Improve Your Reading and Listening Skills With This Strategy
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I often get asked whether it's better to listen or read first. In this video I talk about my approach to improving listening and reading comprehension and explain why it's important to adapt your strategy to your level.
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0:00 Should we listen or read first?
0:39 How are listening and reading connected?
2:09 Reading and listening as a beginner
4:26 Reading and listening as an intermediate learner
6:25 The conclusion
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Your voice is as good as Cary Grant's. I wish you good health and energy to continue to inspire and teach me foreign languages, you handsome and talented old man.
12.5 years and still a failure in learning and acquiring Tagalog. I have sent several emails to LingQ asking for someone I can pay to tell me what is wrong. From conventional lessons to over 1,500 hours of stories read to me and now LingQ have failed. I am unable to understand talk or speak. Why? I am now struggling to do LingQ lessons since I thought there would be improvement. It has not taken place.
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@@hanoman5532 just the kind of crap reply that helps.
Hi, Steve. I have been using the premium service of LingQ for two years. The plataform is very great but the support is the opposite. As I had to sent a lot of emails to LingQ support in order to solve my problems and they don't respond me. I decide speak directly with you.
I will resume my problem and put the email that I related this problem to support.
1. In order to improve my skills on reading russian cursive I had sent this:
Sep 9, 2023
Hi, I need to improve my Russian cursive reading skills. To do this, I'd like to ask if it's possible to add fonts to LingQ that allow us to set audio transcripts in Russian cursive? I think this task is very simple and will be very useful for all the people studying Russian on LingQ. Please, do it.
Best regards, Wagner.
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2. I notice a VERY BIG PROBLEM in ''days of progress''.
Hi,
Yesterday I noticed that my daily progress at night was erased and since I've been studying every day for a long time, I had to run to prevent my progress of 475 days from being erased. Today again, the same thing happened. This time, expecting it to happen, I took the screenshots that prove my story. PLEASE correct this mistake. I guess that this "reset" happens around 11pm. But I don't know when it started, I only noticed it yesterday and today. I believe that I and many other people could be very badly affected by this. Attached are the screenshots. I want to not lose my days of progress. I'll highlight today's date for you to see. If you can't read LingQ in Russian, just translate it using an application that translates images(THIS IS BESAUSE MY LINGQ IS IN RUSSIAN)
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Apologies for my grammatical mistakes, but I know you'll understand me.
Hi, Steve. I have been using the premium service of LingQ for two years. The plataform is very great but the support is the opposite. As I had to sent a lot of emails to LingQ support in order to solve my problems and they don't respond me. I decide speak directly with you.
I will resume my problem and put the email that I related this problem to support.
1. In order to improve my skills on reading russian cursive I had sent this:
Sep 9, 2023
Hi, I need to improve my Russian cursive reading skills. To do this, I'd like to ask if it's possible to add fonts to LingQ that allow us to set audio transcripts in Russian cursive? I think this task is very simple and will be very useful for all the people studying Russian on LingQ. Please, do it.
Best regards, Wagner.
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2. I notice a VERY BIG PROBLEM in ''days of progress''.
Hi,
Yesterday I noticed that my daily progress at night was erased and since I've been studying every day for a long time, I had to run to prevent my progress of 475 days from being erased. Today again, the same thing happened. This time, expecting it to happen, I took the screenshots that prove my story. PLEASE correct this mistake. I guess that this "reset" happens around 11pm. But I don't know when it started, I only noticed it yesterday and today. I believe that I and many other people could be very badly affected by this. Attached are the screenshots. I want to not lose my days of progress. I'll highlight today's date for you to see. If you can't read LingQ in Russian, just translate it using an application that translates images(THIS IS BESAUSE MY LINGQ IS IN RUSSIAN)
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Apologies for my grammatical mistakes, but I know you'll understand me.
One month ago I came back to London. I had spoken not English at all since my last visit to UK (3 years ago - Covid put me off of traveling) And I was really surprised, greatly surprised, to discover that my English spoken was in the same condition that it was three years ago.But I need to say that I've never stopped reading and listening English, as a daily routine. And I'd strongly recommend keeping on reading and listening always.. And don't worry if you don't have many opportunities to speak . Greetings from Spain
@israelcabral1408 eiwjje
True,as a person who learning Japanese, even though I learned some some common japanese words ,I couldn't recognize them from native speakers. Because they are speaking fast .so only reading will not be enough and listening is important too.i just do pronounce fast and everything,whether I can understand or not.i pick the most useful words list first,and then I will learn proper grammar on my way.pronouce with native speakers yourself. Thats the only way if people want to study their target language by self study.greetings from south india.
Thank you very much Steve, I need to watch a lot of your videos to understand what is your method as a lingq user. Now it makes more and more sense compared to classic vocabular lists, grammar basics, anki , etc. This video helps a lot to use lingq. I've decided to start learning Japanese with your method. I'll see how I progress in a few months.
I started to follow Steve recently and I like him a lot, he has some videos that help us understand his ideas.
Listening and reading makes up 90% of my learning strategy, it is the most effective and fun way to learn for me 😄
Wow great
Para mi de forma no intencional fue lo que me mantuvo aprendiendo 😅
Tengo la constumbre de que intentar aprender algo, me dedico muchisimo a ello y luego al mes a la semana pierdo el interes en seguir
Pero lo que si es constante es la cantidad de videos de YT que veo al dia 😂 así que solo cambiar el idioma de los videos que veia fue suficiente para con el tiempo aprender. Eso si, las mecetas son reales y se sienten, sobretodo porque aveces se alargan _un poquito mucho_ 😂
Agreed! It's the same for me. When I become fatigued or unfocused in my listening or reading, I switch to studying grammar or vocabulary.
I've never thought about the best possible sequence when it comes to reading and listening. Reading just came to me first, just because it's more accessible than listening
Same, but I've recently met the proponents of ALG method which are very in favour of listening from the very start, claiming that combining it with visual input is superior to relying on translations. I'm still not convinced, because it feels so slow when you don't know enough vocabulary.
Thanks Steve, it was so helpful ❤
سلام استاد. ممنون از توصیه های ارزشمند شما. بسیار عالی. لذت بردم
The best teacher teached us the lesting and reading
You're the best , your channel is really helpful . I guess i'm going to turn my contnet into in english instead of arabic to improve my english language , who support me?
Do it🎉
@@muhyadindahir3188 thnx for supporting me
Bro...of course English is a good language but arabic is the most amazing and tough language. If you listen other polygots experience you will understand that. Arabic grammer is called " The Ocean of Grammer " But if you feel attraction to English than arabic then obliviously go for English.
@@lichuchor7920 i totally agree with you sis , my native language is arabic and i still find a lots of problems with grammer , however using english in my videoc whould make them a more famous in the future
Note: i'm girl , cuz you said "bro"🙃
لازم
Thank Steve, I will try my best
That's right . must speak and listen to .read. Only then will I remember. Otherwise, I will often forget words
That "subvocalizing" is a big part of why I wanted to learn French. I could understand it a fair bit when reading, but had no sense of what it sounds like, and what I heard in my head sounded more like Spanish.
Very good.. I definitely find myself getting lazy when I listen then read, but I get so easily frustrated and fatigued mentally trying to read 😅. Slow progress lol
love your voice! 🧔🏻🫴🏻💗
listen first to native pronunciation, read then after to prompt your brain to remember how the sound should be. do it otherwise you are forcing your brain to close the gaps of the sounds you don't know with the sounds of your mother tongue
Very good advice Mr. Kaufmann. As a teacher, I let my students listen to a video without subtitles to get "a feel" of the language. I then I let them listen with the subtitles. After that, we go over the vocabulary in the video and listen to the video once again.
thank you
1. How are Reading and listening connected
When we Read we make subvocal in our thoughts where we internally speak that word out. This also applies to listening.
2. Reading and listening as a beginner
He would try to make an effort to pronounce a word, then he would listen to that word to make corrections to his attempt. And this process repeats
3. Reading and listening as an intermediate learner.
He would listen first then go in and read the word that he didn't understand. And this process repeats.
Thanks you so much Mr.
As one progresses in a language, one must eventually unlearn subvocalizing-when-reading, in order to unlock more speed :)
Many thanks to you sir❤
Thanks for advices.
Thank you for the video! It's a really interesting topic for me. I've been learning English for several years, predominantly through reading. As a result, now my vocabulary is at a very high level. I can take any article and I understand almost every word. About a week ago, I decided to focus on improving my Listening skills. And I noticed, that while I understand English teachers (becauce they pronounce words separately), I struggle to understand other native speakers (due to connected speech). I spent a lot of time this week to listen speech that is difficult to me. I listen, read subtitles, slow down the speed of the video (BTW, that's an extremely effective method). Then I listen again, again and again until I understand. And I've already noticed how my listening skills really get better! After just one week!!! So, in my view, it's a really good idea to read firstly (it helps you to learn vocabulary and grammar) and listhen secondly!
honestly, slowing vidoes to understand speech is making your life hell...force your brain to listen to it normal speed. But try this, listen to a 1 minute section of video at a faster speed for 2-3 times then listen once at normal speed and you will be amazed.
Wow I cannot believe that you've actually started learning Finnish, I'm really happy that you've made that decision, I really wish you good luck on your journey up ahead because I know it is going to be a very long journey.
As a Finn, I certainly agree! 👏
I must add that I am a long time follower of Steve and I also believe in the method "we acquire a language by comprehensible input" (S. Krashen) . A lot of active listening has really helped me a lot with my Spanish. Today I have no problem to keep an active talk.
Sorry to disappoint you, I haven't started Finnish, yet. Still working on Arabic and Persian. But one day!
@@Thelinguistهل يمكنك أن تتكلم العربية بطلاقة ؟
لو ذلك ، انصحني من فضلك.
Comparto, respetuosamente, una inquietud: Una cosa es aprender y entender el inglés hablado y otra, completamente diferente, es entender el inglés escrito. Leer subtítulos en inglés sirve, pero en fase posterior al aprendizaje de los sonidos y a su asociación sonora con los significados. Por eso, puedes pasarte meses o años, leyendo subtítulos en inglés o textos escritos en inglés, y tal vez aprendas a leer inglés, pero no a escucharlo y entender lo que escuchas, tal como lo evidencian millones de personas. Se necesita aprender naturalmente (como en la temprana infancia) los nuevos sonidos y su significado, pero dentro de lo sonoro, de lo auditivo, o sea, usar la vía directa entre corteza auditiva y área de Wernicke. Esta área asocia la señal auditiva o sonora con la representación de los sonidos guardada en la memoria. Cuando logremos guardar esas representaciones en la memoria, su significado será igual para cualquier idioma. El asunto es asociar el nuevo sonido a esa representación hasta familiarizarnos y reconocerlo automáticamente. Entonces la propuesta es, NO leer el subtítulo en inglés, sino oír la expresión en inglés hablado por un nativo, e inmediatamente después, escuchar el significado de esa expresión hablado oralmente en el propio idioma, y luego repetir esa asociación muchas veces. Repetir y repetir, hasta que sonido y significado (o sea la representación) se asocien en tu cerebro. Es como cuando aprendes un sinónimo en tu idioma: el código sonoro cambia, pero el significado permanece y sirve para el sonido viejo y para el nuevo. El circuito neurológico de la lectura, donde entran en juego la corteza visual primaria y secundaria para procesar la información visual de las palabras que vemos, es muy diferente al de la escucha y el habla, donde juegan las áreas de Broca y de Wernicke, y esa diferencia implica barreras, entre ellas, la subvocalización errónea o mal pronunciada. Cuando ya tengas el sonido grabado en tu cerebro, ahora sí aprende a leer el inglés ayudado con los subtítulos o textos. “Primero el caballo y después la silla”
Another great and motivating video Steve. Thank you so much. I just joined your LingQ and am amazed at the depth of material. I feel like I have opened the door to possible fluency!
Thanks and welcome to LingQ!
@@ThelinguistHello Steve, How expensive is to join to LingQ?
@@oswaldocaminos8431 $12.99 per month with the one month at a time plan, and then if you get a plan that lasts longer it ends up being cheaper per month, at $7.99 for the longest and cheapest plan.
@@oswaldocaminos8431 is that hard to check, instead of wait for reply?
Thanks Steve
I really enjoy learning by listening! I tried the reading/listening combo and my brain just takes a photo of the word and I see it in my minds eye. This may be beneficial, but drives me crazy, like reading a book in my head when having a conversation, very distracting! I really enjoy immersion and speaking over reading right now. I’m sure that will change as I progress!
Hi Steve! Great inspiration, thanks. I have a question; While we are reading a text or something, should we translate to the L1?
Excellent learning TQ ❤
Interesting video. Thank you.
Steve, how come you did not mention anything about pronunciation. To my mind this is a key point of learning any language.
When I learn a language (right now is Deutsch) I am trying to reproduce the words exact the same way, original speakers pronounce them.
And you know what? I observed that when you are trying to pronounce the words as original speakers, it takes me much faster to learn the words.
Maybe I am wrong, but it helps me..
بدأت أحب طريقتك في تعلم اللغات ..
تحياتي ❤
Hu
You're Amazing sir
thank you teacher
Amazing content. Thanks for share. Saludos
hola steve tu pronunciacion esta bien, saludos desde finlandia,
Thank for tips sir
When I was learning English I didn't understand the majority of phrases until 2 1/2 years studying, but I could reading a lot of things, I still can't understand half of songs mainly those that are fastly sang, but in anyway in English as a Portuguese native speaker is too much more easier for me reading than listening, mainly because in English a letter can have a lot of sounds, examples wAnted, cAr, And, and a lot of letters can have a similar sound, jUst, wAs, wOndering, etc. It makes English pronunciation very hard for students, after sometime you learn how to pronounce it but in low English skills new words don't make sense comparing their writing and listening
Hi Kauã. I’m the opposite. Native English speaker from the US learning Brazilian Portuguese. I have the same difficulties with listening being very difficult but this is because there is so much slang used in colloquial speech. And also Brazilians tend to shorten many words. If you ever need someone to practice with, let me know. I’d be happy to help you with your English.
@@danielandrews9736 Lol so true. I just realized how much we use slang when i started to learn a third language by myself. The usage of “está” for example is a good example because nobody says like that we just say “tá”. There is a lot like this and multiple variations too due the regionalism ( Brazil is a damn huge country) and formalism and colloquialism.
But thats a general difficult of all languages - i’ve been through tough times with french, which the writing and pronunciation are completely different. The key is just to acquire the language and do not bother to precise every single detail. One day will come when you will master this without realizing.
Creo que es lógico escuchar primero y leer después ya que haci aprenden los niños.
Creo que el problema de la gente que no entiende los nativos es porque cuando lee lo hace en su idioma y cuando van a escuchar no suena igual y se complica mucho.
Y no escuchan el idioma porque usan subtitulos y cuando usas subtitulos solo lees y no escuchas tu crees que haces las dos cosa a la vez pero es falso solamente estas leyendo para poder entender y tu cerebro le da más enfoque a una actividad que la otra.
Por lo tanto estarías como leyendo un 80% y escuchando un 20%. Hay Creo que está el problema de muchos.
@@cowboy1471 yo completamente discordo de usted, cuando estava estudiando ingles, tenia 2 horas para eso, e en la metad yo solo escuchava y la otra metad yo leeia y usaba flashcards, que tienen audio. Entonces en más de la metad del tiempo, yo estava escuchando. Y sobre escuchar seer más difícil o más sensillo, para leer, tienes que conocer las palabras, para escuchar, tienes que conocer las palabras, conocer el acento de quien hablas, tienes que tener la habilidad de compreender connected speech, que és cuando hablas 2 o más palabras como se fosse una, y para leer podés volver y leer nuovamente, para escuchar no. Y sobre bebes, ellos no tienen textos para leer, la unica maneja de ensina los és hablando con ellos, en adultos no, nosoltros podremos hacer varias cosas diferentes, y cuando ensinamos los ninos a escribir, ellos aprienden en pocos meses o semanas, pero para apreender a escuchar ellos solo conseguen en 4, 5 anos. (Perdones por mi espanol, haz muy tiempo que no haco nada en Castellano y espero que pudes entenderme)
This is definitely not working advice for my AuDHD, but I think I can change it a tad for it to work; I'm studying Korean right now and also feeling the urge to return to my French while another Jane Austen's novel calls to me
You changed my life forever, Steve! It's a privilege to hear all the things you have to say!
which language u started to learn?
@@BartShinn I started learning English. My native language is Brazilian Portuguese.
Wie so? How?
En mi humilde experiencia, primero es escuchar y tener un dibujo general de comprensión en la mente de eso que se escucha, la lectura refuerza la comprensión y nos da una imagen alternativa del sonido, pero el oído es el gran maestro, pensando en eso desarrolle mi propia tecnica
We're like your teacging❤
Bravo!
Wonderful ❤
This is how I learned English: I listened to English every single day and, at the same time, started reading books for one year straight. I cleared my C1, but I'm unsure if I can apply this strategy to learning German. 😢
I have a question. If you don't stop when you meet new words then how should you learn them?
I learned French using LingQ. Your method to learning languages has opened opportunities to me that I wouldn't have thought possible a few years ago. Thank you Steve!
That's great!
Can you tell me what opportunities have opened up for you? Because I learn French and Spanish
Thank you prof
When learning a brand new language do you recommend only reading and listening at first? Speaking later when one has a basic competence and sound of the language in one’s mind. That is what I am doing with Italian. Listening and reading and picking up sounds and patterns similar to Spanish (which I speak).
Hi stieve I’m getting much better at learning English with your advice it’s amazing that so many people trust in schools nowadays everyone should know this method thank you for motiving me 🥳🥳🥳🥳
Wow I’m learning Finnish now. Can you share the resources you show in this video?
Thank you very much
se que tambien hablas español por los videos que he visto, y gracias a todos los consejos que das me motivo mas para aprender ingles, tus consejos son demasiado realistas y ingeniosos que deberian llegar a mas personas, te agradezco por hacer videos steve
You have changed my perspective about language learning and how I learn, I have adopted many new learning methods and they work for me
Hello! I saw me in this video..My videos are in LingQ, awesome! Now everyone go and start learning Finnish 😊 Steve are you learning Finnish? If you want any help just ask anytime here for you 😊
I have to confess I have not really started to learn Finnish but hope to some day. Still trying to get ahead in Arabic and Persian. Cheers and thanks for the good Finnish learning content!
I hope you learn more about those languages. And my videos are available for you if you want use them as a learning material for LingQ etc. Maybe "Pekka and Musti" stories would work very well those who study Finnish in LingQ. Kiitos!
@@ThelinguistI can teach you Persian and Arabic Grammar
@@ThelinguistHow did you find Arabic ? I guess you're handling with a different language than all other languages you've learned before, so, Arabic is written with different characters, from right to left, and some letters are quite hard to pronounce, I wish you'll manage to learn it very well
thank you
It's a great idea listen and read the same time, I'm read a comic and sometime in my brain is trying to speak what the characters say. Like me reading in my mother tongue (Spanish). Can you understand what i mean?
Hey steve, how often do you think in other languages? Or do you not notice.
Isle of Tenerife,
Spain,
Africa.
Well done, Steve, AGAIN!
For sure, like children we should listen first, listening lots to the sounds even before understanding the words, or knowing where one word even ends and the next one starts.
Best wishes,
Patchy.
Both at the same time, right from the start.
I am 99% sure I saw you at a restaurant last week, but I lack the social skills to have acknowledged you directly. 😅 I didn't want to disturb your time, but I think you noticed me anyways, so I may have messed up there. 🙏🏾
Either way, sad I couldn't say it in person, but I love your work! Thanks, Steve! 😁
Where was that? Next time let's connect.
I listened to Dreaming Spanish for 600 hours before starting LingQ. I’m a quarter of the way to a million words in two months! because all that listening made it easy for me to comprehend and subvocalize in an accent that’s close to correct.
Definitely agree that listening should be first THEN reading.
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Is it played while asleep?
I think it's comprehensive input while awake so it seems a good idea
I found AJ Hoge. He taught me english through short stories. You can read and listen at the same time. So u learn pronunciation and the words you don't know.
Been learning Portuguese for almost 2 years and I've learned a lot, yes. But I'm just not happy where I am so I'm very very burnt out and disappointed of course. Hopefully soon I'll want to learn again. Just no motivation as of now. Was thinking of starting Italian. 1 cause I'm curious if "starting over " will make me appreciate where I am in Portuguese. (Although Portuguese is my 1st foreign language so of course it's the most difficult) and #2 I would LOVE to be able to read The divine comedy in it's native language (as well as English on the other page)
Olá, posso lhe ajudar com o português. Sou do Brasil e seria muito legal fazer um amigo novo.
Qual é seu e-mail?
@@pedrohoracio8300 vc fala inglês ou não? Se não, isso não é uma problema. Quero dizer que talvez um pouco por que nunca fala ao telefone 🤣 mas também e boa pq me ajuda desde não posso confiar em inglês.
@@gamingwithpurg3anarchy157 I speak English not very well. What is your email?
Or what is your telegram?
Great share😮
Hello Steve, I'm listening to you every day, by Spotify , and I'm improving my listening, I'm from Spain Next Christmas my husband and me go to Canada, to visit my daughter, she is in Vancouver like you.She went to Canada last August and she is going to stay there during one year. I need improve more and more my English and you help me a lot.
Thank you!!!!
I'm unsure about sub-vocalisation being the link between speaking and reading more just understanding it since there are people who don't subvocalise and who speak the language as well you find the speed readers do not sub-vocalising hence comprehension doesn't need sub-vocalisation which (the comprehension) I think may be more important than hearing a voice
We usually don't realize that we are sub-vocalizing when reading our own language but apparently in our brains we do. It is more obvious when we are reading in another language.
Thanks Steve, I watched your other video about listening and that advice has helped me. I used to get so frustrated listening, because I was listening with the intent to understand/comprehend everything. Now, I realize I have to listen to get a feel of the language and listen to what is being said. That way, I've been able to pick up more words and then look for the definition. My experience is that listening/reading feed off eachother, because vice versa, I've been able to understand more listening, by hearing a words I just read.
great ways to improve English better
Learn in the order natives do: listen, speak, read, write. It is possible to start off all of these from the very first lesson but shift focus according to need.
The problem with that method is that when you first learned your native language, you have dedicated tutors. If you didn't understand something, or if you mispronounced a word, your mother, father, sibling, relative, or neighbor would help you.
If you're learning a language as an adult and not in an immersive situation, you don't have that support. And often you can't even HEAR the sounds you are trying to repeat. It's a bit of a circular situation: you can't hear the sound until you know what sounds you are trying to hear. That happens through listening while reading.
@@campbell1446 I have always had a teacher to get me started on second languages.
Thanks Steve , I’m loving to Watch your vídeos 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I SOOO agree that SEEING cues with the language sounds helps our brain comprehend the language better - it's the reason I make flashcard videos - it's learning language the way children acquire a language naturally! Love it, thank you! 🤩
Does somebody know what episode of Huberman's podcast Steve refers to?
Thanks
hi steve, i enjoy your videos a lot :) i have a story then a question for you. i had a little error when typing in spanish where i used "yo espero tú sean bien" but the person i was talking to (native spain) said it was wrong then went to talking about ser and estar and now i'm worried about those and sort of demotivated to learn more spanish (or just thinking a lot about if i wanna keep going) although i'm gonna keep going on lingq each day. any tips about ser, estar, and other words that could mean the same thing but have to be used differently?
Don't worry about Ser and Estar. You will gradually use them more and more correctly, more naturally. You won't achieve this by reading rules nor by worrying about them. People understand you whichever one you use.
@@Thelinguistthanks Steve. I also had another question which is how I would I gradually use them more correctly? The main stuff im doing right now is reading and listening, im not doing much output practice because I don’t think I have enough words (around 940) plus I don’t want to focus on that at least yet.
@@phillylegionFor adjectives and adverbs when unsure use "estar" it won't sound weird even if it's wrong (because we speak like that).
"La película es muy aburrida"
"La película está muy aburrida"
Meaning the movie is boring, both are natural even though the second one is wrong.
But if I want to say "I'm bored" if i use "ser" instead of "estar" it will sound weird or it will change the meaning.
"Soy aburrido"
Means: "I'm boring"
-"Alaska es muy fria"
"Alaska está muy fría",
-"El mar es muy grande"
-"El mar está muy grande"
-"Eso es interesante"
"Eso está interesante"
-"El libro es muy largo"
-"El libro está muy largo"
-"La playa es divertida"
-"La playa está divertida".
-"El examen es muy difícil"
-"El examen está muy difícil"
-"La canción es triste"
-"La canción está triste"
In all these cases "estar" works even though strictly it may be incorrect but as I said we speak like that.
For colors it doesn't work because it actually changes the meaning.
"La pared es roja"
The wall is red, but if you say.
"La pared está roja", means the wall got red because something happened to it and that's not normal.
And in general for nouns use "ser", and for places and locations use "estar".
"Soy ingeniero"
"Soy un adulto"
"Soy mexicano"
Ect.
"El parque está lejos"
"New York está en Estados Unidos"
"Estoy en casa"
Etc.
@@frakorS thank you for the detailed explanation 🤠 I’ll try to remember what you mentioned here
Very nice🎉
but sometimes when I read articles loudly,I will focus on the pronounce but ingore the meaning of that.this is another problem.especially when reading some complex one.
Hi Steve, there are so many videos in youtube that states we can learn japanese while sleeping. It is 8 hours videos and I have tried it once. I don't think I get the benefit, I just felt dizzy when I woke up the next morning cause my brain wasn't "sleep" all night long.
What do you think about such kind of videos? Are they really that effective? Thank you..
There is no evidence that you can learn while sleeping. There is evidence that sleep is important to help you put into memory things you have learned. Get your sleep!
I have tried it for English language and it was a nightmare. I have developed insomnia , felt sleepy all day and couldn't remember anything . However for daytime napping it helps to close your eyes and doze off for half an hour while listening to some podcast.
Your insight is always incredible. Thank you!
First from Ivory coast 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
There is nothing more frustrating that listening an audio or video in the language we are studying, and we can not understand almost nothing, audio sounds just a noisy in my hears. That's sucks! But here we are keep trying.
You are our inspiration.
Obrigado, mestre!
Abraços do Brasil !!!
So true😄I've realized that its counter productive. Steve mentioned this in another video, don't listen with the intent to understand everything, its like trying too hard. Listen to get a 'feel' of the language, and also what is being said. That allows you to pick up certain new words, especially when you hear a certain word a lot.
Hello, What about learn new language while sleeping like many videos in CZcams?
Have a nice day! 🌹❤✋👍
Please sir how can you advice someone learning academically in in a strange language like me my native languages are French and English but I study in Turkish
Does anybody done learning a language that you watch a german video with german subs and below german subs are also england subs!!. So you get 3 things at The same Time!. You hear a german native speaking ,second you see words how they writed down on german subs and finally you know what The words are with english subs If you dont know The words
Love the new video editing 👍 especially the tips summarised on screen. More of this!
Thank u
اجر لي ولك
سبحان الله والحمدلله ولا إله إلا الله والله اكبر اللهم اغفر لي وارحمني وارزقني
If it is a phonetic language like Spanish, you know how to pronounce a word even if you meet it the first time. Is it the same?
I always love the ezplanation and information from you. It's helpful to me.
How does this apply for such languages as Japanese or Chinese where you need to memorize hundreds of characters? Also, exotic languages for which it's not that easy to find any audio materials?
chinese is killing me rn 😭😭😭
He used flashcards at the beginning for amassing enough characters (I also did the same thing). After that, it will still be painful to learn new words, but possible. Try to read something targeted to your level. For example on LingQ you can find some material, else find some graded readers.
@@fabiothebest89lu reading is not a problem at all, I was talking about audio materials.
@@michaelt6217 I’m not sure what you are referring to precisely. In fact your comment contained 2 different questions. Indeed for exotic languages there are less resources. Anyway for example on CZcams you can find a great variety of videos in any language. Videos usually contain audio, some videos have subtitles, some do not. If they don’t have subtitles there are tools like Whisper that could help transcribing. Otherwise if you have text only, you can try with text to speech (if available for the language). If you intend to learn a language in particular, people may help you find some resources.
@@fabiothebest89lu either you have zero experience learning exotic languages and therefore have absolutely no idea what you're talking about or you're aggravating the hell out of me on purpose 😐
Hello teacher
I love him.
V nice sr.
Hello dear professor
What you present is really interesting and amazing,i do appreciate your job, all the best.
Take care and have a good time.
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Hello, I’m 37 and I am not worth much yet , please help me out. Bought my first house last month and I can't seem to make any other smart investment.
wanted to trade, but I got discouraged with the market price fluctuations
Can you recommend a guide for me?
I Found him, I wrote him. Hope he responds.
Thank you, I have texted him, hope He replies me
steve please, give a pat on your editor' back for this dramatic edit 0:27
I`ve usually used subtitles in this process of learning english, by myself, practicing also reading, simultaneously, but rarelly trainnig only repeting or speaking. My native language is portuguese.
I’m trying to learn Egyptian Arabic but they all seem to write differently from each other and I’m also finding it hard to even find any written material at all since it is typically written in MSA.
I’ve heard that some Egyptians are starting to write books and news articles in the Egyptian dialect as a way to somewhat standardize it but I can’t find them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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@@Thelinguist Brilliant! lol, why didn’t I think of that? Thanks Guru. Thanks for nothing.
Wait, what‘s the strategy for intermediate and advanced levels?