I learned Spanish watching Spiderman 50 times

[@daysandwords]

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[@kendroslav8296]

Language learning and obsessive behaviour all wrapped up into one? Yes I love it!

[@deepblue188]

I love it too❤

[@TheMiliPro]

I’ve not used it myself but it sounds a bit like a visual Glossika with more interesting material! Viewings = Reps

[@ADHD_AND_MEMES]

😂😂😂

[@EnglishThisWay]

Yessssss

[@MethodMarcus]

This is the level of language debauchery that I aspire to accomplish. Well done! Another benefit to add: with input like this, you tend to try to pronounce things the way you heard them instead of how you THINK they’re pronounced based on how the words are written. Massive perk.

[@canchero724]

Works for languages other than Spanish,.which doesn't have that problem of the pronounciation being different from the way it's spelled. But for English or French, this method is invaluable.

[@BryanAJParry]

I always have to contend with this with my students. I always tell them some variant of, "say what your ears hear, not what you think they hear".

[@SenorJuan2023]

I like that phrase, language debauchery .

[@carolmartha8449]

The best best reply of the year ❤❤❤

[@ummmmmmmmmmmnmmmm]

This makes me think that older videogames might actually be ideal for language learning because they tend to have overly repetitive dialogue to a level where when people think of the game they'll immediately recite some piece of dialogue. The one downside is that the context might be difficult to decipher compared to a sitcom or a cartoon.

[@eeeeggnog._.]

I used pokemon to build up my Spanish, and it actually worked great. Now I'm trying the same with german

[@petitechiroptera1347]

Can you namedrop a few video games like this? This video has me contemplating if playing resident evil or silent hill 2 in French would be effective lol

[@StormyHotwolf88]

I changed my Diablo 4 to be spanish in audio and english in text. I had fun saying to my coworkers "¡Tengo manos de sanguine!"

[@clairemueller2497]

I put Sims 4 into german and that really helped my comprehension in reading. Since the gameplay, is just everyday life its all applicable dialogue

[@sacredtristana5340]

Wir haben nicht genügend Holz mein Lord! Die Wölfe streifen umher, Sire!

[@RyanLeach]

I watched this video months ago and just wanted to come back to say thanks, you seriously changed my life. I did a variation of this with Spirited Away in Japanese, put the audio on my phone and mostly listened to it while walking my dog every day for two months. Listening comprehension was always my weakest skill but after doing this I've made exponential progress. Thanks!

[@daysandwords]

Thank you, for both the super thanks and the comment!

[@theadoniscast]

Only 7 minutes in and you’re already giving me Matt Vs Japan “why you still don’t understand your target language” level quality when it comes to explaining to me truths I’ve known for a while and yet still needed explained to realize. Bravo, you knocked it out of the park with this one, I can already tell

[@SomedayKorean]

I actually feel like this would be a really fun challenge to try. I've always been someone who likes re-reading and re-watching things, so as long as I chose a good piece of content, it'd be a fun experiment. Also, just wanted to add that the editing in this video was even more excellent than usual. I especially liked the morphing logo.

[@daysandwords]

Thank you! Yeah, I always tell myself that I'll just throw the edit together and not do all the stuff that very few people even notice... but then I end up thinking "Hey a graffiti glitch logo there would be cool..." and I work on that for like 2 hours haha.

[@CineSoar]

I got all excited to try this, as I really enjoyed the movie. Sadly, although Disney+ streams it here in Switzerland, it is only available in English and German (though it does display the Spanish version of the thumbnail). There are quite a number of titles available in Spanish. Now, the challenge will be to find one that checks the same boxes for me.

[@daysandwords]

@stephmom - Disney, Amazon, Netflix and their BLOODY thumbnails in the right language but then not offering the films in that language is SO freakin' annoying. In Australia it's available in lots of languages on Disney Plus and I address this in an upcoming Q and A.

[@CineSoar]

@@daysandwords Just checked, while in Spain, and no version is available here at all.

[@TheMarinettes]

@@techtutorvideosI’m also learning Greek and I’m watching a lot of Disney movies in Greek as its the only ones that I find easy acces in dubbed version. If you have any recommendations I’m very interested ! I use Language Transfer, Duolingo and I watch easy Greek on KZbin but now I feel like I want something more native but not impossible to follow (like at least with Greek sub so I can research the vocabulary).

[@robinsonmitchell9995]

I read the entire Harry Potter series in English to each of my kids - all seven books, three times, three years apart, so I knew the stories really well. I already spoke Russian, but found the Harry Potter audiobook series in Russian - and when I listened to the series I knew so well from having read it aloud three times (not to mention pre-reading and also listening to two different audiobook versions in English) I found it made my Russian vocabulary expand dramatically. I knew the stories and when I heard unfamiliar words I knew what they were from context and from knowing the stories so well. I started listening to audiobooks in Russian of books I already knew in English to reinforce and expand my vocabulary. I think this would easily serve in other languages as well.

[@ladyethyme]

Omg I just bought it in French to help my learning!!!

[@kakarotlovesgames6962]

The harry potter series single handedly improved my english (my primary language) to the point i was in an english honors class in highschool. Now im learning spanish im going to read the harry potter series again but in spanish. Thanks man this was a solid idea 🔥 Harry potter books makes you better at an langauge because of the vast vocabulary j.k. rowling uses

[@zhertvagaubici1517]

Привет, это круто. А я сейчас изучаю английский

[@magiofthoth]

​@@zhertvagaubici1517 I'm on 27 days of learning Russian. One this I've done for exposure is force myself to say and pull the words I know before translating it. It surprises me how much I understand from the words I do know between the ones I don't. Я практикант русский, неплохо говорящий и звучащий. Но понимание трудно слушать.

[@maryrosenbergr7570]

​@@magiofthothУдачи! У вас всё получится. Главное побольше практиковаться ❤

[@hiimgamerspruzzino5804]

This is basically how I learnt English as an Italian native speaker. Over the years, I always watched almost all yt videos in English and listened to a lot of music. Interestingly, most of the sentences I say or think about always have some intonation that I've heard somewhere, especially from something recent I've been listening to. This helps much better than any school would

[@The_Ancient_Guardian]

Same with me, brazilian. Now i am doing the same to learn italian hahaha.

[@PrimeRicci]

Same im french canadian and id say i could blend in an english environement very well without people noticing that french is my first language. All thanks to about 5 years of youtube exposure

[@andrada25m46]

That’s my case too, when I moved to the UK I was fluent already

[@dzikdziki2983]

As a polish native speaker I learned English by watching cartoons.

[@nonmilavoda]

Idem

[@TheRedleg69]

Literally just got Disney plus for their multiple languages this morning. Think I'll watch the original Star Wars trilogy 50x now

[@MiyaMam948]

When it comes to multi-language dubbing, no one beats Disney+ It’s so helpful

[@MrReese]

As someone who speaks German, English, and had some French as well as Latin in school it is remarkable how much I Spanish I can understand without ever learning the language at all. There has to be something said for language families :).

[@LizzieJaneBennet]

Of course. This is about latin languages. They are all variations and evolutions of roman latin.

[@Dbo_Sports]

I feel the same way.. my second language is Brazilian Portuguese. But when I listen to someone speaking Spanish and especially Italian, it’s like it’s in slow motion. I can hear almost every word.

[@andrealamexicana]

What a video! Congrats! Thanks for sharing ❤🎉

[@daysandwords]

Thanks for being in it! Watch Andrea's videos guys, and Dreaming Spanish's videos... Heroes in the comprehensible input space!

[@the_mrlightsite]

Amazing. Don't think I'll rewatch the same movie 50 times, but maybe 10-20 times for 3-5 different movies would be quite fun.

[@bbyball16]

This is absolutely brilliant! Thank you for this. I’m going to do this.

[@daysandwords]

Thanks for saying so! It's actually really fun. It was a bit of a grind from about 38 onwards I'll admit haha.

[@thereallostwalker8337]

I decided to try and learn Spanish this year and I just finished day 1/50 of this challenge. I’m starting a routine of Pimsleur (listening, reading, and speaking) and Anki of the 1000 most common words (taking my time of course) in the morning, and then watching content for about two hours with Spanish subtitles (starting with this movie). That gives me about 3 or so hours daily, not including listening to Spanish music in the car. I’ll be doing this heavy input for about 6 months before spending the second half of the year really solidifying the language. My goal is to reach B2 by the end of the year and ultimately get to C1 before moving on to a new language. Wish me luck!

[@TheJZBaller]

How is it working out so far?

[@wake118]

How's it working for you?

[@user-zk6fc3dw9e]

It has been six months since you described your plan to learn Spanish. How did it work out? Have you been able to stick to your plan, and how did it improve your ability to speak and understand Spanish?

[@EnglishLearningimmersion]

Ayy it’s been a while any update on your journey with Spanish ?

[@dontaefranklin6804]

Im a big fan of repetitive listening and watching. When I did Assimil Spanish and French i listen to each lesson at least 80 times. Aome of them i listened to over 100 times. Granted they are short but to this day i remember most of the dialogues by heart and when i speak i pull from those dialogues to express myself. Also I've both read and listened to every Harry Potter book at least 8 times. This definitely works! Each time i read Harry Potter i discover a new nugget of language or a new nugget of the story thay i didn't notice before. Keep it the good work!

[@diegoalejandrosalcedotolos2639]

Me encanta que te embarques en mi lengua materna, no veía tu canal desde hace algún tiempo y la verdad me tomó por sorpresa verte hablando español. Has hecho un progreso extraordinario, literalmente pasaste de no hablar español a ser capaz de tener conversaciones con un buen nivel!. Me gustaría verte hablando español más seguido. Saludos desde Colombia!!

[@fabibaeza]

¿Buen nivel?

[@EvanYeahMe]

Absolutely fascinating Lamont. I am a big fan of repeating content for this exact reason. It is like peeling an onion with new things to notice in the language each time. I have never been this extreme. I really value your experiments in language learning such as this. I think that I might try this in French with the same film. Also, it is amazing how much your level in Spanish changed.

[@daysandwords]

Yeah... there was a reason I included that bit about the airport. It didn't sound that amazing (I took like 20 seconds to say that I bought some books), but when I said "The Mexico City Airport is really big, right?", that felt very "Spanish" to me, because in English we don't normally say "It's really big NO?" - that's a Spanish thing, "¿no?" to mean "Right? With me?" Yeah, we agree on the onion thing. And yeah, Spider-verse in French would be cool! Good luck with whatever you do!

[@ADHDlanguages]

I think you did a great job making the case for this method. The beginning stages of learning a language kind of suck any way you slice it, so this is a great way to speedrun the pre-native-input stage. Your stuff has really shown me that l need to watch more tv. Because I've relied so heavily on books, audiobooks, and podcasts with only one person talking, I think I've really handicapped my ability to have a normal back and forth. conversation.

[@ADHDlanguages]

By the way, I like the days and words Easter egg. Gets a thumbs up from me.

[@canchero724]

Podcasts serve the same purpose if you don't want to be stuck in front of a screen all day.

[@tabidots]

Find podcasts with two people talking :)

[@ADHDlanguages]

@@canchero724 I don't think that's true. So much of everyday conversation relies on talking about stuff that you're doing, simple commands/requests, or observations about what's around you. The example Lamont used of "why are you sweating so much" is a good example. Of course, you can use whatever you want and find a way to communicate things. Normally I'm the person arguing for more books over TV, I just mean in terms of those instant, almost prerecorded responses he talked about in the video there's something to be said for including some amount of tv in the mix

[@daysandwords]

@@tabidots But podcasts might not be as interesting. There's no story. I'm interested in story. If you like podcasts, go right ahead, but you're setting out with a different goal and a different judgement criteria. I'll take my movie, thanks.

[@brendanhansknecht4650]

So given what you know now, do you think 50 was actually the right number? If you were to repeat this with a different movie would you instead aim for, idk, 25 viewings? Do you think something like 5 movies 10 times or 2 movies 25 times would be more effective?

[@rakhmanoshakbayev2419]

I'm not sure about your first question, if be interested to know as well. But judging from what he's said in the video I definitely think 2 movies 25 times would be better than 5 movies 10 times

[@ZeroRelevance]

Based on what he said at 15:05, it seems like there is still value in watching it the full 50 times, but obviously there are going to be some diminishing returns.

[@daysandwords]

Q and A with all these details coming soon!

[@Iron-Bridge]

🤣. Had the same experience watching this young adult recounting in Mandarin how much it sucked to work in a Chinese factory as a kid. Ended up being able to identify a ton of words because I was intrigued by the whole situation. After awhile I'm thinking " I actually know what she's saying without a translation" 🤔

[@paperboxes]

Is this video on KZbin? Sounds intriguing

[@TheModicaLiszt]

@@paperboxesyes

[@mudkip_btw]

Sooo many insightful ideas in a single video. Being fluent in two, intermediate in two languages and a beginner in Japanese (which is so different from anything remotely European that it forces a different learning perspective), I recognise a lot of the processes you mentioned. Especially with Japanese my fascination with language learning has come back, since I recognise how your experience will switch depending on the language of your thoughts. This is often confusing as you will question whether you have really learnt something you feel you should know. I'm also a big advocate of repetition, but seeing this video has motivated me to rewatch media far more often, maybe 10 times is a good place to start. Thanks so much and good luck on your journey!

[@GDScriptDude]

I still remember some Spanish lyrics from a Eurovision song that I listened to repetitively 45 years ago. I will watch some of the Japanese dramas a few more times that I have available. It is definitely fun to watch our favorite movies over and over to spot new things of interest and to remember the exact words about to be spoken by the actors.

[@ronlugbill1400]

Eres tu.

[@chu_ri5470]

Ok bro. I have achived ~B1 English. I have some comprehation prolems. Now, i starts watching this video 50 times. I will repeat watching it untill i understand every single sentence.

[@someoneelse6934]

How is it going? Any progress?

[@chu_ri5470]

@@someoneelse6934 several months ago i have toeic (online probe) listening test 68 score is ~C1/C2. 70 score is C2. But reading was ~44. Since it I just started improve my dictionary with anki. I learn by 30 words per day. I fill progress. Of course i watched it video maximum 15 times. Any series more helpful in this way. Plus i started Japanese... I think best strategy for me is comprehensible input + unki + occasionally shadowing.

[@chu_ri5470]

​@@someoneelse6934 several months ago i have toeic (online test) listening test 68 score is ~C1/C2. 70 score is C2. But reading was ~44. My weak side now is strongest=) Since it I just began improve my dictionary with anki. i learn by 30 words per day. I fill progress. Of course i watched it video maximum 15 times. Series more helpful in this way. I think more work way for me is comprehensible input + anki + occasionally shadowing.

[@ВасилийГолубцов-е8г]

​@@someoneelse6934 // I try to answer from another account, because i'm from Russia and KZbin not allow us write comment often. Several months ago i have toeic listening test 68 score is ~C1/C2. 70 score is C2. But reading was ~44. Now, my weakest side is strongest. Since it I just began improve my dictionary with anki. i learn by 30 words per day. I fill severe progress now. Of course i watched it video maximum 15 times. Series more helpful in this way. I think more work way for me is comprehensible input + anki + occasionally shadowing.

[@BobleeSwaggner]

I did this when I started with Russian. I knew almost nothing of the language, but I had already watched the Evangelion rebuilds multiple times. I watched the film daily and it helped so much I still use the method (adapted) at times to this very day.

[@cacorn982]

I do appreciate these videos a lot. You're finally on a language that I am currently working on. I feel like I can actually progress with you and experience what you are experiencing. I feel motivated again to keep going. I'm going to try the 50xs but try 20 instead. It's like when you were a kid and you would re watch a movie or show over and over again. (I'm currently using pimsleur,lengalia spanish and now audible.) Hope you progress even more in spanish!

[@shintyty]

No way this is where I first saw Andrea la Mexicana from Dreaming Spanish. When I first watched the video, I knew like 5 spanish words and now I can understand Andrea's intermediate/advanced videos!

[@NationX]

Forgive me if I missed it but 1. How often did you watch the movie? Once per day? Twice or more per day? X times every other day? Or just no set schedule? 2. Did you watch it with subtitles on? If so in Spanish or a language you already understand? Thank you. P.S. I’ve seen both Rango and Into the Spiderverse and they’re great movies 🦎🕷

[@donh1572]

This was the content I was looking for too

[@daysandwords]

Q and A with all these details coming soon!

[@NationX]

@@daysandwords 🙏

[@bekzodabduganiev8926]

​@@daysandwords hi, could you send the link

[@vincytvholic]

You speaking Spanish the first time is me right now with Japanese. Ive had 4 conversations on italki and its difficult. Makes me want to go watch something for 50 times 🤣

[@MortalStudies_]

I did this with the first Avengers movie but I did it 100 times, wrote every line of dialogue on flash cards and in 3 months I went from zero spanish to working in spanish speaking call center.

[@ghostnetwork6719]

wow, nice! can you tell me if you watched with subs? also, any other movies you think this might work with?

[@MortalStudies_]

@@ghostnetwork6719 it was a mix. Started off with eng audio and span subs then went to span audio with eng subs. After about 30 watches I went to just Spanish audio. Now I've tried this with French too but my results have not been great.

[@daysandwords]

Somehow I missed this comment. Wow... that's really something. I feel like with just one movie, there'd still be huge gaps in one's linguistic ability, but certainly it's impressive.

[@sasorah6414]

Found your channel today and I've learned a lot binging your videos. I will try this challenge. Will watch the video once a day for 50 days

[@CycleGirl-77]

I've been trying to improve my Spanish by learning the lyrics to popular songs. For example "Dime Cómo Quieres". One reason this works for me is that I enjoy watching the same music video day after day. Also, within the song, a lot of lyrics repeat, so I get the repetition I need, because I am not a quick language learner!!

[@kingburgerkiler]

lol I do the same thing with that random mariachi song from breaking bad

[@hajimeippo804]

Great idea! Songs would be much better as it's smaller in length and we could relisten it to it 10-20 times a day too. Thanks!

[@guichiridelguin]

first of all, thanks for keeping it real. Lots of language learning youtubers make it seem likle you can learn fluency in three months or something like that by showing just the edited and pre-scripted videos, but the reality for most of us is not like that at all. I will definitely try this 50 viewing challenge in my language learning routines.

[@nicolasdavies4129]

The show Arcane is also a great example of a show to watch 50 times

[@sabbysky]

That show made me feel sick, not thanks.

[@MrSalas]

¡Este tipo está loco!

[@endouerick7519]

😂😂😂🫶❤️

[@AndresonEnglish]

😂

[@nr655321]

Yes, language acquisition AND retention is mostly about engaging repetition.

[@matt_brooks-green]

I love this mate. Cracking content and actually a great idea. I love novelty but I remember you had a video ages ago about your son reading a book out loud in the car but it turned out he was holding a complexity different book and was doing it from memory - children do this a lot and we can definitely learn from that 👍

[@daysandwords]

Yes! Haha. The second child isn't nearly as much into repetition. Unfortunately I think it's the environment... even in 9 years, a lot has changed in terms of how long we're expected to stay interested in things.

[@bryce_miller]

Wow! Amazing! But I've got some questions. Did you just watch the film again and again or did you take notes? Did you do any other activity while watching? Did you watch it with subtitles? If yes, native or target? If no, how did you know what was said? Is there any other detail of your method/practice that went beyond "watch a film 50 times"?

[@stevencvisuals]

THIS @DFNS

[@jdmmg4904]

I want to know the answers as well

[@yolanda9730]

Yo tambien. I won't to know this too.

[@endouerick7519]

please

[@deecee9479]

Yes. I want to know this as well??

[@RevealerOfNow]

Great content. I use short stories that speak Spanish first, then it reads again in Spanish with English translation and repeats again in Spanish. At the end it goes over several words used throughout the story. I watch and listen to each story 30-40 times. At least until I can comprehend and understand the entire Spanish version. This was so helpful in acquiring Spanish than 2 years of highschool requirements. Thank you for your content 🎉

[@thenaturalyogi5934]

I've seen the Netflix film Vivo maybe 5 times in Portuguese Eu, and 3 times in Russian, I think I would try to watch that movie 50 times in Russian because my Russian is really slowing down since I also started learning French. For French I'm going to watch Lupin part 1 and 2 maybe 2 or 3 times or until the new Lupin Part 3 comes out in October! I just need the dedication to rewatch the same films over and over again. I don't usually rewatch films but for the sake of comprehension and adding to my hours in these languages I think I would challenge myself to not jump from one series or film to another and just focus on one film per language and repeat that maybe 10 times. Thank you for this video it makes sense to watch and rewatch until slowly each film becomes more and more comprehensible.

[@LukasAndalus]

This is super inspiring! Thanks for making the video :)

[@basedlifeform5413]

This theory checks out. Makes sense as to why preschool kids love to watch the same movie on repeat ad nauseam.

[@racpatrice]

Thanks for this....I'm a Spanish learner (beginner level) and I have been watching each individual episode of Monarca. But now you've convinced me to keep re-watching 1 episode instead.

[@hillmanntoby]

I don't know if you had this experience, but when I was watching Frozen in Norwegian at least twice a week, that was also the first time I could clearly hear the sounds. It was suddenly like a radio coming in tune and not just noises. I didn't understand everything of course, but it was very motivating on its own to hear the words*. Were you watching Rango or into the Spider-verse with the transcript or subs? What was the ratio if so?

[@lenatraceroxton1363]

Hey, I'm learning Norwegian too! Where did you find the movie?

[@daysandwords]

Spider-verse in on Disney Plus and has Norwegian... well, it at least has Swedish so I'm pretty sure it has Norwegian.

[@hillmanntoby]

Disney Plus has it, but Google must have marked my responses as spam 🙂. They have nearly all of their films dubbed in Norwegian.

[@mrahzzz]

I've always wanted to try this with movies I know and languages I want to learn, but never have actually gone for it. It's so cool to see you doing it and seeing how it might help me based on where I am in any particular language!!! Seriously!! I'm diving in now. Also cool to hear your explanation of the feeling of your fluency - something else I've always wondered about. I always feel in classic language courses you have the mind and technical capability of an adult, to express complex thought and sometimes learning complex ideas and words, but the ability and application level of like a 2 year old. With what you've done, seems like you're more like a 4-5 year old - you can still think through those complex things and recall anything you've learned if needed, but the cool thing that you have is the natural feel for the language and the ability to express your thoughts at a basic, but much more fluent and natural, level. So cool!

[@bethanyroche8927]

Would love to see a video where you talk about what you would do if you were starting Swedish from scratch in relation to everything you've tried to learn new languages since (like your own ultimate combination of techniques)

[@ThrowAway54-i2n]

Bienvenido al mundo de español Lamont! I've been following your channel for a few years now and I've always felt like we have a lot in common, I'm a fellow Sydney-sider and where you did French and Swedish I did Finnish and Spanish. So now that you're coming for Spanish I'll have to get started on Swedish! Haha

[@TiffGilleland1]

I've done similar with watching Asian dramas over the years (still with english subtitles at this stage) Picking up words and phrases in Mandarin and Korean through each time rewatching. I can 100% see the value in rewatching something mulitple times for language acquisition. I notice, I understand more when I overhear conversations in those languages from students etc living here in Australia. I also really notice that you just seem way more comfortable in the language in the 'after' conversation than in the initial conversation, too. Love this video!

[@daysandwords]

Thank you! Yes, the "comfort" is why I show the bits I show, like even when I said "Can you hear me?" and it was just a very automatic "¿Me escuches?"

[@SharonRosen]

I get bored easily while watching TV, so... several years ago I made a house rule for my husband and myself. If we were going to watch a show (which was usually via Netflix), we needed to flip over to use the Spanish Audio. We did use subtitles in English, and then later on added the Language Reactor plugin so we could view both the English and Spanish subtitles at the same time. We've watched many, many, many shows like this. I've also done Duolingo on the side to clean up grammar - but - this is a remarkable way to learn a language. It takes time you were going to do something not so useful and turns into a skill building experience (I probably don't need to explain that I'm a workaholic). There are so many phrases I know well because of this method, because having audio + visual + story telling is really one of the best ways to learn. Because of this I can listen to audiobooks in Spanish, even fiction ones, and follow along just fine. I highly recommend this method!

[@LadyLLanguageLearning]

My husband and I watch tv at dinner and even though I hate reading while I’m eating, your comment has inspired me to try and do this. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind because he doesn’t care about reading subtitles, but this will for sure help me get more learning hours in.

[@FrankKimono74]

Did the same with German. One video every day for 30 days. Each time you start to discover, hear, understand more and more. Watched the same even after 1 year and still hearing and distinguishing more words. First time didn't understand anything and wanted to give up especially after learning for 6 years in school long time ago and not being able to communicate at all. Just typical way of learning languages in schools: grammar, learning lists of separate words, not speaking due to many students etc. Changed the way of learning after going to a foreign country. Started learning whole sentences and phrases. And that was the key to improvement in communication and understanding fast speech of natives.

[@hirotakaogawa745]

currently i think the important thing is tons of input for language skill development. suddenly i can listen comprehensively. i really have fun to learn English now. thank you good video!!

[@markhathaway9456]

Aside from the interesting discussion about language learning in two very different ways, I loved the last part about realizing he just loved watching the same movie and he didn't care that it was "merely" repetitive. That explains a lot about kids and marriages.

[@Lanai50]

This is the most interesting language learning video I've ever seen on youtube. And combines one of the best movies ❤

[@daysandwords]

Wow, thank you!

[@denizbinay42]

This is similar to how I've learned English. In Germany, we start learning English in school when we are teenagers, but their teaching methods never really resonated with me. About a year ago, I started watching my favorite shows like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and the MCU, all of which I had seen many times, but in English this time. After a few months of rewatching old favorites, I felt ready to move on to new material. I think learning through shows is easier in a way, because after a few episodes, you get to know the writing style, the characters, and so on.

[@LoLVeryLol]

As a mr salas' fan i am really happy about you and he (mr.salas) sharing moments together because i like your content a lot and i have been watching your videos for a while in order to practice my english. Basically i have been doing imput comprehensible which i learn from mr salas.

[@chantico6023]

I actually think watching dub it’s a good way to start since they usually use a neutral Spanish, and even if it’s not what you are gonna listen to in a daily basis, it’s gonna be much clear and you could pick it up faster than watching something originally in Spanish since there are so many accents and slangs hahah And even if the dub is done more natural, for example The Incredibles and Shrek dub in Mexican Spanish, the accent it’s still clear, made for you to understand the words clearly

[@christianlacroix4]

Man amazing video, should’ve more views, I’ll use this technique to learn Portuguese, as a Spanish native speaker it shouldn’t be too hard.

[@daysandwords]

Thank you! Yeah I saw one guy who watched this movie at 0.25x and got 24 million views and I'm like "I did 13x as much work!" haha.

[@user-lh9sq5hn3y]

I learned English watching this video 50 times

[@thearmanahmed_]

Wow, congratulations pls some suggestions did you watch simultaneously?

[@lovesingthang1759]

Really

[@stefan_popp]

This was the first video I watched of your channel. I went back and watched most videos of yours and am now, ironically, rewatching this one, after 136h of French input. I almost never rewatch anything, unless I forgot completely what it was about, but this video changed my mind. I started rewatching KZbin videos and will definitely check out ITS now. I love your humor and attitude towards life.

[@floppaprism2508]

I remember as a kid we would watch Caroline 2-3 times everyday for a while until we memorized the script word for word in english. We were just kids and english was our second language. Great video.

[@NightCloudI]

Do you mean Coraline?

[@InappropriateShorts]

It was very difficult finding this movie in my target language but It’s working. I also have been looping a 9 minute podcast in the same language and am beginning to understand more little by little. THIS METHOD WORKS LIKE MAGIC.🤩

[@sopademacaco1535]

As a native spanish speaker I'd say that i miss my ex

[@markoscomk7083]

Guy, your video it´s amazing. Im a native portuguese speaker, learned english and im actually learning french and ill probabilly watch a movie lots of times in french to see how it goes. I love the way you make this video, your apointments about how you´re learning spanish and how you feel when you forgot to say something; i see myself on those parts. That´s really cool, keep doing it!

[@Kazdy]

Unfortunately for those of us learning Polish, most English language movies have the lektor reading over the original voice, where you can hear both the original English, and the Polish Lektor reading the line (usually in a monotone) over the top / often delayed. It makes this technique you're describing extremely difficult. I'm really struggling to find any films actually dubbed in Polish, much less one I love the way you love Into The Spiderverse.

[@shirobonjp5185]

Lots of the Studio Ghibli films have high quality dubs in Polish. I have Howl's Moving Castle (Ruchomy Zamek Hauru) and Spirited Away (W Krainie Bogów) and they are very good quality dubs.

[@MarcinOlak]

Try doing the reverse, maybe? Watching some good Polish movies, like Dług (1999) - a great crime thriller or Chłopaki Nie Płaczą (2000) a dark comedy, with English subtitles and/or dub. If you get a DVD or BluRay almost universally they'll have English subs which you can use to familiarise with the plot and switch to Polish afterwards. Anyway, powodzenia!

[@BullseyeLingo]

Andrea! I’ve watched many hours of her on dreaming Spanish

[@Gummi1984]

This video really made me obsessed about trying exactly this crazy thing, to watch a movie 50 times, and also in Spanish as I've been trying to learn it fluently for years with limited success. Actually I've thought about doing something similar many times but I've never done it. After your video, I'm gonna do it!!! I'll come to your channel later and tell you how it went 😉

[@heartheart5543]

Try watch volver by almodovar, penelope cruz, it's spanish film

[@Gummi1984]

@@heartheart5543 ¡Gracias! I'll check it out!

[@heartheart5543]

@@Gummi1984 you're welcome. It's a good film, almodovar is a top director, and penelope cruz got oscar nomination in that film

[@KM-rj6bu]

Any updates.. how was it?

[@Perspectivemapper]

Absolutely Brilliant. A massive epiphany in how to learn a new language, or learning anything for that matter.

[@thedeutschman9905]

I’m doing the same with watching x-men first class 50 times in German.

[@skillzilla111]

May god have mercy on your soul

[@2004jones]

How did you get it in German?

[@thedeutschman9905]

@@2004jonesI have to order a copy from Germany, it used to be on Disney plus but it got pulled, so I’ve decided I’m going to get a copy from Germany that has the option to watch in German.

[@beezowdoodoozoppitybopbopb9488]

Dude. This is *SUPER* inspirational. I just checked my dvds and two of my favorite movies have spanish dubs on them. This might be a better exercise than the mindless doom scrolling of nonsense ive done a lot of lately.

[@20cnVision]

Thinking about it, this was kinda what I did with english a long time ago. I used to download vsauce videos onto my Ipod when I went on vacation with my parents. I remember one time, I would watch the same 3 vsauce videos over 5 weeks every day a couple of times. I loved them and it felt like there was something new to learn every time that I just didn't pick up the first time. Sometimes years later when I wrote academic papers in English, I wrote them with micheals voice in my head.

[@andrewtran6669]

Good video. I guess it makes sense that alot of people I know learn English itself in this way too, from repeatedly watching shows like Friends

[@ramimorrison5420]

That was awesome. I wonder what would happen if you now watch the same movie 50 more times in a language you don't know!

[@mistbornlazarus2611]

A new DFNS video when i'm about to have breakfast? Perfect. It makes me so happy to see you enjoying spanish, Lamont! Thanks to this video (and i believe you mentioned repetition in your previous one as well) i decided to watch a couple series i've already watched. It's a lot of fun! Which i needed because honestly i wasn't enjoying content a lot lately... so, a win-win situation right here. I enjoy what i watch and i learn from it lol I know it'd be better if i use movies instead of series and i definitely will! I just wanted to show my appreciation for giving us interesting perspectives and good content, Lamont. I always love to see there's a new DFNS video available. I hope your spanish journey is as fun as it can be! A silly phrase i've heard before and i like: Gracias por tanto y disculpa lo poco 😁✌️

[@jonathanboyd1893]

¡Excelente idea! Y tienes mucha paciencia...

[@HeffeFrank]

This was really interesting to listen to, thanks for sharing your experience

[@jackbombay1423]

I´ve been using a similar approach while I´m trying to learn french by myself. I use youtube videos from the animated series of Tintin. And I´ve been watching them in order from the first to the last one and then back again to the first one, they´re usually 40 min running time (two episodes in fact from the same 'book' merged together). After a couple of months doing this, now i´ve switched to the radio series of Tintin. There are several of the comic books made into a radio show, they are longer (around 2 hours) and since there is no visual cue to understand and follow the story it seemed way harder and out of my beginner level. But, suprinsingly enough for me, I can follow the story pretty well, and the more I repeat them the more I understand. Besides, it´s not boring. I think the fact you can discover something new every time you re-watch, or re-listen to something, it takes the boring idea out of your mind and keep you engaged. I must add, I´m a native spanish speaker (french and spanish share a lot in common) and I was a beginner when I started to watch Tintin, but not from 0. So, once you feel a bit confident, try it, it deffo work. Now i´m thinking to use this approach from 0 in another language and see what happens.

[@parasitius]

This video was so fresh and novel - it could profoundly change my study of future languages. I've listened to podcasts up to 7-8 times, now you have me questioning if I stopped way too early. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I feel you left out the critical detail - did you ever have the subtitles on and look up any unknown words? Any dictionary work at all? I started Spanish by watching the Breaking Bad TV series dubbed, spending 10 hours PER EPISODE to painstakingly watch episode by episode doing pausing and dictionary work. Yes that's 600 hours. Subtitles that match the audio don't exist, so it was mostly guess work and I relied on the 80/20 rule, many words I simply was not going to be able to find or look up. Still, it was an amazing experiment and worked.

[@ghostnetwork6719]

hey, would you mind telling me how you felt your spanish was after doing that breaking bad thing? im trying to decide myself what to do about subtitles, and i like your idea here of really digging in and looking up every word i dont know.

[@daysandwords]

Q and A that addresses the number of times thing is coming soon. In short, yeah I don't think 7 or 8 is really that many.

[@jaimeluiscantu]

Yo hablo español en ingles, español es mi lengua nativa. Mis hijos en gran parte aprendieron ingles viendo tele en ingles. Ellos tienen un acento de California, es casi perfecto. Inclusive, se les olvidan las palabras en español, aprendieron desde niños. Muchas felicidades.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

This is so unbelievably inspiring, Lamont. You put so much effort knto making this video as comprehensible (sorry not sorry) as possible for us. Thanks so much. For a long time I've wanted to commit to a language acquisition challenge, but didnt really know how yo go about it. Dreaming Spanish is a fantastic channel and Spanish learners are so lucky to have Pablo and the team. Now I'm im so inspired to do this. Do you recommend animated films for this approach for a specific reason?

[@daysandwords]

Hey Alex! Thanks for that. Well, in animations there can be a lot more detail to notice which keeps it interesting that many times. You can't set up real life shots with the kind of detail that is in Spider-verse or Rango... Also animated films are often at least ostensibly for kids, so they will more often get tons of dubbed languages, whereas "The Dark Knight" only has the countries that dub their films (which is fine if this is for Spanish obviously, but no good if you're trying to learn Norwegian). Certainly, if there's a film you want to do it with that's a live action film, there's no reason NOT to do it that, they're just harder to find.

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

@@daysandwords Gotcha. Honestly my biggest challenge is staying the course. Watching content in a target language has always been so uncomfortable for me that I resist starting with my entire being. I'm not sure I know anything yet that I'd happily rewatch 50 times. Although I regularly rewatch English language series every couple of years. A better use of my time would be to do that for foreign language stuff. And I hate when live action stuff is dubbed because it feels so fake to me. Hmmm. I need to think about this one. I like what you said in the Q&A about task-based goals rather than result-based goals. It'll helps with overcoming the resistance I think.

[@daysandwords]

Is this for Spanish, BTW? I assume that you're a bit past this in French.

[@CauterizeKing]

@@daysandwords Haven't decided. I did 60 days of Danish with Assimil before running out of steam, so maybe Danish. Or Spanish yea as I'm somewhere in beginner.

[@ishathakor]

youve inspired me to watch spiderverse 50 times in korean, thank you

[@derpydayha]

20:07 Love how you described this feeling. I will definitely be stealing the 'reaching into an empty bag' metaphor in the future.

[@RetiredAndHappy-]

Hi Lamont, Did you watch the movie with subtitles? And how did you abridge the movie so that it only contained dialog (as you talk about around 15:30). Thanks!

[@holygooff]

Important question!

[@daysandwords]

Q and A with all these details coming soon!

[@OliviaTaylor-g7o]

What a video! Congrats! Thanks for sharing

[@daysandwords]

Thank you!

[@bjornsoderstrom2152]

Thanks for this, it makes a lot of sense. I have always been suspicious about the idea that children learn more quickly and that learning a new language when you are older i so much more difficult - it just reeks of a bad excuse not to put in the work. My concern would be that I did not get enough "natural" comversation as some dialog in movies is horribly stilted or too formal and therefore less useful. Do you have any thoughts on that? (Spiderverse does seem to have the right kind of natural dialog that I am looking for)

[@MerleBowers]

I have been trying to watch favorite series or movies in Spanish. I will go back and repeat each. What an idea!

[@aell.e]

I'm so glad you liked these movies as much as I did. Where do you stream it in so many dubbed languages? I thought about buying it digitally but I'll need to check if I can get several audio and subtitles tracks

[@SilentJaguar68]

He had a video about getting Netflix to show you more dubbed content, and it involved making a separate profile on your account and only select ONE language in the settings , eg Spanish, don't select English

[@andreassumerauer5028]

Thanks, Lamont! This video popped up on my KZbin channel today and it is definitely one of the best that I've been watching during the past months. And that's because it is not just about language learning, it is also about familiarity, about feeling at home, and also how those concepts fundamentally relate to the process of language learning. I am absolutely tempted to try this for myself. What's holding me back a bit is that I'd have to pick a movie towards which I could allow myself to give up any critical distance and totally immerse myself into without abandoning too much of my own self. The following might sound a bit harsh, so please take with a grain of salt: Throughout the entire presentation you come across like you'd acquired some kind of Stockholm syndrome with regards to the spiderverse. So the last segment where you reflect on what did happen to you in the process of your experiment is very much appreciated. I also found the segment on the meaning of words quite enlightening. Your words about how the provision of a limited, yet very meaningful context can provide a natural shortcut into a new language will keep me thinking for a while. And now on to the Q&A.

[@elgueromeromero4277]

Very cool video. I'm about to restart French in a few weeks after taking the DELE exam, which makes me curious how this would work in multiple languages. As in, watching ITSV a dozen, two dozen times in Spanish, then switching and watching it in French, whether it would feel different and be confusing or whether it would help. I binged The Mandalorian two or three times in Spanish, but then when I watched it in English with my wife, everything felt weird because I was so accustomed to the voices of the LATAM actors. Either way, great experiment and an even better film.

[@lutybuiati]

I really like this idea of repetition in language learning. I'll for sure try something similar in the future. Thanks for the inspiration Lamont 🙂👍

[@2004jones]

Do you watch the movie with Spanish subtitles or no subtitles?

[@daysandwords]

Q and A with all these details coming soon!

[@VinylsDead]

saw someone mention their mother told them they would just re read the same books over and over as a kid when learning to read, I took that idea and decided to try rewatching the same vlogs over and over in Japanese instead of new ones every day, the progress so far is incredible, way faster kana recognition in just a few days!

[@EasyGameEh]

"learned" english this way by re-watching george carlin

[@AJBonnema]

Very interesting!! I feel like this is a modern version of what Steven Kauffman is saying. Also, it stresses the difference between a method and a technique. While the methods that you and Steven use are the same (I would say identical), the techniques are completely different. Where Steven uses his iphone a lot, you show a way of implementing the Krashen theory using a very particular way of studying language on a streaming service. Listening to both you guys makes me want to try out this new technique. Thank you, I feel to be in your debt!!

[@Gepser]

If you want to do that again or someone wants to replicate that (and the target language is Spanish of course), I suggest to do it with the movie "Shrek", it's a masterpiece, you never get bored and it's so different in Spanish at a level you can not compare with the English version. I've myself, being Spanish my mother tongue, watched Shrek at least 20 times and at least 1 time in English. I know the dialogues already from heart and I could probably recite the movie if it's mute and has no subtitles. Again, trust me, Shrek in Spanish is a whole different thing.

[@daysandwords]

Cheers. I won't be doing it with Shrek haha.

[@chadbailey7038]

As an animator learning Russian by myself for 4 years, this speaks to me on so many levels! Thanks. Can’t wait to see your thoughts on the sequel- your link wasn’t posted for that. It’s out on Netflix currently 👍🏾

[@mariyamichannel]

Yo estoy aprendiendo a hablar inglés, y se me complica aun entender. Estoy viendo películas en inglés muy seguido y soy de repetirlas varias veces. Ojalá que repetirlas 50 veces como vos me ayude a aprender bastante ✌🏻💪🏻

[@Sol-Amar]

Vive en Argentina o Centroamérica usted?

[@u_ok]

That actually reminded me that even if I don't find any new content that is interesting for me in my target language, I can still watch all my favourite movies in my target language! (like i can find dubs for them) Thanks

[@Livakivi]

This is like the time I watched a JoJo episode 50 times, except one episode is way shorter than a whole movie haha. To this day, I still think its a very good approach to language learning, especially in terms of output. I still remember so many phrases by heart from various content when I was still "learning" English, that I had just watched over and over again because I liked them so much, yet they had a profound effect on my language ability as well, and the same goes for my current Japanese as well as I've watched a lot of content repeatedly just because I naturally want to keep coming back to those them.

[@daysandwords]

Hey man! A few people are accusing me of stealing this from you, but actually, although I HAD seen your video on this back when you made it, I had forgotten about it and I took the idea from Eddy Burback who went to the cinema to see Morbius five times in a row just to make a funny video... so I was wondering what the equivalent video for language learning would be, and then when I had almost finished preparing this video, I was reminded of your JoJo one haha. But yeah, I think repetition to the point of memorisation plays a huge role in our learning of anything. One of the reasons my English is the way that it is, is that I memorised this super long poem when I was about 8. So as an adult, I sometimes use words really effortlessly that make me sound eloquent, but I've actually known them since I was 8.

[@Livakivi]

@@daysandwords I'm actually surprised people even though of my video at all lol, I didn't think of it that way at all personally, but if anything its interesting to see someone else share their experience doing something similar!

[@jhonatanqueiroz3189]

Good Spanish...keep it up, you're doing an excellent job! Repetition in language learning is really important and I can't say otherwise

[@brianquinayas2853]

Mr salas recomendo tu contenido y tienes videos muy interesantes , ante la repetición de algo es muy cierto cuando inicie con el inglés mire unos vídeos de Sora the troll hasta 40 veces sin subtítulos en inglés solo el vídeo y audio hasta el punto que podía entender luego de eso con estudio activo después de 10 meses volví a ver los mismos videos y entendía todo eso fue muy loco , saludos 👍👍🇨🇴🇨🇴