Learn ANY Language in 6 months using this LAZY method

Most of the activities I talk about in this video are inspired from my own experience, or from Paul Nation's work.

[sunshineeddy]

It's refreshing to see a French person having mastered English. You have gone beyond mastering it - you have achieved native fluency, which is the holy grail. I can't help listening to you intently to see if I can detect any French accent but hats off to you - yes, you have an accent but it's American (I'm Australian), so you sound like a native speaker. Very impressive. En fait, je suis jaloux. Si je pouvais parler français comme ça, je serais trop content ! Bravo !

[outcome]

For the life of me, I would never tell you were not a native speaker, good job!

[Mordovsky]

I've been studying English since I was 7. Moved to the UK at 19. I have lived here for almost 13 years and am still learning. I can say for sure that every single technique that Lois shared are the best! If you follow his recommendations, you don't need to look any further. I can't express how much research and effort went into this video! Save it, as it will save you a lot of time! I only want to add that if you feel like you hit a plateau and are seeking new stuff, do an activity that you haven't done before, and you will be able to take your English to the next level! Thanks, Lois. Very excited about your app. Keep up the great work!

[fmaximo]

Hi, Loïs! This method really looks great. I'll try it out, for sure.
But I would also love to see you explaining further how to learn sentences to improve our vocabulary.
Thank you very much. Cheers from Brazil.

[victorialearns]

This is helpful. Your English is so good basically native!

[فريدة-هن]

It's a bless that I found your channal. Thank u for sharing these good tips I've been having hard times with my languages learning tips, feeling something is not working properly... I'll switch and replace some of them with yours, keep up the amazing work 👏🏻👏🏻🌷

[misscamay]

transcribing an entire movie is in no way a lazy way of learning and it burns you out quickly and limits the amount of your comprehensible input….I think writing down words or phrases here and there and adding them to your Anki is more balanced and effective…

[axeldeville]

Hi Lois! What about a video for try harder, those who wants to reach fluency the faster, those who are ready to really put it into effort to get closer to English fluency ?

That could be great! Looking forward to watching your next video about Fluency 🙏

[ebookforfun]

Thank you. Its amazing way to learn English. I will try to listen your video multiple times to be influential in English. You speak very clearly.

[misscamay]

in my experience tons of comprehensible input like Dreaming Spanish changed everything and suddenly allowed me to understand the language…speaking wise Pimsleur is unbeatable with quick and automatic output…

[sekar]

I use spreadsheets instead of flashcards, but I organize it like an SRS system. It's less intimidating and I'm not overwelming by a lot of cards. I add a column for the day I write that sentence and the date when I review them. I also use three colors to color the cells: red for ones I struggle to memorize, green for those I've mastered, and yellow for ones I'm unsure about. By doing that, i can filter by the date and color.

[constanzacortes]

Excellent video, thank you ; I was looking for something like this 🙏🏻

[רונהלוי-הז]

It's not a lazy method but you have good tips and your app sounds useful

[tedcrowley]

I only have one problem with flashcards. A word in language A might translate as several different words in language B, depending on the content. When you ask Google Translate to translate a word, it often gives you a list of several words. This is probably a small problem in closely related languages (English and French), but a big problem for languages that differ more.

[عَبدُالرَّحْمَن-دمل]

Hey Lois, thanks a lot for the stunning subtitles out there in the intro... but I wanna ask for a favor here.... can you Lois talk a tense bit about the Istoria app, please? (PLEASE PEOPLE, CLICK ON THE LIKE OVER THERE, LET HIM SEE THE COMMENT, IT'S NOT THAT BIGGIE)

[tullochgorum]

Outstanding! My only comment would be the need to ramp up the input with graded learner materials before jumping into native content. My own approach is to use dialogue-based courses by Teach Yourself, Berlitz and Assimil. These use idiomatic language with parallel translation. They are progressive, with a lot of inbuilt repetition. You can use them for comprehension, shadowing, transcription and sentence mining. They also save wasting time searching around for comprehensible input. This is the lazy way to get going!

[alexeyvarfolomeev]

I once practically ruined my comprehension listening skills by watching videos with subs. Simply because I programmed my mind to go the easier way, which was not trying to understand what's being said but, instead, reading what's being shown in the subtitles. Basically, once the subtitles were disabled, I felt something close to panic, sheer helplessness, as if 'nothing's gonna come to my rescue', where's my key to understanding everything? The most discouraging thing was when I was watching something together with a person who had obviously been learning the language way less than had, just here and there, and that very person would understand the audio, and I couldn't.
So, be very cautious using subtitles. While they can help you greatly boost your vocabulary and ease your way into watching video in a language you don't quite know, relying solely on them may have very bitter consequences.

[aguilarsmarth]

that's was good advice thaks so much for sharing your knowledge . for this process.

[JohnsonNong]

😂haha i can totally understand YouTube videos without subtitles and podcasts, also can reading English book. but my writing and speaking is so awkward haha... how can i improve my speaking level. i want to achieve fluency level.😢 im planning to practice that repeating after words at least 30 minutes per day in two months.😅

[Hebamagdy]

So useful, thanks.
Can you speak about intermediate plateau?