I love this topic I kept doing that to explain to people you can travel in so many different ways. Podcasts, music tutorials (guitar), cooking, movies /series, the news, music, ... in different languages.
Hats off to you. I knew that I had finally found the right language series yesterday when I found your series. I have been trying to learn Hindi for the past 6 years, but I would learn a bit, then the waves would wash me back. I was trying to learn the language the same way that I learned in French, a beautiful language that I adore. I hang onto every word. Writing a novel in Hindi, and creating my own immersion bubble is the answer. You have given me so much to work with now. Aapko bahut bahut dhanyavaad!
I like the simple background. And the coffee. And especially the tips for creating an immersion bubble. Can't wait to see what you have for us tomorrow!
I'm really glad you liked all the different elements of the video! I would love to know how you're liking the series now after almost a week. Is it too much or do you like being able to check in every day with a new video?
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms I am really enjoying the series so far., and I like finding a new video everyday. But I realize that at some point you will probably have to break the streak, probably as Journaly ramps up for general release. (I signed up for the beta, and am looking forward to it.)
That's fantastic, thanks so much for signing up for the beta of Journaly, John! Working on it like crazy and I just cannot wait for it to finally see the world 🙂
Hey there, Robin, Great start to the series! I didn’t make it around to commenting yesterday, but as you know I enjoy the high quality of your videos but really you, your content, and your degree of thoughtfulness in creating a dialogue with all of us is what I stick around for. I’ve recently upped the ante, so to speak, on my own immersion bubbles. Here are some things that I’m doing to augment my daily practice. I’ve split my TH-cam experience by language that way I only see content in the language that I’m practicing. I “trained” the feed to only provide suggestions in that language. I’ve started keeping a notebook which is the only place where all of languages collide. The only rule is that I don’t use English. If I need to explain something to myself I use another language I’m learning, and/or draw pictures. For daily speaking practice I sync up my interest in topics about which I’m learning or in which I’m interested to create daily recordings. I’m a fan of the Feynman Technique so today, I watched a module on philosophy of science which was in English and selected a concept from it that I then summarized it in simpler terms in Brazilian Portuguese. Lastly, when I spend a few minutes a day talking to myself about random things that are passing through my mind. I jot down any expressions or ideas that I had to grasp for. At the end of the week I look at the list and see which of those are most important and then try to get them into my expressive vocabulary. Uh, yeah, so that’s enough of my babbling. If anyone needs help with resources of various sorts for Brazilian Portuguese, French, Danish, Modern Standard Arabic or Moroccan, or basic stuff in Homeric or Attic Greek, I may be able to help.
James! So great to see you here my friend 😊 Thank you for the feedback, it's always really helpful to know and be reminded of why people stick around. It's also really cool to read about how you've been implementing your own immersion bubbles! That's very cool how you've even put thought into training your TH-cam feed/recommendation engine to show content in the language you're studying at a given time! Love the technique of summarizing a complex topic in simpler terms in another language, as well as using the activity of talking to yourself to find gaps in your knowledge and taking time at the end of the week to triage them! It definitely sounds like you've got a pretty intense system that is a well-oiled machine for language progress!! I really appreciate you taking the time to write these out! Thank you for offering to provide recommendations for those languages, too! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Robin MacPherson Robin, my friend! Thanks for the reply to my absurdly long note. I figured if anyone is looking for some add-ons to their language work they might find something of value. This series is so fun! 😁. You are the accompaniment to my morning or afternoon tea. I watch directly before tucking into some practice. I'm happy to see such a lively comments section continuing on your videos. It is not surprising based on the environment that you've encouraged, yet it is still worth noting as this sort of thing doesn't occur all that often. Cheers to you. Have a fantastic weekend!
Wow, that's nice. I'm from Brazil and I'm learning french now... I'de be happy to hear your tips on french content! I'm struggling a little bit to find things that I like to consume in this language. We can talk if you want to practice your portuguese xD
Klaus Estrela Oi, Klaus! Tudo bem? Muito obrigado pelo seu comentário. Gostaria de tentar ajudar com algumas recursos em francês. O que você gosta? Você está procurando algo específico? Quais são os assuntos que você mais gosta? Qual é o seu nível? É sempre útil para alguém “me dar um toque” para que eu saiba quando faço errors... então obrigado pela oferta de prática. If you made it through the errors in this note, parabéns! XD
@@jamesdavis-ford6882 Hey, sorry for my late response. I didn't receive the notification. Your portuguese is great! U can add me on hangouts or send me an email klausfrench@gmail.com.... I think it's going to be easier to talk!
You really take it seriously the background thing lol, your background is beautiful, fresh, and simple. Thank you for that advice. Right now, I want to immerse myself in Catalan but there are not so many materials out there(a series on Netflix MERLI). Keep going with those videos. Thank you
haha thank you James!! Really glad you like the background 😄 Hmm yes that is a little tricky when resources are scarce! How is your Catalan level? If you like reading, that could be one great way to get tons of exposure. Hmm I wonder if people are making nice podcasts or anything 🤔 GOOD LUCK with your Catalan studies!!!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Thank you. My level in Catalan is basically, beginner level but i understand a lot of things because i can speak French and Spanish. I want to have a great relationship with locals whenever i return to Barcelona.I find Easy Catalan on youtube quite interesting too. Keep doing those videos.The background is amazing
Ben, Robin, vous êtes le vieux routier. Vous voyagez dans le monde, vous voyez beaucoup et vous pratiquez les langues ... Génial. Il est jaloux d'une certaine manière. En tant que facilitateur ou conseiller, vous êtes charmé et très charismatique. C'est tres motivant pour moi. Merci.
The list that you can do to emercy in English : - listen podcast - Read novel books - write a dairy - watch movies - Duolingo / bubble / busu - watch videos from teacher - change language from your gadgets - study English from songs (sounter)
Sounds great! I sadly do not have enough time or energy after work to read or watch a movie, but I really try to use my dead time. For example watching foreign language videos while brushing my teeth or listening to pimsleur courses while commuting.
I admit, I'm not good at creating immersion anymore. After I got to B1-B2 Level in English I'm kinda lost on this matter. As I don't feel like watching TV shows, nor reading a lot, and etc...but I will change that!!
In my opinion the Easy German TH-cam channel is SUPERB. I love André Klein's graded readers, ranging from beginner to intermediate levels! Assimil has a great German course, the Babbel German course is amazing (in case you want to try that and also support me: bit.ly/robin-babbel ). There are so many!
Question: Do you have any tips on how to read in a foreign alphabet faster/more efficiently? I've started to read books in Chinese, but I wonder if you would know some exercises that could help me out with this
I really hope you liked my answer to your question on day 005 TryLingual Lin!! I did my best to interpret the question 😄 Let me know if you would have preferred more of a focus on a different aspect of reading 😊
For Chinese chinesereadingpractice.com don’t know if this might help. Also you can use the book remembering simplified Chinese by heisig. Also add inmersión with audiobooks if you are intermediate or advanced.
Hey Robin... Thanks for the videos :) Could you make videos about specific cultural resources in languages that you've already studied ? I'll appreciate a lot this type of content! Like indicating bands, movies, tv shows, books, websites etc! (Sorry if I wrote something wrong in english xD!) Cheers from Brazil!!! Keep on posting!
Hi Klaus! I'd be happy to address this question, and it's actually the last one from this video so looks like it will be tomorrow! xD Are you looking for me to mention specific bands, movies, tv shows, books, etc. that I like in different languages I've studied? Like "my favorites"? Your English is great haha nice job!! Obrigaaaaado!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Thanks! xD And yes... About the recommendations it's a personal thing, but probably other people may like some of the same things! I think that this type of videos can be long hahaha, because of how many languages you've studied already. But there are resources that can be general... like a website to watch videos in french with subs, for example. And I have two recommendations :)! In These 2 websites you can put a word in the search bar and it'll show you that word with a context. Tatoeba and Reverso Context are the names of the sites. Gosto muito dos seus vídeos e da sua interação com seus inscritos! Estarei aguardando os próximos!
Heyy Klaus! Sorry that I didn't get to your question yet. It was next on the list but I realized I wanted to think a little more about it to figure out which resources I should mention. I will do my best to get to it very soon, thank you for your patience! Muito obrigado pela sua paciência e apoio! É sempre um prazer ler seus comentários :)
Well , since you love my questions so much ..lol....here's another one. 1) How does a person (language learner) not give up on a language (especially the first language)? Example: I'm 15 and I'm learning Spanish , it's my first language that I'm attempting to learn. I'm starting to lose motavation (That moment when the reality of verbs slaps you in the face) -Alex ......this is my moms account
You have to give yourself attainable goals. Like "every day I want to study Spanish for 30-60m, (or Lesson, Film, etc)" . Sometimes starting the task is the hardest part, but momentum builds up quickly when you enjoy the language 😊 la mejor de las suertes amigo
Maybe a good question to ask oneself is WHY ? why do I want to learn Spanish ? You have to find a strong motivation and it must come from inside. To say I want to learn Spanish because I've got good marks in this subject is not a good motivation. I have to of course is worse. So, yes, find a strong WHY a real reason, a personal reason to learn Spanish and have fun learning it.
Heyy Lelouch!! I'm glad you like the new background 🥳 Oh, I do! Let's see, the first one that comes to mind is *Radio Ambulante* -- "un podcast narrativo que cuenta las historias de Latinoamérica en español". Do you already know this one? If not, let me know if you like it!
a few Spanish podcasts I listen to are: Español con Juan, Un café secreto con Carlos Ríos, Y, Qué te llevas?, Con amor, carajo, y hay que hacernos millonarios :)
Hey Robin! I actually thought of a question regarding something I got stuck with a while back. WORD ORDER. I've noticed this a little bit in Russian , but a lot more in Hungarian, that with how the grammar works, certain parts of the sentence could be in totally different spots to what you expected. My question then is, how do you go about learning and internalizing a foreign language's word order? Especially when it is nothing like your own?
Yeah it's the same with Korean and English, the word order is usually quite different. I've found that simply practicing a lot with reading and listening and just exposing yourself to the differences with the languages makes you become used to it over time. Write some sentences down that have the different sentence and grammar structure in your target language and just read them everyday until the unique structures are ingrained into your mind.
Which is your first language? This is the first video I watch from you and I understood almost everything you said. I think I'm gonna binge-watch your channel 😆
English is my first language, I’m glad you could understand almost everything! Yes yes you should binge-watch 🤩😍😆 my most recent two videos are my favourites 🥰🥰🥰 (a guide to minimalism for language learners & how one language changed my life ✌🏼☺️)
Hi Robin! hope you are keeping well! Thanks a lot for sharing your videos and your experiences, i watched the other day a video where you mentioned using Mondly have you ever thought about to make a video on Mondly review?
Hii MielikkiXV! You're very welcome, and thank you for commenting and supporting! 😄 Yes I've thought about reviewing Mondly after I tried it out. I have a list of product reviews I'll be doing in the next few months! How has your experience been with Mondly?
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Hi Robin Thanks for replying! I like how energetic you are when drinking coffee and talking to us about languages! I am also a coffee lover!. I didn't mention that i use mondly in my comment, so probably you remember when i asked you about it, on the video that you talked about language tracking sheet! my opinion is still the same when i told you, but i wanted to hear your opinion, I also using Babbel and one thing i like from Babbel is their courses have too much cultural notes which help me to immerse into the language experience and in mondly this features is missing since all the language course are the same content, Babbel is more customized to each language, but i like how on mondly you can build sentences and show you the verb conjugation just like Babbel. So at the moment i am using Mondly, Babbel and Assimil. Have you ever tried Busuu? thanks have a nice day!
It's nice to know that you are also a coffee lover! How do you usually drink your coffee? 😄 Oh yes, sorry about the delay regarding Mondly. I totally agree, when I used Mondly it became very clear immediately that it is the exact same content for each language and I always loved how Babbel's content felt very "tailored" to each language. However, I wish they had more language offerings or that all languages had the same amount of content. I guess these are all different trade-offs. I actually still haven't tried Busuu but a number of people have asked me to review it! Do you like it?
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Well don't like when coffee is too milky because i cannot feel the aroma from coffee!! so even Latte is not an Italian coffee... I love Americano, Cappuccino espresso, and espresso macchiatto, and from time to times i like to drink Guayoyo which is a Venezuelan light black coffee. and I totally agreed with all that you said on your Babbel Review, I like Babbel, and I also use Busuu and in here you can send your written or spoken language exercises to native or not native speakers to get feedback on your work, the courses are also tailored" to each language but like Babbel their language collection is small. and also when you finish a level you can get a certificate maybe it 's worthless when applying for a job, but it's worth it to the learner as a achievement! Gracias por tus videos, y tus consejos la verdad los disfruto! que tengas un buen dia!!! Gracias.
Hey Robin, I'm currently binge-watching your Daily language Diary videos. I love your videos. also, would you mind sharing the resources you've used to learn french?
I’m on month 6 I’m kinda still behind I form broken Korean and I don’t have that many words down mainly cause immersion is hard. When I tried to immerse myself the last time I was actually getting into it my head would basically only hear Korean letters in everything (idk if that’s good) and my actual speech would be effected by it cause I was really into it. And then one day I started getting a really bad headache every time I studied or even heard Korean(it didn’t stop hurting till a few days ago). I took a break on it for like a month or 3 weeks (started practicing português)and I don’t get the headache anymore but the immersion of it is still really hard to get back into. I really love the language like a lot it brings me up from my saddest thoughts but my head starts to hurt really badly when I start getting reaallllly into it. My own comfort is my pain, any advice? Do I need to slow down on studying and listening?
Wow,you're a pure diamond!Very complex caracter and so inspirational.You have so much to tell,hope you'll have a massive number of subscribers.Maybe should try some interwiews with other polyglots,it could be very interesting,and that could impacts a lot.Stuffs like this should be promoted more:-)Regards from Serbia
Unrelated, but I wish I could steam milk at home for my coffee :( Getting a bit sick of black, y'know that way? That aside, cool video! I love thinking about creating immersion bubbles at home. My problem is, I never ease myself into it, I'll go full throttle on the immersion and I'll burn my head out. Incorrigible lol.
haha it made me laugh getting back to this comment now. I'm glad you finally gave me a great reason to film a new little coffee montage!! Haha ah yes, it's funny because I actually always recommend people to not go too crazy on the immersion bubbles. There's a part in my book chapter where I compare it to having an organ transplant, and if you don't give yourself time to "accept" (or adjust to) this new language immersion, you reject it just like your body would reject a new organ if not done slowly. I think I will include this when I make a slightly more structured video on the topic!
I enjoy hearing your tips for language learning, so far they ar e quite helpful. However, in a 10 minute video perhaps 8 miutes are spent presenting your personal history and material that is unnecessary - very wordy but not contributing to the points being made. Someimes more is less and abit less would be more. Brevity , brevity, brevity!
Immersion in an other language is only possible when you are alone. Go and say to your family from now, no more English at home and observe their reactions. According to Steven Krashen we learn a language when we understand it . It is what he calls comprehensive input. For total beginners watching movies is a waste of time in my opinion.
Thanks for commenting! I appreciate your input 😊 I actually disagree with both of your points, though. 1) As I mentioned in this video, when I create my immersion bubbles, I don't completely isolate myself and refuse to speak other languages and so on. I did this incredibly successfully many times while having a job where I needed to speak English, calling my parents each day in English, and living with a partner in some cases and speaking English. I was still able to get hours and hours of language exposure every day, and it was always very successful. Furthermore, I've done this with so many students in the past, and tons of readers of my book have written to me saying how well it worked for them. Additionally, the mass immersion approach you are describing has an extremely high failure rate. While it can be very effective if you actually stick to it, most people I have seen try it end up giving up quite quickly and having adverse effects. I've seen that over and over again. A big part of what I do is try to find things that most people can realistically and successfully do within their lives. 2) The notion of comprehensible input (FYI it's called 'comprehensible input', not 'comprehensive') does not mean that watching movies is a waste of time as a beginner. Watching movies with L1 subtitles, for example, can be incredibly motivating for people. It gives them a window into the world of the language they want to learn and the people who speak it and gets them excited about learning. In addition, it is pretty surprising how much tiny details you actually pick up. Even simple things like filler words, the way people talk, the kind of things people find funny, depending on the movies you may learn some interesting cultural elements. I wouldn't say that a great source of motivation and picking up tons of these small details that become very helpful later, and simply enjoying ourselves with the language is not a waste of time in my opinion.
I love this topic I kept doing that to explain to people you can travel in so many different ways. Podcasts, music tutorials (guitar), cooking, movies /series, the news, music, ... in different languages.
Hats off to you. I knew that I had finally found the right language series yesterday when I found your series. I have been trying to learn Hindi for the past 6 years, but I would learn a bit, then the waves would wash me back. I was trying to learn the language the same way that I learned in French, a beautiful language that I adore. I hang onto every word. Writing a novel in Hindi, and creating my own immersion bubble is the answer. You have given me so much to work with now. Aapko bahut bahut dhanyavaad!
I like the simple background. And the coffee. And especially the tips for creating an immersion bubble. Can't wait to see what you have for us tomorrow!
I'm really glad you liked all the different elements of the video! I would love to know how you're liking the series now after almost a week. Is it too much or do you like being able to check in every day with a new video?
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms I am really enjoying the series so far., and I like finding a new video everyday. But I realize that at some point you will probably have to break the streak, probably as Journaly ramps up for general release. (I signed up for the beta, and am looking forward to it.)
That's fantastic, thanks so much for signing up for the beta of Journaly, John! Working on it like crazy and I just cannot wait for it to finally see the world 🙂
The best way to immerse myself into English which is my target language is to watch sitcoms in terms of listening skill.
Lol he used my comment LOOOL ..... Thanks bro..... Awesome vid !!
haha you're welcome Alex!!
Awesome!
Hey there, Robin, Great start to the series!
I didn’t make it around to commenting yesterday, but as you know I enjoy the high quality of your videos but really you, your content, and your degree of thoughtfulness in creating a dialogue with all of us is what I stick around for. I’ve recently upped the ante, so to speak, on my own immersion bubbles.
Here are some things that I’m doing to augment my daily practice. I’ve split my TH-cam experience by language that way I only see content in the language that I’m practicing. I “trained” the feed to only provide suggestions in that language. I’ve started keeping a notebook which is the only place where all of languages collide. The only rule is that I don’t use English. If I need to explain something to myself I use another language I’m learning, and/or draw pictures. For daily speaking practice I sync up my interest in topics about which I’m learning or in which I’m interested to create daily recordings. I’m a fan of the Feynman Technique so today, I watched a module on philosophy of science which was in English and selected a concept from it that I then summarized it in simpler terms in Brazilian Portuguese. Lastly, when I spend a few minutes a day talking to myself about random things that are passing through my mind. I jot down any expressions or ideas that I had to grasp for. At the end of the week I look at the list and see which of those are most important and then try to get them into my expressive vocabulary. Uh, yeah, so that’s enough of my babbling.
If anyone needs help with resources of various sorts for Brazilian Portuguese, French, Danish, Modern Standard Arabic or Moroccan, or basic stuff in Homeric or Attic Greek, I may be able to help.
James! So great to see you here my friend 😊
Thank you for the feedback, it's always really helpful to know and be reminded of why people stick around. It's also really cool to read about how you've been implementing your own immersion bubbles!
That's very cool how you've even put thought into training your TH-cam feed/recommendation engine to show content in the language you're studying at a given time! Love the technique of summarizing a complex topic in simpler terms in another language, as well as using the activity of talking to yourself to find gaps in your knowledge and taking time at the end of the week to triage them! It definitely sounds like you've got a pretty intense system that is a well-oiled machine for language progress!! I really appreciate you taking the time to write these out!
Thank you for offering to provide recommendations for those languages, too! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Robin MacPherson Robin, my friend! Thanks for the reply to my absurdly long note. I figured if anyone is looking for some add-ons to their language work they might find something of value. This series is so fun! 😁. You are the accompaniment to my morning or afternoon tea. I watch directly before tucking into some practice. I'm happy to see such a lively comments section continuing on your videos. It is not surprising based on the environment that you've encouraged, yet it is still worth noting as this sort of thing doesn't occur all that often. Cheers to you. Have a fantastic weekend!
Wow, that's nice. I'm from Brazil and I'm learning french now... I'de be happy to hear your tips on french content! I'm struggling a little bit to find things that I like to consume in this language. We can talk if you want to practice your portuguese xD
Klaus Estrela Oi, Klaus! Tudo bem? Muito obrigado pelo seu comentário. Gostaria de tentar ajudar com algumas recursos em francês. O que você gosta? Você está procurando algo específico? Quais são os assuntos que você mais gosta? Qual é o seu nível? É sempre útil para alguém “me dar um toque” para que eu saiba quando faço errors... então obrigado pela oferta de prática. If you made it through the errors in this note, parabéns! XD
@@jamesdavis-ford6882 Hey, sorry for my late response. I didn't receive the notification. Your portuguese is great! U can add me on hangouts or send me an email klausfrench@gmail.com.... I think it's going to be easier to talk!
You really take it seriously the background thing lol, your background is beautiful, fresh, and simple. Thank you for that advice. Right now, I want to immerse myself in Catalan but there are not so many materials out there(a series on Netflix MERLI). Keep going with those videos. Thank you
haha thank you James!! Really glad you like the background 😄 Hmm yes that is a little tricky when resources are scarce! How is your Catalan level? If you like reading, that could be one great way to get tons of exposure. Hmm I wonder if people are making nice podcasts or anything 🤔 GOOD LUCK with your Catalan studies!!!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Thank you. My level in Catalan is basically, beginner level but i understand a lot of things because i can speak French and Spanish. I want to have a great relationship with locals whenever i return to Barcelona.I find Easy Catalan on youtube quite interesting too. Keep doing those videos.The background is amazing
I'm watching one episode per day, I hope remember all this astonished tips.!!!!
Ben, Robin, vous êtes le vieux routier. Vous voyagez dans le monde, vous voyez beaucoup et vous pratiquez les langues ... Génial. Il est jaloux d'une certaine manière.
En tant que facilitateur ou conseiller, vous êtes charmé et très charismatique. C'est tres motivant pour moi. Merci.
wunderbarr, Vielen Dank fur video.
ich wunsche euch einen schönen tag!
Vielen Dank Ulamog's best friend! Ich wünsche dir auch einen schönen Tag!
first video of yours I watch and I'm subscribing, love the passion you give out for languages!
The list that you can do to emercy in English :
- listen podcast
- Read novel books
- write a dairy
- watch movies
- Duolingo / bubble / busu
- watch videos from teacher
- change language from your gadgets
- study English from songs (sounter)
Immerse
Change phone/app/browser language to target language.
Sounds great! I sadly do not have enough time or energy after work to read or watch a movie, but I really try to use my dead time. For example watching foreign language videos while brushing my teeth or listening to pimsleur courses while commuting.
I admit, I'm not good at creating immersion anymore. After I got to B1-B2 Level in English I'm kinda lost on this matter. As I don't feel like watching TV shows, nor reading a lot, and etc...but I will change that!!
What are some good resources for German?
In my opinion the Easy German TH-cam channel is SUPERB. I love André Klein's graded readers, ranging from beginner to intermediate levels! Assimil has a great German course, the Babbel German course is amazing (in case you want to try that and also support me: bit.ly/robin-babbel ). There are so many!
Question: Do you have any tips on how to read in a foreign alphabet faster/more efficiently? I've started to read books in Chinese, but I wonder if you would know some exercises that could help me out with this
I really hope you liked my answer to your question on day 005 TryLingual Lin!! I did my best to interpret the question 😄 Let me know if you would have preferred more of a focus on a different aspect of reading 😊
For Chinese chinesereadingpractice.com don’t know if this might help. Also you can use the book remembering simplified Chinese by heisig. Also add inmersión with audiobooks if you are intermediate or advanced.
Muy buenos tips de Robin, chino mandarín ahí voy
Great video 🎉🎉
Thanks!
Hey Robin... Thanks for the videos :) Could you make videos about specific cultural resources in languages that you've already studied ? I'll appreciate a lot this type of content! Like indicating bands, movies, tv shows, books, websites etc! (Sorry if I wrote something wrong in english xD!) Cheers from Brazil!!! Keep on posting!
Hi Klaus! I'd be happy to address this question, and it's actually the last one from this video so looks like it will be tomorrow! xD Are you looking for me to mention specific bands, movies, tv shows, books, etc. that I like in different languages I've studied? Like "my favorites"? Your English is great haha nice job!! Obrigaaaaado!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Thanks! xD And yes... About the recommendations it's a personal thing, but probably other people may like some of the same things! I think that this type of videos can be long hahaha, because of how many languages you've studied already. But there are resources that can be general... like a website to watch videos in french with subs, for example. And I have two recommendations :)! In These 2 websites you can put a word in the search bar and it'll show you that word with a context. Tatoeba and Reverso Context are the names of the sites. Gosto muito dos seus vídeos e da sua interação com seus inscritos! Estarei aguardando os próximos!
Heyy Klaus! Sorry that I didn't get to your question yet. It was next on the list but I realized I wanted to think a little more about it to figure out which resources I should mention. I will do my best to get to it very soon, thank you for your patience! Muito obrigado pela sua paciência e apoio! É sempre um prazer ler seus comentários :)
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Hey, that's okay! It's a difficult question xD
What was the name of the podcast he spoke about?
Well , since you love my questions so much ..lol....here's another one. 1) How does a person (language learner) not give up on a language (especially the first language)? Example: I'm 15 and I'm learning Spanish , it's my first language that I'm attempting to learn. I'm starting to lose motavation (That moment when the reality of verbs slaps you in the face) -Alex ......this is my moms account
You have to give yourself attainable goals. Like "every day I want to study Spanish for 30-60m, (or Lesson, Film, etc)" . Sometimes starting the task is the hardest part, but momentum builds up quickly when you enjoy the language 😊 la mejor de las suertes amigo
haha well, today's video (day 006) should be another nice surprise for you 😄I really hope it helps!!
@@trylinguallin1773 Thank you for also providing your thoughts here TryLingual Lin!
@Peggy Trotman would be really happy if I already had this mindset to learn a new language at your age! Keep going!
Maybe a good question to ask oneself is
WHY ? why do I want to learn Spanish ?
You have to find a strong motivation and it must come from inside. To say I want to learn Spanish because I've got good marks in this subject is not a good motivation. I have to of course is worse.
So, yes, find a strong WHY a real reason, a personal reason to learn Spanish and have fun learning it.
Nice new background robin, do you know any good Spanish podcasts I'm finding them hard to fine
Heyy Lelouch!! I'm glad you like the new background 🥳 Oh, I do! Let's see, the first one that comes to mind is *Radio Ambulante* -- "un podcast narrativo que cuenta las historias de Latinoamérica en español". Do you already know this one? If not, let me know if you like it!
Hi mi friend if you want to practice your Spanish I can help you
Podemos practicar por Skype también quiero practicar.mi inglés
@@ronycasimiro3812 Hey, I know that it's been a while but I really wanted to practice spanish, my english is good so we can do the same.
a few Spanish podcasts I listen to are: Español con Juan, Un café secreto con Carlos Ríos, Y, Qué te llevas?, Con amor, carajo, y hay que hacernos millonarios :)
Hey Robin! I actually thought of a question regarding something I got stuck with a while back. WORD ORDER.
I've noticed this a little bit in Russian , but a lot more in Hungarian, that with how the grammar works, certain parts of the sentence could be in totally different spots to what you expected.
My question then is, how do you go about learning and internalizing a foreign language's word order? Especially when it is nothing like your own?
Thanks again for posting this question! It was a nice mental exercise to try and come up with the most helpful answer on the fly!
Yeah it's the same with Korean and English, the word order is usually quite different. I've found that simply practicing a lot with reading and listening and just exposing yourself to the differences with the languages makes you become used to it over time. Write some sentences down that have the different sentence and grammar structure in your target language and just read them everyday until the unique structures are ingrained into your mind.
Which is your first language?
This is the first video I watch from you and I understood almost everything you said. I think I'm gonna binge-watch your channel 😆
English is my first language, I’m glad you could understand almost everything! Yes yes you should binge-watch 🤩😍😆 my most recent two videos are my favourites 🥰🥰🥰 (a guide to minimalism for language learners & how one language changed my life ✌🏼☺️)
Thanks Robin. I hear your videos every day like part of my English bubble. Can you write me both french podcast that you recommended?
Hi Robin! hope you are keeping well! Thanks a lot for sharing your videos and your experiences, i watched the other day a video where you mentioned using Mondly have you ever thought about to make a video on Mondly review?
Hii MielikkiXV! You're very welcome, and thank you for commenting and supporting! 😄 Yes I've thought about reviewing Mondly after I tried it out. I have a list of product reviews I'll be doing in the next few months! How has your experience been with Mondly?
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Hi Robin Thanks for replying! I like how energetic you are when drinking coffee and talking to us about languages! I am also a coffee lover!. I didn't mention that i use mondly in my comment, so probably you remember when i asked you about it, on the video that you talked about language tracking sheet! my opinion is still the same when i told you, but i wanted to hear your opinion, I also using Babbel and one thing i like from Babbel is their courses have too much cultural notes which help me to immerse into the language experience and in mondly this features is missing since all the language course are the same content, Babbel is more customized to each language, but i like how on mondly you can build sentences and show you the verb conjugation just like Babbel. So at the moment i am using Mondly, Babbel and Assimil. Have you ever tried Busuu? thanks have a nice day!
It's nice to know that you are also a coffee lover! How do you usually drink your coffee? 😄 Oh yes, sorry about the delay regarding Mondly. I totally agree, when I used Mondly it became very clear immediately that it is the exact same content for each language and I always loved how Babbel's content felt very "tailored" to each language. However, I wish they had more language offerings or that all languages had the same amount of content. I guess these are all different trade-offs. I actually still haven't tried Busuu but a number of people have asked me to review it! Do you like it?
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Well don't like when coffee is too milky because i cannot feel the aroma from coffee!! so even Latte is not an Italian coffee... I love Americano, Cappuccino espresso, and espresso macchiatto, and from time to times i like to drink Guayoyo which is a Venezuelan light black coffee. and I totally agreed with all that you said on your Babbel Review, I like Babbel, and I also use Busuu and in here you can send your written or spoken language exercises to native or not native speakers to get feedback on your work, the courses are also tailored" to each language but like Babbel their language collection is small. and also when you finish a level you can get a certificate maybe it 's worthless when applying for a job, but it's worth it to the learner as a achievement! Gracias por tus videos, y tus consejos la verdad los disfruto! que tengas un buen dia!!! Gracias.
Hey Robin, I'm currently binge-watching your Daily language Diary videos. I love your videos. also, would you mind sharing the resources you've used to learn french?
Yourrr videos are very good
I’m on month 6 I’m kinda still behind I form broken Korean and I don’t have that many words down mainly cause immersion is hard. When I tried to immerse myself the last time I was actually getting into it my head would basically only hear Korean letters in everything (idk if that’s good) and my actual speech would be effected by it cause I was really into it. And then one day I started getting a really bad headache every time I studied or even heard Korean(it didn’t stop hurting till a few days ago). I took a break on it for like a month or 3 weeks (started practicing português)and I don’t get the headache anymore but the immersion of it is still really hard to get back into. I really love the language like a lot it brings me up from my saddest thoughts but my head starts to hurt really badly when I start getting reaallllly into it. My own comfort is my pain, any advice? Do I need to slow down on studying and listening?
Oh handsome! 😍😍😍 Good morning 🌄
Wow,you're a pure diamond!Very complex caracter and so inspirational.You have so much to tell,hope you'll have a massive number of subscribers.Maybe should try some interwiews with other polyglots,it could be very interesting,and that could impacts a lot.Stuffs like this should be promoted more:-)Regards from Serbia
Anyone learning Polish? I've been using Polimaty & EasyPolish... and a film once in a while.
not learning cause it's my native language :)
@@Chrzanof How's life in Poland at the moment? z Warszawa?
Hi...I really enjoy your videos. I am a French beginner. Can you please list your favorite podcast mentioned in this video??
Hi Robin,
Great video ...
What are the names of those podcasts you mentioned? Couldn’t quite catch the name of the first one mentioned.
Yeessss!!! Zeroooo dislikess
Can you suggest any good books in French for level B-1?
Unrelated, but I wish I could steam milk at home for my coffee :( Getting a bit sick of black, y'know that way?
That aside, cool video! I love thinking about creating immersion bubbles at home. My problem is, I never ease myself into it, I'll go full throttle on the immersion and I'll burn my head out. Incorrigible lol.
haha it made me laugh getting back to this comment now. I'm glad you finally gave me a great reason to film a new little coffee montage!! Haha ah yes, it's funny because I actually always recommend people to not go too crazy on the immersion bubbles. There's a part in my book chapter where I compare it to having an organ transplant, and if you don't give yourself time to "accept" (or adjust to) this new language immersion, you reject it just like your body would reject a new organ if not done slowly. I think I will include this when I make a slightly more structured video on the topic!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms what a fitting analogy! A video on the topic would be v interesting!
At 8:35 you look just like Kit Harrington from GoT!
Très intéressant, intelligent, j'adore cette manière d'enseigner l'anglais ! Great teacher thanks a lot ☺👍☕☕
I enjoy hearing your tips for language learning, so far they ar e quite helpful. However, in a 10 minute video perhaps 8 miutes are spent presenting your personal history and material that is unnecessary - very wordy but not contributing to the points being made. Someimes more is less and abit less would be more. Brevity , brevity, brevity!
I like him but I do agree.
Immersion in an other language is only possible when you are alone. Go and say to your family from now, no more English at home and observe their reactions.
According to Steven Krashen we learn a language when we understand it . It is what he calls comprehensive input. For total beginners watching movies is a waste of time in my opinion.
Thanks for commenting! I appreciate your input 😊 I actually disagree with both of your points, though.
1) As I mentioned in this video, when I create my immersion bubbles, I don't completely isolate myself and refuse to speak other languages and so on. I did this incredibly successfully many times while having a job where I needed to speak English, calling my parents each day in English, and living with a partner in some cases and speaking English. I was still able to get hours and hours of language exposure every day, and it was always very successful. Furthermore, I've done this with so many students in the past, and tons of readers of my book have written to me saying how well it worked for them.
Additionally, the mass immersion approach you are describing has an extremely high failure rate. While it can be very effective if you actually stick to it, most people I have seen try it end up giving up quite quickly and having adverse effects. I've seen that over and over again. A big part of what I do is try to find things that most people can realistically and successfully do within their lives.
2) The notion of comprehensible input (FYI it's called 'comprehensible input', not 'comprehensive') does not mean that watching movies is a waste of time as a beginner. Watching movies with L1 subtitles, for example, can be incredibly motivating for people. It gives them a window into the world of the language they want to learn and the people who speak it and gets them excited about learning. In addition, it is pretty surprising how much tiny details you actually pick up. Even simple things like filler words, the way people talk, the kind of things people find funny, depending on the movies you may learn some interesting cultural elements.
I wouldn't say that a great source of motivation and picking up tons of these small details that become very helpful later, and simply enjoying ourselves with the language is not a waste of time in my opinion.