How to LEARN A LANGUAGE on your own | study tips 📚

Labas! Hola! 안녕하세요! You don't need a lot of money or a formal classroom setting to learn a language... you can do it at home! I've been self-studying Korean for almost 2 years (and also brushing up on the Spanish skills I picked up in high school hehe) and I wanted to share some tips I've learned along the way!

We'll start with how to get yourself ready to learn a new language - how to pick a language, find the right resources, create a routine, and ensure you stay motivated. And then I'll share 11 fun ways to practice a language that cover all 6 basic parts of language learning - vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking!

I hope this video helps!! Let me know what language you are currently studying or want to study :)

P.S. Don't roast my Lithuanian at the beginning, my grammar skills are stuck at 4 year old level lol.

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1:07 - how to pick a language & get MOTIVATED
2:51 - what you need & where to find language learning resources
6:48 - how to create a language learning routine
8:37 - how do you actually study? the 6 components of language learning
9:37 - 13 language learning ideas

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[TheBlissBean]

What language are you currently studying? 🌟

[Shwib]

Her: practicing by talking to people My social anxiety: *sweats nervously*

[kxjiii]

I’m mexican, and I always speak to myself in english as if I were talking to someone, that’s a really good tip for practicing speaking :)

[iheartoyencats]

Me: *watching this peacefully
The Duolingo bird: "Looks like you forgot your French lessons 🤡🔪"

[emmaroettges]

Everyone saying: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean.
Me like: eeeh... RUSSIAN

[xiaocomehome]

Her notebook : neat and aesthetic

My notebook : *who threw up on my page-*

[jubilee]

Her: "listen to music" Me: studying ASL

[shiftyshinings]

I hate how school language teachers only teach you to say things like "I have blue eyes" and other things you'll never need to say

[NLFilip]

Whenever I lose motivation I just think about it how freakin amazing it would to speak a whole other language, to connect to people on a whole different level. Idk that's enough to motivate me, the fact of being capable to speak another language...

[asialanzi]

honestly i don't think there is any experience that beats visiting a foreign country and being able to speak the native language! it's just a whole different vibe!

[gustavoteles]

TIME STAMPS
1 - Pick a language (1:08)
- Set a clear objective (1:51)
2 - Gather your resources (2:55)
- Notebook
- Resource for grammar and vocabulary
- Dictionary
- ANKI (flashcards)
3 - Create a routine (6:50)
4 - Language learning ideas (9:40)
- Set your phone in your target language
- Journal in your target language
- Listen to podcast
- Listen to music
- iTalk lesson
- Form sentence througout the day
- Memorize themed vocabulary
- Follow social media accounts
- Write example setences for vocab
- Talk to yourself
- Find language learning friends

[harrietemma]

She said we are all stuck at home unless your watching this in the future. I’m like yeah 5 months on and I’m back in local lockdown

[CircusbabyBaby-San]

As a we do tend to speak very fast. Sometimes not even us understand each other.

[janevarahman]

me: learning Korean because I made a bet with my friend that I could watch a whole drama without subtitles lmao

[shivangigoel]

Anyone else learning korean??? Lets make a club? Like here so we can know how many are there learning korean

[Melissa-bbxd]

I taught myself English at about 12 years old, mostly because I moved to a private school and had never had an English lesson in my life, which caused me to struggle a lot, eventually having to take extra classes. After getting the hang of it, I was determined to become fluent. I started with Duolingo but soon quit and moved on to the approach that truly helped me. Since I'd already learned the basics in school, I started watching American shows on Netflix, the first one was Fuller House. At first I didn't understand much, so I'd see every scene several times, with no subtitles, English subtitles, Portuguese (my native language) subtitles and finally with no subtitles again. I'd write down expressions and words I didn't know and repeat them out loud. Not once did I pick up a grammar book, but in order to learn how to properly use the Present Perfect, for example, I watched English YouTube videos. I would talk to myself all day and look up whatever words I didn't know how to say in English. As far as vocabulary is concerned, I used flashcard apps. I realized I had become fluent when I hardly ever had to search for words while talking and could understand 80-90 per cent of everything I listened to, which took about a year and a half. From that point, I kept on practicing my listening and speaking skills and focused on sounding natural, linking words in a sentence, using more contractions, etc. About a year and a half ago, my parents decided to sign me up for actual English lessons to do some brushing up. It turns out I got to skip several stages, which would be equivalent to 5 years of studying. Through the course, I've brought my writing and grammar skills to a whole new level. I'll be taking the CAE exam this year in June after finishing the prep course. That was a long comment, but I just wanted to share my experience and possibly motivate the language learning community. Bear in mind: with dedication and a positive mindset, you can do anything.

[AK-xgik]

"Watch movies in your target language!"
Me trying to learn Irish: sobbing

[floofrules]

me: mandarin is my native language

also me: gets stressed out seeing my phone in mandarin bc I'm so used to everything in english

[elizabethorton]

I'm currently learning Korean and Spanish and I've found that watching little kids shows in your target language, preferably not made for learners but for native speakers, is super helpful. They speak pretty slowly and clearly and the vocabulary is easy. I like to watch them without any subtitles so that I can focus on pronunciation and trying to understand what is going on more than trying to understand every word.

[ymc_jaytv]

I'm wanting to learn nine languages:
- Japanese
- Korean
- Chinese traditional and simplified
- Indonesian
- German
- Greek
- French
- Spanish
I mainly got my inspiration from my mother, she learned four languages back when she was younger, she wanted to be a translator, but due to taking care of me and my siblings she decided to let her career go, she wants to help me and my siblings achieve our goals, and live our lives to the fullest!