My Georgian friend learned English almost completely from watching cartoons, movies, and tv shows as a kid. A lot of the time there weren't even any subtitles so he was just listening without understanding anything at first. I was so impressed, but then I realized that when I was first learning Japanese (the first language I ever learned), most of my knowledge came from simply watching and listening to media in Japanese. Even now I feel like most of my language learning in any of the languages I'm studying comes from videos. 😂
Funnily enough I’m learning Georgian at the moment in much the same way as your Georgian friend learned English 😁 I swear as much as 75% of my “study” time is just watching TV, movies and youtube videos!
but, you just sit there and watch Japanese TV without subtitles and slowly it goes in? Even if just listening? I live in Japan, and I work from home a lot. I could literally have Japanese TV on 24/7 and just listen but it feels like it would't work well.
as much as I like structuring my learning, I ALWAYS end up learning most of the language by actually just watching TV. It makes speaking the language so much easier, and once you're speaking you learn so much more than from books
That's how I improved in english and french. French is our national language but not all of us speak french fluently. When I was at high school, my french teacher advised us to more listen audio and video in french, because most of the students struggled with speaking and vocabulary. As an introvert, I used to watch tv and read book instead of playing outside with other children so my level in french was better than the other. Watching english contents also help me a lot. But the trick is now I can't enjoy a show in other languages (japanese, korean, thai, chinese...) without picking vocabulary, grammar or expression anymore.
4:30 this reminds me, when at the age of 3 i moved to Italy from Bangladesh my parents had me watch cartoons, especially peppa pig on TV ALL DAY. to get me to learn italian😭😭😭 and IT WORKED, i literally started going to pre-school the next year and could speak italian better than this other bengali friend of mine who was born in italy, hence had more time to learn the language. And currently I'm learning Thai which I've gotten into from thai songs and TV series; I realised after watching this video that watching all those series actually helped my brain pick up a couple of random thai words here and there which is actually crazy
I'd recommend watching something you're already familiar with. The first movie I've ever watched in English was Pirates of the Caribbean and I'd already watched it in my native language plenty of times; I even knew some of the lines by heart. There were plenty of words I didn't know but because I was so familiar with the movie already, it wasn't exhausting or overwhelming whatsoever
As a beginner, I've only ever been able to use books and apps to learn Japanese and Portuguese. I've felt like it's been a safe space for me especially since I wanted to move at a much slower pace than most people. I've never heard of Lingopie until now so I think I'll get out of my comfort zone and try it as well as the methods mentioned in this video. Thank you Lindie❤
Great advice Lindie. I especially struggle with finding shows at my (A1-A2 level) that aren’t kids shows. Like you said. Thanks for the tips! Спасибо большое за совет))
I am a Mexican that was born in the US so sadly my first language was english because I was born with speech problem. I know the basic of Spanish but would love to become fluent in Spanish. I can understand Spanish now but I don’t know certain vocabs and I’m also not confident in speaking it. I have recently changed my phone setting to Spanish to help me and I have also tried watching shows/ movies in Spanish and reels and TikTok in Spanish and I think it’s been helping. But I also find myself going back to English a lot. I’m really trying to be committed but it’s really hard.
Thank you for the inspiring video! Showing how you use the tool was interesting & useful. I tried Lingopie before with Portuguese. I’ve watched their European Portuguese videos. I can recommend the tool although their library in that language was a bit limited when I used the tool. In addition, I have used a similar tool called Yabla when Lingopie didn’t exist. The shadowing approach is especially effective because it developed my reaction speed - a skill that is essential when trying to speak the language when travelling. It depends on the content and the background but based on my experience it’s even possible to start learning a language (e.g. Italian) as an absolute beginner by just watching videos and go very far. My recipe was to first watch the videos with double subtitles, then with target language subtitles and finally without any subtitles.
This video is exactly what I need as I was just looking to get back to studying my Korean and was considering using dramas. I know that just watching them normally doesn't do anything and was thinking through the best approach to actually gain meaningful practice from it 😃
Thank you so much for all the tips! I decided to come back to learn Swedish but this time I have less time, so it will be helpful to do shadowing at least while I'm doing some chores. Me alegra de todo corazón verte brillar de nuevo 💖🙏✨
OMG I did all the things that you said with English and I learned it!!! I know it sounds pretty standard, but here in Chile, almost anybody speaks it. And when I studied Japanese, same situation. Walking at night to take the subway after class, I would have entire conversation with myself in Japanese. I also interact with shows, it is so thrilling to say the phrase before the character and have guessing right!!! 😁 Now I do it with Chinese when I watch shows, passive and active learning forever!!!❤
I loved the idea of replying to the question that was made on the show! Ill definitely be doing that from now on, thank you! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷 (Brazilian shows are indeed great lol)
The frustrating thing with a lot of subtitles in Japanese (at least on Amazon Prime) is that the speech doesn’t match the subtitles! The subtitles are abbreviated or summarized versions of the audio, which is only good if you’re super advanced at C2. One reason for this issue is that subtitles have copyrights, and may not be available outside of Japan. Another reason is that subtitle culture is different. Your best bet is often using a VPN with closed captioning for the hearing impaired, which may not always be available. Definitely something like lingo pie or satori reader is a better reader.
Great video, Lindie! These methods are spot on for developing vocabulary, pronunciation and listening skills using TV shows. I've used them myself a lot (especially the first two) and they've been incredibly helpful. Keep up the great work!"
I like how I've heard instead of 'my brain makes this shift' - 'my brain makes this shit' and it's still was completely logical :D I love when watching yt I find youtubers who speak English not just on the basic level, but also using more advanced vocab which I don't know or don't hear very often (you Lindie, and recently Hannah Alonzo (maybe because she's an educator?):)). Then I can tell myself that I'm not only relaxing but also learning at the same time!
I can speak a little Spanish and the absolute tiniest bit of French in addition to my native English. I have a goal of learning Italian and Greek....maybe Russian and Japanese someday. Lately, I just cannot focus on languages. But most of the people who go to my church are "Russian" (from various countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union), and I know at least some of them learned English by listening to the radio. That blew my mind. We would have to start living on earth for about 500 years for me to have enough time to pick up a language like that. I'm typing this before I watch the video, and can't wait to see how it's actually done.
Thank you for some great advice! I've been trying to feel out how to learn with all the content out there in Korean. I've been listening to music while I do chores and watching different things. It's been pretty slow for me but I catch words here and there. I think doing what you've suggested will help a ton with learning :)
Hi Lindie.. I am currently studying korean now.. I listen to podcast and korean news as my study method.. What do you think is the most effective way to learn faster..? Thank you 😊
This is actually how I learn English now. It was fun to watch a show and learn at the same time. I have been looking for ways to learn prases that native speakers use on a daily basis. I make notes, apply the phrases to different context and use AI to practice with. The only problem is I struggle to recall specific words or phrases during conversations, even if I understand them well. Any idea how to work on this?
Hey lindie great video I wrote a comment on this video already but now i can not find it so i writing it again and hope you will see it and Sorry if you see that comment twice now What shows or TH-cam videos do you watch in hungarian can you recommend some I'm learning hungarian myself
As a Chinese learner, I'm not sure how shadowing would be a good method for beginners (like me) or lower intermediate learners. Even though embedded subtitles are provided, that doesn't help with no new characters unless you're on lingopie specifically...
I feel like I need to up my game when it comes to Hungarian. I hardly speak it nor watch much content online in the language. Been learning it for over a year now and still can't form sentences.
1. Not everyone learns aurally. If you do not, this is not the method to begin a language in. 2. A novel has 5000-10000 unique/different words. Harry Potter book 1 has over 5000 such words. So, children's content does not mean fewer words. I would suggest reading a real book (not a graded reader) before tackling a TV show. 3. Another thing to keep in mind. Each person may use a very limited number of words to express themselves, but that set is unique to each person. When you read a book by one author, they are repeating the same words and grammar structures over and over again. Each episode of a series can be written by a different writer or team of writers. That means more variety and less repetition. 4. Ideally, what you want to do is to be able to fairly instantly recognise written words and then practice 'speaking' using audio content. Remember, roughly half of speaking is listening. You can simplify your thoughts, but the person you are listening to need not also do that. The better you can understand the responses to what you said or asked, the easier it is to converse. 5. Notice that she is talking near the end about moving around the Romance languages. If you speak a couple of Romance languages, you can easily start learning another by just watching video content because you know so many cognates. Where you do not know the roots and so nothing is familiar in any way, audio/video content is going to be much less effective. That's why I say read a book first. That will give you the vocabulary basis to understand the core of the spoken language.
I am learning Afrikaans. I watch Juffrou Linky on TH-cam with my toddler. I found a couple of movies on Netflix. Fluent Fiction is a good website too. I would like to watch movies or shows in Afrikaans. Can you recommend where I can find Afrikaans content to watch?
That sounds great, I haven't heard of those resources! You can try looking up some TV channels that have TH-cam channels, like KykNet, Via, or Boer Soek n Vrou (popular series), or even Lisa met die Rooi Hare (she does reviews of local TV shows).
The problem is, most people want to watch TV for entertainment purposes and so they're not going to choose TV shows where they can actually learn the language. They're going to use action movies where characters say things that people would never say in real life. You do have good ideas, but I don't agree with using subtitles in both languages cuz most people will only focus on their native language if they are reading subtitles.
This sounds very particular to a specific type of person. Everyone is different. I personally dislike action/fantasy/sci-fi and would never watch things that people would "never say in real life", so for me, watching shows is a great way to learn because it's worked for me in the past and I still see it working. But if that's not the way you enjoy learning, that's fine! To each their own.
I like to listen with subtitles even though I'm not fluent in reading the language( I'm pretty beginner lvl actually). I concentrate more on all the content so I'm more actively listening. It helps me with both reading and listening practice. It's hard to keep that going for a long time though so sometimes I turn off the subtitles just to listen passively for a while too.
As a beginner i actually like mixing hard and easy content. Idk why but it helps me bridge things and usually helps me hear common words more often.
I couldn't agree more! It's good to hear I'm not the only one. :)
My Georgian friend learned English almost completely from watching cartoons, movies, and tv shows as a kid. A lot of the time there weren't even any subtitles so he was just listening without understanding anything at first. I was so impressed, but then I realized that when I was first learning Japanese (the first language I ever learned), most of my knowledge came from simply watching and listening to media in Japanese. Even now I feel like most of my language learning in any of the languages I'm studying comes from videos. 😂
Funnily enough I’m learning Georgian at the moment in much the same way as your Georgian friend learned English 😁 I swear as much as 75% of my “study” time is just watching TV, movies and youtube videos!
but, you just sit there and watch Japanese TV without subtitles and slowly it goes in? Even if just listening?
I live in Japan, and I work from home a lot. I could literally have Japanese TV on 24/7 and just listen but it feels like it would't work well.
as much as I like structuring my learning, I ALWAYS end up learning most of the language by actually just watching TV. It makes speaking the language so much easier, and once you're speaking you learn so much more than from books
That's how I improved in english and french. French is our national language but not all of us speak french fluently. When I was at high school, my french teacher advised us to more listen audio and video in french, because most of the students struggled with speaking and vocabulary. As an introvert, I used to watch tv and read book instead of playing outside with other children so my level in french was better than the other. Watching english contents also help me a lot. But the trick is now I can't enjoy a show in other languages (japanese, korean, thai, chinese...) without picking vocabulary, grammar or expression anymore.
4:30 this reminds me, when at the age of 3 i moved to Italy from Bangladesh my parents had me watch cartoons, especially peppa pig on TV ALL DAY. to get me to learn italian😭😭😭 and IT WORKED, i literally started going to pre-school the next year and could speak italian better than this other bengali friend of mine who was born in italy, hence had more time to learn the language.
And currently I'm learning Thai which I've gotten into from thai songs and TV series; I realised after watching this video that watching all those series actually helped my brain pick up a couple of random thai words here and there which is actually crazy
I'd recommend watching something you're already familiar with. The first movie I've ever watched in English was Pirates of the Caribbean and I'd already watched it in my native language plenty of times; I even knew some of the lines by heart. There were plenty of words I didn't know but because I was so familiar with the movie already, it wasn't exhausting or overwhelming whatsoever
Great suggestion!
True, I also learn foreign languages by watching TV and TH-cam videos!! It has worked great for me!!! I watch movies and series in foreign languages!!
We learned English (same with a couple of more languages) when we were younger mostly with tv shows and movie 😊🎉
As a beginner, I've only ever been able to use books and apps to learn Japanese and Portuguese. I've felt like it's been a safe space for me especially since I wanted to move at a much slower pace than most people.
I've never heard of Lingopie until now so I think I'll get out of my comfort zone and try it as well as the methods mentioned in this video. Thank you Lindie❤
Great advice Lindie. I especially struggle with finding shows at my (A1-A2 level) that aren’t kids shows. Like you said. Thanks for the tips! Спасибо большое за совет))
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I am a Mexican that was born in the US so sadly my first language was english because I was born with speech problem. I know the basic of Spanish but would love to become fluent in Spanish. I can understand Spanish now but I don’t know certain vocabs and I’m also not confident in speaking it. I have recently changed my phone setting to Spanish to help me and I have also tried watching shows/ movies in Spanish and reels and TikTok in Spanish and I think it’s been helping. But I also find myself going back to English a lot. I’m really trying to be committed but it’s really hard.
I love Mind Your Language series from the 70s, helped me with my English alot lol!
Thank you for the inspiring video! Showing how you use the tool was interesting & useful. I tried Lingopie before with Portuguese. I’ve watched their European Portuguese videos. I can recommend the tool although their library in that language was a bit limited when I used the tool. In addition, I have used a similar tool called Yabla when Lingopie didn’t exist. The shadowing approach is especially effective because it developed my reaction speed - a skill that is essential when trying to speak the language when travelling. It depends on the content and the background but based on my experience it’s even possible to start learning a language (e.g. Italian) as an absolute beginner by just watching videos and go very far. My recipe was to first watch the videos with double subtitles, then with target language subtitles and finally without any subtitles.
This video is exactly what I need as I was just looking to get back to studying my Korean and was considering using dramas. I know that just watching them normally doesn't do anything and was thinking through the best approach to actually gain meaningful practice from it 😃
Thank you so much for all the tips! I decided to come back to learn Swedish but this time I have less time, so it will be helpful to do shadowing at least while I'm doing some chores. Me alegra de todo corazón verte brillar de nuevo 💖🙏✨
OMG I did all the things that you said with English and I learned it!!! I know it sounds pretty standard, but here in Chile, almost anybody speaks it. And when I studied Japanese, same situation. Walking at night to take the subway after class, I would have entire conversation with myself in Japanese. I also interact with shows, it is so thrilling to say the phrase before the character and have guessing right!!! 😁 Now I do it with Chinese when I watch shows, passive and active learning forever!!!❤
Good to have you back, Lindie!
great video～ur korean progress is so inspiring, i remember watching you talk about learning korean around 2 yrs ago!
Thank you very much for the advice! 😊 ps. your hair looks great!! 😃
I loved the idea of replying to the question that was made on the show! Ill definitely be doing that from now on, thank you! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷 (Brazilian shows are indeed great lol)
The frustrating thing with a lot of subtitles in Japanese (at least on Amazon Prime) is that the speech doesn’t match the subtitles! The subtitles are abbreviated or summarized versions of the audio, which is only good if you’re super advanced at C2.
One reason for this issue is that subtitles have copyrights, and may not be available outside of Japan. Another reason is that subtitle culture is different. Your best bet is often using a VPN with closed captioning for the hearing impaired, which may not always be available. Definitely something like lingo pie or satori reader is a better reader.
Great video, Lindie! These methods are spot on for developing vocabulary, pronunciation and listening skills using TV shows. I've used them myself a lot (especially the first two) and they've been incredibly helpful. Keep up the great work!"
Thank you! 😃 I'm glad you've found it to be useful for youself too!
These are amazing tips! Thank you! Congrats!
I like how I've heard instead of 'my brain makes this shift' - 'my brain makes this shit' and it's still was completely logical :D
I love when watching yt I find youtubers who speak English not just on the basic level, but also using more advanced vocab which I don't know or don't hear very often (you Lindie, and recently Hannah Alonzo (maybe because she's an educator?):)). Then I can tell myself that I'm not only relaxing but also learning at the same time!
What a clever lil thumbnail design with the curve pointed at NF
I can speak a little Spanish and the absolute tiniest bit of French in addition to my native English. I have a goal of learning Italian and Greek....maybe Russian and Japanese someday. Lately, I just cannot focus on languages. But most of the people who go to my church are "Russian" (from various countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union), and I know at least some of them learned English by listening to the radio. That blew my mind. We would have to start living on earth for about 500 years for me to have enough time to pick up a language like that. I'm typing this before I watch the video, and can't wait to see how it's actually done.
Thank you for some great advice! I've been trying to feel out how to learn with all the content out there in Korean. I've been listening to music while I do chores and watching different things. It's been pretty slow for me but I catch words here and there. I think doing what you've suggested will help a ton with learning :)
Hi Lindie.. I am currently studying korean now.. I listen to podcast and korean news as my study method.. What do you think is the most effective way to learn faster..? Thank you 😊
I loved your perky start to the video 😂✨
Thank you so much lindie! That is what I was waiting for ❤😊
Altyd lekker om 'n Afrikaanse taalfundi aan te hoor.
Hi Lindie, Thanks for the advice! Could you make a video about learning languages that are similar or related to our native language?
What in particular would you like to know about it? :D
Pls tells us some of ur fav Korean (or Japanese for those who want) scrapbooking and journaling TH-cam channels!
Thank you Lindie, for this content! It's really useful
I'm glad you liked it!
Posted on my birthday!
생일 축하합니다 🎉
This is actually how I learn English now. It was fun to watch a show and learn at the same time. I have been looking for ways to learn prases that native speakers use on a daily basis. I make notes, apply the phrases to different context and use AI to practice with. The only problem is I struggle to recall specific words or phrases during conversations, even if I understand them well. Any idea how to work on this?
Very usefuls tips 👏
Hey lindie great video
I wrote a comment on this video already but now i can not find it so i writing it again and hope you will see it and Sorry if you see that comment twice now
What shows or TH-cam videos do you watch in hungarian can you recommend some I'm learning hungarian myself
Lindie honest question, I thought you were not doing language acquisition videos anymore I thought you said that? Are you just enjoying it more?
As a Chinese learner, I'm not sure how shadowing would be a good method for beginners (like me) or lower intermediate learners. Even though embedded subtitles are provided, that doesn't help with no new characters unless you're on lingopie specifically...
Your hair is beautiful this long!
Thank you!!
What if you're not living alone? How can i practice speaking?
I use a ton of alarms as well 🤣
Is this a good way to start learning japanese? Is learning words before the alphabet a good idea?
I would recommend learning the writing system first!
I feel like I need to up my game when it comes to Hungarian. I hardly speak it nor watch much content online in the language. Been learning it for over a year now and still can't form sentences.
You got this! Don't be hard on yourself :)
1. Not everyone learns aurally. If you do not, this is not the method to begin a language in.
2. A novel has 5000-10000 unique/different words. Harry Potter book 1 has over 5000 such words. So, children's content does not mean fewer words. I would suggest reading a real book (not a graded reader) before tackling a TV show.
3. Another thing to keep in mind. Each person may use a very limited number of words to express themselves, but that set is unique to each person. When you read a book by one author, they are repeating the same words and grammar structures over and over again. Each episode of a series can be written by a different writer or team of writers. That means more variety and less repetition.
4. Ideally, what you want to do is to be able to fairly instantly recognise written words and then practice 'speaking' using audio content. Remember, roughly half of speaking is listening. You can simplify your thoughts, but the person you are listening to need not also do that. The better you can understand the responses to what you said or asked, the easier it is to converse.
5. Notice that she is talking near the end about moving around the Romance languages. If you speak a couple of Romance languages, you can easily start learning another by just watching video content because you know so many cognates. Where you do not know the roots and so nothing is familiar in any way, audio/video content is going to be much less effective. That's why I say read a book first. That will give you the vocabulary basis to understand the core of the spoken language.
Will your code still work in 3 weeks??
I am learning Afrikaans. I watch Juffrou Linky on TH-cam with my toddler. I found a couple of movies on Netflix. Fluent Fiction is a good website too. I would like to watch movies or shows in Afrikaans. Can you recommend where I can find Afrikaans content to watch?
That sounds great, I haven't heard of those resources! You can try looking up some TV channels that have TH-cam channels, like KykNet, Via, or Boer Soek n Vrou (popular series), or even Lisa met die Rooi Hare (she does reviews of local TV shows).
@@LindieBotes thanks so much
I learned English 100% from TV. Unfortunately it's not working for me now with Korean lol
...maybe you should come to brazil.
but seriously , doesn't talking over someone (shadowing) feels a little hard to follow and overwhelming?
The problem is, most people want to watch TV for entertainment purposes and so they're not going to choose TV shows where they can actually learn the language. They're going to use action movies where characters say things that people would never say in real life. You do have good ideas, but I don't agree with using subtitles in both languages cuz most people will only focus on their native language if they are reading subtitles.
This sounds very particular to a specific type of person. Everyone is different. I personally dislike action/fantasy/sci-fi and would never watch things that people would "never say in real life", so for me, watching shows is a great way to learn because it's worked for me in the past and I still see it working. But if that's not the way you enjoy learning, that's fine! To each their own.
Not everybody loves action movies lol
with or without subtitles to improve listening?
I like to listen with subtitles even though I'm not fluent in reading the language( I'm pretty beginner lvl actually). I concentrate more on all the content so I'm more actively listening. It helps me with both reading and listening practice. It's hard to keep that going for a long time though so sometimes I turn off the subtitles just to listen passively for a while too.
@@hjo4572 glad to know that. thanks
I want to listen while washing the dishes and I can't follow if you suddenly switch to korean.
Haha sorry about that. At least it's just a short part :)
@@LindieBotes Tamam, rahat ol. Kolay gelsin.
2:52 she's packing some cake tho 😍
Extremely inappropriate thing to say about a woman who’s a stranger to you. Especially since she can see this. Rude.
@@nordicpink lemme fix it
She has a very graceful and attractive figure.
Goeie Afrikaanse viseo vir diegene wat dalk sou belansel in Afrikaans... th-cam.com/video/10gge9Ug7AE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XX2fgjq0Ba0XsvRg