How to Learn ANY Language Without Studying

Here's a simple way to start learning a new language without having to cancel your life.

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[jeffreybarker]

And again, here I am, about to start my day with my family, minding my own business. Then Matt drops a new video. The kids can make their own breakfast…right? 😅

Glad to see you back, Matt! Quality of these essays is off the charts and getting better all the time.

Couldn’t agree more about those habits, either. Nesting those activities is the only way to make it through this process. Hoping more people who need your insights find this video!

[izza]

I’m 3 weeks into learning Spanish, through (mostly) dreaming Spanish, and even though I’m only 45 hours in I already see so much improvement. AND the best thing is it’s fun! I already watch a lot of YouTube. I’ve now just changed the content I’m watching. Nothing else. I don’t really put much effort into learning the language. But I AM learning it. I also love to read, so I am also rereading my favorite book in Spanish. I really didn’t know learning a language could be “easy”. I have not added alot of new things to my daily routine. I just changed the habits I already have into the same thing, but in Spanish.
I studied Spanish for three years in school and I failed that course so hard it’s embarrassing lmao. And I don’t remember ANYTHING. Now after only 3 weeks of comprehensible input and surrounding myself with the language, I know much more than I did back then.

[coolbrotherf]

I will say that less similar languages than the native one, like Japanese compared to English, will take more study than going from English to Spanish or Dutch. Character based languages like Japanese or Mandarin have to be studied quite a bit more as they have a very high barrier to entry for reading especially.

[johnluke]

I love your English accent!

In school we learned "British English" but because of an unfathomable amount of American input growing up I now have trouble breaking away from that American vocab and pronunciation.

Trying to change it now as an adult by consuming as much as I can from the UK😅

Great video as always!

[Yihwa_G]

I think it's great that you keep your videos relatively short but still just as informative as others. I feel like that's because you stick to the point and don't ramble. I mainly learn input based, but I also start with a guided course as I find it too bothersome to start with just input and I think that it tends to slow the progress extremely. Once I know the most common about 1000 or so words and have a basic understanding on how the language works, I learn almost exclusively with input.

[philipdavis]

Thanks Matt, great advice as always. On Pimsleur, I really like the idea behind it (especially as I have a half hour walk to my office, so I can do two classes a day), but I did find with French that I had misheard words. I worry that it can lead to bad pronunciation in the long term. I'm using it now for Japanese, but I think its more useful as a launchpad to talking (i.e. after you've done a few hundred hours of other input), rather than for beginners. I'm inclined to think that early on, techniques like shadowing/chorusing are the best for ensuring you really 'hear' (and in the long run 'speak) with a correct accent. For French, I found the Speakly app to give a great launch to the language - its really interesting to use, with good tapes and input material.

[JoseLearnsSpanish]

I’ve been doing duolingo for the past two months. I’m not doing so much time but 5 lessons per day is around 15 minutes. I’ll do 5-15 lessons per day and the repetition has made me speak the language way better. I’m only A2 right now so I think the repetition apps do help a lot but this will not make one fluent. I listen to Spanish music and watch a Spanish show daily. I’m trying to incorporate more daily into my life but I will say I think I can be fluent in about a year now. I never thought I could do it but now it’s possible. Thanks for the tips though!

[timothymurray]

Hi Matt. I'm about 230 hours into Premium Dreaming Spanish at the moment. I've watching the videos by difficulty so I'm roughly at 50 now but it's been a real struggle for the last 50/60 hours, doubt my comprehension is 30%. I'm really finding the transition from Beginner to intermediate videos so difficult

[wyverntheterrible]

You dont get anything of value without hard work. If you want to learn a language accept that, and plough on.