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Welcome to my new series "The Rules Of Language Learning".

In these videos, you'll learn my best tips and ideas for learning foreign languages... from the "obvious" to the "downright controversial"!

Do you agree or disagree with my conclusions?

Watch the video, then leave me a comment below and let me know!

My name is Olly Richards, and on this channel I document my experiments in foreign language acquisition:

• Rapid language learning
• Writing Chinese characters
• Languages and travel...on location!
• Daily study routines
• Advanced level tactics

To see some of my previous experiments, why not try...

• Learn Thai in 14 Days:

• Learn To Write Chinese (Traditional Characters)

• Daily Study Routines and Schedules

If you're interested in becoming a better language learner, and discovering the secrets to learning languages quickly, be sure to check out my podcast:

[GypsieSeeker]

IMHO, the key to speaking fluently is a poop load of listening. You end up speaking by stringing together phrases you’ve heard in similar situations, with all the grammar baked in.

[simonputnam]

Like you, I lived in Japan for a couple of years and assumed I'd just absorb the language but it didn't happen. So I consciously knuckled down and studied grammar and vocabulary until I reached a tipping point where I was able to start engaging in conversation. After that, absorption started to happen and my fluency escalated quickly.

[timothydouglas]

This good advice seems applicable to all subjects, not just language learning: acquiring knowledge and acquiring skill (applying the knowledge) are two different things.

[Janmakarta]

Thanks Olly, excellent advice. I've always been a bit shy about speaking (I'm learning Welsh) and was getting frustrated I wasn't better even after a couple of years of pretty intensive study. Then I took the plunge, booked an online lesson and actually SPOKE Welsh for the first time. It made a world of difference, even after just one lesson. Off to book the next one now!

[mislady]

Hi Olly,
I’m lovin’ your videos b/c U bring it home. U let us know how to learn by examples, your testimonies & videos, which I appreciate. Yes, I would love some people to conversation with - I’m the Hebrew learner @ 64 yrs young. Thank you for all you do!

[SASocolovsky]

I agree 100 %. We can say that every skill is like a muscle you need to train to perform effectively. Now, how can you speak fluently if you don't speak at all?

[peacemeal]

Awesome Olly! Really made a lot of sense!

[cloeye]

You’re absolutely right 100% my friend! I subscribed to this math it 100%! Maybe because that’s always been my goal is to be able to speak as many languages as possible due to a comfortable degree of proficiency. This video rocked! Enjoy your trip in Thailand tell STUJY and WRMINTR OK I said hello! Bye

[thinker]

I've spent a lot of time talking to myself in the new language(s).

[martin]

I think it can be helpful to know why "you need to speak" to become fluent. What I see is that with language processing there is a lot going on, more than I imagined at first in starting a second language, and for the most part, to become fluent, in speaking, listening, reading, writing you need to make most of the processing automatic, and with speaking there is too much different going on to reading or writing to be able to do all these processes consciously. To start to name a few things: recall of words to say, what they already said, what you already said, how they might respond, motor coordination, correct/adequate grammar structure, doing it with due consideration for your environment, and more or less doing these things at once i.e. moving between these different things fluidly/ quite rapidly, and without letting yourself be unduly distracted.

[smarthydroponics]

Hi Olly
Im Australian and learning bahasa Indonesian
Ive been studying for a couple of years now and now understand a far amount of words
I found for me writing my own sentences on a app then checking in english each sentence and this has helped me speak Indonesian
Also my wife is Indonesian
Thanks for another great video Cheers

[rA]

Keep the videos coming Olly. Always great advice for all language learners.

[benjaminwilliams]

I'm super glad that I learned this lesson now when I've been studying for less than two months, as opposed to finding out after years of practice and study

[samxdxsoza]

The language learning process has been very hectic for me
I'm going to tell you the methods I tried, Please tell me which ones should i modify or stop doing and some extra tips also
1. Reading
I read short stories in my target language
first I skim read and record myself while I'm at it, then I mark new vocab/sentences and study them

2. Speaking
I don't have anyone to talk to in my target language
So I pick up simple topics from the internet and try to talk about it.
(but, I always translate in English & think too much of sentence structure and false grammar)

3.watching tv shows
I watch Netflix shows in my target language with both subtitles (English + target language)
The chrome extension "Language reactor" helps me with this
This extension automatically pauses the video on one scene which in turn helps me to read & listen to my target language
But this is a very slow process.
It took me two weeks to finish 1episode

4. pictures
I try not to use English
instead I use pictures
ex: for cat -> I would use a picture of a cat
but for words like so, also, but.... -> how will i find pictures for that

5. grammar
I just mug it up
I have a grammar book which is both in my target language and in English

I don't wanna learn a language by translating or thinking in English. I want it to be natural.

thank you for your tips and suggestions
xxx

[aquarius]

I wonder if instead of "learn" it won't be better to use "acquire" a language.

[thetry-linguist]

This video couldn't have come at a better time. On Sunday I listened to a MezzoGuild podcast discussing how he recreated an immersion environment from home that would actually benefit speaking ability. He scheduled 5 hours of conversation per day (roughly how much would occur in overseas immersion) through iTalki for a few weeks. Your suggestion is similar but less intensive, and would be easier to maintain. I'm taking two weeks off work after I move house, and I thought what a perfect opportunity this would be to build that confidence in speaking that I've been craving for so long. What I'm really hoping to develop is a sense of ease.

[irenemcnamara]

I am fluent in Russian, but I rarely get a chance to speak it. I dont have a lot to say, even in English. I am a quieter person, but the biggest problem is that I dont have anyone to speak to.

[kandlearawak]

True, I'm searching for cd, dvd's from various foreign schools that start with kindergarten. So I can pronounce

[jankoszuta]

Hi, that makes sense. A question though; how do i stop using the same phrases and words I'm familiar with and start using the words I know passively somewhere at the back of my mind?

[RhafaelViruel]

Exactly, I'm Brazilian and I study English by myself and some days Ago I started to talk with native teachers on Cambly It helps me a lot. Your Channel is pretty good 👏👏👏