The ULTIMATE explanation of the Goldlist method to learn vocabulary without memorizing!
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- My most favorite method to learn vocabulary in any language is the Goldlist method because it's SO SIMPLE! All you need is a notebook and a pen. No memorizing! Download my FREE E-BOOK with a detailed explanation of the Goldlist method here 👉 bit.ly/3KOJluS
✨ How does the Goldlist method work?
It's really simple. Every day you write a list of 20 expressions in the language you want to learn, and their translation into your native language. In two weeks, you get back to the list from Day 1 and you test yourself to see how many of those expressions you remember. It may sound a bit crazy because you haven't been learning those expressions, but this method really works! You're not supposed to learn anything. You just write down the expressions in your notebook - that's all. :) And what to do with them next? Find out in the video as well as in my FREE e-book The Goldlist Method in a Nutshell which you can download here: bit.ly/3KOJluS
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00:00 Intro
00:07 Explanation of the Goldlist method
00:42 Result of your testing two weeks later and what to do next
01:16 Why the Goldlist method works
01:36 Do you have any questions about the Goldlist method? - You can find answers to all of them in my FREE E-BOOK The Goldlist Method in a Nutshell
01:56 Why I love the Goldlist method more than any other method or app to learn vocabulary
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I just watched your TED talk - the secrets of learning a new language. I re-started learning German a few days ago but came across your talk and I am now ridiculously inspired! This Goldlist method looks brilliant and it's really decent of you to offer such guidance for free to us all... that's a rare quality. Thank you for making me feel I don't need to be a gifted linguist to learn a new language - you rock!
Same thing with me
Me too lol. I'm Polish also trying to learn German and for some reason I find it so much harder than English. It's just ridiculous. This video literally brought new hope to my life
I am also doing exactly the same thing with my German.
Me too. Lydia is an amazing language menthor.
@@andreacarina1957 me too just here after watching that video
I've been using this method for a while now to learn Japanese, and it is brilliant! I'm so glad I stumbled across this video! Thank you so much Lýdia!
Thanks Marcus! I'm very glad you like the method :)
While you try to remember what the words meant, do you cover the translation while you try to say out to yourself the meaning of each word?
I'm leaving Japanese starting today :)
So you can write and read Japanese before you started gold listing? This is what I don't understand, I'm learning Thai and it would take me years to master the script to the point that I can write and read sentences.
Hi Charlie, good question... As you probably know, there are three Japanese scripts, hiragana, katakana, and kanji. The first step in learning Japanese is to learn hiragana. The good news is, it's not too difficult. Next is katakana, which I find much more challenging, and then there is kanji - which is a lifetime's work! And Gold listing helps me with all of them. I can take a sentence from a textbook, for example, (though personally I hate textbooks), or a manga or an anime. I then use three columns. In the first I put the full Japanese, kanji and all. In the second just the reading (in hiragana), and then in the third, I put the English. I've been doing this for a about a year or so now, and though I'll never be great at Japanese (age mainly!), it is a good method for me! Good luck with your Thai studies, and yes, like Japanese, I imagine it will take many years (the rest of my life I reckon)! But Goldlist makes those years a bit more fun!
Hello Lydia! I am learning English, my mother tongue is Spanish, today I was watching your speech on Ted CZcams channel, it was the fist time I knew about you, you mentioned this method and I paused the video and I started a search in Google, so I get here with your video! And I am so excited to try this method! Thanks a lot for sharing!
Your English is really good!
It's very helpful. Thank you, Lydia.
This is a very smart method. I never thought of trying something like this before. As crazy as it sounds, it can be use in other areas besides learning a new language. I am so glad I found out about this sooner. Thank you for show us!
Great and brief explanation
انا من متابعينك 😂
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Thank you Lydia for this wonderful explanation. Actually the only explanation on yt that makes sense...
Hi Lýdia, I attended your webinar. It was a fabulous experience. Thanks for the motivations. I will start learning Arabuc soon 😊
Thank you Lydia, I will use it with my students!
Thank you so much for this ebook. You are an amazing person.
I've downloaded the e-book to help me get started with this method, and I have to say it's extremely helpful -- clearly written and filled with useable hints that anticipate various learning situations and potential problems. Thanks for putting this together!
Thank you so much! You are the first polyglot I ve been following these last weeks. Also seeing one of your videos is what motivated me to keep on learning languajes which is something that I really love. Although it's a long way off, you make me feel I can do this!
After trying this method for 6 months I have to say that it works BUT the time it demands is definitely underestimated. This method is perfect if 1. you are dedicated to learn languages full-time, 2. you have a part-time job/studies or 3. you are retired. If you are not part of any of these 3 groups you will need to reduce your list to 10 phrases/words or so. The first month is not a problem, but when you reach the 2nd distillation you will notice that the method sucks ALL your time available to learn a language.
Searching new words in phrases that are short enough to put them in the list and still you can remember the context takes A LOT of time. You can find new words reading articles, books, etc. But often they will be part of long phrases that you do not want to have in your list.
Hi Carla, the Goldlist method can be quite time-consuming, but among our dedicated Goldlister there are full time workers, parents on maternity leave or busy students. One really has to enjoy working with this method and want to create time for it. Fortunately, there are ways to continue learning vocabulary effectively, either by decreasing the number of words on the list as you say, not doing it every day, or switching to a different vocabulary method, for example Anki. :)
So it's basically the same SRS flashcards, but done in manual way. Better just read more. These days it doesn't take long time to look a new word in a dictionary.
Great gratitude for your generous spirit! I am a native English speaker. I grew up in California surrounded by Spanish speakers. I learned a tiny bit of Spanish and French in middle school. I studied Latin in high school and Italian in college. I have since studied a little Swedish, learned how to read Hebrew, and I am learning and helping revive our native Chochenyo language, indigenous to the area. Since there are no textbooks or CZcams or any other resources except for the original research, I love this method and I will be using it.
PS I also learned a little sign language, ASL, in high school. I have used it successfully to help me learn to count and to help memorize words in a physical manner. I think it also helped when I went to Italy 🤣😎😇
I am Brazilian and I have been trying for some time to learn English. This new method is very interesting, it will help me a lot on this journey. You are to be congratulated. Your explanation is easy to understand. It would be easier to understand an American if everyone spoke like you did. But I know it's normal for people to speak differently and with accents. Thank you very much, I'm your fan.
This is an extraordinarily clear explanation of the method & how to use it .It is better than the free ebook ! ( no offense ) just wanting you to know the immense difference of your very clear explanation here for people like me. I have brain injury & already my language application skills have improved. You are a great person helping us for free ! I'm rapt with your methods & free ebook. Thankyou so very much. I'm wanting to converse in Mandarin, later Japanese & Russian !! You've inspired me to try those last 2 as goals that will also exercise my brain & with the make up, of my family, will be practically useful too! I hope God blesses you for your unselfishness, & kindness. Thankyou is to small a word but Thankyou !
We all do know Lydia very well but what is more we are grateful for her tremendous hits and tips that are priceless 😀😀 You are fantastic 😀😀 And the scene behind you ??? I absolutely love it 😀😀 Have a lovely day whatever you do 😀😀 Best wishes from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
I love your videos cause soo helpful and brief no boring🖐🖐
Saying that you will remember 30% is very optimistic, if you can remember any words at all then you should be proud and even remembering 5-10% proves that the method is viable. I goldlist as well but when I started and people were saying that you will remember 30% and I didn't, it put me off the method. I think the point I'm trying to make is don't make your expectations high when it comes to how much you're gonna be able to memorise after those initial 2 weeks.
Yeah my memory is absolute garbage by virtue of having ADHD so this method's probably still gonna kick my ass
Haaaa, I did this but at first to a about 3500 basic words with prefixes, sufixes meaning and translation lots of work but it works, and for me it was obvious that is a very beginning to learn so complicated topic as foreign language :)
Damn, what a genius idea and method!
Love it!
Thank You for sharing 😊
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience! Cheers, jz
I just watched your Ted talk and that just made me look at learning in a very new perspective 'we just need to find ways to love the process' 😍...
Now this came just in time for me. Ďakujem.
It helps me a lot. Thank you
Thank you!
Amazing method, thank u for your advices and tips.... I am still improving my language skills because of u
I'm so happy to hear that, Nikola :) Have fun!
I just downloaded your EBook and am attending a webinar tomorrow! I started using Anki and it was OK..I know the word for LAMB...but, using it to build cards, etc and modify spacing is beyond me! I like to write things down and visualize pages. I also found that I really craved learning grammar basics! So, I'll start vocabulary...the Dummies book (Italian) and other apps which lists groups of words by use, rooms, etc. are places I am starting to organize lists relating to real life...and I can builds a short phrase around them, even if it is a color or other adjective to start. I hope I do it right!
Thank your for sharing, I must admit I am very skeptical but I will try it 🤓
Thank you, I 'll try it. I am learning Greek and Finnish.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Thanks for this lovely method
I do that but didnt see any video.. just did it by instinct.. and always worked.
Hey, I've just watched your TED talk and when you was talking about the goldlist I found it really interesting, because I want to improve my English vocabulary, concretely, things related to engineering because I'm going to start my career in english! And I'm so excited for it! Really appreciate your method, can't wait for try it👍
I’m excited that you’re excited! :) Get a lovely notebook and get your Goldlisting started to take advantage of this enthusiasm! Good luck with your English!
Are you supposed to not hear, not speak, not read, basically not encounter those words ever again for at least two weeks? It's just that, what if I accidentally stumble across a number of those words in between the two weeks?
One of the bests explanations about goldlist method ! Im gonna try this on my Journey to learn french. Thnx for this video and hi from Brazil 1
Oi Pedro, sou estudante de francês. Autodidata. Você avançou com seus estudos nos últimos mêses? J'y croi!
Comment ca travaille pour vous?
So? Any updates?
Wooo dear teacher I like your pieces of advice.
Thanks alot 💗 i will try it today
Good luck!
You did well, Lydia, to simplify David James' method. It took me a longer time to understand his much longer and more convoluted description. I remember using it about 6 years ago as the first method different from traditional learning styles to learn some Japanese. I too enjoyed sitting down with a cup of coffee in the local Joyfull Restaurant for an hour or two doing this practice. As well as employing long term instead of short term memory, I feel that its other main strength is to reduce the 'affective filter' i.e. it removes all the stress around language learning.
Sorry about that. I have a problem with brevity in my videos.
@@DavidJJames No need to apologize, David. Your work is valuable in any form!
Wow, I've been using this technique for learning Insurance courses over the years. I never thought about using it to learn spanish!
Yeah, it can be used to learn other things as well, try it out for languages too, it works just as great! Mucha suerte! :)
I'm gonna try this method right now
Thanks to you, I've been using the Goldlist to learn phrases in French. I really appreciate your help, Lýdia.
My pleasure, Elizabeth! :)
I'm curious, how's your French now?
I started learning French a month ago.
@@czas4
I am ALSO curious how is YOUR French now. I started learning a month ago too :) did this method help?
@@ehaitemWhat a coincidence! I've been thinking about how to find this particular comment I made and edit it with an update.
I did a test two days ago and I was placed at level B1 ✌🏾🎉
-I'm pretty good at reading and writing
-My speech isn't good because I'm too shy to practice with natives but I can make simple conversations (only thing is I might be a little slow with words).
-Listening is easy as far as the person /people I'm listening too are not speaking extremely fast and using colloqialisms (which natives do all the time 🤦🏾♂️), I'd just say I can understand news stations, cartoons and movies where they don't speak too fast.
Wish you goodluck in your learning too!
@@czas4
That's great! I will introduce this method to my tools for learning french :)
Hi! Thanks so much for sharing! Just saw your TED talk and decided to check this out and will definitely start to use this! My only question is at what point in your fluency do you begin to use this method? Shall I learn phonology and basic language principles first before beginning to use this method? Thank you!
Thank you very much for offering this method ! I am going to use it:)
What do you think, using lyrics from a song I often listen to?
I'll give it a try, thank you! ;)
Wie witzig. Ich habe mir ein 45 min langes Interview mit dem Erfinder dieser Liste angeschaut und ich fand es umständlich. Du hast es in nicht einmal 3 min erklärt und es hat mich gepackt. Ich werde es ausprobieren. Danke 🙂
Es ist nicht allen gegeben, sich kurzfassen zu können. Hoffentlich bekommst Du genügende Vorteile bei der Anwendung der Methode um mir die Langeweile zu verzeihen.
I'm very excited to try this method. How do you learn and work on pronunciation and conversational use?
I heard it first time and I will try from today
Tenerife,
Spain,
Africa.
Brilliant!
Please make a further video telling us how you discovered this method, and when and how you started using it, and for which languages it helped you most, and more such info.
Even better, do a video hook-up with some other polyglot (like yours truly!) and go through such details.
I may well even give you a wee crash-course to get you started learning Canary Whistle Language.
Whenever you wish.
Yours truly,
Patchy O' Hatchy.
I think this method was invented/discouvered by somebody else who studied many languages
Fantastic !!! 🤩
thank you so much
very good
thanks
thank you
The more you review a words translation, the longer you will remember its translation. I go through a stack of 40 to 50 flash cards repeating the foreign word and its translation every day for the first week, and then every other day for four or five sessions and back off from there only if I am still getting good memory results. To look at something once and remember it works only for easy words for me, like Für in German and for in english.
I will give it a shot
Thank you Lydia, this is very helpful. I have a question after reading the ebook you provided. You say you should use phrases rather than just single words, and that each phrase should only have 1 or 2 words that are brand new to you. What if you're brand new, and most words are new to you?
I really like this organizing principle for learning vocabulary words. I haven't tried it yet, but I don't see how by writing a list of 20 words a day every day, how TWO weeks later I'll be able to remember ANY word (of Japanese) from the FIRST list without ever having learned/revised 😳
Hello, I find this method very interesting and I'm looking forward to use it! My mother tongue is spanish and my target language is thai, which has a totally different alphabeth. I have been watching thai series for 2 years, and with active listening and casually reviewing some grammar I have gotten pretty good at understanding to the point of barely relying on subtitles. Would the goldlist work if I write the romanization of the expressions or do you recommend me to improve my reading and writing first?
Hey, Lidia! I like you very much, your readiness to share what you know. I was hoping to get acquainted with you this summer but didn't work out with finance, but I promised myself to participate in polyglots' gathering:) HI from Kazakhstan:)
Hi Xeniya, I hope it works out next year then! Will be a pleasure to get to know you in person :)
Probaré el método, se ve prometedor. Jeje, necesito aprender más vocabulario.
thank you !@@@!!!!!
I’m going to try this
I have started this method today.. I am a Japanese language student, I am doubtful I will remember the words after two weeks.No harm trying :)) Its my 2nd day , so I have written down 40 words by now.
Hi Sagarika, I’m glad you’re curious about the method and willing to try it. You will see for yourself. To make sure you work with is as effectively as possible, read how it works in detail in our e-book that you can download here: jazykovymentoring.sk/ebook-goldlist-zdarma/ Nikola from the Language Mentoring team
I am learning 3 languages at once
Turkish ( Türkçe )
Russian ( русский )
Persian ( فارسى )
I'll try this method ❤❤
Thank you, I will definitely try it! Maybe with 25 expressions. I'm learning Russian.
Удачи, братан
Give tips? Me too.
Thanks
Thank you for your advise, l am learning portuguesse, and my mother tongue is spanish.
francisco nava boa sorte sou do Brasil
francisco nava eu também
If you are just starting out with a language then how do you grab phrases from foreign texts or shows when you cannot yet read or understand the same? How would you know which ones were important and not something unimportant to common phrases/words?
I do this in learning kanji. It does work. 🙂
I'm glad the methods works for you. Have fun!
How do you "test yourself"? How strict? Like do you need to just know what the word means by context, or it's like you need to know the spelling?
I tried it today since I watched a video of yours yesterday, Even thou I already closed my notebook, my mind wants to keep saying those words even thou I'm already finished hahahahha
Lidia, How do I test yourself? I mean, the words and their meaning infront of my eyes, i confuse about which words i remember, and which words i dont remember? thanks
it's a bit tricky, but the idea is:
Step 1: on the 1st page, create 2 columns (A and B), in A column add 20 phrases you want to learn and in B column add these translated in your mother language.
Step 2: After 2 weeks, restart the method from 1st page, repeat it only the 70% phrases you dont remember, use the next page to do this translation as you mentioned.
Step 3 and Step4: Repeat step 2, until the % of phrases are less and less.
is it right?
This sounds so SO much better than Anki---the force memorization, the daily reviews, the hours spend making cards when you could actually be immersing yourself in the language...yeah, just not a big Anki fan.
Just one question. I am trying this out now, because I usually have poor vocabulary when I learn a difficult langauge. What I don't understand is: should I remember the translation of the word in my native language or should I look at the translation and remember the words in the target langauge? I don't quite understand in which way should I remember those new words. Thank you!
Vielen dank
What would be the best way with learning vocab alongside writing systems such as kanji? It seems like that would require a lot more conscious effort to learn.
With Asian languages is a bit more complicated. It has to make sense what you learn. I can't explain it here to you.
Hi Lýdia, thanks for sharing the summary of the method. I wonder whether you've ever tried writing down synonyms of the foreign words and phrases you want to commit to your long-term memory instead of their equivalent in your mother tongue. If so, has the method been useful as well? I'm looking for ways in which I could maintain and keep expanding my knowledge of the foreign languages I already speak fluently.
Hi, thanks for your question. I don't think it's a good idea as it makes the method much more difficult. Synonyms are rarely exactly identical in meaning; there's usually a difference, even if just slight. Also, not all words have synonyms which means you'd have to mix phrases with synonyms in the foreign language and phrases with translations in your mother tongue. I really don't recommend mixing them in one list - it would be confusing which is the last thing you want in your GL.
@@Jazykovymentoring Sure, I'm well aware of synonyms not reflecting the meaning of other words fully; more often than not, there's an overlap to some degree only. It was interesting to hear your take on this. Many thanks.
Is it necessary to wait for 2 weeks before getting a test? Can It be earlier or just one week waiting? I’m asking because I’m not sure whether the outcome performance will get affected. Thank you for sharing. Love u.
Is it better to write down only words on that list or the whole phrases or sentences? This method sounds really amazing and I'm gonna use it while learning spanish 🤩
Hi Karolina, we definitely recommend writing down whole phrases (around 3 words) rather than individual words. Good luck with your Spanish! Nikola from the Language Mentoring team
I have used this method, but I am not sure if I can use the sentences I have learned, can apply it to the conversation. I'm so confused and unsure about it
Hi, do we test after one week?
Should I search for them on the web or in a book?
Or should I create them mentally and write them?
(Sorry for my bad English).
I will try this. I have learn English for more than 10 years .... nothing seems to work for me !!! I will try this at haste !!!!
Did it work?
This sounds amazing!! I speak five languages and am learning my 6th language, which is in a different alphabet (Arabic). Because of that I am a bit lost about how to approach the Goldlist method, because i have literally no clue how to write it down. Do you have any tips or suggestions on how to approach the Goldlist method when dealing with a new writing system?
Thank you!!
(I have been studying the alphabet for a bit more than a month now, it is coming along, but still very difficult and also Modern Standard Arabic tends to omit vowels from words, which makes it even harder)
Hi @fijevj, in your case, I would recommend to start using the GL method a bit later, when you are at least a lower intermediate level. The method is much more effective when you write down whole expressions, rather than individual words, and in your case, that would be impossible if you're just starting with the language. I'd suggest you use apps at the beginning, such as Anki, where you can easily put new words with the help of a PC :) Lydia
this is a great strategy, tho I prefer to add the ENCODING phase
If I am using an app for language learning would it ruin this method? Thinking I may run into some words I have on my list during those two weeks.
Like your voice..
Can I also write words instead of expressions? What if I don't find 20 expressions? Or do I have to write the sentance that contains the unknown words so that I have context and I remember the word better?
I am using this method, but a had a question about the expressions. Can I write the expression in another notebook? I mean... Can I write down the expression while I see them in some resources along with the day and then recollect them to write them again in my golden list? Or I just have to look for the words when I am writing my golden list...
Thank you!!! I really want to improve my target language
Interesting 🤔
ARE U THE GIRL THAT WAS IN "THE DARK KNIGHT" COMIC N I CONIC MOVIE ?
THANKS FOR THE METHOD IT HELPS A LOT I WISH I COULD TALK TO YOU LIVE ON IN PERSON 😍
Can anyone help? When creating a Head List can the phrases be totally random or must or should they be related?
Supa method!
This sounds great. But I’m learning Russian and I wasn’t particularly wanting to use cursive Russian as the Cyrillic keyboard is fun! I’m a fan of notebooks and pens but I was wondering in this instance if there’s an electronic version of the method?
Hi, if you are more of a computer-type of person, rather than a “pen-and-paper” person, you can do it electronically in excel, for example. If the spreadsheet is prepared well so that you don’t waste time creating space for the distillations, and the words are typed in manually, it could also work well :)
@@Languagementoring Thanks
While doing the goldlist method, what else do I do that I am advancing to advance in the language of English? I really want to master that language
what language gets covered?
In certain languages words can have multiple meanings depending on context. How does the Gold List Method deal with this so as confusion is avoided and awkward misunderstandings aren’t unnecessarily encountered? Thank you very much.
But here you learn a word in its context. So you start with one context from the example sentence. Maybe the word appears again and then you'll have it in another context.