say you will link a video "up here" somewhere. A lot of times, nothing appears there for others. Must be your IT knowledge! :)
Thank you so much for the positive feedback :). I try my best to not forget it, but I've also designed my video making workflow in a way to remind me of everything.
I think some people struggle so much with speaking because they try a bit too early before even learning the important grammar or vocab. Personally, I think it's better to wait to focus on speech in the later part of the intermediate stage when spoken media is very comprehensible and the learner has a good knowledge of grammar and vocabulary already acquired from writing practice. Struggling to remember even basic words makes focusing speaking specific skills like pronunciation and verbal specific grammar more difficult if not impossible. Lots of practice with listening, reading, and writing first will make speaking a lot easier when the learner gets to that point. Speaking is by far the hardest skill in language learning so jumping in too early is overwhelming for most people.
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts! I couldn't agree more to what you have written… For most people I would definitely advise doing it that way. Of course there are exceptions… Some people really like to start speaking from day one or don't have the time to expose themselves to the language before. Then it can make sense to do both at the same time. But for all the other cases it's way less daunting if you can understand the language, before you try to produce it.
@@DustinSchermaul Yes, I did use the word "focus on speech" as sometimes they are already in a different country and have to communicate early. From what I've seen, learning certain set phrases early on to ease the burden of spontaneous sentence creation can be very helpful.
It’ll get better! Try to make it as fun and interesting as possible and not stress yourself out too much. You can do it! I also often have trouble to understand new concepts and feel quite dumb… But when we spend enough time with the language it’s almost inevitable to absorb it :-).
Do you think LingQ and the Language Reactor (chrome extension) are similar? I'm asking because I need to chose one to learn and practice English and Language Reactor is cheaper (premium version). How would you compare the two? Thanks!
Phew, good question! So I really like LingQ, because it's so practical. I can also listen to content and not just watching it. It's very versatile. So how are you going to consume content mainly? If it's mainly watching, then maybe language reactor will do the trick. Other than that and if you want to also use the time to commute to work or while doing other things, I would definitely go with LingQ. In the end, it just matters that you get yourself exposed to comprehensible and compelling input :).
It's so crazy you reached 4 millions words and 1400 hours of listening in french. Barely I have 570000 thousands words in the same lenguage. I would like to know how much you can understand in that lenguage, are you able to understand a movie in french? That is really complicated for me
Thank you very much for your feedback :). I'm using LingQ now for about 3 years each day, so I've had a lot of exposure to French. I can understand the majority of things, but even for me watching movies in French can sometimes still be challenging. I definitely understand what it's about and can follow along, but I don't get 100 % always… I think French can be pretty hard to be understood... So don't worry just keep going. It'll definitely get easier!
What other tips do you have to get the most out of LingQ?
Thank you so much for watching!
Oh my gosh. I just looked at your LingQ stats -- you've read 4 million words and have ~1400 hours of listening with French alone! I've read 1 million but I barely listened to content. These days I'm studying Mandarin with LingQ and I'm trying to combine reading with listening every day. That's crucial for me because I struggle with listening comprehension. I've often just used LingQ for reading and used UA-cam/Podcasts for listening.
@@DanInTheTO haha yes, but I have spent also lots of time over a longer time period. The 1400 hours of watching, I don't know how LingQ calculates it. I'm pretty sure that can't be right… But I've listened to all the content I read at least once, that's for sure.
That means I always do both, reading and listening. Especially for such a difficult language like Mandarin I can imagine that's even more important. I really like to use my time, while doing other stuff to listen to language content :). You'll get there!
I think for a language like Mandarin, Arabic, or even Hindi on lingq is nearly useless until you have memorized a bunch of words or memorized Arabic and Hindi letters and a good chunk of words. Amazing once you are far enough along. Duolingo is much better, imo, to start learning those languages. Arabic and Hindi feels hopeless on lingq because I'm a beginner.
Mandarin is great now that I'm nearly at the intermediate level. I assume it'll be the same for Arabic and Hindi.
@@Coadytnp Thanks for your feedback, Coady :). I haven't learned such a difficult language yet, so I don't know how I would do it, but I get the point you are making here. I would also first try to really learn the script and to only focus on a few resources to get going. Will keep you posted on how I do it in the future, when it comes to more complex languages :).
I use link for acquiring vocabulary so I do a lot of the drills. I have a friend that makes recordings and transcripts for me that I import into Lingq. This way, I am learning the most important thing for me, which is how to communicate with a friend. When I go to bed at night, I listen to a play list of about 30 minutes of recordings as I fall asleep. This helps me use the time before I sleep to learn a language. If I have insomnia, then at least the time wasn't wasted!!
Hey Briana, thanks for commenting :). Having a friend that provides content, which is highly relevant to you, is a great way to use LingQ. I have actually never thought of doing something like that! Also, listening to something before falling asleep sounds like a good idea to reinforce some of the stuff you've read before. As long as you don't get nightmares doing that :D.
Thanks for another great video Dustin. I don't know if I've mentioned this, but you're the only UA-camr who consistently has the box actually appear when you say you will link a video "up here" somewhere. A lot of times, nothing appears there for others. Must be your IT knowledge! :)
Thank you so much for the positive feedback :).
I try my best to not forget it, but I've also designed my video making workflow in a way to remind me of everything.
I think some people struggle so much with speaking because they try a bit too early before even learning the important grammar or vocab.
Personally, I think it's better to wait to focus on speech in the later part of the intermediate stage when spoken media is very comprehensible and the learner has a good knowledge of grammar and vocabulary already acquired from writing practice.
Struggling to remember even basic words makes focusing speaking specific skills like pronunciation and verbal specific grammar more difficult if not impossible.
Lots of practice with listening, reading, and writing first will make speaking a lot easier when the learner gets to that point. Speaking is by far the hardest skill in language learning so jumping in too early is overwhelming for most people.
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts!
I couldn't agree more to what you have written… For most people I would definitely advise doing it that way. Of course there are exceptions… Some people really like to start speaking from day one or don't have the time to expose themselves to the language before. Then it can make sense to do both at the same time. But for all the other cases it's way less daunting if you can understand the language, before you try to produce it.
@@DustinSchermaul Yes, I did use the word "focus on speech" as sometimes they are already in a different country and have to communicate early.
From what I've seen, learning certain set phrases early on to ease the burden of spontaneous sentence creation can be very helpful.
@@coolbrotherf127 exactly that ☀️🙌.
I'm not great at speaking in my own language and remembering the vocabulary of my own language. Speaking in my second language is torture right now.
It’ll get better! Try to make it as fun and interesting as possible and not stress yourself out too much. You can do it! I also often have trouble to understand new concepts and feel quite dumb… But when we spend enough time with the language it’s almost inevitable to absorb it :-).
I was told that LingQ is not for beginners. I have been studying Japanese (8 months) using Genki….
I haven't learned Japanese with LingQ yet, so I can't tell... Sorry for that :(.
Do you think LingQ and the Language Reactor (chrome extension) are similar? I'm asking because I need to chose one to learn and practice English and Language Reactor is cheaper (premium version). How would you compare the two? Thanks!
Phew, good question! So I really like LingQ, because it's so practical. I can also listen to content and not just watching it. It's very versatile. So how are you going to consume content mainly? If it's mainly watching, then maybe language reactor will do the trick. Other than that and if you want to also use the time to commute to work or while doing other things, I would definitely go with LingQ. In the end, it just matters that you get yourself exposed to comprehensible and compelling input :).
When did you start learning English?
I have made a video about that and you can find it here:
ua-cam.com/video/ZGkHjjU7UXs/v-deo.html
But basically I started at school when I was 9 or 10.
It's so crazy you reached 4 millions words and 1400 hours of listening in french. Barely I have 570000 thousands words in the same lenguage. I would like to know how much you can understand in that lenguage, are you able to understand a movie in french? That is really complicated for me
Thank you very much for your feedback :). I'm using LingQ now for about 3 years each day, so I've had a lot of exposure to French. I can understand the majority of things, but even for me watching movies in French can sometimes still be challenging. I definitely understand what it's about and can follow along, but I don't get 100 % always… I think French can be pretty hard to be understood... So don't worry just keep going. It'll definitely get easier!
@@DustinSchermaulI'm going to guess you meant that you spend 3 hours a day, not 3 years a day 🙃
Or maybe each day for about 3 years?
Exactly that! Each day for about 3 years. 🙈🤗