International Booktuber Tag! 😊💜🌍
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
- It's about time I did the International Booktuber Tag! I'm out in the Swedish country side, among the wildlife 😅 Enjoy my ramblings and appreciation for the international booktube community, as well as my attempts to find the right words and keep my train of thought... what?
I hope you're having a fantastic day, and if not that it gets better. I'm very happy to have you here!
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⭐ The International Booktuber Tag was originally created by Daniela @OnlyIfForAPage and I was tagged by Bryndis @BryndisReadsalot
The original video: • INTERNATIONAL BOOKTUBE...
The Prompts:
1) Where are you from and what is your native language or languages?
2) In what languages do you read books?
3) Is there Booktube in your native language and if so, what is the community like?
4) If there is a Booktube community in your native language, why did you decide to join the international one?
5) Are there any struggles or challenges for you as a non-native English speaker?
6) How do you get hold of English books?
7) What is the best thing about being part of the international community? (You can answer in your native language and add subtitles if you want to.)
8) Do you watch other international Booktube channels? Shout out a channel that you've found recently.
9) Tag your fellow international booktubers!
📚 In this video:
00:00 Intro
00:48 About the Tag
01:14 Prompt 1
01:23 Prompt 2
02:45 Prompt 3
02:59 Prompt 4
04:55 Prompt 5
07:02 Prompt 6
08:58 Prompt 7
11:26 Prompt 8 + Shoutouts / Tags
🌍 International booktubers!
(You are all tagged if you haven't done it already)
@Bryndisdaugtherofgunnar
@Curious-Cat
@becomingabookworm
@marcellaandherbooks8733
@rananajjar
@jesdotx
@themindlessmess
@TheMelodramaticBookworm
#booktube #booktuber #books #tag #tagtuesday #tagvideo #international
ellenmade book club, Subscribed because your content is fantastic!
Thank you, welcome to the club!
So many books and so little time. Have a great summer.
Very true! Trying to make more time for them though but it’s a hard race to win 😅 You too!
It always amazes me when people are able to speak 2 or more languages. In the US, most people speak English and nothing else. I know a little French and a little Spanish - but not enough to read a book - maybe a menu or an ad or something. Good video! But I would like to hear you speak Swedish.
A little is a good place to start! 😊 I had English classes since first grade and then Spanish from 6th grade, and then I continued studying language as my “major” in high school, because I really like it 😊 I have always liked learning languages.
I would have liked to speak Swedish in the video too, but I find myself speaking so unnaturally for some reason! I get a weird accent and talk like I’m speaking to someone who doesn’t know Swedish very well 😂 it’s super weird. Some time I’ll include some Swedish when I sound like myself 😄
Beautiful setting!! It's so lovely to find out more about you through this tag🥰 If it makes you feel better, I also describe every book I read as 'interesting' 😂😂
Thank you! 😊 I love being in the garden! Haha yes thanks that does make me feel better 😂🌸
Seriously though, you are soooo much more articulate as a non native English speaker than I am as a native one. 😂 Loved this tag. Also loved your amazing outside setting. Beautiful!
Haha I doubt that, but that’s very kind of you to say, thank you! 😊 Yes this is my happy place, I’m glad you liked it too 😊
I relate to your answer for prompt two lol.
Glad I'm not alone ^^
Great tag video! 👏
Thank you! 😊💜
Thank you so much for doing this tag! I feel like I know you a bit better now!
I’m happy to hear that! Thank you for watching 😊
I loved your answers and thanks for the shoutout 😊 I loved your setting, so green!!
Thank you so much! 😊🌿
I am always legitimately so impressed by people who can speak fluently in second or third languages. I was learning German for I think two years. I took a break but I am getting back into it this summer so that I don't forget what I already learned! I have really enjoyed learning the language but it's a lot to train your brain. I have thought before about what it would be like to have a channel in another language. To not only be able to speak enough for general content but to also know enough words on a specific topic (like books or reading!).... it's impressive!!
And I'm so glad that we found each other's channels!!
Thank you so much, that warms my heart! I love learning languages, I took German as well for one or two years, can't remember. It's very similar to Swedish (as well as parts of English) and very easy to learn to a certain point, and then all of a sudden it gets really difficult! 😅 I only took that because I had to choose another language, and I didn't want to confuse my Spanish with French or Italian, and Mandarin seemed too difficult haha! So German it was. Didn't stick very well for me as you can imagine haha!
It's so fun though, so definitely the right choice going back to keep it going!
Me too! I love that we can watch each others' videos and chat in the comments and it's like we hung out for a little bit ^^ 💜
@@ellenmadebookclub I took Spanish for two years in high school. I don't remember a whole lot, but it's interesting that when I started learning German, Spanish words started sneaking in too. And then I was so confused trying to think about which language I was trying to think of. 🤣 I really like German, though, and I really do want to keep learning more. I didn't realize that Swedish is a similar language!!
@@BonnieNicoleWrites Haha yeah I know what you mean, I’ve had that happen too.
Yes a lot of the words are similar, kind of like house is haus I think and in Swedish it’s hus. But the structure is different, putting the verb last and all that, we don’t do that ^^
@@ellenmadebookclub It definitely took a lot of getting used to putting the verb last! But it's so cool how grammar works in other languages!
@@BonnieNicoleWrites True! My dad used to tell this story about an interpreter in the UN or something where they had this huge conference and he was interpreting from German, and the German guy just kept on talking and talking and then you could hear the interpreter trying to whisper to him in complete panic "Give me the f-ing veerrb!!!" 😂
I love the train honks 😂 I love the change of scenery! I would have never known that English is not one of your native language 😲!! I live in the US so I have to use English constantly but I'm pretty sure my speaking English is worse than yours 💀 I think you're so good at articulating your thoughts! Also SAAAME. I leave such long comments because I love talking (blabber mouth here) 😅 I'll be sure to check out the youtubers you've mentioned!
Haha thank you for your kind words 😊 I would never have guessed English wasn’t your first language either, what is it then? This was one of my points in the long discussion I cut out haha that the definition of an “international booktuber” is based on what language they speak, it’s so weird 😂 So many people are immigrants and have other first languages or live in a country where English is spoken because of colonialism, so which one of those is international..? So weird.
Thank you so much for being here Mimi, I always love your long comments! Makes me feel less weird for ranting all over the internet haha and I appreciate hearing your thoughts too obviously 😂 🚂
@@ellenmadebookclub Yess! I think English is more of a connecting language than anything. So many people speak it with different variations in tones, and usage. English is actually my second language! Vietnamese is my first but now I feel like I'm not good at either of them since I don't have much usage for Vietnamese outside my family conversations 😩
And of course!! I love your videos, and the book recommendations. I'm here for expanding my reading depth 🧡Your video is so calming and relaxing. It's always a good place to sit down and watch when I'm trying to take a break from work hehe
@@itsmimiduong I agree! I think that’s a benefit of speaking it as a second language, having that outside perspective. It’s like knowing a code to communicate with so many different people, and maybe first language English speakers (?! You know what I mean haha) take that for granted, or fail to appreciate what a resource it is. Not all, but many.
I’m so glad to have learned that about you. I hope you find more ways to use your first language, that’s a really special part of our identity and bond to ancestors or like, the people that came before us and went through their struggles. I find myself thinking in English sometimes and I know that’s not the same, but I get how important your first language is.
Oh I love that! Thank you so much, what an honor to be a part of your break time. That is precious!
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Nejjjj, jag vill höra dig pratar svenska! Och jag behöver tipsar om vilka bok kanaler att titta på på svenska 😅 Totally feel you about how much of a difference it makes to exchange with someone who also has a channel - I've been enjoying our little comments conversations so much 💛 and I'm also discovering many new great channels thanks to you!!! Thanks for tagging me ^^ I'm so behind with all the videos I need to edit and post, but I'll definitely do the tag as soon as I'm a bit more caught up.
Haha oh no, I’m so sorry to disappoint 😂 I will try to fit in some Swedish at some point, by popular demand! I’ve got nothing in terms of channels in Swedish though, I rarely watch any. Im sure there are great ones, I just don’t watch them.
Oh me too, it’s been so lovely talking to you! 😊💜
And no rush on the tag, like I said I was tagged weeks ago! And you’re not behind, you’re doing it at the pace that works for you, and that varies, so it’s all good! We are not an algorithm, an algorithm can’t take a trip to Spain 😊
@@ellenmadebookclub Ahah no worries ^^ I'd like to watch some Swedish booktube, but I'm struggling to find channels at all (and then, ones that I like).
I'm behind in the sense that I have several videos tied to May or early June (even April!!! - the This or That video you tagged me one - it's filmed, just not edited yet, but it's coming), so I want to publish them asap. And then, I have a pipeline of stuff that will feel already pretty "old" to me when it gets published XD Like the Write for Life wrap-up or if I publish my vacation vlogs 1.5 months after I actually came home XD It's really not a big deal, it's not self-imposed pressure, just that I'm eager to publish them and share them with people, so I'm a bit impatient ^^
@@Curious-Cat Yes I get that, I’m the same! 😊 Most things are only old to ourselves though!
@@ellenmadebookclub That's a good point 😊 I need to remind myself of that!
This was a really fascinating tag. I feel like I learned so much about you. I am so impressed by your ability to speak English. You speak English so well, so naturally. (I would love to hear you speak Swedish too, though.) Thanks for doing this tag. This was just so interesting to me.
Thank you Pat! I’m glad to hear that, I figured it would be kind of boring to most people, so that means a lot! 😊
I had English classes since first grade, it was kind of an experiment, but most kids in Sweden have English class from 3rd grade. Not everyone has a mind or interest for it, but I have always liked learning languages and chosen it whenever I could. And lots of literature at university is in English too, so even if I didn’t study it there, it was still a big part of whatever I studied.
I would have liked to speak Swedish in the video too, but I find myself speaking so unnaturally for some reason! I get a weird accent and talk like I’m speaking to someone who doesn’t know Swedish very well 😂 it’s super weird. Some time I’ll include some Swedish when I sound like myself 😄
@@ellenmadebookclub I am often impressed by how well people in Europe speak English, but your English is exceptional. I think the Swedish experiment to introduce English at such a young age was an obvious success with you. I don’t think we do nearly as good a job of teaching other languages here in the U.S.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 That’s very sweet of you to say, thank you. 💜
Yes, you have the advantage of already knowing a worldwide language, so it would definitely be smart to add other ones. If nothing else to gain understanding for what it’s like for the rest of us 😂 And it’s so much fun! A great insight into other cultures, when you start learning expressions and jokes and so on, it’s like poetry in itself.
@@ellenmadebookclub absolutely! I did learn another language and even minored in it in college. I was once able to speak, read, and write in Spanish. I was semi-fluent, but nowhere near the level that you are in English. Sadly, my use of Spanish waned over the many years since I was in college. You do lose what you don’t use.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Yes I’m not as fluent in Spanish as I used to be either. I was never completely fluent but I could sort of have a conversation 😅 but it comes back to you quicker when you’ve learned it once before. I really want to keep what I learned in Spanish to, not sure exactly how, but reading easier books might be one way. And watching movies and TH-cam videos in Spanish is good as well, I love Almodóvar’s films and Pan’s Labyrinth which is also in Spanish 😊 it’s nice just to listen to and imagine you’re enjoying some nice tapas!
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