How to take notes effectively in language learning?

[@e-genieclimatique]

in brief: In this video, Zoe, a multilingual PhD student, shares her favorite note-taking techniques for different language learning levels (beginner, intermediate, and advanced). She emphasizes the importance of being selective with the information you note down, organizing it, and highlighting it for easy review. For beginners, she recommends focusing on pronunciation, basic grammar structures, and frequent words. For intermediate and advanced learners, the principle of being selective still applies. Zoe suggests using different tools for different resources and levels: Excel sheets for beginners, Google Docs for tandem partners, Notability on iPad for language books and articles, and Reverso for new words from KZbin videos and Netflix. Zoe believes that Excel and Anki are more useful at the beginner level, while Google Docs, Reverso, Notability, and sometimes Anki are helpful for intermediate and advanced learners. She emphasizes the importance of reviewing notes regularly and building a habit of doing so. Zoe encourages experimenting with these tools and methods to find the most suitable one for your learning style and level.

[@aoltechnology1586]

Wow ai read and summaries?

[@e-genieclimatique]

@@aoltechnology1586 yes but you must have the transcript of the video to give to gpt4

[@alexandraing]

Thank you for saving me some time ❤😂🎉

[@maruchaaan]

Thank uuuuu

[@pablohernandez2040]

I've been watching your videos often to gain the courage to learn my indigenous language. I know Spanish and English due to colonization but want to learn K'iche'-maya to communicate with my community like my grandparents. I feel like I'm good at memorizing and imitating sounds of a language I just lose motivation to be consistent. Great videos!!!

[@aquababy01]

that’s amazing :))

[@pastapins1263]

Plz keep learning. And start ur own KZbin channel and teach me ❤❤ i would love to learn it is one of the top things in my bucket list . Learning the language will help me an outsider learn the culture that i love . And tell about it to people . Plz don't give up

[@MrRahul6464]

Can you tell us which country your language belongs too? Also, are people of your country trying to revert the colonial legacy?

[@mohammadiaa]

I feel sad for your people's suffering

[@elenamatyasheva6568]

Dear Zoe, thank you so much for this helpful video! I'm a A1 level in German, and I feel that every time I did wrong thing to highlight the sentence I never could remember, and it made me so frustrated! Now I see my mistake! I will adapt this method, you explained, highlight simple!!!!! it was a key! I hope and a game changer!

[@williamhehemann3887]

I saw this video at just the right time - I am urgently cramming for the state Polish language exam, which is coming up in two months and have been fretting about how to efficiently take notes to prepare. Thanks so much for the useful tips and great ideas!

[@milenawojtczak6560]

Powodzenia! 😁 (Translation: Good luck!)

[@emilydias7739]

Hey Zoe, I'm brazilian, I started watch your videos and I was amazed because your pronunciation it's so clearly. I understand the most things that you say. Thank you for your dedication and knowledge shared with us 😊🇧🇷❤️

[@michelletabares5336]

I'm a former ESL teacher and your English has gotten better since your last video, I'm so impressed with your fast improvement!

[@zoe.languages]

Thank you ☺️

[@julianfurchert]

Danke!

[@lararayssa4724]

I've been watching you almost every day since I discovered you! I'm learning a lot, developing my methods, following your tips and even improving my English! I was looking for methods to improve my pronunciation and vocabulary in this language and I've started to study German, your videos help a lot, thank you! Love from Brazil!!

[@omolabakeejibunu9531]

Hi bidemi from the Netherlands, you honestly have given me the motivation to become multilingual. I have always started with a goal but never gone through with it and stopping. But now given my kind of profession in international organisations I told myself, I AM GOING TO LEARN 3 languages at the same time; Spanish, french and Dutch. I will pick German but gradually despite people telling me not to, I just love Germany and Germans 😅, maybe would meet someone from there. Love your channel 💓

[@zoe.languages]

You will like the new video of this week😜

[@shirleycamargo3150]

YEASSSSSSSS I LOVE YOU MY BEST INSPIRATION ❤️❤️😭🎉🎉🎉

[@slabostan2744]

I've been watching your videos and they're really helpful for making our own path for learning new language. Thanks a lot Zoe. Hi from Turkiye ❤

[@FrancescaDePaolis]

Very useful video! Many great tips I hadn’t considered yet. Thank you!

[@violetnha]

I love this idea of linking similar words together as you learn a new word. I'm going to try this out. My notes are scattered all over the place.

[@ufoufo9182]

Thanks for the Reverso tip. I just installed the extension and loving it already. More time consuming but I think it's better than just watching with English subtitles.

[@laurakaramcruz6927]

I was really looking forward to watching this video! You inspire me so much to keep studying Arabic, now I'm gonna be taking more effective notes 😘

[@zoe.languages]

💪💪💪💪💪

[@ASMAA-Montessori]

I am native Arabic speaker if you want speak with me

[@laurakaramcruz6927]

@@ASMAA-Montessori that's so sweet of you to offer me help, where are you from? I am learning the Levantine dialect

[@ASMAA-Montessori]

@@laurakaramcruz6927 I am Egyptian

[@mariyammunawarasheiksalmaa5942]

​@@ASMAA-Montessorii m interested in learning arabic will u help

[@habit_of_studying]

Hi, Zoe just wanted to thank you for your videos, I'm constantly looking for improving my language learning routine and I find your videos helpful. I do use Anki for all the 6 languages I learn/speak and I noticed that you copy words from google sheets instead of simply importing them (In Google sheets: File -> Download -> Comma-separated values (.csv) and then just press "Import file" in Anki and choose that document it will update your old notes and add any new you have). Hope I also helped you to save a bit of time for new languages :)

[@zoe.languages]

Thank you ☺️

[@ilankai]

Coucou Zoe ! J'ai commencé à t'écrire avec mon anglais débutant puis je me suis mais attend elle parle français ça va être plus facile hahaha ! Merci beaucoup pour tous tes conseils ! Tes vidéos sont top ! C'est clair, précis, synthétique, tu expliques bien, tu vas à l'essentiel et je reste concentrée ! Utiliser Excel c'est une super bonne idée pour classer le vocabulaire par thème, c'est tellement simple pour naviguer, tout est devant nos yeux : pas besoin de tourner les pages d'un cahier ou ouvrir chaque document pour la version numérique ! Je te souhaite une bonne continuation dans l'apprentissage de tes langues et des nouvelles, et pour ton partage d'expériences 💛

[@dianacampbell6336]

Zoe is becoming more and more beautiful day to day

[@LaurenAngela_aufDeutsch]

Yayyy I have been wondering how you’re doing!! Been a while since we have heard from you! Absolutely no pressure of course - life happens - but I’m so happy to hear more of your language learning wisdom and apply it directly to my language learning !! I love every video of yours ❤️

[@zoe.languages]

Thank you Lauren. I will post more videos in the following weeks ❤️

[@YouAreGifted182]

Happy New Year Zoe! Thanks for the video. I took the notes and I am trying them out. I will speak my target language in no time.

[@linarojas76]

I have to say that I love how you pronounce it!!! It makes me feel that I´m bilingual already!! I can understand you, and I love it! Thank you Zoe! Your channel is a great tool !!!

[@crcodles872]

I used to think that I have to take a lot of notes, write almost everything from books or articles, because I thought that it was my progress. Of course, I was overwhelmed by the amount of information and eventually I quit taking notes. So, I will try your methods and take notes properly

[@tuskub25]

Thank you for your valuable advice!

[@КириллЛасточкин-с6ь]

Hello Zoe, to be honest your different videos help to me learning different languages very fast and in my opinion that really awesome and also thank you for such wonderful content which inspired me learning several languages where I already achieved really good results and your skills in different languages that's awesome.

[@rasulsattorov965]

I am Rasul from Uzbekistan. I follow your all of the videos and I like them. your tips and lessons are very helpful for everyone in my opinion. If you read my comments write something for me. I will be happy from your reaction .Have a good day.

[@brooklyngrace1008]

you make english sound so gorgeous!! you’re so motivating, too!! ❤❤❤

[@katiaberrios6081]

ok I've been doing wrong all the time lol. I can tell taking notes is key in order to improve effectively! ty soso much for this video, this means a lot to me

[@xXSnoozySnoopyXx]

Do you have a video specifically for how you set this up in excel? ( @ 4:27 ) or if possible could you make a video explaining how the process is done, if you haven’t already? I’ve been trying to think of ways I could create a space for sentence structures in my target language and I like the way this is set up. It looks very easy to understand.

[@DieSternenweberin]

Vielen Dank für das Video ! Für alle Videos ! Du bist eine absolute Inspiration ! Ich lerne Schwedisch und habe das A2 Level erreicht und komme nicht weiter. Jetzt habe ich neue Inspiration wie ich meine Lernmethoden verbessern kann! Danke !

[@zoe.languages]

Viel Erfolg

[@MaryamOJavad]

It was amazing 🤟🤟🤟 Thank you so much for sharing what you know with us and to be honest I took efficient notes of them ... Wish you the best 🦋

[@ryna7715]

Already something new! I really love your videos because you shearing with us many differents methods what you are really try. Huge part of suggestions about note taking it's about writing and highlighting. Mean, it's what all we are already know from school. It's not only boring and wasted time but also too old for this centure. I'm really glad see your videos, how you honestly talk about your language learning journey and it's always not like teacher "you must do it and now i show up how do it properly" it's more about friendly advice from lovely friend.

[@zoe.languages]

You are right! I really feel like it's about different learning styles and habits. So I prefer to offer a toolkit and talk about my own experience. No method or tool is perfect. We really need to know how to combine and use them flexibly☺️

[@virginiafc4265]

My Chinese notebook is such a mess 🤦🏻‍♀️ a mix between vocabulary, grammar and random sentences 🤯 and it 's very difficult to review... I have missed your videos, Zoe. Your hard working is always an inspiration for me ❤️ I wish you the best in your new life and routine in Frankfurt 🥰

[@zoe.languages]

wish you good luck with your Chinese ☺️

[@stephen7427]

Hi Zoe good video as always. I'm old school I've started to print feedbacks from me english tutors. I focus for mistakes I've done and I use special marks for diffrent mistakes as you.

[@giuliam2431]

THIS VIDEO IS PURE GOLD 😍 THANK U SO MUCH!

[@zoe.languages]

🤗🤗🤗

[@truclinhlamthi9752]

thank you so much for your sharing. it's really useful for me. I'll apply them to my learning languages habit

[@gaetanjean-louis3789]

Zoe you are absolutely INCREDIBLE! Your videos inspire me to learn & imprisonment myself more and more. Keep up the amazing work! 💪🏽 Tu es vraiment une inspiration pour tes abonnés 📚🧠💡💯

[@zoe.languages]

Merci beaucoup ! Je vais essayer de faire les vidéos plus souvent 🥰

[@antonina1812]

Thank you for your effort and sharing with us!!!😊😘

[@reyhanarahma5965]

Zoe i really like your videos so much! Would you make a video about tips for speaking with a language partner? I find it a little hard and embarrassing to practice my speaking with other people, especially since I'm still a beginner at my target languages

[@ucthanhtruong8185]

I’m Thanh from Vietnam. I really like your sharing. Thank you so much

[@barborajezkova8393]

I adore your vids Zoe💓💓

[@sous.7267]

شكرا لك يا زوي انتي أنسانة مجتهدة. أنا شخصيا أخد منك طاقة إيجابية. شكرا لجهودك في تسهيل تعلم اللغات.

[@zoe.languages]

شكرا جزيلا لدعمك لك

[@DreamWorkHope]

I appreciate the work you do. Currently I am learning Farsi and I have some difficulties. I found very useful yor videos. Wish you all the best in all you are doing.

[@zoe.languages]

Wish you good luck with Farsi 💪

[@baharb.k1646]

Another great and useful video 🙂 thank you Zoe ❤ I was waiting for this video and became so happy when I saw the notification on my phone 😊

[@zoe.languages]

I am so glad ☺️

[@Ann_niana]

​@@zoe.languages i use a new method recently by using spreadsheet like anki. So a column for the sentence from targeted language, the translation, a simple notes like grammar, the added date, the last date i reviewed, a notes ("v"-if i remember the sentence/words, "x " if i can't remember, "-" i don't review it yet). By adding the dates and the notes i can filter and review it like anki. I also install google translate and text to speech addon to the spreadsheet. So you can translate and hear the pronunciation just by blocking the sentences. You can review it everywhere like in the phone as well. It's less burdensome than anki. 😅

[@sha3698]

Excellent as always, thank you dear one!

[@ailee5160]

Thank you so much for your extremely helpful tips ❤️❤️

[@kimliendo6858]

Thanks for such a helpful video!

[@tadeuszwojtowicz9654]

Hi there. I have done same. I wrtie down the whole sentence with main Word and many other context. Because I have still struggled with it 😊. In my opinion this is one of the hardest thing in English, many meanings one single Word.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I am so happy to watch your videos, lovely Zoe. When I watch your videos, I feel myself so happy and confident. Thank you for your all supports ❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰

[@zoe.languages]

You are always here ❤

[@jannat_Tahseen]

you just the only one who encourages me to learn more languages, I’m learning the 2nd language, thank you so much. All love.

[@zoe.languages]

💪💪💪

[@martindelaney6158]

Thank you Zoe for sharing your note taking experience and learnings. I found this video very interesting. I will need to re-watch it again as it contains alot of information and it was a bit quick for me first time. I was wondering what tools you use to read news artciels etc and take notes. It looks like you use a tablet, right? Which one? Which do you recommend? Keep up the good work! Martin

[@MisterBudBrown]

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience. I am always looking for new ways to learn languages. Thumbs up and subscribed. :=)

[@zoe.languages]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MrFwurpee]

You have the most interesting accent (when speaking english) I’ve ever heard.

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

Your lesson was very easy to understand. Thank you for teaching me so kindly.

[@zoe.languages]

💪

[@zurilyons457]

The consistent review step is the critical piece I'm missing in my study planning. Thank you!

[@khushbukhan1]

Hey Zoe ! you are such an inspiration, i keep on watching your videos again and again and the tips and motivation that you give us , i really appreciate that, kindly make more videos frequently, we need your tips and methods and You, yourself are an inspiration for us , The languages lovers. lov ya

[@zoe.languages]

Will do ! 💪🤗

[@ztmorris9738]

Can you give us a peak at your beginner level excel sheets?

[@anamartincanadillas384]

Dear Zoe thank you so much for everything. Your content is excellent, it helps me both in my language learning and in any other subject. Hugs from Spain. 🥰🥰🥰

[@zoe.languages]

I am so glad 🥰

[@oookarin]

aaaaaa can’t wait to watch zoe i love you and your videos so much!!! you’re our biggest inspiration ❤

[@zoe.languages]

Thank you 😊

[@vl4eva]

I need to see more live examples of excel being used for this to understand the structure.

[@veronica-wl9px]

Really helpful, thank you!!

[@Believe-Allah]

Thank you so Much zoe ❤❤❤❤

[@AliHussain-bj3cc]

I'm working at one of companies in the south of Iraq and it's full of chinese workers so I decided to learn Mandarin Chinese 中文 . I just wanna say thank you Zoe you helped me a lot ☺️☺️🤍

[@zoe.languages]

You are welcome! Check out this video about Chinese learning ressource, hope it will be helpful kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpC9e52naM-XmZo

[@MikFrost00]

I would love to see you having a polyglot talk with Brian Wiles (a KZbinr polyglot who speaks fluent Arabic and Mandarin). I've been following both of you for a lot of time now and I think that would be great to see both of you having a conversation in both of these languages!

[@zoe.languages]

I have been following him for a while. Let me contact him 😜

[@MikFrost00]

@@zoe.languages that would be amazing 😁

[@Yohann_Rechter_De-Farge]

Thankyou very much madam for your guidance. 🌹🌹 I really feel inspired after your videos . 💐💐

[@zoe.languages]

I am glad ☺️

[@Yohann_Rechter_De-Farge]

@@zoe.languages 🌹🌹💐💐

[@Hema__BTS__2009]

First like comment and View 😃

[@ខ្មែរអង្គរ-ន6ប]

That's amazing tips.

[@mickln_3767]

I don't know if you know Notion. But, I think is good software for taking notes, etc.

[@NargisCoors]

Thanks for this video. Q: can you make a video on how to use Anki effectively based on your knowledge? I know there are bunch of Anki instructional videos but I am more interested in your view of using it since you share appreciated and effective way of learning languages

[@charlesstaudt2077]

THANK YOU DEAR ZOE👏👏👏👏 CHARLES STAUDT FROM BRAZIL 🇧🇷🇩🇪

[@adhuc]

Wuauuu thanks a lot💕💕💕💕💕

[@themessengersreport5041]

Thanks Zoe! Useful advice for more effective organization.

[@zoe.languages]

You are welcome ☺️

[@themessengersreport5041]

@@zoe.languages 😌😌😌

[@lucya8916]

Thanks for the helpful advice Zoe as always 😁 It would be wonderful to speak to you in a Tandem party one day if you ever use the feature.

[@zoe.languages]

I have never tried the feature! Sounds fun 🤩

[@oishiiichigo24]

I'm gonna take good notes of this video !! Great suggestions as always, thanks so much Zoe 💫

[@jehanabdi5941]

I just love you and love your ambitious❤

[@habi._04]

Thanks for your vidéo very interessted❤

[@selimkonecoglu5724]

İçeriklerin harika, başarılar dilerim

[@mehrnooshrueentan9608]

این روزها با فیلترینگ شدید و اینترنت ضعیف ایران سعی میکنم هر طور شده وصل بشم تا بتونم ولاگهاتو ببینم و نت برداری کنم مرسی واقعا خیلی مفیدن💜

[@zoe.languages]

عزیزم مواظب باش. امیدوارم دفعه بعد که به ایران بیایم بتوانیم آزادی بیشتری داشته باشیم🙏

[@mehrnooshrueentan9608]

@@zoe.languages مرسی عزیزم💜به امید آزادی ایران🕊🕊🕊

[@nayanrajeev332]

Thank you so much its so usefull , can you share the excel template of german note taking

[@juanspada3904]

Once you clear out the beginner level in a language which happens really fast if you have language experience then note taking should be really focused on key things again and should not take much time. In fact no more than some minutes every day. The bulk of the time should be spent on listening and reading challenging content. ( Steve I sound like your minion damit) as these are the resources which carry the most intermidiate-advanced vocab. I dont really know if noting down 15 phrase will even help at all. I am trying to kinda do this with some swedish textbooks but doesnt seem to really work. Great content Zoe keep it up!

[@zoe.languages]

It is important to maintain this type of daily learning routine by occasionally adding intensive lessons when you have the time. Like doing very immersive exercises during the weekend or on vacation to see progress! Keep going 💪

[@engmohmd6470]

Thanks 👍

[@kalebdawitofficial4003]

Thank you my love❤❤🙏🙏❤

[@Mikimiko-ho5sp]

good knowledge

[@haninallam2285]

very helpful and practical😍, I always forget to highlight notes 😅

[@zoe.languages]

I can do it for you 🥰

[@giovannabruna7651]

ZOE, can you make a video show how you study with a Tandem partner?

[@hananmouhrich2160]

أتمنى لك المزيد من التألق والنجاح في مسيرتك . بحبك كثير

[@zoe.languages]

شكرا كتير

[@justscrollthru84]

Hi Dr/ Polyglot Zoe, I have a question about intonation. I am currently studying German on my own (let me know if any of you wanna connect). I seem to run into troubles with the intonation. My mother tongue is Vietnamese and it’s mostly single syllable. I have been using your shadowing method for 4 months now, but still no progress. Could you kindly do a video on copying the intonation or tips tricks on that topic?

[@habit_of_studying]

Hi, although this is an English intonation tutor but maybe you'll find her advices helpful (I do love her channel and use her advices in all the 6 languages I speak/learn) kzbin.info/www/bejne/opuogZKvrKegbas

[@tanvo-b2h]

can you illustrate more about the way you transfer the meaning of new words into

[@bonpoint1]

i am currently learning french level a2 could you please make more videos on learning french as a native chinese speaker. thanks

[@smndr]

thanks for video ❤ ممنون که ویدیو دادی ❤ شكرا من فيوديوك ❤

[@Haneen-u2u]

Please, I want a video on how to learn the Turkish language

[@argussy5150]

Subscribed❤❤

[@Jafar.35]

جميل جدا وملهم .. شكراً جزيلاً

[@sindylizbethmenesesbailon5049]

You show me how i can use my time more efficiently… j’ai appris des langues sans guide… cuando vi tu video me dio dirección. Viele danke. Jetzt glaube ich dass ich Deutsch besser sprechen.

[@suitai9027]

Verry nice Muito legal

[@zxavier]

Hi Zoe, is it possible to share your notes - excel excerpt of your language learning and we will see how we can adapt your method.

[@diyoraabdujalilova695]

Hello i recently have joined to your channel i loved them a lot. Thank you for your all advices they're helping me so much. What do you think? Is it possible to learn 2 languages at the same time? I'm now upper intermediate level in English, may i start to learn another language?

[@ResanRahmanpanah]

amazing azizam ;-)

[@wanjia661]

谢谢同胞！你太优秀了！！！

[@cloverlengocphuong2197]

video imported in my head

[@parisanajafi439]

شما فارسی هم بلد هستید 😊 چه جالب و زیبا... ممنون بابت این آموزش کاربردی♥️