How To Make Language Learning Fun & Effective

3 key ways for language learning and how to acquire the language based on your interests and resources, making it more fun and easy in the process.

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[δαιμόνιον]

Tip: go full immersion
Me learning ancient Greek: oh yes, of course

[whofan]

a lot of this is largely why korean has become so popular, if youre already interested in the media and the culture its going to be much more fun to learn the language. its why i picked up chinese too! theres a whole lot of stuff in chinese that i want to read without it being diluted by translation. i bit the bullet and started practicing my speaking on italki, which was super scary but definitley worth it. im a little more confident to talk to some friends in chinese now, which is a great start.

[裵智]

I've been studying chinese for 3 years but i've spoken with really few people because i was scared to put myself out there. This year I changed my mindset and decided to have multiple language exchanges and I found an amazing language partner and only after one month of daily conversations i feel like I've learned more than i've learned the entirety of last year. I noticed that funnily enough I remember the most vocabulary or phrases that remind me of awkward moments happened during these conversations (for example if I was speaking with someone and mistook one word for another conveying a total different message, that awkardness/shame i would feel in my mistake would really make me remember my mistake and not forget the right way I should have spoken), for this reason I've decided for this year my main goal is to seek discomfort, not be afraid to make mistakes and seek those mistakes in order to learn, meanwhile I'll get to know new interesting people so that's definitely a plus.
For me, books are a tool to enhance your conversation and communications skills: I don't spend much time studying them, i just take from them what i find useful or interesting for my next conversation, I'll write them down and try to use them next time i talk to someone. I find this is an approach that really works for me, because i tend to associate memory to the emotions, and just studying from a book on my own doesn't give me an emotion as strong as a face to face conversation.

[momo]

Although this is not a language-learning channel, you have pretty solid points.

The why and customization part is 100% true.

[SamuelLeary]

Great video as always. The b-roll… so good. So very, very good. Your words reminded me of two ideas. Jung’s idea that “people don’t have ideas, ideas have people.” Like Lagerfeld suggested, language makes the person in many ways. It possesses us, determines how we think (in many ways), and consequently guides our perception. Combine that with the Joycean idea that languages are effectively living organisms, always changing and evolving by way of the collective unconscious of their speakers. It’s no wonder speaking another language in a casual setting is so difficult. It’s like trying to ride a saddled horse versus an untamed bronco in the wild. Remove the formal rules, and at once, the task at hand is entirely different. A beginner has the illusion of linguistic possession in a formal setting. The opposite is true in the “wild, ” where a conversation could, potentially, go anywhere.

Again, great video. RC’s spicy takes always put me in a new headspace.

[Elza]

This si so accurate:) learning languages is mostly about YOURSELF, it is a journey about learning who you are, how you change through the times and it is a process, you have to realize what you like, what is your learning approach, what suits you, like in any other human action ( Know yourself:)

[oliverd.shields]

I find it funny how you add “safely” (for the immersion environment). Keep in mind that a man in danger is a man motivated by fear to do the best he can to get this language down cold.

[mr.sushi]

I have been studying my language for a while and still can’t speak but I do notice me making progress and I’m still having fun. It’s a very calming hobby for me. Really resonated with this essay.

[dummybear]

Everyone tells me to watch the news in French and I just can't force myself to. I find the news stressful to begin with- I actively avoid it.
Instead, I watch old fairytale movies in french, because I actually enjoy that. I listen to videos about my religion and cottagecore vlogs.
I'm looking into fun ways to immerse myself in the language. Ways that are actually relevant to my daily life and interests.

[gui.]

I have clearly goal to why learn a language, the culture, like i'd learn russian just to can read literature, now I'm learning german and looking forward improve my english and spanish

[alexach.]

I have been trying to learn Mandarin for a while now... and I can see now why I failed: basically I can only talk Mandarin in a control environment and I have been not trying to use it everyday, outside with more people.

[mlejnek]

thank you so much for this video. I'm glad someone is involved in the flow, I'm in 8th grade (cz🇨🇿) and I'm learning Czech, English and Russian and I think this will help us learn Russian better

[evelynstenberg]

Amazing video. This really inspired me and got me to find fun ways to learn swedish

[lecalioptere]

Wow! Ta prononciation en français est vraiment bonne ! ☺️

[iterumm]

the language that i’m passionate about is latin - one with no native speakers or much well pronounced auditory media. however i’m quite good at the pronunciation and have my own accent so i decided i would record readings of poetry originally in latin and some that i wrote or translated. for those who also love “dead” languages, i’d also say to get very immersed in the culture’s history. some latin books may just say an oppidum is a town, but that loses the meaning of the walled settlement and military significance. if i was to say that my hometown is an oppidum because i learned it’s the word for town, i’d be wrong. a language is only dead the moment someone stops trying to speak it.

[melodywilson]

im a beginner in self learning korean, 2 months. i struggle with understanding grammer, i keep pushing through and not giving up

[arminislam]

Sometimes i just feel like dropping out of school and read every single book around the world- wish i could do- i hate people as much as i love books :')

[joshuaomoijiade]

thank you for this video. A cheaper alternative would be nice though

[mariteresanzesbri]

Aprende español: fantástico mon ami! Súper videos! Yo te enseño español.

[Hawthorne_ash]

Unfortunately this is me. I'm now researching myself Spanish because that is what my degree is in but I'm really interested in learning French and Swhaili( a lot of my favorite films are in French.) But I heard you shouldn't learn languages in the same family as each other. In short I feel like I can't learn the language I want until I finish the language I need. Mainly I need Spanish to learn more about my family history as well as meet extremely distant relatives from Spain