Easiest Way To Make A Language YouTube Channel (Part 2)

[@LinguistAmbie]

Unfortunately it seems like we must use click bait titles these days. 😕

[@bildeglimt]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences on making this work! I wish the internet were full of comprehensible input for language learners. I'm so excited to see these videos that are inspiring people to get started, and helping them make it work. I got started about 6 months ago, without any experience with KZbin whatsoever. I actually procrastinated for a year before I got started, because I thought I had to learn video editing and animation and goodness knows what else, and I'd have to buy equipment and learn how to use software, and it just seemed insurmountable. Then one day I thought to myself: I wonder if I can record my screen and my voice at the same time, using just software that ships with my computer. (Spoiler: the answer is yes). And I made one video, and showed it to a couple of people learning my native language and they were pretty enthusiastic. So I made a channel and started uploading one video per day, just describing a picture at an upper-beginner / lower-intermediate level. Last month I started making content for absolute beginners, and the growth on my channel has been faster. Relatively speaking :) (If you described the pace of growth as "glacial" you wouldn't be wrong.) I have three "formats" (so to speak) of videos that I make so far. The first is: "show a picture and just describe it". I speak fairly slowly and clearly, but there's no editing involved. If I fumble, I fumble. Great. They'll learn how to fumble like a native. These videos are probably 70%-85% comprehensible to upper-beginners on the first listen, but I don't restrict my vocabulary in any focused way. I just try to keep things very concretely related to the picture that I'm describing. The second is: "a lesson for absolute beginners". These are much longer videos, and they introduce a single phrase pattern, along with some vocabulary that helps repeat the phrase pattern. The lessons all build on each other, so they only use phrase patterns and vocabulary that have already been introduced, or are being introduced in that particular lesson. These take a ton of time to prepare (on the order of about 10-15 hours each, I'd estimate). I edit these carefully, and they should be 100% comprehensible the whole way. That doesn't mean that people will necessarily remember the word for a frog or a bicycle or a knitted hat, but they should know exactly what I'm saying when I say it, due to repetition and what is on the screen. The third is: "listening practice for absolute beginners". These describe a single picture, using only the phrase patterns introduced in the lessons so far. They can introduce new vocabulary so long as one can infer the meaning from what's on screen, but no new patterns. I describe the picture twice: once using a question/response format, and then again using just descriptive statements. I edit these as well, and expect them to be 100% comprehensible, but they're really easy and quick to produce. I'll be experimenting with more types of videos, but at the moment having a very clear recipe for each type of video makes it really easy to produce new content.

[@FingtamLanguages]

Yes, there are so many ways to make new videos, and there is no single "right" way to do it. Do you have any dedicated viewers who comment on your videos? They can often give you some good feedback as to which type of video is most helpful. Anyways, as long as you provide a steady stream of content, your viewers will keep coming back, and your channel will keep growing! Of course, if you have the time to do a lot of editing, and make more professional videos, that is great! But don't forget to supplement that with other videos that are easy to produce on a regular basis.

[@bildeglimt]

@@FingtamLanguages I have one subscriber in particular who is absolutely delightful and very dedicated, and comments on every single one of my videos. My best improvement came from a suggestion that he made: he asked if I could zoom in, because some of the things I was describing were really tiny when viewed on a phone. I did a bit of research, and MacOS has built-in zooming capability under the "accessibility" menu. I've also gotten a lot more enthusiastic feedback on the "beginner" stuff, so I've been focusing my efforts there. I only do one "lesson" video a week, because they take so much effort to produce. Since the other ones are so much easier to produce I can easily post one video a day without adding a lot of stress to my schedule

[@Hausa_language_tutor_online]

This is great. Thanks for sharing. I created a Hausa language channel. The journey hasn't been easy.

[@Ablofluido]

Thanks man, this is very useful. Keep up the great work!

[@LinguistAmbie]

Thanks for sharing!! ❤️

[@MamModise]

Thank you so much for this. I'm beginning a Afrikaans teaching channel lol yes a black girl teaching Afrikaans. I can't wait for people's feedback

[@mrmo7818]

Great idea mam modise.... Hoop jy gaan suksesvol wees❤️

[@mrmo7818]

Hoekom het jy nog niks videos upload nie dame🙂

[@mrmo7818]

Al wat jy moet doen is glo in jouself.... People will love your Afrikaans channel

[@indriboentaran1196]

Hi Aaron. This video of yours hits me. It has been almost a year since I started video shooting for "everyday Indonesian" language channel. Now, I am still in the process of editing the 6th video. Probably the format is wrong so it takes a long time to edit. The approach is not "comprehensible input" but I am considering it now. I am not a teacher nor have basics in education (juts like you said in this video). My love of languages has motivated me to share my language (and the culture) to others. I also want to contribute to your google sheet list☺. Maybe I should learn how to edit a video myself? I am open to your advices and inputs. Thank you very much.

[@elodierivatfontes]

What's the link for the illustration website? Ikanee? Not sure how to spell it...

[@yakaniy]

I'm interested in this topic Please make more videos about it

[@LewisOsborne]

I’m making videos in Spanish on my channel ✌🏻 thanks for the advice

[@ling.academy]

i am looking for a channel with comprehensible input in hungarian and would be very grateful for any suggestions.

[@ALGMandarin]

Thanks for your sharing.

[@comprehensiblecantonese]

I just created two Channels. Comprehensible Hoisanwa: kzbin.info/door/Qnzqk5ggnaqhTRunMHzhIA Comprehensible Cantonese: kzbin.info/door/QS2_zzisMq5C_FggxsQwTQ

[@sopheasann]

Hello sir, I want to create a KZbin video to teach Cambodian Language.Could you please send me the slide shows you want to share.Thanks! Sophea

[@JohnBrute]

Would there be any merit to using click baity titles? "Learn Welsh in 30 mins with Comprehensible Input: a day at the beach" for example

[@FingtamLanguages]

The merit would be getting clicks, but the downside would be disappointed viewers who click off when you don't deliver on your promise. The title you suggested only sounds half clickbaity though. ;)

[@salinakhan444]

Pls let me know if anyone knows such a channel for Hindi :D