How to find the language learning resources you ACTUALLY need

[@thelangconprojectpodcast]

How do you find the perfect language resources for you? And how do you drown out everything else? Let me know in the comments below!

[@derekofbaltimore]

The thing I came up with, and I'm lucky because I live with a native French speaker, is for a concentrated period of time eveyday, we decide on 3-4 verbs and she gives me instruction using those verbs. Par example - cherche dans la cuisine pour les gobulets rouge. Because I'm now making connections from sounds (foreign words) to actual actions and things instead of abstract conversation

[@thelangconprojectpodcast]

YES! It finally feels like "real language", then, doesn't it? I love this idea and I'm so glad it's working for you!

[@eugenetswong]

Oh, no! Nobody has commented yet?? 😞 Here. Let me help! 🙂 Thank you so much for your advice! Thank you for your time and effort. I'm hoping to become fluent in Quebec French some day soon, so I appreciate the time saving advice. I'd like to learn it for fun and for working aboard a train in Canada.

[@thelangconprojectpodcast]

Thank you so much, Eugene! I am a very new channel and the support means SO MUCH! :D It's so appreciated that you took the time out to comment! How are your French studies going? Do you find it easy to find specifically Quebecois content to study/practice you language?

[@eugenetswong]

@@thelangconprojectpodcast It is difficult, because much of the content isn't geared to my level or the job that I want to know. I will try to finish replying in another comment.

[@eugenetswong]

@@thelangconprojectpodcast I am still enjoying it, though, because I found music that I can listen to. When I was already an adult, I borrowed a children's story from the public library. It was called, "Le Vœu d'Annabelle". The children's music as very enjoyable in French and English, and many French and English adults today still enjoy watching it, because of their fond memories. You should be able to find the video on KZbin: "Le vœu d'Annabelle, version québecoise.". If you want to try a new kind of content, then maybe you could create a reaction video to the French story and French lyrics. When you speak, please explain in French using simpler phrasings. For complex verb tenses, it would be better to explain it in English. I had a difficult time understanding the lyrics, so I took a guess. I left notes in the comment section.

[@eugenetswong]

@@thelangconprojectpodcast By the way, you're welcome. By the way, I think that 1 of my comments got stuck in your comment filter. Would you take a look, please?

[@kurokonaizumi9296]

very well put! ig one question i have is at what point the best tools for language learning and the goals of learning are the same thing. am i simply lucky that my greatest desire is to read, and that reading almost ANYTHING that i find interesting functions as a good learning tool? do people who want to learn more for the purposes of real-time conversation have to think about this problem differently? is this just a strange line of questioning? (the answer to the last one, as always seems to be the case, is probably yes)

[@thelangconprojectpodcast]

I think they are very separate things. If your main goal is "to use x tool because you love it", then your only metric can be enjoyment of the tool and progress within that tool's infrastructure (e.g. if it has its own level/grading system or reward system). But otherwise, you have to define your goal first and keep it front of mind when you're choosing your tools, because otherwise, you run the risk of *doing* one set of things, while feeling behind or feeling like you've failed because your metrics are actually measuring another. So in your case, your path of learning your language through reading is very well defined, as long as you focus on your reading progress and don't suddenly start thinking things like "I've been learning my language for THIS MANY YEARS and I still can't have conversations!!!" - because that's where the problem lies!

[@chrisbunka]

Would you happen to have any recommendations for resources that have helped you in your language learning journey? They don't have to apply to languages I am currently learning, but they may help someone who comes across this video. And you can still reiterate the caveat that whatever worked for you may not work for us. Even if some method ends up not working out, I can work out where I want my journey to go if I am at least giving a starting point. I am one who likes going down language learning resource rabbit holes.

[@thelangconprojectpodcast]

Yes, absolutely! I mention this in today's video, but over the next 6 weeks (just for the summer) I'm switching to Q&A style videos, so I'll submit this as one of the questions! :D

[@e.j.2279]

The number 4. I've wasted hundreds of hours trying to learn Italian during last 5 years (fooled by Steven Kaufman and Olly Richards). Why? I've learned English, Swedish and some German in school and I can perfectly well communicate (mainly work related issues) with people from other countries in those language - even with Italians. My conclusion is: everyone can some English and its is enough.