How to LEARN ANY LANGUAGE on Your Own (Fast!)
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2021
- Learning a language by yourself might seem daunting, but with the method and the right mindset, you can make progress unbelievably fast! So if you’re serious about getting fluent, why not become the driver of your own language learning success?
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Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy!
"Step 1: FInd a good learning resource" Please make a full video on this lol
😂
Exactly.
Immersion content is a good learning resource
One of the most important thing. I made the mistake that I wanted to find out the best method to learn Japanese. I searched podcasts, YT videos, books, apps, but I stuck with searching, and I didn't go anywhere with it. So my advice is that you need to start and progress and try not stuck with trying finding the best and fastest method of learning a language.
@@Barni2212 just enjoy it, right?
I speak English and Arabic fluently and I’ve been learning French for few months now and it’s actually fun ! I’m only 18 and I don’t plan to ever stop learning languages because it’s one of my favorite things to do ! You inspire me a lot and I loved this video 🥰
Please, tell me what the way that you use to learn these language
Please please🙏🏻🙏🏻
Myar Ebrahem well my first language is Arabic so I obviously am speaking it naturally.. English from school grammar wise but the movies, CZcams and books are the things that really boosted my English and finally I use Duolingo for French and I practice French with mom at home because she studied it .. that’s it friend !!
Same, I already speak a good amount of languages and comments like these keep encouraging me to continue learning them. How is your learning journey so far?
Hello X it’s kinda slow but it’s good ! I’m getting there 😄
Beginner:
1. Find a good learning resource
2. Get an understanding of basic sentences
3. Type notes and review them regularly
4. Use the language!! Speak and write in it.
Intermediate:
1. High quality listening resource (ie. podcasts) designed for those learning the language
-listen to the program every day while walking
-repeat short phrases you understand, trying to match the speaker's pronunciation
-when you're ready: repeat the word of phrase into Google translate
Advanced:
-talk with people in the target language
-iTalki
-HelloTalk
-actually talk to someone irl
❤👍
I have a 6 step guide method:
1)Grammar, all of it, videos.
2)Ground zero general vocabulary.
3)Native expression and phrases.
4)Verbs and phrase Syntax.
5)Listening and pronunciation, understanding. Improve lexique to a more advanced/usable level.
6)Put your skills to test.
I always like people like you. You put things in lists so that's it's easy to remember. Much appreciated 👍👍😊
Never use google translate pls! It’s not accurate, I’m learning Korean so pls use 바바고!!! It’ll be your best friend
@@qminari1378 or maybe ChatGPT😅
From my experience of learning English as a foreign learner, I highly recommend exposing yourself to the language through movies and any other audio-visual content, this helped me get used to the pattern of that language and gave me a huge advantage among other learners who were learning English in a straight forward and boring method.
Can you recommend some of these audio
I've come to realize that this is true. My mom told me she didn't understand English at all when she heard it on the news or in movies but over time she began to understand it.
@@mg-nr8urany PG-13 movie really. Comedies is what I’d go for because they contain the informal language that your regular American speaks. Rated R movies may contain language that you won’t necessarily use in the beginning haha. Also look for popular podcasts in America.
The TEDx has videos with comprehension questions, which I find it helpful for practicing listening skills
@@oj214what if my listening skills are pretty good but i have not that much vocabulary to understand 100%. From the first time listening something like podcast i can get about 80-90% and that makes me feel uncomfortable because then i understand i was missing something important i couldn't get through podcast.
The fastest I have ever learned a language was when I was 5. Me and my family moved to poland and after 2 months I was speaking fluently Polish.
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
Yeah kids learn fast to communicate
no to fajnie. ja się urodziłam w anglii ale mam polskich rodziców no i tak się po prostu nauczyłam polski i angielski. tylko ze po polsku to trochę gorzej ale coś tam znam xd
From where u m0ved?
@@justbuggyawilik1375 Slovakia, the language was pretty similar so it was easy but it really helped that I had polish friends
"Real progress takes time"!
Totally true ✨
Just like going to the gym to get in shape.
This is actually true
@إنجليزي مع وسام
أنا بستفاد منك جدًا وبتعلم واتبسطت لما شوفت كومنتك هنا ❤️
@@neamaarafa9825 و الcomment بتاعك خلاني فرحانة بجد💜💜💜
except if ur already in shape because of ur superior genetic like me
I haven’t made the full commitment to learning a new language yet. However, I’ve found that listening to music in a specific language helps a lot. Not only do you get to hear the language in an enjoyable way, but you also find yourself singing along with the song which helps with pronunciation and accent. I love spanish music and I’ve learned tons of spanish words and phrases from just listening to songs. Whenever someone speaks to me in spanish, most of the time I only understand only a few words a sentence. But it’s usually enough for me to figure out what they’re trying to say by using context clues.
Totally agree with you with the fact that learning a language really well does not take 2 weeks! Finally someone says it. :) Even as a philologist you will always have new things to learn and to improve. So language learning process is something that never ends if you want to speak well. If you stop practicing, you will forget a lot of vocabulary.
I love languages. They are certainly my fav thing to do. I currently, at the age of 14, speak Spanish (my native language), English (learned it since i was 2), sindhi(my father taught me) and hindi (my father taught me too) fluently.
I have a B2 of french (and a DELF certificate that proves it), I have done the HSK4 of mandarin, which is a B2 aswell. I am learning German in school, I currently have a B1 level. Im studying Italian on my own, i now have an A2.
My love for languages started when i was 6 and thanks to my dad i could speak 4 languages fluently. My father died when i was 8 and to stop the sadness i started learning chinese and french.
Languages completely changed my life. Really, if you want to learn a language, go for it!
Very cool that you shared your story
wow thats cool, thankyou u inspired me 💓
wow
I had a chance to learn German at school, as extracurricular classes, but didn't do since I wasn't interested so much at that time. It's great you found your inspiration in such an early age. It took me much longer. Although I learned all the languages by myself, I can speak 2 languages fluently, and Mandarin Chinese and Spanish at an intermediate level, and only recently started learning German.
Kind regards, You are an inspiration to others.
Congratulations! How many languages did your father knew?
"Stay away from apps like Duolingo"
the duo bird staring at me through my bookmark tabs
watching this video after a year of using duolingo hits bad
Duolingo telling me to practice at midnight
Duolingo put an add before this video
It's not bad as a side thing imo, it can help with learning new basic words
Lol I had a duo advert for this vid🤦😂
I agree with you: we just don't always have to reach an advanced level in all languages. Level B1 is more than enough for our fifth or sixth language. When it comes to polyglots, people always expect C2 level in all spoken languages and it is quite unreachable! 😆
Agreed. I did the TOEFL test a month ago and I got C1 to my surprise. Just to add some context I've lived with English my entire life. I can't imagine any possibilities of me reaching a C2 level on French or German. 😂
Nice thing you have mentioned about the B1 stuff.
The problem is with these so-called youtubers online. They try to portray that they are fluent in all of the languages. People who watch the videos, they all want to be fluent in the languages.
The youtubers do not really mention that it is not possible to be fluent in so various languages.
Is it good to start learning two languages at the same time?
@@Lawliet99lt Bad idea if they are not very similar. For example, you can learn Spanish and Italian together. But it is better to have some progress in one language and then start with the next, even if they are similar.
@@protostar1000
I was thinking of starting to learn Japanese and English at the same time
Just found your channel and I’ve been learning 4 languages on and off, thank you for the motivation and putting my worries aside
مبروك انك ظهرت في التلفزيون المصري وبقيت مشهور في مصر اهو
مع تمنياتي بالمزيد من النجاح والتفوق
على انهي برنامج؟
@@minecraftstation6422 ظهر من قريب في برنامج السفيرة عزيزة علىdmc
@@minecraftstation6422 قناة dmc تقريبا علي برنامج اسمو السفيرة عزيزة حاجة كدا
ابحث بس وانت هتلاقي
@@mohamedragheb2718 كيف تقول بالإنجليزي ثرثرة وثرثار ؟
@@user-ez3vt3gy7b
You have a big mouth
Talkative
Fun fact: Writing by hand is more effective than typing when you want to commit something to memory! In short, the motor component (actually forming the letters with the movements of your fingers & wrist) will help your brain build associations. It especially helps with languages that have foreign letters or entirely different writing systems. Other motor excercises - like walking while listening - will also help, compared to studying with no motor component at all.
(But honestly - if typing feels more convenient, there's no need to bother with writing longhand. It's way more important to find the system that works for YOU than to minmax based on a statistic.)
I studied English with this.
Hello I've been studying English for the first time in 10 years. Thank you for taking a look oh hi
Writing by hand is helpful. I did that a lot in school whenever I want to study, it doesn't matter how many times I've written about that same thing is still write everything down as if it was the first time. It helped me develop a photograph memory too
@@Jur1_00 I studied English again after 10 years
I'm using asmr. Please take a look.
thank you oh..hi
exactly, when I studied Turkish I used this method, and I found that I don't need to review my notes too much because I already remembered them when I was writing.
Im currently learning korean and writing is definitely way better than typing
Hey that was splendid! Thank you very much for sharing the idea that learning a language takes TIME and we have to be PATIENT. Loved your video.
It is really a phenomenal video , It summarises the whole journey of learning a new language.
Thank you Brian for this advices .
2:51
"Learning how to write by hand is time consuming, and in my opinion it's not particularly useful."
Chinese and Japanese learners: 👁️👄👁️
"How often do you write with a pen and paper in your native language? I'm guessing pretty rarely."
Me: *side eyes*
I literally write all the time as I need to write something down in order to remember it. I have dozens of notebooks for all of my language studies lmao. Even for the languages that use latin alphabets.
me: *crys in school*
Out of all my years of being a Chinese person you gotta write it typing it ain’t gonna help.
hey, I think that for Chinese learning how to write by hand is not necessarily (only some daily things), cause in general chinese people don't write it too. Actually, the percent of people in China that doesn't really remember how to write the characters is close to 80%
@@anas2162 I mean you have a literal Chinese person that just commented right before you did, saying that one MUST write a lot when it comes to the Chinese language. And also where do you get those statistics? Sounds like bs to me. I studied Chinese for three years @ uni and writing was one of the most important parts. There’s so much history surrounding the ideograms, but also in order to write correctly you need to know how to ‘trace’ an ideogram. There is a specific order for every single line etc. You’re free to mostly use your computer to type instead of writing afterwards, but you need to first actually learn how to write by hand.
I love learning languages! Motivation is definitely the number one thing for me (as well as many others). If you genuinely want in your heart to learn a language you will learn it. Great video!
Thanks for watching, Kellen- and I agree, motivation is hugely important!
@@BrianWilesLanguages
I will however say that it is possible to reach a pretty good level in a language in just three months. I studied Egyptian Arabic from April to June and now I speak like this:
czcams.com/video/OwvyOvz0c8g/video.html
How would you say this level compares to your definition of fluency?
Either way, thank you for all the videos you’ve made! Apparently my Arabic teacher, Assem Gamal on italki, also had a couple lessons with you. Pretty cool in my opinion!
@@curiouskellen8344 that awesome ! Even if I'm arabian I feel arabic language dificult to learn for non-arabian learners , بالتوفيق لك
@@BrianWilesLanguages
I am from Somalia, I speak Arabic fluently, my English is not bad, which language should I learn next?
Thanks.
@@MohammedAhmed-py4rk learn Spanish. تعلم الاسبانیة
For the talking tip, you can also talk at your pets or with friends who don't even really know the language when you're starting. It helps to get comfortable with talking in the language and get rid of that starting anxiety. Then move onto talking with strangers in your target language.
Wife: Why did you buy us a dog?
Me: So that I could learn Italian.
@@MjolnirMarks I meant it more like... if you already have a pet, but this is funny
you can also speak to babies in the language you're learning
@@Alexandra.2008 True * steals a baby *
@@Alexandra.2008 teach them the language you're learning to mess with their parents
Hi Brien 👋. I'm from Egypt and I enjoy watching your videos.yor are really a respectful person . Personally I like to learn language from reading .because when someone reads they can help you find new vocabulary. And this definitely what we need to learn second language.
Watching your gestures, energy and overall demeanor change between English and Egyptian Arabic, gave me an idea about how learning new languages could help you unlock multiple personalities within yourself! Truly impressive. Thank you for the video, I hope to learn a new language as soon as I can.
Wow that's a fascinating concept- and thank you, Sain! I'm glad you enjoyed the video
Just yesterday I heard that body language switches according to language you speak.
I know multiple languages and people have said this about me before! My native is English and often sound quite depressed (😂) as well using a lot of hand gestures whilst speaking. Then when communicating through BSL I’m a lot more expressive with emotions. And with Spanish & Italian I sound really happy. The only similarity between them is I speak fast in all languages 😂
@@imakelonelinessworkforme9120 I have this problem too. I speak so fast in all four languages I know😂😂
انت بتعرف تتكلم عربي كويس جدًا واللهجة المصرية ❤️❤️ شكرًا نصائحك مفيدة good 👍 معاك طارق من مصر 🇪🇬
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
لو سمحت/ي انا عايزة اعرف تطبيق يساعدني اقترحلي تطبيق كويس
The most logic ideas i’ve ever heard about learning a language. Thank u
ich komme aus Ägypten und ich learn Deutsch und danke Brian
انا من مصر و انا اتعلم الالمانية و شكرا براين
This is the people who are learning mandarin, Japanese, Korean, etc (other languages that doesn’t have the English alphabet), don’t type but write so you can remember how to write eg the stroke orders for mandarin and once you know the stroke order in mandarin, it’s easy for you to memorize the characters when you write it by hand
Nah
@@Acro_LangLearn Any valid counterpoint, or you just here to say BS? Because what he said is true.
@@Barni2212 well tbh I kinda agree with him around 70%. I myself don't actually type Japanese kanji all that often. idk but I've came to the conclusion that actually being exposed to them while reading is a more efficient method of mastering the kanji. I mean... for me I was successful on mastering around 330~ kanjis in a month through reading. You can call BS on that but it's true! it's damn true!
You mean the Latin alphabet 😂 the English language uses the Latin alphabet
I disagree about not writing by hand. For Mandarin this helped me a lot to memorize the characters. If you don't write them by hand at least a couple times it's extremely hard to remember more than a handful of characters. Writing them by hand forces you to pay attention to every component and every stroke. If you try to remember the characters without writing them by hand it's extremely painful to focus on the task of observing and remembering every shape and forcing yourself to somehow retain it in your memory. Almost like trying to learn to talk by playing the correct audio instead of speaking. Maybe not so much 😂
Had the same experience with japanese - writing the characters helps a lot with reading them later on.
He is saying if you don't need to write, only talk the language, please listen
Plus there is the order of strokes, which is super important!
he does not talk about specific language he just give us how he learned those language easily. i aslo study chinese and the more important thing to remember the characters easily is to make astory of acharacters as you can make it in full sentence also to understand.
I agree I'm learning Japanese right now and the brush strokes alone help me
I’m learning Swedish with Duolingo. I combine that with 2 video channels with short videos about learning Swedish, because it’s nice to understand a little bit after 2 months practice. My target is not to become fluent because I will never go to Sweden. I don’t like traveling. When I can read a children book in Swedish I reached my goal.
Thank you for sharing your tips. We're very glad you made this video for us. Merci beaucoup!
1. Find a good learning resource, learn the basics of making sentences, type out useful vocab
2. Find a listening material, walk while listening, repeat the words you understand, take note of the frequently used vocab that you don't understand
3. Have a conversation with a native speaker, only use the language you are learning to conversate
Thank you for that. This is so valuable for me
@@deutschmitpurple2918 you're everywhere damn
Please which podcast would I use to learn German? Someone help me please
A lot of terrific and insightful advice here! I’m sure many viewers will appreciate this! Keep up the great content 🙌💯
Thank you very much, Thanh- I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
I started to learn Japanese & Korean seriously now. Though as a wife and a mother I have few minutes for myself everyday. I think listening to songs in the target language or educational/cultural programs will help a lot.
@@mostlyketo77egypt Will done sister. I don't recommend Spanish or languages like that as there is a strong anti muslim movment there right now.
اوك يا برايان، Will consider these a promise.
و من هنا لاخر السنة دى بأمر الله هنتابع معاك ايه الاخبار:
So just keep waiting......the 😉
@@BrianWilesLanguages Brian you learn us (Arab ) English language please ok??
I see by your constant hand movements that you have mastered Italian.
the genuine person I ever met I swear that
I actually learn slowly, so Duolingo is actually kinda helpful to me. 😅
Yeah Duolingo is pretty sweet I think
yeah duolingo taught me most of the spanish i know
Yeah I also use it to learn French, but to learn a language we should not depend on one resource. I find it quite useful. I speak only French while learning French.
Duolingo is the reason as to why I'm learning Latin, I wouldn't understand reading a 400 page textbook.
@@cartoonhub9071 Im aware, I went in knowing absolutely nothing
I speak 3 languages fluently, English, Afrikaans and my native language Oshiwambo. I'm currently learning Korean and Spanish, so this was useful because I'm planning on learning more languages.
Wouah girl .. im learning spanish and korean too
Dus ongelooflik meisie,hou so aan
I'm learning Japanese. Wanna learn together?
Learning Spanish here
@@elool9435 I'm learning English, My native language is Spanish xd
This is the first video I see for you, I watched it while I was searching for how to learn languages, because I am trying to learn the French language, but I think your method is very useful, so why not subscribe and benefit, good luck🌹
I speak English, arabic, and tiny French, and can read/write English and tiny French.
My mum and dad are Egyptian and love watching your comedy videos about Egypt. Thanks for making them.
"Tiny French" is that a dialect spoken by short people?
I think they mean a bit of French :)@@pocketmonstergb5570
I've been studying English for almost 2 years now.
I can express and show a lot of my thoughts easily and sometimes spontaneously 🙂
I guess I have a long English learning journey ahead of me that I should enjoy 😍
@@dianaayt Thanks a lot 🙂
really appreciate it 🌸
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
@@arabicmumtaz this person is iraqi,,
Interesting comments. I'm sure you'd appreciate this fascinating website on language learning: www.thelanguagesecret.com
Doing great friend
I learned English so randomly, out of nowhere 2 years ago I started consuming a lot of content in English, then I only consumed English, when I saw it I was already at advanced level lol, I try to do the same with Spanish but it's harder than English (amazingly, I'm a portuguese native speaker and English is way easier than Spanish)
Same! I didn't realized when I got so fluent in english, I just loved watching contents in english and I automatically got that American British accent and now it almost feels like my mother tongue
You're struggling with Spanish simply because you're not giving it enough energy and will, Portuguese, Spanish French, Italian, are all romantic languages; I leaned French when I was a kid, two years ago I started Spanish because I work a lot with Mexicans, it took me a couple of months to learn it, why? French helped me a lot, very similar languages, so give it more will to learn it.
@@engineeringforlife1367 exactly, these days I was watching a series in Italian and then I realized spanish and Italian are very similar. I'm actually going to start real Spanish and persist now hehe
Same thing. In 3rd grade I was so bad at english. I started watching English content on youtube. In 5th grade I realised I became somewhat fluent and I was actually surprised by it
I started studying real English like 7 months ago, I look at myself and I’m so proud of me, beacause before I couldn’t understand anything in English. I’m going to Poland in 6 months.
sorry for my mistakes :)))
Thank you, Brian!
I'm from Belarus so I know Belarusian and Russian languages at the native level. Then I started learning English at school, so now I'm quite fluent in the language (still grammar, tenses and speaking overall are tough part; lack of practice you know). I think about getting higher education abroad (EU, probably) so I consider learning German or Polish (the last one is actually easy for me as my mother knows it).
The video is very helpful as it gives some interesting exercises that involve physical memory. I like your realistic thoughts about time needed to become fluent in new language.
P.S. I do also agree that apps like Duolingo are not worth your time.
Не останови
I disagree, duolingo can be a great learning app for begginers but you can't depend totally on it, you have to get other resources.
What a valuable sharing brother...I really love the points you talk..I really love to learn Spanish and I hope this will be a guide for me to learn that language..thank you for sharing this with us, brother ❤️❤️
Spanish is bautiful language, but it can get pretty complicated since here in Latin America, almost every country speaks it differently and with their own accents. But learning the basics may help with your journey ^^
One of the most straightforward "how to" video about languages I've ever seen to this date.
In my opinion, I disagree with not writing with pen and paper. It is vital for many languages to learn how to write characters by hand. I have studied Japanese and Chinese for many years. I have had many moments where I have had to fill out notes or application forms in these languages. Secondly, it has been proven that writing by hand leads to more creative and more complex writing. Thirdly, my writing notebooks are my tangible treasures, my own hand-designed language books. Lastly, It didn't slow me down at all. I have learnt as fast as any other learner. I think telling people not to learn how to write a language misses the point of truly learning a language. I would say incorporating both would be best.
I remember something more easily if I write it with a pen and paper rather that type it
Agreed.
Real.
Only typing (typing / writing in a Draft or on the Internet) should be used, not writing on actual paper, as it promotes the fėlling of trees - trees / flowers / grasses etc are sacred and pure beings with known genders (who only reflect me the pure / sacred being) and they should have always been protected from ppl!
It is very possible to get to an advanced level (over 8.000 base words) in a new language in 2 or 3 months, but only if it’s a pretty language with mostly pretty words and if it’s also a category 1 language, such as Dutch / English / Norwegian / Esperanto / Italian / Spanish / Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Limburgish / Danish etc - these 11 languages can definitely be learned super fast in a few months, if one spends most of the time learning new words and watching all sorts of videos in the target language with subs in the target language + the English sub shown at the same time, however, it also depends on the learner, and on how many hours a day are spent watching many vocab videos and many other videos teaching that category 1 pretty language, but there are some dudes that could learn a new language that’s pretty in a few months! I use the best and fastest language learning methods - I started learning languages on my own about 10 months ago or so, and I’ve been focusing mostly on Icelandic and German (and trying to get my Dutch vocab to a native speaker level) over the past few weeks, and I always learn as many words as possible by watching many vocab videos multiple times over a period of time (aka spaced repetition) until I can automatically remember each word, plus I naturally have great observational skills and great pattern recognition skills and great analytical skills which also helped me a lot to remember and recall certain words and to understand how each new language works etc, and I watch all sorts of videos with subs in the target languages (or with both English subs and subs in the target languages at the same time) and I learn all the prepositions / verbs / conjunctions etc and the pronunciation rules in the beginning usually and I watch lots of videos on grammar and stuff, which is a very efficient and very effective method with permanent results, because once a word is seen and heard enough times for it to become part of my permanent memory and automatic memory! I learned Dutch to an advanced level (over 8.000 base words) after only focusing on it for about 3 months or about 300 hours of study, which is super fast - the best way to learn a language fast is, to memorize as many thousands of words as possible, as fast as possible, and then to observe how others use those words in sentences and do the same, and its also important to learn the alphabet and all the pronunciation rules (they will give the learner an inkling of what most words would sound like) and always learn each word with its pronunciation (even if one learns / knows the pronunciation rules, one shouldn’t rely on them, and one should still listen to how each word is pronounced) and, watching videos on grammar and sentence structure and prepositions / articles / verb conjunctions etc is also as important as watching the vocab videos!
That really helps! Thank you Brian!
I know English and Latvian fluently!
I am currently at an intermediate level with French as I have been learning it for many years in school, except I never really had initiative in learning it myself until pretty recently, which is why I'm looking at these videos.
Now I'm speaking to someone fluent in French once every week, I make sure to go over vocabulary i come across and don't know, and listen to a lot of French music (and learn the lyrics which I really enjoy doing). I also use Duolingo, but I've found it most useful at this intermediate stage than at a beginner stage because it's like going over and making sure I know all of these phrases and words.
Great tips! I'll try listening to podcasts whilst walking!
Brian, I would love to know more about your process of learning to read and write Arabic. Thanks for inspiring me to keep learning!
Very good video! I disagree with writing of Duolingo though. It should not be the only tool to learn a language, but it has greatly helped me understanding Portuguese and Spanish grammar. It is a great way to still stay involved with a language, especially when you have a very busy day!
Duolingo does not help you to become fluent in a language, However, It should be the first to do because it helps you with the basics.
Very true ! Duolingo is great with basics and can definitely be a great start for learning a language, and can help you with more than just basics as well :)
Totally agree with you. I used duolingo only when I started learning french from scratch and it helped me a lot, the best learning resource to me by far and i'm doing really well with the spanish course too
Duolingo is totally fine especially if you not have a lot of time.
That's my thoughts. Duolingo is really the only reason Im still learning Japanese
Thanks for the clear no BS way to learn a new lang. I'm gonna attempt German and need good ways to learn it.
انا اسراء من مصر وانهارده قررت اتعلم الانجليزيه ،من الصفر ،بجد ادتني حافز اني ابدا ومن دلوقتي انهارده 2023/9/10 هرجع بعد سنه إنشاءالله ،وفي الوقت ده اكيد هكون اتعلم الانجليزيه بطلاقه 😊❤
Hello, I'm Christopher from Mexico and I would like to learn Arab but actually I'm learning Greek, so good luck with that
Good look! How's it going?
I hope it’s going good!
This is amazing! Also, I learnt English when I was younger and now I'm starting to learn Italian, here's a bonus tip if anyone sees this: Look for things you like in the language you're trying to learn. Music and movies or series help a lot, but you can also go for videos on your favorite topic! Helps more than you realize :)
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
yess i wanna learn italian but i need to find some it tv shows/movies 😭
Ciao
Hello friend I'm learning Italian too do you have any movies/series recommendations please? Much appreciated!
Basically digging the topic that we love to talk about, right?
Im from Luxembourg so i speak Luxembourgish. Here we learn german at the first grade, french at 3rd grade and english at 8th grade. My parents are from cape verde so I speak the cape verdian language too. I learned Portuguese by myself (similar to the cape verdian language). Now I’m at uni, Spanish is my next goal
Regarding typing, I think this depends on what type of learner you are. For me, writing down the lecture at university helped me quite a bit in committing the material to memory while for others this distracted them from listening. Same is true for me with learning languages.
Duolingo actually really helped me with learning the Cyrillic alphabet
I totally agree with you Brian. Mastering a language requires a lot of time and effort to be put together into this process. More effectively, practice listening and speaking the targeted language as much as you can.
Thank you so much im learning Korean & i can say these was a helpful peace of advice I'll definitely keep all of this in mind ❤️
I've been learning languages since I was a teenager and it's been such a rewarding journey. I learn English, German, Italian and Turkish and, like the speaker, I'm not a language genius, just someone who has found effective methods. It's refreshing to hear honest advice about language learning.
Quick-fix promises can be tempting, but real progress takes time and effort. I've found that consistent time every day, even if it's just 15 minutes, really pays off. The speaker's walking technique is brilliant! I've used similar methods and they've helped me improve my listening and speaking skills so much.
Connecting with native speakers, whether online or in person, has also been invaluable. Making mistakes can feel embarrassing, but they're part of the learning process. It has actually helped me improve more quickly. Overall, this video is full of practical tips and encouragement, and I can't wait to incorporate some of these ideas into my own language learning routine!
Thank you for your advice, God bless you
It feels weird seeing him speak entirely in English, great advice buddy شكرا
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
Shukran?
I‘m learning German for 1 month,im making a good progress
Thanks for the positive energy ♥️♥️
viele glücks mein freund!
@@qr8440 danke♥️
@Wilter Joannes Ja es ist super!
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
It's the best strategy ever given with learning languages,... thank you sir.❤
One of the things I like to do is learn some words in the language I am learning and then listen to the music of the language I am learning.
Thank you, Brian! This was a great video, and I agree with everything you said. I'm studying Jordanian Arabic and making steady progress due to helpful tips that I've learned online from polyglots like you. I appreciate you taking the time to make a video about the strategies that have brought you success. I, too, think that hand writing words is not an efficient way to learn how to SPEAK a language or pronounce words individually or in the context of phrases. I write or type every single word and expression that I learn in Arabic out phonetically for myself with Latin letters so that I can remember how to say them, keeping a record also of the Arabic spelling. And I use Anki to review those phrases and sentences effectively.
good for you
@@shsnhjssnns3782 thank you so much! ☺
2:57 hold on! Am I the only one still writing with pen and paper every day as ritual? Am I better than others? 😂
I still write down with pen and paper too! Scientifically speaking, writing down notes is correlated to better memory retention which makes this more advisable than typing out notes 👍🏼
I think using pen is helpful for remember what you write, but it takes so much time. sorry for my english, i'm learning it:))
I love writing.. Will do it still
Writing down with pen & paper makes me remember more 😂😂😂
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
You're a nice kind, sweet soul Brian MashaAllah 💜Brian thank you for existing 🙏🏻
You are so inspiring, actually you speak Egyptian Arabic better than me however I have been studying your language for years and can't get the accent like your way you got mine.
I'm Egyptian and I'm trying to learn english so, can you make more videos about this language as you are a native speaker .
we can learn more from you .
Thanks ☺️☺️
Mazen.
Thank you so much for your honesty. I've been learning Spanish for 3 years now because I now live in a Spanish speaking country. You are so correct about reducing the amount of English you speak because it kills progress. Interacting more in Spanish along with watching and listening Spanish videos and audios are EXTREMELY helpful 👌. Thanks for your amazing content and continue making more 😉
Ich denke auch
from what people are saying, learning a language is a lot like learning an instrument. at first you practice the basics like posture and proper technique depending on the instrument. you start learning how to play certain notes and even some chords.
from there you try to link some of those notes and chords in a way that makes sense. you build your muscle memory and dexterity and after awhile the awkwardness and sensory overload starts to go away and you feel yourself flowing a little more. its easier to hit certain notes and you generally play them better and clearer.
at that point you're able to learn a song, and another, and another; improving your ears, timing, and technique where the music you're playing actually is starting to sound good. you'll find yourself recognizing certain notes and maybe even some chords in songs you might hear around. you're getting familiar with the scale your instruments tuned in which gives you freedom the to play around a little since you understand what does and doesn't sound good together.
you're now familiar with the learning process and you know how to improve in specific areas. you know where to go for help and resources if you need it and you're capable of learning independently if you haven't been already. from here things tend to smooth out as you get more and more experienced. pretty soon you're able to play for other people or even play well enough to join a band for jam sessions.
understanding this instrument will also make it easier to learn another, as you already know what to expect.
Thank U brian, your concept about "listening while walking" very useful
Hey ! Thanks for your video, I found it by chance but absolutely don't regret watching it. I'm still in college so I don't have time to learn new languages but it's definitely on top of my to-do list, and based on personal experience your advice feels trustworthy.
After my second year of middle school I started to really enjoy learning english so as I already watched lots of youtube videos I started to watch some in english, and by my first year of high school I'd begin to speak english quite fluently, even though I wasn't aiming for this at all. And yes, enjoying yourself makes learning way more efficient.
As for Google translate, I genuinely agree that it has improved a lot over the last years. I'd say it used to be very literal, at least It felt like it. I'm french and I hear a lot that french grammar is a bit hard to master compared to other languages though as a native speaker it's difficult to judge. The point is, when I translated something, let's say 7/8 years ago, sure I sometimes could make out the meaning of the sentence I translated but most of the time it made no sense. Nowadays you'll almost always get a good french translation, and apparently it's not an easy language so yeah, massive improvement.
Well said Brian
I personally use the writing method by hand it works well with me it helped me to learn English and German
Keep it going Brian you're awesome
Thanks, Eslam!
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
Ja, sur this help any one want to learn and to improve in learning with confidence, thankful ❤
I just bumped to your chanel and your video just inspire me so much! I am trying to learn a new language and I am doing self study!! Your video is such a great help, thank you!
I am Dutch, but got raised bilingually in both Dutch and German. I speak English fluently and now I'm in Sweden for a year and I want to be able to speak Swedish here.
Thanks for the advice!
A great beginner resource I found are "learn while you sleep" videos on CZcams.
These are videos thay are typically 4-8hrs long with an English phrase followed by the phrase in the target language. I'll listen to the audio and try and repeat each phrase the beet I can.
I did this with Serbo-croation and at first I had a hard time repeating the sounds and understanding how the new language worked but I quickly got more comfortable with the pronunciation and picked up the patterns of the language. The videos will also have the text written down so it is a good way to practice reading and checking that the accuracy of what you heard.
This was highly accurate and matches my own experiences while learning languages (the same ones you learned by the way, I'm a native german tho haha)!
I will try the walking technique definitely!
Actually writing my notes by hand makes it a lot easier for me to remember new vocabulary, because I have to fully concentrate on it.
Btw I’m fluent in Czech and English, Spanish on B1 I guess, also I’m starting to learn French and Italian and I want to star learning Japanese as well. This video is really helpful and it’s pushing me to study more 🥰❤️
It's scientifically proven that it's easier to remember words that you've written by hand so just keep on doing it your way
Interesting comments. I'm sure you'd appreciate this fascinating website on language learning: www.thelanguagesecret.com
That's amazing! We have the same language interests. I'm also Czech and fluent both in English and Spanish. I'm very interested in learning French, Italian, Japanese and Mandarin, but I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to. Jaké zdroje používáš na učení? 😅
You guys speaking more than 3 language and i hardly can speak 2 English n Spanish
Took me a lot to improving my english skills but finally i got it!
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Wow this is actually so so helpful, and you seem like you’re just a friend of mine who genuinely wants me to learn
Thanks so much for this video, I’m fluent in Arabic and English but have always wanted to learn many languages growing up (and I’m only a teenager right now but school and studying has taken too much of my personal time)
I’ve been trying to learn Korean on my own for maybe 3 years on and off, and only recently have I noticed that I do have a few basic phrases and words down and it was only because my friend and I were watching this livestream (no subtitles because it was live) and I was just mentioning some things they were saying and she asked “how do you know that? Do you understand them?” And I was like, wow wait a minute this is really cool, “I don’t understand them but I recognise some words and I’m putting them together as phrases”
I convinced a teacher at school to teach Korean because she IS Korean, but to my luck she didn’t put me into her class and I ended up in Japanese with the ex-french teacher who was learning the language WITH us
Next year, I’ve entered a 2 year course to learn Japanese so I hope to be successful and am very passionate about it (and I’m also a little bit ahead of others so that’s really useful)
Again thanks for this video, and to anyone reading this comment I wish you luck on your language-learning journeys!!
If you feel like you’re lagging behind others or are not really making much progress on your own, at least you’re moving slowly and not set in stone 💕
Thanks a million. That’s brilliant. I appreciate it. 🎉 cheers and best regards, Winai
Thanks for telling it how it is! Great stuff man, keep it up! Your Arabic content is 💯
I actually still recommend writing notes by hand, especially if it's in another writing system. In my experience it not only helps you memorize vocabulary better but also makes you more familiar with this writing system and you get used to it quicker. I get that it can be tiring but for me it was definitely worth it. And I say that, having learned to write Chinese characters,, which is true pain lol. I also agree that talking and listening to videos in that language is very helpful, I also recommend watching series and movies that were originally in that language with subtitles. You slowly start to get which phrases to use in what context and just in general I think it's good to also see the people that are talking, maybe it's just me. Lastly, as hard as it may be, try not to directly run to Google translate for everything. Looking up words is fine but don't copy paste whole paragraphs. The people who did this while studying Chinese with me regretted doing so later on. I think everybody has their own way of learning things, so my tip is trying out what fits you best. Most important thing is having fun, though! If you don't enjoy it at all, it's not going to work :)
Exactly my thoughts. Writing consumes time and focus so your brain feels easier to memorize it and gets used to the system.
@@mnlight8308 Honestly reading’s better plus way more fun imo.
@@Acro_LangLearn And it's fine and dandy until you need to write your name in a foreign alphabet or any of your information. Then you will quickly became an illiterate.
@@Barni2212 Uh
@@Barni2212 Gura Padoru
I'm 14 years old. I learn German and Italian. Thanks for this advices. They may help me to continue learning languages. I really enjoyed this video. 😉
Me too l learn Italian we can be friend
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
For the last step you could also try something different. I am learning Romanian, and whenever I am playing an online game, I host a lobby with the name “Limba Romană” (Romanian language) in order to get in contact with native speakers. From my experience they’re all very enthusiastic about a foreigner putting effort into their language.
Man, I love this video, and I 100% agree with all of your tips and advice, and the ones that I do already (totally by coincidence) are really effective, especially listening to podcasts while walking or commuting by bike.
Btw If you need any help learning Arabic or rather the EgyptianDialect I'd be glad to help.
Finding an advanced speaking partner or a tutor is a game changer. I believe that by speaking you can hone your grammar, listening comprehension and your vocabulary as well. Speaking is the most complex skill , but it brings the biggest results if you work on it.
I think I'm on track.. Thanks my friend❤❤
Brian, I'm impressed! I'm a semi-retired teacher of Spanish, ESL, and bilingual education, and I can honestly say that you have some really good points, actually excellent points! Did you learn or study language teaching at a university? Whatever the case, you got talent! And it's a pleasure meeting you!
Brian Wiles is amazingly talented; you can just grab that sense right from lisining to how he puts everything together so neatly collectedly while, sdil, relatively shortly, in this video. 20 fur 20 🎳
حالق شعرك يا براين نعيما 😂❤️
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I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
Hello Brian. I'm an English teacher, and I have to say that I'm impressed by this video. Thanks for respecting people's minds and reflecting the truth about learning a language. I tried searching for your email, but I couldn't find it. I hope you provide it for direct communication. Keep up the good content.
This was a good video to help me fundamentally make my first step
Thank you for this advise. I have just started learning French 5 days ago and yes, I did come across those videos giving advise on how to learn a language in 30 days. I decided to drop the unrealistic expectations and give myself at least 6 months to 1 year. I have the advantage that I also speak Spanish so some of the language is easy to understand.
How is it going?
Progress?
yo!?
I speak Arabic, Hebrew and English.. I started to learn Spanish a month ago and I find it very fun and helpful, My main method is listening to Spanish songs with the lyrics and English translation, and sometime I listen to stories for kids. It’s a very beautiful language 👌🏻
مَرْحَباً
@@kangtheconqueror2 اهلا ❤️ ، كيف حالك ؟
@@psjfree9974 أَنا جَيِّد. كَيْفَ حالك؟
@@psjfree9974 هَل أَنتَ عَرَبِيّ؟
I speak Danish, English, Hebrew, Polish and i am now learning Arabic.
Duolingo is helping me. Writing down things also helps.. Not everybody is as gifted as this chap. He is a natural. But must keep going!
The most realistic video for learning languages, i used to do these techniques actually before and after watching this video I confirmed that what i was doing was very good.
تخلص الثانوية بس وهبدأ تاني في هوايتي المفضلة تعلم اللغات ♥️
@@mohraiel9824 مامعنى
+1
كم لغة تتكلم؟
Me too!!
I've tried a lot of things .but I think learning by listening while walking or doing sport is more enjoyable and effective.
Thanks for these advice
I am acreating Arabic content for beginners. Your suggestions and advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks
real talk - thanks for that
greetings from a language teacher
I speak English and Arabic fluently
I started learning English since I was 5 and now I'm kinda fluent in it, arabic is already my native language, now I'm learning German and I really like it, I have been learning it for 1 month now and my friends and teacher are so impressed how I pronounce exactly like natives, I'm only 14 and it's just my passion and I hope you all learn all of the language you desire ♥️
wow that is awesome!! hey do you want me to help you with your language learning process? i speak 4 languages fluently! Then check out my youtube channel where I share tips and method as well as teach 🇪🇸🇺🇸🇮🇹🇫🇷
hey im 14 and learning german aswell, i was wondering if I could get ur insta or something so that I can gain deeper insight into ur learning methods so we both improve as last year I started learning romanian and got surprisingly fa
@@nelsonsjourney9714 of course write me your insta or snap I'm down to it
When I was 18 and in my first year of university, I already spoke fluent English, Spanish and Galician. It took me 3-5 months to learn Portuguese, becoming basically fluent. It takes a lot of dedication and as he mentioned, significantly easier if you already speak a language closely related to your target language (Spanish - Portuguese 90% lexically similar, Galician - Portuguese 95% lexically similar)
Nice! I speak fluent english and spanish and by talking to Portuguese people, I developed a spanish - portuguese mestizo that was practically Galician, so then I decided to learn it. Right now I'm trying to be more confident and finish learning portuguese.
As linguas románicas son fermosas.
ok but where did you start ? I lack something to begin learning from almost 0
Donde aprendiste portugués? Es que entiendo portugues cuando me hablan, pero necesito llegar a hablar portugués fluidamente.
Galician and Portuguese are the same language, but they are slightly different because they belong to different countries. So what you learnt is a new dialect.
@@JAIRMOREN0
Como tá o seu nível de Português agora?
Brian share your best resources for the first steps of Arabic learning.
let's just take a moment to appreciate how good this man's body language is