😉 I tell you EVERYTHING!! - How I reached C2 in English

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Kevin Abroad

Күн бұрын

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@languagelearningdabbler 3 жыл бұрын

Native English speaker here. Your English is excellent. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@KevinAbroad 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@oallannascimento 3 жыл бұрын

Que vídeo excelente! One thing that I would like to ask is if KZbin had impact in your learning process, because it was the game changer for me, I never left Brazil and got to C2 without speaking that much with other people, and KZbin videos were the main source of input. I still need to improve my writing skills but I can pretty much understand and speak about everything.

@KevinAbroad 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't really use KZbin 5 years ago so I would say it hasn't had any impact. Or not until recently at least. What helped me to reach C2 was when I was writing essays and reading research papers I would say I'm glad you enjoyed the video btw!

@JonathanOlelo 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting experience I think your English sounds great! 😀 As a half-French person, I can hear some French accent, but that's completely fine! we all have our accents, that's part of language learning, and it shouldn't stop us (language learners) from learning languages, using them and enjoying them.

@angerventing2694 3 жыл бұрын

He clearly knows how to pronounce /ɪ/ and /i:/ as he shows in many of his words. However, in some cases, he forgets or fails to use them. For instance, the word 'video' has two different vowels /vɪdɪəʊ/, both of which are qualitatively less close than /i/, which seems to be the 'aggressive' French sound creeping in throughout the video. Even in words like 'seem', 'we' or 'meet', pronounced with a close /i:/, the French sound makes its way in as the French equivalent of that sound is still qualitatively different, which may or may not be what he is missing. It is still possible, though, that when saying individual words, he would get them completely right, but when speaking at natural speed, he just can't keep that up. As in many instances, he actually gets his /i/ and /ɪ/ right, but then again the French sounds come in. The French accent is generally very aggressive and is very difficult to eliminate in terms of individual sounds. I think even the Russians have an easier time. They have what I would call a rhythm problem and overpronunciation, but the vowels are still less aggressive, making the transition towards natural English sounds easier.

@KevinAbroad 3 жыл бұрын

Oh damn I never realised I pronounced "video" with a short /i/ 😂.

@JonathanOlelo 3 жыл бұрын

@@angerventing2694 wow nice analyzation mate! AW, as I said, being fluent in a language doesn't mean being a native speaker, therefore, accent is a natural result and we all have accents in the languages we learn that represent some degree of our native language. BTW it's possible to get rid of accent, and sound like a native, I personally know some people that did that and KZbin is full of them. If you "polish" your language speaking skills for long enough you can get to that. BUT getting rid of your accent in most cases takes more time than learning the language to fluency, so most people prefer to do better things instead of that (like learning a new language), anyway you can do anything you'd like in a languages even if you're not a native speaker of it and "only" a fluent speaker, so the profit of getting to the "native level" is very low compared to the investment needed, not a good deal for my opinion. Maybe if someone wants to focus only on one language and get there to the highest level and not interests at all in learning more languages it might be profitable for him/her. AW that's my opinion :)

@angerventing2694 3 жыл бұрын

@@JonathanOlelo Sure, it is not that important. It is a matter of personal preference rather than necessity. Although it interests me how different first languages make it difficult than others to acquire a native-like accent. I assume most people here are familiar with internet polyglots, so, for instance, Luca Lampariello is Italian and got very close to a native like accent, same goes for Matt vs Japan for his Japanese (which he claims, I don't know Japanese). Matt mentioned that his rejection of his own American culture played a major role in the process. So for Luca, we can argue Italian doesn't present a high degree of 'intrusiveness' when it comes to English acquisition, on the other hand, Japanese is in no way close to Japanese, so that makes the argument invalid in this case. I feel I got about as close as Luca with the American accent with not so much effort, to be honest. The basics of English phonetics was all it took to take notice of what I was missing. It looks like bragging, but it is actually double-edged - I actually consider teaching pronunciation and if it is just about talent, then it doesn't play in my favor as the things I would like to teach may be unteachable. Or turn into something like "now, separate your soul from you native identity, my young padawan..."

@youssefkhairi7361 8 ай бұрын

I'm going to subscribe your KZbin channel because I saw your content is important for me ''''Good luck keep going

@KevinAbroad 8 ай бұрын

Thank youuu

@thedavidguy01 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the details about your experience of learning English. You made a very good point about changing what you do at each level of competence. I don't think about language learning methods in a binary way such as classes are useful or not useful. For me it's always a question of a range of efficiency. People clearly learn from classes, but is it the most efficient way to learn? For some people it's not. I try to evaluate every method I use in terms of efficiency in order to maximize my time. In addition, as you pointed out, one method, classes for example, is never sufficient anyway.

@urbanistgod Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed hearing you describe your experience about your process, but I wish you had said more things about what you did specifically to get to the advanced level. Just being immersed (talking, watching movies and reading passively) is how people usually get stuck in that plateau. I know you went to the university but I suppose you mostly learned how languages work rather than the language itself? So there’s definitely some more intense studying about the various topics related to the English language that needs to be done in other to completely master the language. Ps: You maybe say too much “sort of” and “obviously” lol. Hopefully, remarks like this can help you identify some weaknesses that you can work upon ;) By the way, greetings from Québec! J’essaie aussi de me rendre à un niveau avancé!

@KevinAbroad Жыл бұрын

At uni I did learn about how language works but the key is that everything was in English lol. So all my seminars were in English, all the readings I had to do was in English and I was also writing in English. When writing I would also regularly learn new words (basically by looking them up or checking for forums like wordreference which was a huge help too). Then outside of uni I was also constantly interacting in English since I was living in the UK. Hope that answers your question! PS: verbal tics aren't weaknesses. We all have them when we speak :). We just don't realise it lol

@TheAnarchist99 3 жыл бұрын

Great video overall and my English experience has been quite similar to yours as in I learned a lot of English through watching them as well as listening to Podcasts almost on a daily basis. I've just started picking up reading to hone my reading skills because I'm a painfully slow reader (I had never been into books before , not even in my native language) also people gravely underestimate how much time and effort it takes to improve your level to an advanced level. Btw , have you ever taken an international English exam such as: TOEFL IBT, IELTS or any of the Cambridge exams? If so , how high did you score in any of the exams?. Your British accent is great and as a native spanish speaker , I couldn't really spot your French accent at all 😅.