Listening is always the part that takes me the longest to train on. I could say whatever I wanted in Spanish, and I could read 95% of a news article in Spanish, but when someone was having a conversation in front of me, I understood less than half of what they were saying. When I was in conversations, I needed them to speak slowly enough that I could tell the difference between words in order to get what they were saying. After listening to about 50 hours of comprehensible videos in Spanish, I noticed I could follow along with conversations much better. I've noticed in the other languages I've studied so far have run into the same problem, where listening to hear the differences between words takes the longest amount of time for my brain to get used to. Podcasts will probably be very useful for training that too.
Did you notice that after a lot of listening the speed at which they spoke kind of slowed down a little and the words separated and became a little more clear? I found this after watching a lot of Spanish series and movies.
@@PolyglotSecrets I listen to a lot of podcasts at intermediate level in Spanish and understand more or less all of them. There is the odd word that I might not understand but I'd say I understand 90-95% I try to listen to the full context instead of singling out words. The movies/series that I watch are still quite difficult to understand though. I have watched quite a lot of them as well. How did you progress with them Stefani? Did you just carry on and on watching them? Poco a poco.
@@Vamos1969 Yes, poco a poco is always a good philosophy to have. Keep on watching. And if you find something is not working despite trying for a long time, switch it up. Perhaps help yourself with subtitles (they are not the end of the world, as long as you are still engaging and paying attention to the spoken words).
hell yeah, podcasts are awesome for language learning. I always listen to them while cooking or taking a walk, so I do not need to make extra time for them :) I really enjoy these two for Swedish: "Lätt svenska med Oskar" and "simple Swedish podcast"
honestly i'm more on peterpike's than on laura's side. listening is a real challenge and i'm not able to multitask, i have to focus....also i seem to better understand people if i can see them!? the app looks interesting, though. gives you everything you need👍
@@PolyglotSecrets laura couch polyglot also does multitasking, and i can't at all. but i'm also bad at parallel parking, so "on average" might not be too significant on an individual level.... who knows
Hi 👋🏻. Yep that's absolutely true, lear languages with podcasts is so useful in order to skyrocket our level understanding at the same time the grammar spoken 🌎. I love your videos 💯 By the way, what's your native language?
Isle of Tenerife, Spain, Africa. Good video! Yep, it's a privilege nowadays. I learned Spanish as an adult without listening to even one, single, solitary podcast! Why? Because they DIDN'T EXIST. If ONLY! Not one minute of Duolingo. No TH-cam. Not one single app. No audio-books. No Italki sessions. But still we managed to learn languages in those days, so imagine how easy it is nowadays. Hopefully I'll now be able to learn Frisian super easy, right? Best wishes, Patchy.
Intéressant. Je vais télécharger l'APP pour voir. Salutations du Québec !
Listening is always the part that takes me the longest to train on. I could say whatever I wanted in Spanish, and I could read 95% of a news article in Spanish, but when someone was having a conversation in front of me, I understood less than half of what they were saying. When I was in conversations, I needed them to speak slowly enough that I could tell the difference between words in order to get what they were saying. After listening to about 50 hours of comprehensible videos in Spanish, I noticed I could follow along with conversations much better. I've noticed in the other languages I've studied so far have run into the same problem, where listening to hear the differences between words takes the longest amount of time for my brain to get used to. Podcasts will probably be very useful for training that too.
100%. And what you are describing is super common, it takes a while to learn to understand spoken language.
Did you notice that after a lot of listening the speed at which they spoke kind of slowed down a little and the words separated and became a little more clear? I found this after watching a lot of Spanish series and movies.
@@PolyglotSecrets I listen to a lot of podcasts at intermediate level in Spanish and understand more or less all of them. There is the odd word that I might not understand but I'd say I understand 90-95% I try to listen to the full context instead of singling out words. The movies/series that I watch are still quite difficult to understand though. I have watched quite a lot of them as well. How did you progress with them Stefani? Did you just carry on and on watching them? Poco a poco.
@@Vamos1969 Yes, poco a poco is always a good philosophy to have. Keep on watching. And if you find something is not working despite trying for a long time, switch it up. Perhaps help yourself with subtitles (they are not the end of the world, as long as you are still engaging and paying attention to the spoken words).
@@Vamos1969100%, it's a matter of getting used to the language.
hell yeah, podcasts are awesome for language learning. I always listen to them while cooking or taking a walk, so I do not need to make extra time for them :)
I really enjoy these two for Swedish: "Lätt svenska med Oskar" and "simple Swedish podcast"
yes, exactly! They are so perfect for "dead time". Thanks for the Swedish suggestions. I hope I get to those soon 🤞
❤very usefull
Love your channel, thank you so much for your work and your advices! Greetings from Italy👍
Grazie mille!
honestly i'm more on peterpike's than on laura's side. listening is a real challenge and i'm not able to multitask, i have to focus....also i seem to better understand people if i can see them!? the app looks interesting, though. gives you everything you need👍
Of course, we are all different and can have different preferences! That is a disclaimer I should always include :)
@@PolyglotSecrets maybe it's a boy/girl thing? that, on average, girls are better at multitasking? don't know if true or urban legend
@@thomasfleck6552 it's supposed to be true, they say, but I am not sure. I never dug into it enough to speak confidently about it
@@PolyglotSecrets laura couch polyglot also does multitasking, and i can't at all. but i'm also bad at parallel parking, so "on average" might not be too significant on an individual level.... who knows
Have you ever used the imTranslate extension for Chrome? If so, what are your thoughts about it?
Never used it, perhaps I should try
@@PolyglotSecrets I use it extensively on a daily basis. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Hi 👋🏻.
Yep that's absolutely true, lear languages with podcasts is so useful in order to skyrocket our level understanding at the same time the grammar spoken 🌎.
I love your videos 💯
By the way, what's your native language?
Thank you! I am Bulgarian. The Slavic accent is noticeable, right? :)
@@PolyglotSecrets 🥴so I think your English is amazing because I couldn't notice the accent haha.
@@mrsbombardier oh wow, thank you! Accents are usually not my goal, but still, that's cool :)
Is this only for Apple products? I tried doing a search for it with Android and couldn't find anything. I'm sad because it sounds wonderful!
Unfortunately, for now yes, but the founder mentioned they are working on an Android app.
@@PolyglotSecrets Excellent! I'll keep an eye out for it.
Isle of Tenerife,
Spain,
Africa.
Good video!
Yep, it's a privilege nowadays.
I learned Spanish as an adult without listening to even one, single, solitary podcast!
Why?
Because they DIDN'T EXIST.
If ONLY!
Not one minute of Duolingo.
No TH-cam.
Not one single app.
No audio-books.
No Italki sessions.
But still we managed to learn languages in those days, so imagine how easy it is nowadays.
Hopefully I'll now be able to learn Frisian super easy, right?
Best wishes,
Patchy.
Exactly! It used to be so difficult... we sometimes forget how privileged we are to learn so easily with all these props nowadays.
The sound is terrible 😞
Will look into it
@@PolyglotSecrets Counterintuitively, although the medium is video, the audio is the most important.