How to Learn a Language From Scratch | The First Week of Learning a New Language

In today's video, I'm going over how to learn a new language from scratch. I take you through what I would do in the first week of learning a new language, and I decided to try French! This isn't one of those "learn a new language in a week" videos, instead, I'm giving you a schedule to try in your first week to create a solid foundation for your language learning routine. These language learning methods include listening, pronunciation practice, vocabulary practice, and basic conjugations. Don't feel pressured to understand a lot in your first week, language learning is a life-long process! There's no rush at all and don't let comparison kill your motivation.
To repeat my disclaimer, I am NOT going to continue learning French. I simply started learning it for this video to show you how I would approach learning a new language. I still want to focus only on Italian.
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[@SheaJordan]

Hello everyone! I missed you! Thanks for watching :) How many of you here speak French or are learning French?! Drop a 💛 below!

[@remasalhawari8077]

I started last week and going strong! Thank you a lot for this video 🥺✨

[@SheaJordan]

You're welcome! Keep it up!

[@aankhisharma5324]

💛💛💛💛

[@user-sm1yo2ih9v]

💛💛💛

[@ellevasc]

Im learning it

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I am a French teacher so if anyone has trouble or a question I can help you, just answer to this comment 🙂

[@ziasunny691]

I Am planning to learn French. I will start the process from next week. And also have subscribed to your channel.

[@patriciaedler6175]

Hi! :) I'm studying French and I definitely struggle with the subjonctif (I hope I spelled that correctly). I just can't wrap my head around. Do you have any advice? 😌 Thank you very much!

[@narjesabedal-rida6921]

How can I differentiate between words that sound exactly the same when having a French conversation with someone ? Btw ty for suggesting help 💞

[@julioarboleda3892]

I am learning french

[@juliocesar4874]

@@narjesabedal-rida6921 try to guess it by the contest 😁

[@marlenegiot6737]

I am french and it's always funny to see american people trying to learn our language because it's verry complicated to you with the prononciation. Sorry for my english 😅

[@SheaJordan]

Your English is good! Haha yes it really is a struggle for Americans

[@user-yt3ez9rd8c]

Im Russian, i m studying English and French right now , i am scaring that my new knowledges will be confusing, did you get that feelings?

[@SheaJordan]

@Mariah Rico thank you 🙏🥺

[@lamine1795]

graave

[@Lanaxparillaxwife]

Your English is good but it’s true I’m definitely in a long road when I actually try to learn French.

[@heeeymanu3562]

I'm trying to learn French, German and Japanese because of the quarantine. I just found your channel few days ago and I like your advises.

[@SheaJordan]

Awesome! Good luck with those and thanks for watching my videos ☺️

[@AfroLinguo]

I would like to learn Japanese in the future too. I am a native French speaker, and learned German two years ago so I just have japanese left. 💪

[@skullrose1912]

How’s it going now?

[@SarahNorris]

I learned French at school until I was 14 but I’m trying to revive it a bit! 💛 I’m also doing German and Italian for my degree (LOVE your videos on Italian, by the way, they’re super helpful!) and I kind of also want to learn Swedish 😅 does anyone else just wanna learn every language there is or is that just me?! 😂

[@SheaJordan]

Thats awesome! Thanks for watching my videos ☺️ I also would love to learn so many languages but it’s tough!!

[@jessicablanco5458]

I feel youu hahaha I also love every language and I would like to learn all of them

[@nadakadry9322]

Me too 😊

[@AfroLinguo]

I also want to. Steve Kaufmann shows us the way. We have our whole lives to learn all these languages.

[@user-ph5bt3yy8r]

Samee! I learned French for 3 years at school but those lessons didn't give me much and my motivation patiently went away... but now I want to revive learning. Also I am so mad about learning other languages like there is someone inside of me who eats languages hahah. I want to learn EVERY LANGUAGE, french Italian spanish finnish korean ohhhhh it is not normal

[@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane]

I should have added this to my other comment but the first thing when you start learning French is to understand how to read in French. As Shea said, pronunciation is hard so understand what we pronounce and don't pronounce right away. Then work on pronunciation, everyday practice is key. Bonne chance 🍀

[@user-fl1ig6gb2e]

Merci

[@isalynegennaro5467]

Bonjour Shea, Here is your French music list suggestion: - Mathieu Chedid - M - - Jacques Brel - Alain Souchon - Grand Corps Malade - Serge Gainsbourg - Francis Cabrel (accent is a bit different) - Renaud - Vanessa Paradis

[@SheaJordan]

Amazing! Thank you so much!

[@justenglish7486]

Aya nakkamora 😍😍

[@garygratz826]

I’d like to recommend Stromae, Jeremy Frerot and Pomme. They are all three different but a great set of songs to hear accent and words to add to your repertoire (isn’t that word French!🤓)

[@Chtigga]

Booba, Gradur, Kaaris

[@AfroLinguo]

You know, I am a native French speaker, and I have noticed that I rarely notice if anyone butchers the language or any other language I speak, because my brain is focusing on what the person infront of me is saying and not how he/she is saying it. Great Video by the way.

[@SheaJordan]

Well that's really good to know! I think I'm just very sensitive to it because Americans usually get a lot of hate for the way they pronounce other languages. Sure, some people just don't even try, but I personally try to echo the nice sounds of the language I'm trying to learn. Americans really can mess things up 😂😂😂

[@AfroLinguo]

@@SheaJordan It is funny cuz French people as well tend to pronounce everything in a different language as if it were French. Hope you reach your goal of getting fluent in French. Keep up with the awesome videos.

[@selahstudies1650]

French is such a beautiful language, and I love what you said about learning pronunciation--that is so important! Speaking and listening is the part of language learning that I think a lot of people forget or want to skip over :/

[@SheaJordan]

Totally! It’s honestly crazy how much you can pick up just by listening and listening and then mimicking a language.

[@moneyinvestingwithvandi7727]

I learned French in school and in college, but yeah studying it outside the classroom/self study is a good icing on the cake, I like your self study videos it inspiring

[@masayaiwai]

Hello, I’m from Japan, 52 years old. I’m learning French and Korean, and English.

[@johntyy88]

I have been learning Spanish for a bit, and I decide to focus on Spanish for all of 2021. I dabbled in Italian last year. I felt that the pronunciation was a bit difficult due to letter combinations change the sound, but the rhythm of the language is more natural to me than Spanish. I have actually had people tell me I speak Spanish like an Italian. Haha. Italian is on my list for next year.

[@kandyviris]

I don't even care about French but you made me feel so calm

[@SheaJordan]

Haha I’m glad to hear that 😌😌

[@zzoya9206]

this is genuinely the most helpful 'where and how to start' french language video I have come across... Mostly its ppl who already took french back in school and thats not helpful as anew to the language beginner.Thank you so much.

[@SheaJordan]

Wow I'm so glad that you found it helpful!

[@christinefrazier]

i've studied both french and italian and i spent a lot more time focusing on my pronunciation and listening to french. french is more monotone and the consonant sounds are softer. once you get over that a lot of endings aren't pronounced and the quirks of its spellings, its ok. you just have to spend a lot of time brushing up pronunciation any stage of french study. having spanish and italian background will help your french study for sure! also it helps me a lot to listen to things slow and fast speeds and to stop recordings to listen. listening to french does take a lot of work over time especially when french is spoken so fast & casually and i've studied for a few years but it is really satisfying when you start hearing it! girl its all good your pronunciation is pretty good for just starting! the spoken language people smash things together and drop syllables and its a little confusing but u get used to it! keep up the good work! i hope to return to studying italian one day in the future but right now i feel passionate about french as you do for italian! ♥️ i think your advice was very good and a good way to start!

[@GalaSalv]

i totally agree!! having a spanish background really helped me learn french!! if u are curios check out my french videos! i talk about how i learned french,how to learn french for free, and pass the DELF!! let me know what u think of them!

[@DaniArt]

I know what you say about passion, if you want to learn something the most important thing is the passion. Perché ci vuole passione… 🎶

[@petrazivkovic4666]

Omg I just clicked on your video and the first thing I noticed was how calmly you speak, your voice is so soothing. I guess we're used to constantly being "yelled at" when youtubers talk loud, I'm gonna go back to watching now I'm excited

[@Bella-jq1cn]

Yay! I've been waiting for this one!

[@SheaJordan]

Yay! 💕🙌🏼

[@ahmedneds557]

I think your suggestions and advice and information that you ve told to who those r trying to studying language, is v important, such as me, so thank you deeply from my heart.

[@jimdavis3752]

Thanks for the video, you have kept me inspired

[@GalaSalv]

I love your channel so much!! I LOVED THIS VIDEO!! u gave such great advice that will apply to Portuguese !! cant wait for your next video!!

[@SheaJordan]

Aww you’re so so sweet! Thanks for watching ☺️ Good luck with Portuguese 😍🙌🏼

[@FerrariCaliforniaT]

I’ve been bouncing from many videos but I feel like this helped me out a lot. I don’t feel lost anymore, thank you 🙏

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you! I’m so happy this helped!

[@DaniArt]

This video is very helpful, I just started learning German 💛

[@archanagavhale7736]

Hi Shea! Welcome back! I was thinking about learning French or German after learning Italian. So this would be really helpful. My motivation was you who made me inspired every time I watched you.Thanks a bunch!

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you! I actually would love to try German. Glad you found this helpful!

[@ishaniafrin2]

There were some super good tips to start learning a language and also that can guide us to learn a new language. Thank you so much.

[@SheaJordan]

Happy to hear that!

[@mystieunfiltered]

My new favorite language youtuber 😍😍😍 anyways, these are great tips! I'm learning Portuguese from scratch. I'm going to incorporate the tips you said ❤

[@SheaJordan]

Yay! Thank you so much!

[@alessaxreacts9935]

Omg thank u I needed this what a good tip on sticking to a study schedule

[@SheaJordan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AAND8805]

Thanks a lot for the informative and motivational videos :)

[@celakhaled2259]

The video is really amazing as always, actually your videos motivate me to study, thank you

[@SheaJordan]

Happy to hear that!💕

[@KatrinaSM]

first off: your voice is so soothing lol I think you could talk me through a meditation - or even therapy HAHA xo LMAOOOO "first off, I'm going to have to disagree" on that video - I laughed. also, isn't it wild how many FREE resources are online?? like wow. so obtainable if we commit ourselves to it. Shea - thank you for this video. a daily step by step is so helpful when you have nooooo idea where to start. remembering this video for the next time I'd like to try a new language. I love the idea that your first day is spent listening to the music - such a great way to get a sense of culture different from your own

[@SheaJordan]

Oh my goodness, you don't know how many times people have told me this about my voice! I really should start a meditation podcast I think. Hahaha and I'm glad you enjoyed my bits of comedy throughout the video. :p I know! I'm shocked by how much free stuff there is out there and almost overwhelmed by it all! I seriously think learning a new language is really valuable and you don't have to commit a lot of time to it if you don't want to, it can just be a way to challenge yourself. I'm glad you really enjoyed it and found it helpful or impactful in some way. Even just listening to music in other languages is really fun!

[@annanelson4934]

Just came across this video while doing my daily Norwegian and German lesson (I am learning another language, Swedish, but I do it the days I don't do German!)-- it's fascinating watching what other people do for their language learning!

[@SheaJordan]

Yay! Yeah and I also think everyone learns differently so this was just my suggestion. Good luck with Norwegian and German, would love to try learning those someday!

[@luciaramirez2693]

11:07 literally my fav way of doing listening studying haha

[@mesho3004]

this motivated to finally start learning French

[@teresita.lozada]

I just got a notebook for verb conjugations in French thanks to you. Right now I'm focused on listening, reading and translating short stories not much word by word. Yesterday I got my first oral conversation via Skype with a canadian friend from Quebec. There's still work to do. Thank you for motivating us once again!.

[@SheaJordan]

Wow that's amazing, I'm so happy to hear that! Good luck with your studying :)

[@teresita.lozada]

@@SheaJordan Thank you. Please keep us updated on your Italian progress.

[@atmanimyriam4093]

Tu es trop chou ! J'adore tes vidéos et j'aimerais beaucoup en faire aussi. Bon courage pour ton apprentissage !

[@bdp6243]

At first sight, I love you so much!

[@diwanoorzai4950]

Yayy im so happy u started french !!

[@avneetsinghsingh7885]

I'm your biggest fan 💗💗... I love to watch your videos...

[@tohyhihi]

Merci for the tips :) i'm a beginner and these tips are great. Also, I'm amazed by your beauty

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you! Happy to hear the tips helped ✨😊📚

[@francescafeniello2495]

you can make the video of the planner of the other weeks too, thanks🥰

[@sandralestrange8258]

💛I have been studying French for two years

[@bingbongo9500]

Learning conjunctions is my least favorite part- thankfully Mandarine and Vietnamese don’t have conjugations but they make up for it in other areas 💀💀

[@lilian.thyssens]

I learned french since I am a baby and now I can speak it fluently... Because I am french :'D Nice video BTW

[@vadim4283]

I like the way you speak English :) and also interesting to see you trying French) For me it is so complex, especially pronunciation. Comparing to Italian, for example.

[@SheaJordan]

Yes! It really is, it almost made Italian seem much easier and more approachable for me. So I liked that it gave me a new perspective on Italian

[@helinika]

Very helpful tips! Subscribed :)

[@SheaJordan]

Awesome, thank you!

[@remasalhawari8077]

Omg thank you so so so much for this!😭😭🥺aaah sending virtual hugs to you 🥺✨

[@SheaJordan]

You are so welcome! 💕

[@GalaSalv]

omg yess hahaha this video was super helpful!! what language are u learning ??

[@remasalhawari8077]

Just A Teenager French :))

[@GulsenMelda]

This video was amazing!! Very educational! I will definitely apply some of those tips for learning Bosnian! Also I found it very funny to understand what you were pronouncing. I was doing my makeup while watching this and whenever you were pronouncing some words I was like: Ooo yeahh!! Icii!! Means heree!!! 😂 Wish you would’ve done Dutch tho! It would be very cool to watch you trying to speak it 😁

[@SheaJordan]

Thanks so much! Haha I would like to try Dutch!

[@MouridEnglish]

Très intéressant (very interesting). Merci.

[@zakariakhan9165]

Salut

[@wayana8978]

Hey Shea! My mindset on French is depends on the person who is actually learning it. It is a mindset of what is hard or easy for them personally. If you are learning Italian (like I am now, yippie) you should try adding on Spanish just for a fun to see if you would like it. I am having a great time learning my italian . It is part of my challenge for the year. I am doing an add 1 challenge every month. So this month Italian next maybe German , or Portuguese and then in the fall I will be doing French. We shall see! Keep it up! Love your channel!!!! So helplful again

[@SheaJordan]

That's awesome! Keep up the good work! I studied Spanish all throughout school and I think it helps with my Italian for sure.

[@lasofi9045]

Hii, I'm Italian! If you want to practice your language contact me, I'd love to talk with someone who's learning my language!

[@Sarah-rs1oi]

@@lasofi9045 hi i know this was a year ago but i’ve just started to learn italian, if you have any tips that would be great

[@tamjidulathar4097]

You deserve more subs!

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you! I really appreciate that :) I'm slowly but surely growing!

[@lorikaisirfogle2903]

Back in secondary school (I’m in the UK) I had french teacher who was Arabic and his french was very difficult to understand. I never understood anything and even did my assessments in English. But I found it very easy to acquire Spanish and I’m still doing it in sixth form for a-level. I’m attempting to learn french now and improving my Spanish skills so hopefully I’ll at least learn conversational french in a few months time.

[@noraann9140]

Could you share the link to your french songs playlist, please? Great video!

[@luvlihyunjin]

my problem is that i'm super excited to learn french but i'm afraid that i'll forget spanish... i know that sounds irrational, because it is,,, but i just can't build the confidence to fully delve into the language without feeling like i'll forget all the progress i made with spanish

[@supernovaee6943]

I think you won’t forget Spanish , they are two different languages with different sounds

[@Fantabbydozy2608]

Some great ideas here in particular listening to French music. I learned French after discovering music by Loïc Nottet (he’s Belgian but his first language is French and although he primarily sings in English all his interviews are in French and I wanted to understand what he was saying!) He has a beautiful French song called Mr/ mdm which is easy enough to translate. Also Indila’s Dernière Danse and Love Story and SOS are really beautiful French songs fairly easy to follow along with and hearing the French sounds in the early days is so important. Also just don’t give up. I went for a year of barely understanding anything. Learning the French sounds and just being able to introduce myself in French! That’s ok but it’s important to not lose interest. Keep ploughing on and you will eventually get there. Cyprien is a brilliant KZbinr who does really sweet, funny videos in French. Also i found reading in the language you are learning really helps. Even if you don’t yet understand most of the individual words, your mind can pick bits out and formulate the rough story line if it’s simple enough. The grammar sort of gets absorbed. I started with Short Stories in French by Olly Richards. But basically the key is to just go have fun and keep going. I should add that it took me 4 years to become actually what I would call ‘fluent’ as in able to understand tv shows and have a conversation without struggling. Even now I am still learning but the best thing I ever heard about language learning is that you are never done learning. Even in English I still hear new words every so often. You are never going to know every single word in any language and that’s ok. Apparently you never learn a language you just get used to it and I think it’s so important to not expect perfection. Just have fun.

[@Em-xr5je]

Hi there Shea! I speak French and have been studying it for a few years and I am now studying Italian. Such a coincidence! Love ur videos by the way! Also, can u please do a video where you speak Italian to us!! I love watching ur Italian progress videos and all your language learning videos, they are so helpful!!! It would be cool to listen to how you speak the language and maybe some tips about speaking it?

[@SheaJordan]

Awesome! Yes, I definitely want to do a video in Italian I just am not quite sure what to do or what the video would be about. Still figuring that out though!

[@GalaSalv]

that would be an amazing video!! i also speak french and i also speak Italian ! maybe u would be interested in my channel! where are u from ??

[@MelanieCC05]

So I grew up with Dutch and Spanish (I am native Dutch and my dad is Venezuelan), I do not speak Spanish fluently because I never wanted to learn. Now I am in college, my degree is fully in English with a second language in Spanish, still basic stuff that I already know, just for improvement. In my second year, I'm in my first year now, I will go study abroad, maybe to Denmark (I really want to go to Denmark). I've been listening and watching kpop/kdramas since summer 2019 and I figured that I like Korean language and their culture. Lmao and now I am stuck between three languages. I never knew it could be so hard choosing a language to study. Oh and to make it even better I had German for 4 years in the Netherlands and in my last 3 years,I really loved German. I was even planning to study in Germany in the future, but then I graduated (10th grade) and never had German after that, I would love to pick it up again. omg 4 languages and counting *I can't with myself*.

[@Hasan-lb1dk]

Agneauxxxxxx ❤ Love when you say this word

[@mazdakmoradi5871]

Hi shea! I'm so happy you enjoy learning languages I'm personally learning German in order to study my PhD there,I'm in level B1 almost after 2 months,I've also started Italian because my sister is studing in Italy in case I go and see her, If you like to learn middle eastern languages I could teach you Persian(farsi)فارسی.in case one day you'd visit Iran, I'd love to teach my friends sth, so don't worry I teach you step by step from the very beginning and to the advanced levels🙂💛 .

[@justenglish7486]

B1 in two months 🙄🙄🙄 Lie 👌👌

[@NastjonaNew]

Hello, Shea! That was the sip of motivation I needed! Thank you! I've been studying French and Italian for a while, seen your videos about your Italian approach (and picked up a few ideas). Need your advice about the Spanish. What book would you recommend for total beginners? Like you said "solid" book for sorting everything out in the head

[@SheaJordan]

Awesome! I'm glad my videos are helpful! I actually don't have one perfect resource for Spanish because I just learned that in school, but I love this company and I assume their Spanish books are also good: amzn.to/3e3P7Y5 💛

[@NastjonaNew]

@@SheaJordan Thank you 😊

[@SincerelyGwendolyn]

JE T'AIME !!!❤❤❤

[@SheaJordan]

💕💛

[@chadbailey7038]

It’s never fun to go back to the beginning with a new language right?! 😅😭😭 bravo 👏🏾! Also KZbin Jodi Foster speaks French (when she was a young woman) it’s awesome!

[@SheaJordan]

Haha French is rough! That’s cool, I’ll have to look up that video ✨

[@chadbailey7038]

Shea Jordan Sweet! Also I sent u a DM But there’s a great italian song from the HBO show The Pope; check it out! “Senza in perché” by NADA

[@SheaJordan]

Oh! Sorry I don’t always check my Instagram message requests but thank you! I’ll have to add it to my Italian music playlist 🙌

[@francoismacron8509]

Hey shea i hope you're doing well i follow you from algeria i saw your video about how to learn Italian in one month and I love it. thank you so much and about french music i advice you to listen to soolking he's algerian but he sing in french his songs are so good and i promise to you you gonna love his songs.Choa

[@SheaJordan]

Awesome, thank you!

[@annoncesmessages6713]

tu devrais faire régulièrement des vidéos pour expliquer ta progression en français. c'est super qu'une Américaine apprenne cette langue ;-) good luck from Belgium.

[@saidaouyous3485]

Cool👌

[@norrislandon5052]

Hello all the way from Argentina, Shea! Could you please share with us the content of that Spotify playlist, and also, a list with the names of the KZbin videos that you watched? Thanks a lot in advance!

[@prathibhahm7236]

Can you please share the site or app which you used in your day 1 to learn pronunciations in French.....thanks for wonderful video

[@linguaatika]

Great Videos 😘😘

[@SheaJordan]

Glad you like them!

[@linguaatika]

@@SheaJordan Yeah Dear😘

[@Jennifer-dk1ni]

A pretty good tip I learned for pronouncing the French ‘r’ is to put a pen or pencil in your mouth and hold it horizontally between your teeth, then try to say the letter ‘r’. 😁

[@SheaJordan]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing :)

[@nadakadry9322]

Ok, l have studied french at school and now , the pronunciation is the easiest part of learning this language . Of course Italian is very easy , but thank you Shea 🤍💙

[@SheaJordan]

Oh my goodness, if the pronunciation is the easiest part idk if I could ever learn french! hahah wow

[@nadakadry9322]

@@SheaJordan well , I do not mean that , I mean that the pronunciation is easy and french is so interesting 👌

[@toulousematabio553]

Oh ! I'm french and I come on your channel to practice english 😂

[@SheaJordan]

haha 😂 thank you!

[@candelas6945]

Hey! I’m a spanish native speaker, i can help you with your spanish, and I want to practice my english, french, german or italian, we can do videocalls and I can give you spanish lessons ☺️

[@dropfm1555]

There was a girl on rupaul’s drag race season 12 episode 10, called Shea and she really looks like you 😭 I was wondering if it was the same person as I was watching this. Anyways, as a *complete* language noob this was super easy to follow. I’m going to use it as my guide for learning Spanish. Your sense of humour also shines through here and it’s awesome!

[@SheaJordan]

Hahaha can confirm I was not on drag race. That’s funny though! I feel like I rarely see other people named Shea. I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks so much ☺️

[@robertasc.9394]

Grazie, è stato molto utile! Specialmente vedere le tue emozioni e rispecchiarmici, perché effettivamente iniziare a studiare una nuova lingua può essere difficile e frustrante. Io inizierò a imparare lo Slovacco per un viaggio che farò 🌸 Ps Ti scrivo in italiano perché so che lo stai studiando ed è la mia lingua madre, spero ti faccia piacere 💓 Thanks, it was helpful! Especially seeing your emotions and mirroring them, because of course starting to study a new language can be difficult and frustrating. I will start learning Slovak for a trip I will do. Ps I'm writing to you in Italian because I know you're studying it and it's my native language. I hope you like it 💓

[@ila5725]

can you please give us the link to your french playlist??

[@khadijadaiki9908]

cool vidéo ! italian is my mother tongue if u want some help let me know !

[@clementdulieu4563]

Ahah I'm glad to see you learning french. If you want to have a penpal or just someone to write to improve your french, I can be this person. I'm french and I'm 16. I'm also passioned in languages. When you'll start learning french, don't forget me👍 Trust me, you know more than 4 french words, english uses a lot of french words😉 (I hope this message was correct🤣) I love your channel😁🥰

[@SheaJordan]

Thanks for the tips! I appreciate you watching my videos 😊I won't be continuing to study french right now, but maybe in the future!

[@GalaSalv]

hey!! i am american and i lived in France for a year! i speak french but not fluently! i would love to chat with u ! i am also passionate about languages (that is what my channel is about hah) if u want to chat here is my insta @galasalv

[@clementdulieu4563]

@@GalaSalv I'll follow you 👍

[@lasofi9045]

Hi, I'm Italian and I'm studying French! I'd love to have a penpal how can I contact you??

[@clementdulieu4563]

@@lasofi9045 I have hellotalk, which is cool for learning languages but ofc Ihave Instagram or Snapchat too. It's like tou want

[@garota626]

Can you recommend the vloggers and the channels that you watch?

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

What did you do exactly? How did you reach fluency in English?

[@SheaJordan]

I’m a native English Speaker 👍🏼

[@Linaghoul517]

thank u so much i love u and from algeria

[@SheaJordan]

Thank you for watching!

[@Bella-jq1cn]

My family is too!

[@TheChicagoRose]

Im catching this video super late. How are things going? I’m gonna hop back into French once I’ve put a solid year into Spanish. I’m nervous to juggle both at once but I miss French

[@user-bg8yr8bu5h]

Oh hey, I also learn French. In my country, most schools teach this language from a young age, but I do not know the reason, because I do not know French, so I wanted to develop it . I really liked the French language. I hope someone can advise me. Thank you

[@briannaarce7113]

hi shea! i'm not sure if you've used these books before, but Collins (not sure if its a publishing company or what) has amazing language textbooks that are free to download! i have the books downloaded for spanish, italian and french and theyre awesome!! super in depth and great at explaining. you should definitely look into them! :)

[@SheaJordan]

Oh amazing! Thank you so much I will definitely look into these!

[@briannaarce7113]

@@SheaJordan of course! ❤️❤️

[@wolfzmusic9706]

i thought you had to pay

[@briannaarce7113]

@@wolfzmusic9706 if you google the textbooks free then you can find them!

[@slikden]

What do you type?

[@bellarelearn2353]

Hi just wondering, what resources (websites, or books) would you recommend? Do you know any free websites? Or what books/textbooks do you recommend?

[@TopLoner]

im learning french

[@sergioaloisi]

Hello Shea! Do you speak Spanish! If I were you I would study Spanish after Italian, because they are so similar. In addition Spanish is one of the most spoken languages, more than French. The cool thing of French on the other side is that they have more than 90% of vocabulary that are quite similar with Italian. PS: I started to learn Spanish and English because my native languages are Italian and German.

[@SheaJordan]

Yeah I actually studied Spanish all throughout school, I think it definitely helps with Italian!

[@333rosepetal]

Hi, what is the name of the textbook you used?

[@SheaJordan]

Here it is on Amazon: amzn.to/38vQgq9 It's by a company called Language Learning University and they have books on a lot of different languages!

[@francescafeniello2495]

Dove hai trovato le parole di vocabolario di base con la quale hai fatto le Flashcards?🥰

[@SheaJordan]

Quizlet! Ecco qui: quizlet.com/_55jwrd?x=1jqt&i=5xs58

[@gelatogirl24]

What pronunciation videos did you find helpful?

[@cindyc6701]

Could you list some of your favorite French youtubers

[@khaoulagaimar7107]

Hello Shea; Now I study English lenguage since I began to follow your videos, but alao I want to learn Frensh .

[@GalaSalv]

i could help u out if u want !! where are u from ??

[@Graciamatumonadiaz]

What website do you use for French?

[@ramborose4030]

Hi Shea! how long do you give yourself before moving on to the next language you want to learn?

[@SheaJordan]

Hi! I'm not actually studying French, I just wanted to show how I would start studying a new language. I only learn one language at a time actually. :)

[@jeankazmi397]

I want to learn French language

[@santiagoloop1482]

I'd love you to speak Spanish in one of your videos or try it at least !🤩

[@SheaJordan]

Haha maybe I will! That would be fun

[@sandydegener6436]

Don't worry about pronunciation or verb tenses (you only need the present tense in the third person) when you are a beginner, all you need to do is to identify and talk about simple objects, people and their occupations, this will give you control of the conversation. All languages can be learned in the exact same way. It's easier than you think.

[@duanefitzhugh4093]

I can't imaging a teacher ever telling a student not to worry about pronunciation LOL

[@sandydegener6436]

@@duanefitzhugh4093 , I know what you mean, and it IS important, but you must learn how to speak first.

[@twishamohin]

This is really random but dang, you are beautiful gurl❤️

[@elnazemdad5946]

Hey , i am a french beginner and how can i get the french book u used as a reference? I found it so useful , thank u and i loved ur tips and advices ♥️

[@remasalhawari8077]

Same I want to know the textbook name but can’t find it :( if you know what it is please share

[@SheaJordan]

Thanks for watching! Here is the link to the book on Amazon, I'm so sorry I didn't link it! amzn.to/38vQgq9

[@SheaJordan]

I'm sorry! Here it is: amzn.to/38vQgq9

[@elnazemdad5946]

Shea Jordan thank u so much and it’s totally fine💙💙

[@remasalhawari8077]

Shea Jordan thank you!

[@thecrazycretanGR]

You inspire me to learn German 🇩🇪

[@SheaJordan]

Awesome! So happy to hear that!

[@junaidnoor3367]

Whats the name of the book?

[@SheaJordan]

It's in my description: amzn.to/38vQgq9

[@ivanavasquez8093]

Which KZbin channel did you watch to learn French?💛☺️