Active vs. Passive Immersion: What's the Ideal Ratio?

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[Miksu__]

I like videos like these where you just answer one question thoroughly

[japanrain]

you know sht gets real when Matt is not in his chair but in front of the camera

[jamesfilios]

Damn... Bradley Cooper ran all the way through the "why you still can't understand your target language" video into this one.

[daysandwords]

Exactly. Thanks for explaining it in such specific terms (and shout out to the editor who put that diagram of French in there!)
I read a book called 80/20 Running, which explains the basic idea that it is best to run slowly a lot more often than you run quickly (even if your goal is to get faster) and it basically says the the one big advantage of slow running is that you can do a LOT more of it, and it also explains that even if you only run fast 10% of the time, your slow running is then much more beneficial. So slow running = passive immersion, fast = active. I found that when I did a lot of active immersion in Swedish, and then went for a run with my headphones, I could follow the book that I was listening to basically word for word, and I'd never been able to for two years before that.

[sprink]

+20 for passive immersion on the basis of Bradley Cooper's graceful running aesthetic.

[Conversationswithtony]

Glad to see this channel is getting more attention. Your hard work is paying off. In no time this channel will absolutely have over 100k subs

[MituButChi]

Can you guys please make CC for MIA videos?
I'm a non-native English speaker, I understand about 80% of your videos, but sometimes it's hard to follow.
I think it will help us, non-native speakers a lot if you guys have CC. I believe there are many who are like me (or even understand less than me) watching these videos.
Thanks a lot.

[mckaythayn]

This is a pretty important aspect of immersion. It’s very misunderstood because too many people think that they can just passive immerse their way to fluency. I fell into this trap a couple years ago when I was working 50+ hours at a farm. I had the chance to have headphones in while I worked but because of school I had a little time to do active study or listening. After several months I made a tiny bit of progress but not as much as I was hoping. Passive -background listening is important but it would take a truck load to replace active immersion plus Anki.

[RonaldMcPaul]

Same hand gesture over the years for active and passive immersion 10/10

[bakapaws]

love how we literally just talked about this on call a few days ago and now you made a video. appreciate it as always!!!

[Thehgj]

During my process of learning English, one of the periods during which my skills improved the most was when I basically only passively listened. I simply couldn't sit down and pay full attention to things, but I managed to fit in a few hours of podcasts/audiobooks/described movies every day and it did pay off. My listening, most of all, improved a lot. My vocabulary not as much, since I made few flashcards and only occasionally looked a word up in a dictionary or something.

[Tehui]

Straight to the point. No waffle. Traits of a good video.

[soggyRATUwU]

I love the editing. It seriously helps my brain absorb the information.

[NotSoMelancholy]

This question has literally been on my mind all week. Man, you don’t know how great it is to see this video right now.

[austinheadrick]

The quality of your newer video seems to have gone up a lot! Like the light coming from behind you 👍 Looking forward to the next video!

[MuEnViFitness]

I like to think like this in any skill you want to improve and it's the next:
"Do as much as you can do in an active manner and the rest in passive"

[gordonbgraham]

For input to be "comprehensive" a high level of repetition is necessary, just as with native speaker babies/toddlers. Mothers don't talk to their infants about the uptick in the economy, but repeat phrases such as "are you hungry" "time for bed" etc. over and over again until the associative action of being fed or put to bed clicks. Second language learners can expedite the process by building vocabulary and learning sentence structures via textbooks. Textbook learning is also "comprehensive input". Put a 3 year old native speaker up against an adult 2nd language learner who has studied diligently for a year, and the 2nd language learner's ability to communicate on a variety of topics, such as the economy, politics etc. will exceed that of the native speaker toddler. In other words, textbook learning expedites acquisition.

[catboyhole]

Great vid!!! I'm loving the more frequent uploads!

[anonikamous]

Do you have any Podcast recommendations, and/or do you know where to find audiobooks in Japanese?
Glad to see your channel is finally getting some love.

[RayZin]

I’ve been listening to Japanese music where the lyrics are clear and concise. Do you think that’s a good idea ? When ever I’m going to sleep, I like to listen to music