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Я изучаю русский язык 5 лет, самостоятельно -дома. Currently I can speak and listen at A1 level. And I can read books at A2 and watch videos with subtitles at A2. My goal this year is to be able to read at B1 level so that I can speak comfortably at A2! I have that same graded reader book by Olly Richards и Точка Ру А1!

I’m glad I’m found your channel. I’ve been learning Russian for 5 years so far. For C1 German study tips I recommend a TH-camr named “iclal”. I recommend her video: “how I’m studying for an advanced language exam | My C1 russian routine”. Even though it’s for Russian you can use those same tips for German! (Plus she also took C1 German test last year!)

Умничка! Успехов тебе!

Really insightful, thanks for sharing!

well done on the Russian study! A very rewarding language to learn

dang that's a lot of languages! brava!

i'd love to pick up my german again as well, good luck!

Trzymam kciuki!

good luck with that!!

Good luck with all your languages in the new year!

Amazing I will also learn French in 2025

Wow you’re back after a year!

Yaaaaaay you’re back!!! I’ll need to post my version of this video soon 😆 so excited for you!!! Can’t wait to talk with you and Emily!!!

You aren't on here much. Can you tell me how you learned German and the process? If you do not feel comfortable with making a video on your entire journey, can you let me know what tools you used and the apps you liked or didnt like? Is living in the country what helped? Thank you.

Once a year I come back here just to check if you’ve posted any updates! I’m still learning Russian 👍🏾

Interesting! Which part of China are your grandparents from? I thought maybe your parents are from Hongkong or Canton, so you want to learn Cantonese. But actually from India... wow By the way, i am a native Cantonese speaker who is learning Hindi, do you have a plan to learn Hindi, too? 😁

You are so inspiring! 🧡 How was it getting back to the violin after 20 years? I'm also thinking of getting back to it (although I was pretty much just an upper beginner when I quit). I also really love how you spent some time talking about your hobbies, as someone who's also passionate about them! I haven't seen a lot of creators do that.

i also simultaneously feel like my russian is going everywhere and nowhere haha

This was so fun! I really want to get back into hobbies as well, it’s so hard as “an adult” for some reason

thanks for the update!

I know Russian but do not know where to start with Being able to read Mandarin characters

How did you learn Mandarin? Can you make a video please

Congratulations!

what are you? your IG only says you are a Brit Asian.

Hello Jess! Just today I started to renew my love for learning languages, and for pure coincidence TH-cam recommended this video to me :) I've lived in Germany for longer than 5 years, and I'm impressed at your attitude for learning the language, specially finding a group of friends, yay! Congrats, and best of luck for 2024!

first time seeing your channeln and wanted to say this is rather inspirational for someone looking to improve his german and to reach HSK level 3 mandarin. proud of you

Congratulations, Jess 🎊🎉 it’s SO AWESOME how you did a C1 German course and that your level has gone beyond the intermediate level!!! It’s also awesome how you were able to make progress in your other languages. Also, had no idea you dabbled in Polish!!! How awesome!!! Wishing you the very best in 2024 ✨

Hi! I'm russian and I think that your russian is very good) Great job!

Hello! this is very motivational. I aspire to be as good as you are! I find it impressive how you manage to learn so many languages, even if it's just some conversaitonal phrases, it's already so worth it and fun. I'm also learning the same languages as you. I must say consumming many different kind of medias has really helps with german. But then for russian and mandarin I'm still a complete beginner because I've only started recently 😅

Was actually thinking about messaging you today to film a new video 😂🩵 that’s so awesome! Rooting for you with all your languages! So cool how you can express yourself in German (and Chinese and Russian!) and that you’re able to understand more Russian. Wish I could continue with Russian, but maybe in the near future when I’m at a higher level with my other languages 🙈

I added you to this playlist. th-cam.com/play/PLF79I0k4_klwJSUW315kOBzaf9CMamXLb.html 800 views already.

You speak really good Italian for how little you have been learning it! 😍As a native speaker and language teacher, I love listening to Italian learners' stories like yours. And so cool that you're visiting my hometown Bologna! I would have liked to show you around if I were in town 😄I know it sounds weird from a random follower/stranger in your comments, but I love meeting people from other countries and practicing speaking other languages 🥰 Anyway... enjoy, buon viaggio!☀

my fav 😍😍😍 Italian is def on my list 💕 so happy for you! and yeah! left handed was considered "evil", so wild!

I share your passion for learning many languages but I found out that I can’t make progress without both consistency and intensity. I tried to learn Chinese, Japanese and Spanish at the same time and it wasn’t doable. Especially languages that are hard for us take more than one hour a day to crack the language barrier. Spanish was relatively easy for me after learning German and English up to a high level, but Japanese was difficult even after 2 years of Chinese and being familiar with Chinese characters.

I'm learning some new languages too

Hello Jessica (hope I spelt it correctly) ! Your language learning journey seems exciting I also want to work on my German to reach a good level of fluency and I thought of giving Russian a try. I found the concept of islands interesting, cause it's true that I tend to rely on these to push me while learning. My 'islands topics' also relates to learning skills, sciences and also music and art in general. Your videos really motivated me and I wish you the best ! I don't know if you plan to do a video on Chinese but that would be great too.

Amazing! I hope I get this fluent in Russian one day..

🤣🤣🤣 I am an American I speak German and I am Learning Russian, when you were speaking Russian and then said B eins and then started laughing and said Nein! I was like what’s wrong?? My brain was like yup B eins totally normal 🤣😂🤣 I didn’t even realize you had switched. I do this allllll the time, when I was doing my masters on Germany I had to learn Spanish as part of it and in class when we would partner up I would switch to German in the conversations without realizing it and the looks on my partners faces were priceless 🤣🤣 so much confusion all around

The TH-cam dark overlord brought me here. I really appreciate your honesty and self reflection. Life is hard when you only have 1440 minutes in a day. I haven't made my studies a priority, but I am definitely inspired to continue working on my Russian. Thank you for your video!

Great to hear you speaking both!! Your German and Russian sound great! Can't say much about Russian since I am still very much a beginner lol, but your German vocabulary is so broad! I hope you enjoy your time in Berlin too. I used to live there until the pandemic started. Unforgettable place!

I set a goal for B2 too last year, failed it too because it turned out not to be a top priority, and was not studying intensely either. I feel you on that but I LOVE your reflections you shared! I know many content creators who are studying Russian and German at the same time, more often than other language pairs. Personally I would probably be too overwhelmed with cases with both of those languages at the same time, German cases were, dare I say, almost a piece of cake. Russian on the other hand...NEXT level for me but I am not giving up lol. I love the Russian with Max podcast as well! Keep going and cannot wait to see how you progress!

Just found this channel. Really like this video in that there are yearssss in between when you last talked about your Russian progress. That as well as the fact that we need to keep working on our languages, feels like a much more realistic representation of what hobby/part time language learning is really like. I'm curious to know if there is a way to just stay at A2 level, studying just enough to not lose skills but also too much to move up in levels. All the best with German, Russian, and life in general

Ur foreign accent

Бабуля….😊 Ты так хорошо говоришь на русском и немецком)) Так держать!

Умница! Продолжай учить языки! У тебя всё получится!

JESS!!!!!! Your Russian learning journey, and language learning in general is so inspiring!!!!! Honestly, when I watch videos of you speaking Russian it inspires me and gives me hope that I can do that, too!!!!! Please do your best to have fun and let go of the need to be "perfect." Making mistakes is inevitable! It's a great way to learn and become better!!!!! I am rooting for you!!! 🥰

Привет. Касательно живого общения на русском языке и связанных с этим сложностей. Мне приходят в голову две рекомендации для улучшения разговорных навыков. 1) Можно явно дать понять собеседнику, чего от Вас ждать. Так, девушка-иностранка может сказать: "Я иностранка и только учу русский язык". Точно так же парень-иностранец может сказать: "Я иностранец и только учу русский язык". 2) Если собеседник знает, что у Вас бывают сложности с русским языком, то Вы можете попросить у собеседника помощи в улучшении языка. Например, с помощью фразы: "Если я что-то неправильно говорю, Вы меня пожалуйста поправляйте". Думаю это может помочь.

Which course did you take? How did you find it?

Olly's short stories are awesome~ Love your JJK shirt ! Do you read manga written in Russian ? Might be worth giving it a go. You should be able to enjoy slice of life stories 🤭✌️

Очень хорошо говоришь по русский за всего год. Желаю тебе успеха и в изучении русского языка, ты всего добьёшься.