Hey, if I may here is my approach : fuck it I'm just gonna do it . Meaning , literally simply start, and when you stop if you feel that you didn't pretend, take your break. It's between you and you, so go be proud of your work
my BIGGEST krptonite is consistency. the passion doesn't die, I just get in my head and go into overdrive of the goals i want to hit (I'm a damn perfectionist ugh) and end up getting overstimulated and bottoming out smh lol lawd
That's why I started JoClub Fluent! We meet weekly to journal in our target languages and see what we need to keep working on! You can try a session www.joclub.world/fluent :)
One thing I noticed about myself was I have kind of gone through different phases, like in the beginning I listened to a lot of music and movies, I did try to translate some songs by myself and I bought lesson books (which still remain unfinished, because I felt like I knew the basics already, even though ideally I needed more reinforcement and practice with it). For the longest time I felt like reading in Spanish was a burden and I wouldn't even bother if I saw Spanish comments on a video, for instance. I also spent over 12-13 years not even speaking Spanish out loud? I'm not very social so that's another reason. But my parents do speak Spanish, so not that much of an excuse. My advice would be to learn in a various of ways, get an easy novel or book, watch series, listen to music, learn the grammar and also practice speaking without being too worried and obsessed about making mistakes. I'm finally at a point where I'm improving in the areas I was lacking, especially reading and speaking. But I did go several years kind of neglecting certain areas of learning, I could've been further along by now if I had been giving it my all. But it's all a process anyway.
Nice video! I have one tip however : in French, when we say _À tout à l'heure_ , that means the person will have an appointment on the very same day, or, logically, in the same hour (hence the "heure"). In your case, it would be better to say _À plus tard_ , which literally translates to "See you later" ;
This is brilliant, i have been on the journey of learning my first new language for a while now finding content to align witht the different stages of the learning can difficult, i love that your content is based in the real world and practical, i always feel a little re motivated after your videos, thank you More people starting langauage learning need to see your content, the most legitimate out there
For people who can't travel and don't really have anywhere near them that they can reach that might have their target language in the wild, there are actually videos/streams of people walking around grocery stores, or streets, or museums etc which can be helpful. Especially since some of them are for people who are interested in that country and its culture where the person filming might spend a bit of extra time looking at things closely. As well as being able to look at and read things, you can also usually hear people around. Closest thing to actually going somewhere when you can't go yourself. It also turned out, after many stops and starts with languages that for me it was actually better to learn more than one language at a time because even when I might be feeling a bit demotivated with one I'm usually still motivated with another and then I might see something in that language that reminds me of something in another which can boost that motivation and then I'm actually consistent. It has it's limitations, obviously I'll probably gain proficiency more slowly than someone studying just one language, it's time consuming, it takes extra energy, and I have to be careful about which ones I'm doing at the same time (avoiding anything too similar), but if it's between that and giving up without meaning to I'll take the downsides just so I can actually stick with it.
I've been learning Italian on my own for a while now, I'm now at the point where i can try forming some sentences and vocab sticks a little better, but I notice that I mainly tend to 'translate' while i talk, meaning that i can make a sentence by translating it from my own language word for word. This means that when i listen to italian, I tend to lag behind in understanding because i'm still translating the words i recognise, instead of actually knowing them. It's making me a little bit frustrated, because i feel like it's not getting any better with practice. I know i should be patient but sometimes it can feel a bit hopeless😅
Woah this is crazy, I just looked this up and you happened to have uploaded this video today. My biggest difficulty with language learning is spending too much time learning languages. I realized as I did an exchange year that after speaking in a foreign language, I had nothing to talk about besides my life, because I'd spent all my time learning the language. I couldn't even tell people my hobby was language learning because that language was my first language learnt, and it just wasn't impressive to speak two languages since it's nearly expected. And so I began a third to which I've been spending my summer towards. As well as a fourth that I haven't worked on in a long time but can still mostly understand everything I hear. But what I really want to be doing is learning Hungarian -- but every time I try to learn Hungarian I get distracted by Japanese, because it is just that cute. So I end up spending my whole day learning languages, and it is a privilege and I do see the progress -- but ultimately... I wonder if it's become an unhealthy hobby. I want to learn science but I can't balance learning science and learning languages, because one of them takes over my life for an extended period of time. *sigh* Well, thanks for this video and for reading this comment haha! It's so cool to see your videos again after it being so long on my part since I have viewed them. It's comforting that you're still there with me on my language journey. Before I watched your videos, I only spoke one language, and now I speak 2 fluently and understand another 2 quite comfortably! :D Thanks!
learn science in one of your target languages! then you’ll be able to talk about more than just your like, you’ll be able to talk about your other hobby, science, too!
That's truly the essence of hobbies. There are periods of waxing and waning just like the moon. When I was in high school, I would crochet the most during the summer, write fiction during the school year, and read for pleasure throughout. Neither hobby fully went away but letting a hobby go dark for a brief time allows for the full light on another. I too have a struggle to keep to one language but I think as long as the first is at a comfortable level, you can pick it back up after leaving it for a bit so you can dip your toes into another. Bonus points if you can get materials to learn the new language in the older one. For example, Japanese is difficult to read without furugana on the kanji but paired with a language that uses the same script as English, like Spanish or German, makes it easier to look up the words you should be learning if you don't also recognize them in Japanese. I read Spanish translations of manga a whole lot faster than the raws (when it has yet to be translated into English) even though I don't have the amount of vocabulary involved.
Thanks for this comment, I love that you're still hanging out with me virtually. Also it sounds like you're doing what you love and most people spend their lifetime searching for that kind of passion. I love the comments below - learning science in your target language would be a really great way to combine an old passion with a new one!
Unfunny fact of the day: Dutch and Flemish sound like the same language, but they're two different dialects where the words might be different (similar to British and American english).
Americans can understand the British though and the British can understand us because we still speak the same language though. We just have different accents, slang, and different words for certain things. So if it was really like that, then Dutch and Flemish shouldn’t be two separate languages.
I have been learning German for about a year now and majority of the time I get overwhelmed and easily distracted on what I should learn. My main goal is that I want to be able to speak to my German friend in German! I thought that would be quite interesting, plus traveling to Germany would be a dream come true! However, I keep getting distracted on what to learn and those articles always get me. Regardless of all of this going down, I am highly motivated to keep learning German! My German friend is helping me too. :) Danke für das Video!
@@jofranco Hello! I found a lot of German youtubers that I watch. Sometimes they speak so quick that it is hard to understand what they said! But it helped me learn new phrases and my German friend always helps me with about everything! Sometimes I feel as though I have not gotten better at my German
I'm so glad you pointed this out! Because learning Korean is not at all like it was learning French & Spanish...whew chile! My brain hurts. But I love it so much!
@sweetzs100 That's awesome! Wishing you the best. I double majored in French & Spanish in Uni, and lived abroad. But, honestly, Netflix, Spotify, and talking to friends were my go-to! I have to study with Korean though. This is very different!
I swear the content is such a game changer!! I’m making a video about how I watch shows in Flemish all the time and it’s been doing wonders for my word order lol
¡Jo , chica siiii! Estoy apprendiendo español ahora y acuerdo con usted. Perdon mi Espanõl po fa vor , lol. Praticando. Pero, si it is sometimes scary but i literally have been putting myself out there and trying to speak to every spanish speaking personin spanish when i tell you each one has been kind and helpful and this has helped me to improve. I go to my local Hispanic stores and this helps me to so yes doing that and making the language apart of your life does help
I have a problem. I can basically understand Latin languages, but can't speak them 😂. I like to text my friend in broken Italian, it's a beautiful language ❤ I've been busting my @$$ on Mandarin for 9 years and it's always a work in progress. I can read articles, text friends and communicate decently on day to day topics My tips 1# don't look at others progress. 2# make your own friends that like you for you, not your language level. 3# mix formal study with casual TV, songs, podcasts, reading fun articles. 4# have other things that you like about the culture, food, music, movies, openness of the people, ect. 5# there are nice and sucky people in every language and culture, find the good ones.
Γεια σου ! As a Greek I want congratulate you for learning my language ! I am Greek living in Germany and now I still learning German and I am level C1 , but as I speak this language 8h /day I don’t have enough motivation to learn more after work 😢 have you a tip ? ❤
For me I always struggle with that initial phase, like the times I’ve tried to commit to a language a really struggle with staying engaged to initially learn enough vocabulary to be useable in a even barley conversational way. Idk if that’s just me not having the proper motivations or discipline or something but it’s something I always struggle with regardless.
My biggest issue is spending time with ONE language. Ive taken french and spanish in school and also learned spanish with coworkers. Ive taken japanese, tagalog (i lived in the Philippines for a year,) Russian and Tsalagi with the Cherokee nation. Its like trying to decide which child Is like to spend time with. But what happens is that I get scattered or overwhelmed and then I learn very little. Id like to get more fluent in Spanish (which is funny because I've had like five years of French and used to speak it pretty well,) and we have so many Filipinos around me so I'd like to learn that. The Cherokee Nation is losing their elders and so I would love to help keep the language alive. Russian is just freaking cool. And my daughter wants to learn Japanese for school so we bought a system for her to continue since she was using apps last year. The only thing I've been doing when I'm not too tired and skip the class is the tsalagi class. But it's recorded so I can always go back and look and I've taken all three levels before. so yeah I'm kind of at a loss as to how to get through this stalemate. Plus I'm a perfectionist and want to be fluent and everything and I don't think that's realistic but i want it to be. I have dreams in which I am speaking with somebody in their language automatically and it's so awesome
Hola Jo! Bonjour Jo, j’apprend le français avec Duolingo. Great video !! Like you mentioned we cannot rely just on the apps. My native tongue is Spanish ( I’m from Puerto Rico) and I learned English on my own when I was in my teens. I’m learning the same way I learned English to my French journey, listening music, watching tons of tv series in French, getting on French tik tok lives. I will follow your advice on getting a tutor cuz like you said we can get on our ways of learning. Thank you for the video !!
“Fluent dojo” ¡Me encanta esa idea! PS I’m an American who survived high school Spanish and several failed attempts to get A1 level….now trying to land on A2
I’m glad I found this channel! I’m on my journey to learn Italian and Dutch. Apart from keeping practicing English. :) I'm living in the Netherlands but as a native Portuguese speaker, considering studying Belgian Dutch because of your videos 😅 the accent is softer and easier for me to speak.
Love your vids! I just saw a comment someone put about Pimsleur…. If you can get Pimsleur to add more Dutch levels you will be by far my favorite polyglot in the world haha
This is so encouraging. I’m learning Spanish in college and I get headaches and I know it’s because I’m learning something so new. But I didn’t know it was a thing others felt. I will- take a nap lol when it gets super bleh now
There are a billion things I wish I knew when I started my first foreign language (br Portuguese) which is still a challenge 2 and a half years later 😂 but nevertheless.. I'm improving constantly even if it's slow
I've Learnee Portuguese in 24 hours thanks to all the yt videos :P Except that I'm 2 and a half years in and I'm still struggling, especially with comprehension and speaking (because I really haven't been able to) spending many hours a day (usually reading) I've gained many words the past couple months. On LingQ I've added 24,000 "words" if anyone uses LingQ you know what I mean by words.. word families.. phrases.. ect It is my dream to go to and live in Brazil :') Wish me luck I win the lottery or something 😂
@@unknownsoul1811 obrigado 💜 eu adoraria estar lá :') Comecei a aprender pra minha miga qual se tornou minha melhor amiga no mundo.. e eu sou dela. Sonhei centenas de vezes no meu futuro visita no Brasil:')
Thank you so much for this! The thing about the naps,... wow! I have never heard anybody say that before, but it makes so much sense. While learning a language, you are actually building tons of new connections in your brain and that is super exhausting. This is why you need sleep. Also sleep is where the growth happens, because in your sleep your brain is actively solidifying the new neural pathwas, which is so cool! So yay for naps! I'm currently learning Spanish, and struggling a lot with the verb conjugations, do you have any specific tips to tackle this?
Ohhhhh the verbbbbbs, that's something you have to drill into your brain with some good ol' fashion verb charts, and I find physically moving around while learning helps me memorize. So weird right?
Hmm sometimes I really worry during speak time with various people particularly if I have not enough experience with this language which I'm learning and in my opinion your advice able help to me becomes more good at all my languages which I'm learning and yes thank you for this wonderful video
Omg found your videos awhile ago and I have found them so helpful. Trying to learn Italian and get very shy about speaking it correctly. I am using multiple apps so this was helpful information. Thank you for all the great tips. I am in awe of your linguistic abilities! Btw fellow CT resident here 😊
@@jofranco yes pronunciation in speaking Italian or Spanish with rolling r’s and feeling like fraud is where I have difficulty. I am planning a trip to Italy in September and I am nowhere near confident about even speaking Italian to find out where the bathroom is! lol I can understand more than I can speak it. I look forward to the next video, thank you for all you do.
Quando você aprende uma nova língua, você aprende uma de cada vez ou mais de uma ao mesmo tempo??? Menina você é brasileira? Fiquei muito surpresa nessa parte do vídeo, não imaginava!!!!!! Parabéns, estou amando seus vídeos ❤
Oh my God I NEEDED this video. So I've been learning Hindi now since a few months ago and I've only been using Duolingo because I wanted to master the Devanagari(alphabet system) first. I've been doing good in terms of learning the alphabet but I just sometimes feel like I'm not doing enough because I don't use books or practise with a tutor (I don't want to burden my family by asking them for money so I plan on doing that next year) it's also very hard to find resources and pen pals for Hindi so I can't even practise with someone. I sometimes feel like I should just stop learning it for now and resume it next year but I also don't want to slow things down for me. I do understand some words because I've been watching Bollywood movies for years and I've listen to lots of Hindi songs too. What should I do?
Love the tips! I really wanted to know if you could make a video about learning greek (tips, resources, etc) because I’m having a hard time with it and there aren’t many videos that talk about learning greek online T^T. Love from Brasil 🇧🇷
It is really useful for me and thanks for your sharing. For me, I like learning a new language by reading articles or news with the help of Immersive Translate. And after watching your video, I know more methods ti help me master a new language. Thank you again❤
Vi que você e brasileria,parabens,e 5o feliz por esntender guase tudo que você disse ,e realmente os recursos que eu to usando pra aprender outro idioma diferente do ingles naobsao os mesmos,
I think it’s important to note that not everyone learns the same. I feel like I learned nothing with Rosetta Stone, Babbel, or Duolingo, but I’m absolutely loving Pimsleur.
My grandmother was from belgium. The funny thing is is that she never spoke Flemish to us. So what happened is when I was out one day at a home store, I heard a man speaking a language to his daughter. It wasn't Eastern European but it was definitely European. It wasn't French and it wasn't German and it didn't seem to be any language that I had been exposed to. Definitely wasn't Scandinavian. So I had a thought and I turned around and asked him what he was speaking and he said flemish. I told him I knew it! Because it was my grandmother's language and she never spoke it around me and I've heard every language spoken pretty much except hers. Add French in school, my grandmother was happy because I think she regretted never teaching us anything and then as she was elderly she realized she had made a mistake
I'm learning Spanish and I do really well with Duolingo practice tests but when I try learning through actual speakers of the language, I can't seem to keep up especially with pronunciation.
I’m curious how you keep up with all of the other languages that you’ve learned. When you’re spending so much energy into a new language, how do you retain the others? I would absolutely love to be a polyglot. My top three languages right now that I’m trying to learn are Spanish, Japanese, and German. I’ve tried learning lessons simultaneously, but now I think I’m going to try and master Spanish first and move to the others later. Do you have an opinion on this method? Pimsleur is the only language learning app/site that has helped me tremendously. I love that I can learn it on the go, but can also take my own written notes and there are vocab and written quizzes after each audible lesson. It’s so true that what helps one of us doesn’t necessarily help the other. Love the idea of having a tutor though and will need to look into this option as I progress. I so appreciate your content! You are very inspiring!
Learning a new language is very hard. I started learning Greek and it won't stick. Does the technique living, breathing, and thinking only in that language help? Or do you take breaks and return to your native language?
Yes! I just got off a lesson and I feel great because I have an excellent teacher ❤️ When you’re with your partner, do you try to only speak Flemish? I have people can speak with but I usually switch back to English too quickly 🤣
I'll do 1 lesson a week on busy weeks, 50 min max. Sometimes I do a sprint of daily or as close to daily lessons as possible, but it's usually rare because I have so many other things on my plate. But I do self study daily even if for 5 minutes.
Let me know if you need help with Dutch, I love learning languages again. However I speak Dutch with the strong GGGGGG, not a subtle as your flemish G. I learn Portuguese, and more specifically I like the Carioca accent.
I am honored that you are learning our language with so much dedication. 😊 I can also communicate with people from Namibia and South Africa that speaks Afrikaans by the way! If you happen to bump into anyone of those countries give it a shot with your Vlaams, they will be surprised 😂!
Hey Jo,. I have kind of a random question for you. If you can't answer it, well then maybe someone else will read it. I am going on a solo travel to Corfu in September. First time to this island and first time traveling by myself. I am 47 so it's about time i do this haha. I really want to try to set up some Greek lessons local. Of course i am willing to pay for lunch and make it a nice experience for both of us. I don't know how or where to look and so maybe you have some tips to where i might be able to find someone willing to teach a couple times during my 12 day stay. I've been trying to learn for a little while now, but i am a tiny bit stuck. Also i have searched for some bookstores there and wanted to ask if you have some books in Greek that you liked to read ad that were helpful for you. Lieve groetjes uit Holland xxx Juliette
hi ! can I take your advice on which language should I start learning first ? I really wanna learn how to speak Spanish and French but idk which one to start with ( btw I also speak Arabic fluently )
Hi! It really depends on which one you think will be more connected with your life choices in the near future - are you traveling somewhere it’s spoken? Do you have Spanish or french speakers near you? There’s no right answer but the languages were more exposed to are usually the best languages to invest time in learning - only if you love them or find something to love about the culture/people/place
@@jofranco thank you so much for responding ! I think that I'm leaning more towards French because I have some friends / relatives living in France full time but your answer has helped so much , wish you the best
I think you're fun and intelligent, lively and bashful, use your channel to teach the languages that Vice masters very well, including English, but of course the emphasis on your teaching and on other languages that Vice masters other than English. From English, teach slang and proverbs and scientific, educational, mythological, artistic, sporting and gastronomic jargon. And teach mainly the languages that vice masters very well, let's say 90% or more so as not to forget them, then this gives you the strength to learn languages that vice now considers to be the most difficult. Kisses Jo, you have a Neo-Latin soul, your pronunciation in French, Italian and Spanish, maybe you didn't speak Spanish, must be good, teaching Neo-Latin languages will help you learn more. Create separate language teaching playlists. Success hugs kisses 😘😗😗❤️😍
I think you're fun and intelligent, lively and bashful, use your channel to teach the languages that Vice masters very well, including English, but of course the emphasis on your teaching and on other languages that Vice masters other than English. From English, teach slang and proverbs and scientific, educational, mythological, artistic, sporting and gastronomic jargon. And teach mainly the languages that vice masters very well, let's say 90% or more so as not to forget them, then this gives you the strength to learn languages that vice now considers to be the most difficult. Kisses Jo, you have a Neo-Latin soul, your pronunciation in French, Italian and Spanish, maybe you didn't speak Spanish, must be good, teaching Neo-Latin languages will help you learn more. Create separate language teaching playlists. Success hugs kisses 😘😗😗❤️😍😚
They're always around me - right now I'm in Antwerp so I'm practicing my Dutch, but tomorrow I go to Greece so it'll be a switch, my friends speak to me in all their different languages and I watch and listen to content from abroad daily. It's taken a while to design my life to be this multilingual but it's totally doable and the best
Oi meus amiga Jo Franco, I'm here for motivation to learn brazilian portuguese. I find it very difficult to learn being here in America without ppl to talk to conversing daily. I have no resources. Mainly spanish speakers here in Arizona. Can you help?
Soy aprendiendo español y mirar televisión en español. Estoy muy cansado (at) el fin de (show). Yo mirar el sexo en la ciudad porque yo conozco las preguntas en inglés. Esta muy difícil.
“If you feel exhausted then it’s working” Thank you for this 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Nice to know the woman from the pimsleur commercials really is a committed language learner.
lol it’s true - those ads are from the heart
The first ad that played before the video started was literally a Pimsleur add with her 😂
I first learned of Jo from Netflix
@@tonitonytonex3322 really.. ? How ? where ?
I never heard of preply at all started looking for my french language teacher now and will book lessons. Thanks alot!
I love the micro-immersion way of learning. Because it allows me to be lazy and the language surround me.
MICRO IMMERSION! Love this concept
I do worry about getting overwhelmed and I struggle with how much I should practice a day
Hey, if I may here is my approach : fuck it I'm just gonna do it .
Meaning , literally simply start, and when you stop if you feel that you didn't pretend, take your break.
It's between you and you, so go be proud of your work
@@mustaphabensaada1142 thank you
my BIGGEST krptonite is consistency. the passion doesn't die, I just get in my head and go into overdrive of the goals i want to hit (I'm a damn perfectionist ugh) and end up getting overstimulated and bottoming out smh lol lawd
That's why I started JoClub Fluent! We meet weekly to journal in our target languages and see what we need to keep working on! You can try a session www.joclub.world/fluent :)
One thing I noticed about myself was I have kind of gone through different phases, like in the beginning I listened to a lot of music and movies, I did try to translate some songs by myself and I bought lesson books (which still remain unfinished, because I felt like I knew the basics already, even though ideally I needed more reinforcement and practice with it). For the longest time I felt like reading in Spanish was a burden and I wouldn't even bother if I saw Spanish comments on a video, for instance. I also spent over 12-13 years not even speaking Spanish out loud? I'm not very social so that's another reason. But my parents do speak Spanish, so not that much of an excuse.
My advice would be to learn in a various of ways, get an easy novel or book, watch series, listen to music, learn the grammar and also practice speaking without being too worried and obsessed about making mistakes. I'm finally at a point where I'm improving in the areas I was lacking, especially reading and speaking. But I did go several years kind of neglecting certain areas of learning, I could've been further along by now if I had been giving it my all. But it's all a process anyway.
Love this comment and it’s so true!! The phases and chapters of language learning are real!
Nice video!
I have one tip however : in French, when we say _À tout à l'heure_ , that means the person will have an appointment on the very same day, or, logically, in the same hour (hence the "heure"). In your case, it would be better to say _À plus tard_ , which literally translates to "See you later" ;
This is brilliant, i have been on the journey of learning my first new language for a while now finding content to align witht the different stages of the learning can difficult, i love that your content is based in the real world and practical, i always feel a little re motivated after your videos, thank you
More people starting langauage learning need to see your content, the most legitimate out there
For people who can't travel and don't really have anywhere near them that they can reach that might have their target language in the wild, there are actually videos/streams of people walking around grocery stores, or streets, or museums etc which can be helpful. Especially since some of them are for people who are interested in that country and its culture where the person filming might spend a bit of extra time looking at things closely. As well as being able to look at and read things, you can also usually hear people around. Closest thing to actually going somewhere when you can't go yourself.
It also turned out, after many stops and starts with languages that for me it was actually better to learn more than one language at a time because even when I might be feeling a bit demotivated with one I'm usually still motivated with another and then I might see something in that language that reminds me of something in another which can boost that motivation and then I'm actually consistent. It has it's limitations, obviously I'll probably gain proficiency more slowly than someone studying just one language, it's time consuming, it takes extra energy, and I have to be careful about which ones I'm doing at the same time (avoiding anything too similar), but if it's between that and giving up without meaning to I'll take the downsides just so I can actually stick with it.
I've been learning Italian on my own for a while now, I'm now at the point where i can try forming some sentences and vocab sticks a little better, but I notice that I mainly tend to 'translate' while i talk, meaning that i can make a sentence by translating it from my own language word for word. This means that when i listen to italian, I tend to lag behind in understanding because i'm still translating the words i recognise, instead of actually knowing them. It's making me a little bit frustrated, because i feel like it's not getting any better with practice. I know i should be patient but sometimes it can feel a bit hopeless😅
Woah this is crazy, I just looked this up and you happened to have uploaded this video today.
My biggest difficulty with language learning is spending too much time learning languages. I realized as I did an exchange year that after speaking in a foreign language, I had nothing to talk about besides my life, because I'd spent all my time learning the language. I couldn't even tell people my hobby was language learning because that language was my first language learnt, and it just wasn't impressive to speak two languages since it's nearly expected.
And so I began a third to which I've been spending my summer towards. As well as a fourth that I haven't worked on in a long time but can still mostly understand everything I hear. But what I really want to be doing is learning Hungarian -- but every time I try to learn Hungarian I get distracted by Japanese, because it is just that cute.
So I end up spending my whole day learning languages, and it is a privilege and I do see the progress -- but ultimately... I wonder if it's become an unhealthy hobby. I want to learn science but I can't balance learning science and learning languages, because one of them takes over my life for an extended period of time.
*sigh*
Well, thanks for this video and for reading this comment haha! It's so cool to see your videos again after it being so long on my part since I have viewed them. It's comforting that you're still there with me on my language journey. Before I watched your videos, I only spoke one language, and now I speak 2 fluently and understand another 2 quite comfortably! :D Thanks!
learn science in one of your target languages! then you’ll be able to talk about more than just your like, you’ll be able to talk about your other hobby, science, too!
That's truly the essence of hobbies. There are periods of waxing and waning just like the moon. When I was in high school, I would crochet the most during the summer, write fiction during the school year, and read for pleasure throughout. Neither hobby fully went away but letting a hobby go dark for a brief time allows for the full light on another.
I too have a struggle to keep to one language but I think as long as the first is at a comfortable level, you can pick it back up after leaving it for a bit so you can dip your toes into another. Bonus points if you can get materials to learn the new language in the older one. For example, Japanese is difficult to read without furugana on the kanji but paired with a language that uses the same script as English, like Spanish or German, makes it easier to look up the words you should be learning if you don't also recognize them in Japanese. I read Spanish translations of manga a whole lot faster than the raws (when it has yet to be translated into English) even though I don't have the amount of vocabulary involved.
Thanks for this comment, I love that you're still hanging out with me virtually. Also it sounds like you're doing what you love and most people spend their lifetime searching for that kind of passion. I love the comments below - learning science in your target language would be a really great way to combine an old passion with a new one!
Unfunny fact of the day: Dutch and Flemish sound like the same language, but they're two different dialects where the words might be different (similar to British and American english).
the fact you said "unfunny fact" somehow made me think this comment was funny lol.
Americans can understand the British though and the British can understand us because we still speak the same language though. We just have different accents, slang, and different words for certain things. So if it was really like that, then Dutch and Flemish shouldn’t be two separate languages.
I have been learning German for about a year now and majority of the time I get overwhelmed and easily distracted on what I should learn. My main goal is that I want to be able to speak to my German friend in German! I thought that would be quite interesting, plus traveling to Germany would be a dream come true! However, I keep getting distracted on what to learn and those articles always get me. Regardless of all of this going down, I am highly motivated to keep learning German! My German friend is helping me too. :) Danke für das Video!
Keep it up!! Have you fallen in love with some content yet? In Dutch that’s what’s changed everything for me
@@jofranco Hello! I found a lot of German youtubers that I watch. Sometimes they speak so quick that it is hard to understand what they said! But it helped me learn new phrases and my German friend always helps me with about everything! Sometimes I feel as though I have not gotten better at my German
I really love this! Especially the point re neurodivergence, because SO many classically "good" methods are impossible for a neurospicy mind
I'm so glad you pointed this out! Because learning Korean is not at all like it was learning French & Spanish...whew chile! My brain hurts. But I love it so much!
I’m currently trying to learn Spanish. How long did it take you and what was your primary tool/method that you used to learn it?
@sweetzs100 That's awesome! Wishing you the best. I double majored in French & Spanish in Uni, and lived abroad. But, honestly, Netflix, Spotify, and talking to friends were my go-to! I have to study with Korean though. This is very different!
I swear the content is such a game changer!! I’m making a video about how I watch shows in Flemish all the time and it’s been doing wonders for my word order lol
I use apps for learning,but i pratice speak alone and whatch some videos teachers on youtube which really help me,and repeat
¡Jo , chica siiii! Estoy apprendiendo español ahora y acuerdo con usted. Perdon mi Espanõl po fa vor , lol. Praticando. Pero, si it is sometimes scary but i literally have been putting myself out there and trying to speak to every spanish speaking personin spanish when i tell you each one has been kind and helpful and this has helped me to improve. I go to my local Hispanic stores and this helps me to so yes doing that and making the language apart of your life does help
Currently, learning Spanish and French can be a struggle at times. Thanks for the tips!
Teacher tiffany,she speak really clear,such a good teacher
Thanks for the Principles, stratégies, and tips for language learning. I'm learning SPANNISH, and I'm grateful to see you as my inspiration
I have a problem. I can basically understand Latin languages, but can't speak them 😂. I like to text my friend in broken Italian, it's a beautiful language ❤
I've been busting my @$$ on Mandarin for 9 years and it's always a work in progress. I can read articles, text friends and communicate decently on day to day topics
My tips
1# don't look at others progress.
2# make your own friends that like you for you, not your language level.
3# mix formal study with casual TV, songs, podcasts, reading fun articles.
4# have other things that you like about the culture, food, music, movies, openness of the people, ect.
5# there are nice and sucky people in every language and culture, find the good ones.
Γεια σου ! As a Greek I want congratulate you for learning my language ! I am Greek living in Germany and now I still learning German and I am level C1 , but as I speak this language 8h /day I don’t have enough motivation to learn more after work 😢 have you a tip ? ❤
Do you have any tips for dyslexic learners/ people who really struggle with grammar concepts?
For me I always struggle with that initial phase, like the times I’ve tried to commit to a language a really struggle with staying engaged to initially learn enough vocabulary to be useable in a even barley conversational way. Idk if that’s just me not having the proper motivations or discipline or something but it’s something I always struggle with regardless.
My biggest issue is spending time with ONE language. Ive taken french and spanish in school and also learned spanish with coworkers. Ive taken japanese, tagalog (i lived in the Philippines for a year,) Russian and Tsalagi with the Cherokee nation. Its like trying to decide which child Is like to spend time with. But what happens is that I get scattered or overwhelmed and then I learn very little. Id like to get more fluent in Spanish (which is funny because I've had like five years of French and used to speak it pretty well,) and we have so many Filipinos around me so I'd like to learn that. The Cherokee Nation is losing their elders and so I would love to help keep the language alive. Russian is just freaking cool. And my daughter wants to learn Japanese for school so we bought a system for her to continue since she was using apps last year. The only thing I've been doing when I'm not too tired and skip the class is the tsalagi class. But it's recorded so I can always go back and look and I've taken all three levels before.
so yeah I'm kind of at a loss as to how to get through this stalemate. Plus I'm a perfectionist and want to be fluent and everything and I don't think that's realistic but i want it to be. I have dreams in which I am speaking with somebody in their language automatically and it's so awesome
Please do a video on your Greek learning journey! ❤
Ohhhh a great idea !!!
Hola Jo! Bonjour Jo, j’apprend le français avec Duolingo. Great video !! Like you mentioned we cannot rely just on the apps. My native tongue is Spanish ( I’m from Puerto Rico) and I learned English on my own when I was in my teens. I’m learning the same way I learned English to my French journey, listening music, watching tons of tv series in French, getting on French tik tok lives. I will follow your advice on getting a tutor cuz like you said we can get on our ways of learning. Thank you for the video !!
This is probably the most honest and truest things to know about learning languages.
Yayyy Jo is back
I just love your videos so much
The pyramid comparison was perfect!
I had my first French lesson on Sunday and I really enjoyed it. Now my niece wants to learn a new language thanks.❤❤
Thank you for the information
Please do a Greek focused video and how you understood the grammar ❤
“Fluent dojo” ¡Me encanta esa idea!
PS I’m an American who survived high school Spanish and several failed attempts to get A1 level….now trying to land on A2
This is a really good video. I definitely agree that you need to find your own way of learning.
thank you for watching
I’m glad I found this channel! I’m on my journey to learn Italian and Dutch. Apart from keeping practicing English. :) I'm living in the Netherlands but as a native Portuguese speaker, considering studying Belgian Dutch because of your videos 😅 the accent is softer and easier for me to speak.
The getting tired thing is totally real
Love your vids! I just saw a comment someone put about Pimsleur…. If you can get Pimsleur to add more Dutch levels you will be by far my favorite polyglot in the world haha
"sends the CMO of Pimsleur an email right now" lol
@@jofranco !!! You get the favorite spot simply for the attempt! You’re the best!
This is so encouraging. I’m learning Spanish in college and I get headaches and I know it’s because I’m learning something so new. But I didn’t know it was a thing others felt. I will- take a nap lol when it gets super bleh now
I’m always exhausted when I learn a new language intensely, I really think it’s because things are under construction lol
Eu sou de Honduras , e estou aprendiendo portugués, voce pode fazer um video em portugués por favor?
la plus belle femme du réseau social merci pour votre leadership😘
There are a billion things I wish I knew when I started my first foreign language (br Portuguese) which is still a challenge 2 and a half years later 😂 but nevertheless.. I'm improving constantly even if it's slow
I've Learnee Portuguese in 24 hours thanks to all the yt videos :P
Except that I'm 2 and a half years in and I'm still struggling, especially with comprehension and speaking (because I really haven't been able to) spending many hours a day (usually reading) I've gained many words the past couple months. On LingQ I've added 24,000 "words" if anyone uses LingQ you know what I mean by words.. word families.. phrases.. ect
It is my dream to go to and live in Brazil :')
Wish me luck I win the lottery or something 😂
We will love to have you over here :) ❤ love from Brazil ~
@@unknownsoul1811 obrigado 💜 eu adoraria estar lá :')
Comecei a aprender pra minha miga qual se tornou minha melhor amiga no mundo.. e eu sou dela. Sonhei centenas de vezes no meu futuro visita no Brasil:')
@@gamingwithpurg3anarchy157 Que legal! Boa sorte nos seus estudos! 😊
Your energy and creativity towards learning is uplifting and inspirational intellectually and emotionally. Thank you 😎👍
Thank you so much for this! The thing about the naps,... wow! I have never heard anybody say that before, but it makes so much sense. While learning a language, you are actually building tons of new connections in your brain and that is super exhausting. This is why you need sleep. Also sleep is where the growth happens, because in your sleep your brain is actively solidifying the new neural pathwas, which is so cool! So yay for naps!
I'm currently learning Spanish, and struggling a lot with the verb conjugations, do you have any specific tips to tackle this?
Ohhhhh the verbbbbbs, that's something you have to drill into your brain with some good ol' fashion verb charts, and I find physically moving around while learning helps me memorize. So weird right?
Taht sounds wonderful- simulate being abroad not just immersion but it sounds liek fun when you say it.
Hmm sometimes I really worry during speak time with various people particularly if I have not enough experience with this language which I'm learning and in my opinion your advice able help to me becomes more good at all my languages which I'm learning and yes thank you for this wonderful video
Omg found your videos awhile ago and I have found them so helpful. Trying to learn Italian and get very shy about speaking it correctly. I am using multiple apps so this was helpful information. Thank you for all the great tips. I am in awe of your linguistic abilities! Btw fellow CT resident here 😊
Hi Connecticutie
@@jofranco yes pronunciation in speaking Italian or Spanish with rolling r’s and feeling like fraud is where I have difficulty. I am planning a trip to Italy in September and I am nowhere near confident about even speaking Italian to find out where the bathroom is! lol I can understand more than I can speak it. I look forward to the next video, thank you for all you do.
Quando você aprende uma nova língua, você aprende uma de cada vez ou mais de uma ao mesmo tempo???
Menina você é brasileira? Fiquei muito surpresa nessa parte do vídeo, não imaginava!!!!!!
Parabéns, estou amando seus vídeos ❤
Thank you! We all learn differently im so glad you appreciate that thank you so much! Your videos have helped me so much!
Thank you. Needed this
This video changed my perspective on a lot of things thank you! ¡Also reactivated my travel urge!
Oh my God I NEEDED this video. So I've been learning Hindi now since a few months ago and I've only been using Duolingo because I wanted to master the Devanagari(alphabet system) first. I've been doing good in terms of learning the alphabet but I just sometimes feel like I'm not doing enough because I don't use books or practise with a tutor (I don't want to burden my family by asking them for money so I plan on doing that next year) it's also very hard to find resources and pen pals for Hindi so I can't even practise with someone. I sometimes feel like I should just stop learning it for now and resume it next year but I also don't want to slow things down for me. I do understand some words because I've been watching Bollywood movies for years and I've listen to lots of Hindi songs too. What should I do?
Love the tips! I really wanted to know if you could make a video about learning greek (tips, resources, etc) because I’m having a hard time with it and there aren’t many videos that talk about learning greek online T^T. Love from Brasil 🇧🇷
I'm going to have to do this ASAP
I got your book for Mother’s Day and am wondering how you personally use it! Would love to see the master at work 😊
It is really useful for me and thanks for your sharing. For me, I like learning a new language by reading articles or news with the help of Immersive Translate. And after watching your video, I know more methods ti help me master a new language. Thank you again❤
Girlllll, your portuguese accent is so cute (I'm from Brazil)
Vi que você e brasileria,parabens,e 5o feliz por esntender guase tudo que você disse ,e realmente os recursos que eu to usando pra aprender outro idioma diferente do ingles naobsao os mesmos,
Grazie per il video. Molto interessante idee. Mi piace il tuo canale è molto divertente.
To me it sounds like you don't use babbel or rosette stone which sounds really hard the way you are doing it and amazing
I think it’s important to note that not everyone learns the same. I feel like I learned nothing with Rosetta Stone, Babbel, or Duolingo, but I’m absolutely loving Pimsleur.
La tua pronuncia in italiano è ottima! Parabéns 🎉😉 💚🤍❤️
My grandmother was from belgium. The funny thing is is that she never spoke Flemish to us. So what happened is when I was out one day at a home store, I heard a man speaking a language to his daughter. It wasn't Eastern European but it was definitely European. It wasn't French and it wasn't German and it didn't seem to be any language that I had been exposed to. Definitely wasn't Scandinavian. So I had a thought and I turned around and asked him what he was speaking and he said flemish. I told him I knew it! Because it was my grandmother's language and she never spoke it around me and I've heard every language spoken pretty much except hers. Add French in school, my grandmother was happy because I think she regretted never teaching us anything and then as she was elderly she realized she had made a mistake
I'm learning Spanish and I do really well with Duolingo practice tests but when I try learning through actual speakers of the language, I can't seem to keep up especially with pronunciation.
this gave me energy im excited
Jo, how long did you wait between learning your next lesson and the current one your learning
I love the points you’ve mentioned but I have a question how do you maintain all your languages as a polyglot when you start a new language?
I need to make a video on this!
I’m curious how you keep up with all of the other languages that you’ve learned. When you’re spending so much energy into a new language, how do you retain the others? I would absolutely love to be a polyglot. My top three languages right now that I’m trying to learn are Spanish, Japanese, and German. I’ve tried learning lessons simultaneously, but now I think I’m going to try and master Spanish first and move to the others later. Do you have an opinion on this method?
Pimsleur is the only language learning app/site that has helped me tremendously. I love that I can learn it on the go, but can also take my own written notes and there are vocab and written quizzes after each audible lesson. It’s so true that what helps one of us doesn’t necessarily help the other. Love the idea of having a tutor though and will need to look into this option as I progress. I so appreciate your content! You are very inspiring!
Your videos are so inspiring and it reminds me that I need to do more hahaha
tiny actions daily is all we have to do
Another personality,whem im speak english really,i love the accent of lousiana so this is the english what a want to talk
이 영상을 만들어져서 감사합니다😊
Learning a new language is very hard. I started learning Greek and it won't stick. Does the technique living, breathing, and thinking only in that language help? Or do you take breaks and return to your native language?
Yes! I just got off a lesson and I feel great because I have an excellent teacher ❤️
When you’re with your partner, do you try to only speak Flemish? I have people can speak with but I usually switch back to English too quickly 🤣
What's your opinion of Duolingo? Trying to learn Spanish as an older gentleman.
Didnt know u were in CT! Hopefully our paths cross one day! Thanks for ur videos 😁😁
Hi Jo! How do you find language tutors? Is there a platform you use?
Oh haha should’ve watched the whole video before commenting
Great video . How many days/hours do you have lessons?
I'll do 1 lesson a week on busy weeks, 50 min max. Sometimes I do a sprint of daily or as close to daily lessons as possible, but it's usually rare because I have so many other things on my plate. But I do self study daily even if for 5 minutes.
Do a Bay Area meet & greet! Sending ❤️ from Santa Cruz
Let me know if you need help with Dutch, I love learning languages again. However I speak Dutch with the strong GGGGGG, not a subtle as your flemish G. I learn Portuguese, and more specifically I like the Carioca accent.
lol! I love that you know about the carioca accent and came forward about the GGGG hahah! I'm a Flemish softie, it's true
I am honored that you are learning our language with so much dedication. 😊 I can also communicate with people from Namibia and South Africa that speaks Afrikaans by the way! If you happen to bump into anyone of those countries give it a shot with your Vlaams, they will be surprised 😂!
I grew up in Connecticut
The taking naps things is so real
Hey Jo,. I have kind of a random question for you. If you can't answer it, well then maybe someone else will read it. I am going on a solo travel to Corfu in September. First time to this island and first time traveling by myself. I am 47 so it's about time i do this haha. I really want to try to set up some Greek lessons local. Of course i am willing to pay for lunch and make it a nice experience for both of us. I don't know how or where to look and so maybe you have some tips to where i might be able to find someone willing to teach a couple times during my 12 day stay. I've been trying to learn for a little while now, but i am a tiny bit stuck. Also i have searched for some bookstores there and wanted to ask if you have some books in Greek that you liked to read ad that were helpful for you. Lieve groetjes uit Holland xxx Juliette
im learning tunisia arabic and theres little to none resources and its so different from all other dialects its not even understood
Thank you i just book my first meeting with a Italian tutor
Have the best time!! Let me know how it goes
hi ! can I take your advice on which language should I start learning first ? I really wanna learn how to speak Spanish and French but idk which one to start with ( btw I also speak Arabic fluently )
Hi! It really depends on which one you think will be more connected with your life choices in the near future - are you traveling somewhere it’s spoken? Do you have Spanish or french speakers near you? There’s no right answer but the languages were more exposed to are usually the best languages to invest time in learning - only if you love them or find something to love about the culture/people/place
@@jofranco thank you so much for responding ! I think that I'm leaning more towards French because I have some friends / relatives living in France full time but your answer has helped so much , wish you the best
No Way! Voce é brasileira!!! Como assim? Comecei a gostar mais de voce agora 🇧🇷🇧🇷
Simmmm ❤️❤️ bem-vindo aqui :)
I think you're fun and intelligent, lively and bashful, use your channel to teach the languages that Vice masters very well, including English, but of course the emphasis on your teaching and on other languages that Vice masters other than English.
From English, teach slang and proverbs and scientific, educational, mythological, artistic, sporting and gastronomic jargon.
And teach mainly the languages that vice masters very well, let's say 90% or more so as not to forget them, then this gives you the strength to learn languages that vice now considers to be the most difficult.
Kisses Jo, you have a Neo-Latin soul, your pronunciation in French, Italian and Spanish, maybe you didn't speak Spanish, must be good, teaching Neo-Latin languages will help you learn more.
Create separate language teaching playlists.
Success hugs kisses 😘😗😗❤️😍
I think you're fun and intelligent, lively and bashful, use your channel to teach the languages that Vice masters very well, including English, but of course the emphasis on your teaching and on other languages that Vice masters other than English.
From English, teach slang and proverbs and scientific, educational, mythological, artistic, sporting and gastronomic jargon.
And teach mainly the languages that vice masters very well, let's say 90% or more so as not to forget them, then this gives you the strength to learn languages that vice now considers to be the most difficult.
Kisses Jo, you have a Neo-Latin soul, your pronunciation in French, Italian and Spanish, maybe you didn't speak Spanish, must be good, teaching Neo-Latin languages will help you learn more.
Create separate language teaching playlists.
Success hugs kisses 😘😗😗❤️😍😚
I got a pimsleur ad before this lol
Which one?!
Hi Jo, are you learning all those languages all at once?
They're always around me - right now I'm in Antwerp so I'm practicing my Dutch, but tomorrow I go to Greece so it'll be a switch, my friends speak to me in all their different languages and I watch and listen to content from abroad daily. It's taken a while to design my life to be this multilingual but it's totally doable and the best
@@jofranco Okay❤️❤️❤️
Oi meus amiga Jo Franco, I'm here for motivation to learn brazilian portuguese. I find it very difficult to learn being here in America without ppl to talk to conversing daily. I have no resources. Mainly spanish speakers here in Arizona. Can you help?
Soy aprendiendo español y mirar televisión en español. Estoy muy cansado (at) el fin de (show). Yo mirar el sexo en la ciudad porque yo conozco las preguntas en inglés. Esta muy difícil.
Video muito bom
Learning a language is interesting
What is your native language?
Interesting
So. Learning All these Languages. What.
Does that do for you ??
I use Duolingo to learn french
Yes, honestly, when i start learning new things my brain and eyes get tired
I feel seeeen !! Rest them eyes boo lol
I want to be like you when I grow up
thanks booo boo
🌸 I am dyslexic as well as have adhd
If I can learn, so can anyone 🎉