How To Watch Videos For Language Learning

How To Watch Videos For Language Learning - Most Effective Method

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@engespress 8 ай бұрын

I think watching a video with the two methods - looking up words and not looking up words - is the most useful way to learn a language. First, watch a video right through without stopping it, with subs or without subs. Then watch the video to word-mine it, which increases your vocabulary. Watching right through helps you pick up expressions and grammar as well as good pronunciation and intonation; and looking up words helps you expand your vocabulary. You need both things to acquire a new language. I find listening without interruption to something I've studied previously is quite enjoyable and helps my subconscious mind absorb the language. Using one method exclusively - word-mining everything you watch, or alternatively, spending years watching videos you don't understand a word of - is counterproductive. Using a balanced approach is the best in my opinion.

@learnwithlingoers 8 ай бұрын

Interesting ideas! Of course, you can have a mix of both - the idea is to try not to disrupt the flow of what you're watching. As you say if you watch it for the first time without stopping it but with subtitles, this is great as you don't know what to expect. It's exciting and you're in the zone because you haven't seen it before. You will have a lot of emotional investment into it for this reason. Then, if you'd like to watch it again but you already know what happens, this could be a good opportunity to allow yourself to look up a few words. Maybe limit yourself to commonly spoken words that you don't know as these will likely be most useful for you in real life. However I agree with your point, there's multiple ways to approach it :)

@engespress 8 ай бұрын

@@learnwithlingoers I agree with you that watching material uninterrupted is very important for learning. Watching the same material over and over again, without breaks, is also helpful. I think a balance of word-mining to free-flow listening of about 1 hour : 4 hours is helpful. I tend to do the free-flow listening during my sleep. I don't have enough time during the day, and besides, the language might be absorbed into the subconscious better this way. Funnily enough I don't get tired in the morning doing this. Good video for generating discussion on language-learning. 😃

@learnwithlingoers 8 ай бұрын

Spot on :). If there's any other topics or areas you'd like me to do a video on, let me know!@@engespress

@engespress 7 ай бұрын

@@learnwithlingoers Actually I change my mind, and I think you are 100% right. I have been doing word mining and now realize it's of zero help. Learning by just watching - WITHOUT WORD LOOK UP - is the best method. I plan to watch around 2,000 episodes of around 10 minutes each, using this method. I will keep rewatching this material until I understand most of it. Then I will see if I am closer to fluency or not. Kids learn their native language this way, by watching TV and videos, and even though they don't understand a lot at the beginning, with time, they understand all of what they watch after a few years.

@kahea2018 6 ай бұрын

I'd love an update.

@pfikurum 8 ай бұрын

So, from what I could understand from the video, we, the learners, should be learning like "living in the moment while learning a new meaning with the new words we encounter, and incorporate them as much as we interpret what really means upon context". I don't know if I am not mistaken with this, but, in my own words, this is what I get.

@learnwithlingoers 8 ай бұрын

Exactly. That's spot on :)

@LuigiCotocea Ай бұрын

I remember back in 2013 when i was 5, as a romanian when i started watching modded minecraft in english at first i was confused because english sounded like romanian. And because at that time i didnt know google translate existed, i didnt look words to translate. Yes i did confuse tanks with thanks but i quickly fixed the mistakes. And i wa surprised years later like 2-3y i speak better than new learners who require grammar videos on youtube. I wanna try same strategy with passive input but for spanish!

@learnwithlingoers Ай бұрын

@@LuigiCotocea Thanks for sharing!

@LuigiCotocea Ай бұрын

@@learnwithlingoers Your welcome!

@seayellow5834 2 ай бұрын

There's something that I have been speculating about for a long time. Your video is so underrated because you present this idea so elegantly.

@learnwithlingoers 2 ай бұрын

@@seayellow5834 Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback. Glad you agree :)

@EnglishwithJoe 3 ай бұрын

Great advice. I haven't looked up a word in months and my Spanish is always improving!

@learnwithlingoers 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback - good to hear about your Spanish :)

@learnwithlingoers 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comments everyone! My goal is to make more useful, practical videos on language learning. Let me know any struggles you have, what you'd like to improve and what you'd like to see more of from this channel! Every suggestion helps :)

@ImMrAdam 8 ай бұрын

Good stuff James! I'm learning Chinese (not only from) youtube videos and it's frustrating when a 10min video takes you over 30mins to finish because I'm constantly pausing it to look up words.

@learnwithlingoers 8 ай бұрын

That's it. It can become annoying having to pause the video as it takes much longer to finish it. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your Chinese!

@grunntalll 7 ай бұрын

im doing the same in japanese but i think taking your time is actually very rewarding (so far at least) . theres no point in trying to rushing through learning.

@yuichieng-r3v 7 ай бұрын

I agree with u!!! Even tho i do, I've been contemplating that whether it is effective to increase vocabulary or not. I'm a Japanese who have been learning English. I'll continue watching KZbin videos without subtitles and not looking up!! Thank u for making this great video🎉

@learnwithlingoers 7 ай бұрын

Glad you find it useful! No worries :)

@tracywright6908 4 ай бұрын

Paldies, great content. I am learning Latvian. Watching the cultural music on KZbin has been a powerful tool! Especially the "Latvian Song Festival", at times making me weep. Latvian history and culture is deeply moving, having survived a myriad of occupations, war, genocide.......... Hence the emotional aspect as I recently learned my infant father and grandparents escaped Stalin's "Red Terror". Many family members were sent to Gulags.

@learnwithlingoers 4 ай бұрын

@@tracywright6908 Nice, glad you enjoyed it :)

@hcm9999 4 ай бұрын

To read books or texts I follow some strategies: 1. I try to read as fast as possible without using the dictionary. I call this "fast reading". I try to guess the meaning of unknown words from the context. I simply ignore whatever I don't understand. 2. I read the book again consulting the dictionary for every unknown word. By unknown word I mean any word whose meaning or pronunciation or inflection or conjugation I don't know or don't remember. This is the "slow reading". Even though it is much slower than the first reading, I don't read the entire book again, I only read the interesting or important parts of the book. So the second reading may actually be faster than the first reading.

@lapkrit 4 ай бұрын

Hey, mate! I think we could easily have had an hours long conversation about languages, because we think alike here! My German comprehension improved immensely last year from watching content, reading and videogames. For one, because of the native input, but also because i was looking forward consuming the content, instead of procrastinating study material. Just finished Animal Farm in German after months of reading. Went from understanding very vaguely to most at the end. Audiobook and reading at the same time made it even more efficient and enjoyable. Except for Swedish, where I'm still a beginner, I do a combined approach of repeatedly listening new content without looking up or subtitles and i translate + repeat small texts with audio till i can mostly understand them. Was thinking of going through a new book by looking up all unknown words, but you just reminded me to simply enjoy the content instead and learn within context. Cheers! :')

@learnwithlingoers 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear you found the video useful and you're learning German. Good luck with it :)

@theemptyatom 2 ай бұрын

I am just starting German (I am in my early 60s) What do you recommend watching? I want to be able to read Thomas Mann and other great German authors.

@lapkrit 2 ай бұрын

@@theemptyatom Simply having fun with the language worked for me. Whatever entertains you in another language, just bring it into German. Watching dubbed anime and Netflix shows improved my comprehension in a matter of months, mainly because I enjoyed what I saw, even if my comprehension was low. Same for books, I read Animal Farm because I've enjoyed it previously and I know the story. Even though it was a hard read, the enjoyment of story really helped. So just pick some TV show you like or other type of media with German dubs. Cheers!

@robscovell5951 3 ай бұрын

There needs to be a balance between accuracy and fluency.

@leenasipponen8958 7 ай бұрын

I recently watched a movie in Russian language. It was subtitled in English, but English is not my mother tongue. I only had time to read some of the texts. I have only studied Russian for a short time and only knew a small part of the words. However, I understood the movie very well and was able to enjoy it. Even though I didn't understand most of the words, I still understood what was being said. Weird!

@learnwithlingoers 7 ай бұрын

Ah interesting - thanks for sharing!

@LeeJCander 3 ай бұрын

Good advice. What if you comprehend less than 10% of a language. Do you still recommend the input method or standard learning then more input after a minimal level of understanding?

@learnwithlingoers 3 ай бұрын

@@LeeJCander If you're super early on, use subtitles in your native language so you understand what's going on but still don't look up words. More advanced - subtitles in target language, understand the jist of what's happening but you don't need to know every word. Main point: When you keep stopping and pausing the thing you're watching it gets tedious and annoying. You need to make it enjoyable rather than feeling "forced". Hope that helps!

@LeeJCander 3 ай бұрын

@@learnwithlingoers thanks man!

@Reflekt0r 2 ай бұрын

Again, if the language is from a different language system, exposure on it's on won't work, you need to make an effort to learn the vocab. Maybe the advice should rather be to look up the words the second time you watch the movie.

@learnwithlingoers 2 ай бұрын

@@Reflekt0r True. I guess there are more specific scenarios or ways of watching content depending on what level you're at in the language. This video was more in general - for people who love to pause it every 10 seconds to look up a word but then forget what's actually happening :)

@thesifuchannel6906 6 ай бұрын

Is this the same advice for reading as well?

@learnwithlingoers 6 ай бұрын

Very good question! I'd say if you're wanting to real for entertainment/pleasure then you'll be more in the flow if you're able to keep reading without interruption. Without stopping to look up words. If you understand the jist of what you're reading but there's a few words you don't understand, just keep reading. This is because if you stop reading, pause, look up the word etc, this will add friction to the process of reading. It may feel more like 'a chore' or 'homework' rather than entertainment. If that makes sense. Alternatively, if you don't understand what you're reading at all, then it makes sense to look up the words because you couldn't progress without knowing what you're reading about. Hope that makes sense :)

@MsTranthihai71 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@learnwithlingoers 8 ай бұрын

No problem. Glad you liked it :)

@learnwithlingoers 8 ай бұрын

If there's any other topics you feel you'd like me to cover, please let me know! Thanks

@williambudd2850 5 ай бұрын

I look up words that prevent me from understanding the sentence. For example if I read the following sentence in German: Er schlag ihn. I have to look up the word schlag to understand what er did. I find that language learning is mostly common sense. Let your instincts tell you what to do. Complicated theories are usually what they seem to be. Namely nnonsense.

@LiberalLenny-zn8sd 2 ай бұрын

Exactly… often times I hear people saying not to look up words, not to learn grammar, and it’s like… why? If you’re someone who likes putting in absolutely zero intentional effort then fine, but those of us who hate hearing “estaba” and not knowing what it means, even though it’s clearly related to estar, would prefer to just look it up and learn quickly.

@llewlloyd3832 7 ай бұрын

I'm going through the Spanish LanguageTransfer course. What would you recommend I do after finishing that?

@learnwithlingoers 7 ай бұрын

That's cool - once you're able to say a few basic phrases, enough to have a simple conversation then look for a native speaker to practice with. You have two options with this; find a language exchange partner which is free (trading your time for their time) or you can pay for online lessons (it can be as little as $5 per hour though so it's not too expensive). I use Preply for this. It means you can build confidence and actually put to use what you've learnt. For Preply, you can use my referral link if you want to have 70% off your first lesson:preply.com/en/?pref=NDY3MzU2NQ==&id=1712666886.780919. No worries either way though, that's my advice! Good luck whatever option you choose :)

@captainpugwash2317 8 ай бұрын

I am currently learning Italian ,well trying because I just can’t find the right resources and structure any suggestions

@learnwithlingoers 8 ай бұрын

Hey, yes so "Italy made Easy" is a great podcast for people new to Italian. They speak slowly so it's easier to understand them. They're on Spotify and KZbin :)

@captainpugwash2317 8 ай бұрын

@@learnwithlingoers much appreciated, thanks for that.