I've been reviewing Anki's flashcards for a month at least 40 minutes a day. Ultimately, this has become boring and I feel that it now has a tiny bit of a positive impact on my language learning I think Steve is right. Reviewing too often is not the best option but the constant exposure to new content as well as seeing the same words in different contexts over and over again is much better
Naah, we the defenders of the memorization don't adice those anki flash card stuff, at all. We do advice: to search fer a word in a dictionary, see it's possible meanings, and see them in example sentences. This last part is a hell lot significant, because this way ye both: a- saw the usage of that word, b- the sentences ye read as examples really add up as ye go theough different words and; these readings are actually reading practices. Then ye write the words in yer notebook, only the word though. Not the meaning in yer own language. In addition, choosing more verbs to learn as vocab is much better since most of the nouns and asjectives and asverbs can easily be inferred from those verb-voxabulary in pretty much every language. Thus, do these reading stuff that ye don't understand and listening stuff, as only the reinforcement, never as the real and main study. Memorization by reading examples is the key in language learning. Do 2-3 hours of reading vocab in example sentences and writing only the vocab everyday, and only 20 hours of reading and another 20 hours of listening everyday as supplementary study. Once ye learn 2500-3000 verbs in a language, then ye can grab a book and try to read it and look up words every now and then when ye come across the ones which ye don't know. But of course, prior to all of these stuff ye have to have learned the phonology, and alphabet. Alphabet can only be learned by writing each and every character like 40-50 times. Then grammar. Only then vocab and supplementary study stuff
This is so true. I must have tried like 10 times to remember "madera" in spanish and failed because...when the hell am I ever gonna need that word? Then started playing Minecraft recently in spanish and, well... necesito madera todo el tiempo...mas madera!!! So yeah, I won't forget madera now.
I’m so confused. I’m learning Russian. I feel like I should build a good basis of vocabulary. And then use that vocabulary one case at a time. What do I do?!?
Try reading russian writers like Dostoyevski and Chekhov in English and paralely in Russian. For example read first paragraph in english and then russian and then english again. Hope this helps
I learnt English from internet (mainly computer games), and some tv. My first main experience was playing an adventure game called Pirates! with a thick dictionary (there was a lot of dialogue). Later I 'graduated' to playing a mud - multi user dungeon - kind of an text based adventure game on the internet. You type commands and read descriptions, almost like an interactive book. I had a year of online time in that game. I wish I had the same focus, I live in Germany since 4 years and can't speak because I don't spend any time with the language, as my job doesn't require it and I just don't have motivation to study at 5,6,7 in the evening after a work day. Absolutely you can learn by using the language, if you have something really fascinating going on in that language for a long time.
@Thelinguist To be fair it's not just tv it's also internet and videogames. School also helps although grades don't matter from language learning perspective brain learns more elsewhere.
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I've been reviewing Anki's flashcards for a month at least 40 minutes a day. Ultimately, this has become boring and I feel that it now has a tiny bit of a positive impact on my language learning
I think Steve is right. Reviewing too often is not the best option but the constant exposure to new content as well as seeing the same words in different contexts over and over again is much better
Naah, we the defenders of the memorization don't adice those anki flash card stuff, at all. We do advice: to search fer a word in a dictionary, see it's possible meanings, and see them in example sentences. This last part is a hell lot significant, because this way ye both: a- saw the usage of that word, b- the sentences ye read as examples really add up as ye go theough different words and; these readings are actually reading practices. Then ye write the words in yer notebook, only the word though. Not the meaning in yer own language. In addition, choosing more verbs to learn as vocab is much better since most of the nouns and asjectives and asverbs can easily be inferred from those verb-voxabulary in pretty much every language. Thus, do these reading stuff that ye don't understand and listening stuff, as only the reinforcement, never as the real and main study. Memorization by reading examples is the key in language learning. Do 2-3 hours of reading vocab in example sentences and writing only the vocab everyday, and only 20 hours of reading and another 20 hours of listening everyday as supplementary study. Once ye learn 2500-3000 verbs in a language, then ye can grab a book and try to read it and look up words every now and then when ye come across the ones which ye don't know. But of course, prior to all of these stuff ye have to have learned the phonology, and alphabet. Alphabet can only be learned by writing each and every character like 40-50 times. Then grammar. Only then vocab and supplementary study stuff
Be consistent in any language you are learning. Language learning is like a relationship; you have to put in the work!”
This is so true. I must have tried like 10 times to remember "madera" in spanish and failed because...when the hell am I ever gonna need that word? Then started playing Minecraft recently in spanish and, well... necesito madera todo el tiempo...mas madera!!! So yeah, I won't forget madera now.
I love this helpful advice from Steve. 🥰
Hence why comprehensible input for language learning works. Great!
Precious advice ✌️✌️✌️✌️
I’m so confused. I’m learning Russian. I feel like I should build a good basis of vocabulary. And then use that vocabulary one case at a time. What do I do?!?
Try reading russian writers like Dostoyevski and Chekhov in English and paralely in Russian. For example read first paragraph in english and then russian and then english again. Hope this helps
Can you try that method without knowing any of the language, or would that just be stupid?
Well, if you find content to your interest and you translate it and review it from time to time, then it will improve your language skills for sure
but you need to memorize grammar rules. and gramma is vital in learning language
“Toe full “
-masteroogway-
Toefulll……
Master please tell me you won’t send me foot pics…
Students have been watching TV shows for decades, and it hasn't helped them learn a new language - what's the insight here?
Have you been to Sweden? Who has been watching TV shows, in what language and for how long? What exactly are you talking about?
I learnt English from internet (mainly computer games), and some tv. My first main experience was playing an adventure game called Pirates! with a thick dictionary (there was a lot of dialogue). Later I 'graduated' to playing a mud - multi user dungeon - kind of an text based adventure game on the internet. You type commands and read descriptions, almost like an interactive book. I had a year of online time in that game.
I wish I had the same focus, I live in Germany since 4 years and can't speak because I don't spend any time with the language, as my job doesn't require it and I just don't have motivation to study at 5,6,7 in the evening after a work day. Absolutely you can learn by using the language, if you have something really fascinating going on in that language for a long time.
@Thelinguist To be fair it's not just tv it's also internet and videogames. School also helps although grades don't matter from language learning perspective brain learns more elsewhere.