how to REALLY learn a language on your own (fun & free)

In this video I will be sharing with you my experience of starting to learn a language from scratch by myself. I will be sharing with you what I did step by step and what mistakes I made.
00:00 Intro
00:59 The talent for language
02:47 #1: find your motivation
06:20 #2: research your target language
07:50 #3: Create a system
10:19 Step 1: Learn basics: pronunciation
11:08 Step 1: Learn basics: conversation
12:27 Step 2: Create vocabulary list
13:57 Step 3: Watch videos, listen to podcasts
16:14 Step 4: Read easy-to-understand books
16:58 Step 5: Practise speaking
18:50 Step 6: Journaling
20:28 Step 7: Choose an accent
21:51 Enjoy the process
24:16 Patience
Here are my other videos about language learning tips:

[@callme-ruzz]

Thank you so much, Diana, for sharing your language learning experience.
I started learning Chinese because when I traveled to China last month, none of the store employees understood English at all. So, I decided to start learning to improve my experience when I go back to China again. It will make ordering food much easier. 🤣 I'll take your advice and especially focus on journal writing.
P.S. You look really beautiful in this clip. ☺

[@chrisbunka]

Daiさん、御苦労様です。　Daiさんがよく頑張りました。　モチベーションの説明が特に気に入っています。　私のポルトガル語の勉強が始まったばかりですので、Daiさんのポルトガル語の体験がすごく面白いと思います。　これからもDaiさんは日本語の勉強を頑張ってください。
Although I have gotten to a very comfortable in Japanese (and your reasons for learning it are great!), I have struggled in other languages (one of those being 普通话) because I haven’t had an urgency to learn. Therefore, I liked hearing your advice for motivating ourselves. And I think I have found that with Brazilian Portuguese. Even though I’m still debating how much study time to devote to other Asian languages because I plan to study Portuguese very hard, I would still like to study those Asian languages because I connect very well with people who speak those languages.
As someone who has bounced around the idea in his head of starting a YT channel, your suggestion for doing it in the target language is excellent. Even if it’s a very bad video, I can at least upload one Japanese language video a week. As another CZcamsr has said in one of her videos, “Make your mistakes when no one else is watching!”
I look forward to your future videos! 再见！

[@brunopinguim0067]

Your pronuntiation on portuguese was really good, muito motivador, im curently learning mandarim, 加油

[@dianadai1995]

谢谢!

[@Shan-jm1dy]

Hi Diana, I think many of the techniques shown in your video could really help me learn Chinese. I'm going to try them. Thank you so much.

[@dianadai1995]

Glad it was helpful!