Hi everyone! As promised, here are some links mentioned in the video that you might find helpful (also in the description) 😄I'd LOVE to hear about your experiences spending time away from languages and getting back to them. If you haven't gone through that yet, I'd love to know whether you found these tips to be helpful 💪🏼 *A Completely Honest Look at How Bad My German Has Gotten* czcams.com/video/Npgl4zWVykk/video.html *A Completely Honest Look At My Portuguese* czcams.com/video/ZpL8RdX1FAc/video.html *Showing my German, Portuguese, and Spanish After The Refresher!* czcams.com/video/tUvMpo8Mzgs/video.html *How To Make My Language Activity Tracking Sheets* czcams.com/video/gFPCAPUB_Zo/video.html
Honestly I don't think that context is any less important for anyone else than it is for you, with the exception of savants. I am finding that even adding 20 words/phrases a day into Anki, as long as I get those from the material I'm watching or reading, I am at like a 96% correct repeats. I also watched a 30 minute Swedish video yesterday that was quite harrowing, quite an intense story, and I got about 30 new words from it and didn't forget a single one. I know you were talking about the context in which you learned it but... yeah. P.S. If you've replied to any of my comments and I haven't re-replied, my apologies - a lot going on at the moment! Loving the daily series, great job.
I absolutely agree - putting words in your own context helps too, for example making connections between the word and your life or imagining a scenario for it, if that makes any sense? Congratulations on the little one!
Knowing that I can come back to a language has made it easier for me to just focus on ONE and stop juggling between them. You're definitely right, we do essentially underestimate our recall power! Great video again!
I agree with this. After I learnt french for 3 months, i was sick for 2 months (didn't study). I used an input and flashcard approach. I felt like it only took 1-2 weeks to get up to speed, by revising old podcasts and vocabulary. I would say that after every 3 moths of learnig you shoud treat yourself and go back to see the old stuff. Especially for input. 1) You will realise your progress 2) You will fill in your knowledge gaps faster, since you are more likely to know some of the words and know the story 3) You can be nostalgic Maybe even write a letter to yourself!
Hi Robin, definitely loving this daily series! It has kicked my learning motivation into a higher gear and I'm now moving forwards with my learning. I love looking at my tracking sheets and I love how quick and easy they are to make and maintain. Thanks for sharing all your wisdom. Best wishes, Teresa
Hey! As a Brazilian it would be nice to see you reviving Portuguese haha! And yeah I guess cataloguing would be a good strategy. I keep "them" alive in my brain by talking to friend on Whatsapp and Whatsapp groups in each language. Of course I lose a lot... I try to balance it with "leisure learning" and stuff. But quise sure it's not as effective as keeping a catalog and relearning r that from time to time. Stay safe!
Never had the problem I needing to refresh a language coz I simply don't know enough of them, I always thought just doing online tutoring paired with immersion would be a good way to refresh if you were previously mid to high intermediate, another great vid robin
another great video !! I came back to French just over a month ago and this gave me some really good ideas for the future incase I have to stray away from it again. Also, like you said, it surprising how fast it all came back : )
Hello, thanks for the vid. I have a question: when you get to B2~ in a language, which I assume is the time you feel comfortable leaving it and starting another one, do you completely leave the language you just learnt or try and integrate it or continue it once a week or something. If you do does that mean the more languages you know the less time you will have to learn more as you are maintaining more? THanks a lot!
Hi everyone! As promised, here are some links mentioned in the video that you might find helpful (also in the description) 😄I'd LOVE to hear about your experiences spending time away from languages and getting back to them. If you haven't gone through that yet, I'd love to know whether you found these tips to be helpful 💪🏼
*A Completely Honest Look at How Bad My German Has Gotten*
czcams.com/video/Npgl4zWVykk/video.html
*A Completely Honest Look At My Portuguese*
czcams.com/video/ZpL8RdX1FAc/video.html
*Showing my German, Portuguese, and Spanish After The Refresher!*
czcams.com/video/tUvMpo8Mzgs/video.html
*How To Make My Language Activity Tracking Sheets*
czcams.com/video/gFPCAPUB_Zo/video.html
Honestly I don't think that context is any less important for anyone else than it is for you, with the exception of savants. I am finding that even adding 20 words/phrases a day into Anki, as long as I get those from the material I'm watching or reading, I am at like a 96% correct repeats. I also watched a 30 minute Swedish video yesterday that was quite harrowing, quite an intense story, and I got about 30 new words from it and didn't forget a single one.
I know you were talking about the context in which you learned it but... yeah.
P.S. If you've replied to any of my comments and I haven't re-replied, my apologies - a lot going on at the moment! Loving the daily series, great job.
I absolutely agree - putting words in your own context helps too, for example making connections between the word and your life or imagining a scenario for it, if that makes any sense? Congratulations on the little one!
Robin, I'd love to watch some of your basketball highlights
Knowing that I can come back to a language has made it easier for me to just focus on ONE and stop juggling between them. You're definitely right, we do essentially underestimate our recall power!
Great video again!
I agree with this. After I learnt french for 3 months, i was sick for 2 months (didn't study). I used an input and flashcard approach. I felt like it only took 1-2 weeks to get up to speed, by revising old podcasts and vocabulary. I would say that after every 3 moths of learnig you shoud treat yourself and go back to see the old stuff. Especially for input.
1) You will realise your progress
2) You will fill in your knowledge gaps faster, since you are more likely to know some of the words and know the story
3) You can be nostalgic
Maybe even write a letter to yourself!
Hi Robin, definitely loving this daily series! It has kicked my learning motivation into a higher gear and I'm now moving forwards with my learning. I love looking at my tracking sheets and I love how quick and easy they are to make and maintain. Thanks for sharing all your wisdom. Best wishes, Teresa
Hey! As a Brazilian it would be nice to see you reviving Portuguese haha! And yeah I guess cataloguing would be a good strategy. I keep "them" alive in my brain by talking to friend on Whatsapp and Whatsapp groups in each language. Of course I lose a lot... I try to balance it with "leisure learning" and stuff. But quise sure it's not as effective as keeping a catalog and relearning r that from time to time. Stay safe!
Never had the problem I needing to refresh a language coz I simply don't know enough of them, I always thought just doing online tutoring paired with immersion would be a good way to refresh if you were previously mid to high intermediate, another great vid robin
another great video !! I came back to French just over a month ago and this gave me some really good ideas for the future incase I have to stray away from it again. Also, like you said, it surprising how fast it all came back : )
Hello, thanks for the vid. I have a question: when you get to B2~ in a language, which I assume is the time you feel comfortable leaving it and starting another one, do you completely leave the language you just learnt or try and integrate it or continue it once a week or something. If you do does that mean the more languages you know the less time you will have to learn more as you are maintaining more? THanks a lot!