Learn Vocabulary Fast

[@Thelinguist]

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[@jonasarnesen6825]

20000 distinctive words by the end of the year or 100000 or more with all the forms. Better study as an English-German speaker Japanese right now.

[@gwailou9003]

I would really like to see you in process learning your words. Could you do maybe a 20 min video "in the life of Steve" which is basically someone looking over your shoulder as you typically study?

[@DeTAYL.]

Gwai Lou That's a brilliant idea

[@YamanoRyuu]

まったく同感です

[@merelinguist4810]

Yes please!

[@Felixxxxxxxxx]

He did that about a year or 2 ago.

[@百合フランチェスコ]

예쁜 昇龍 言葉の数え方は先生に基づいて違います。数え方1 )言葉を聞くの時だけ分かります。数え方2)言葉を聞くの時に分かると同時的に言葉の使い方も知ります！そうと思います。ご意見はどうですか?

[@Tehui1974]

"The learning process is a process of learning & forgetting, learning & forgetting".

[@lilyleaf6502]

I definitely have the forgetting part down at least ;-;;;;

[@niamhbutler5685]

@@williambudd2850 not rly

[@dalnim4294]

@@williambudd2850 What makes you say that? That's exactly how the language learning process is for me.

[@mariashevyrova3730]

@@dalnim4294 he is a genius or Elon Mask ))))

[@OffGridInvestor]

@@williambudd2850 NO IT'S NOT. When you hear a lot they WON'T STICK first time. It takes 5 times before they stick. I speak 3 languages already....

[@naturalselector8938]

When I don't have the motivation and the will to continue my German learning process, your videos are always here to help me. Thanks for everything.

[@teenator579]

Kannst du jetzt fließend Deutsch?

[@kovidhdixit]

wahrscheinlich schon @@teenator579

[@bositkhonsotivoldiev]

"We learn words best in context" - So true. Keep going, sir. Your content is amazing!

[@welovfree]

Context coupled of word frequency is the best mechanism to learn new words.

[@JG-kq5el]

It's true... this is something that I've always thought. Recently I learnt タレ目 (which I just so happened to learn the word 垂れる the previous day through rote memorisation) and ひいき in a conversation between two Japanese natives. Alas, I'm too shy to put myself in those situations often enough!

[@ElZilchoYo]

Im trying to learn 30 chinese words every day. I'm sure i forget most of them, but they're in my brain somewhere, and when i see them in a book or something it will come to me just a little easier. The best thing to do is to try learning words through memory, and then read, write and listen and as you encounter the words again they will start to stick. You are correct that learning words is the most important, you just cant do anything with words, who cares if you have mastered the grammar if you can only say 3 sentences, most of the time even if your grammar is bad you understand or be understood by throwing the correct words out, the grammar comes more naturally and passively later. Grammar is picked up (though still study it), words are not picked up easily and need to be intentionally memorised at least once because they will start to passively stick.

[@Thelinguist]

I used to handle a stack of character flash cards. Started at 10 a day and worked up to 30 a day but would always mix in 10 old ones, already learned. I did this only for the first 1000 characters.

[@ashleytaylor994]

Will record them and listen to them while walking and driving

[@tedcrowley6080]

We don't just forget words. We also forget ideas. This video is 3+ years old, and I've probably watched it before. But it gave me good insights and useful suggestions for my current (right now, today) language learning in Mandarin. Thank you.

[@KeikoMushi]

A lot of people underestimate the ability for the brain to learn new information. The big issue is in retaining that knowledge, which comes down to things like use and re-studying. There is a lot of scientific research into this area, of which John Dunlosky was involved in a large-scale evaluation of hundreds of these studies in order to see the most powerful methods for long-term retention of information. I highly recommend folks watch his talk "Improving Student Success: Some Principles from Cognitive Science" over at the Associate Dean of Science Academic YT channel wherein he discusses the more notable methods. I would also recommend folks check out Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski's work.

[@Mirsab]

Keiko Mushi Thank You From a Knowledge Sponge! Really appreciate the suggestions! I'm actually excited to watch 'lectures' 😂

[@femmeNikita27]

I really appreciate Your recommendations and I will check out these sources. Yes, our brains learn well on subconcious level. But the trick is to be able to access this stored information on demand, whenever we want to, on conscious level. And we can do so only via usage of our frontal cortex. So we need store in information in a specific brain area, inside the hypoccampus. This is very specific way to store information, which requires certains steps and a specific sequence of repeating this information, re-using it, accessing more than once etc. It requires active and conscious effort on our part, so that it could be the most efficient and smooth process possible. Making our lives easier, not more difficult and chaotic. I agree, we shouldn't simply feed knowledge into people in education system, we should teach people about how they can learn, how they can make their own brains to learn new informations. Such as new foreign languages for example.

[@danielxing7082]

Sounds great, I will check the video now. Thanks for your sharing.

[@ashleytaylor994]

Keiko Mushi the leitner method

[@beautifulcrazy]

I totally agree with you, Steve. Context, practicing sentences, and relearning over and over again.

[@Mirsab]

Agree Agree and Agree! From personal experience I can say that one can learn 100 words a day (though it may take 2-4 hours). And what I did in this past month, is I started watching a French show in French with French subtitles, and what I did was to jot down the words and phrases from the show one day, and then the following day is for learning them. This gives me context, idea of the word's usage and a reason to learn and actually gives me useful words as oppose to random words from the dictionary. The show I watched was 'Extra-French' watched 13 episodes and using this method you could finish it in just 26 days. Interestingly and unsurprisingly I had to learn as much as 150 words/phrases from the first episode but halfway through the show, the words to learn in a day dropped down drastically, by the latter half of the show I would have only around 60-80 words/phrases, simply because a lot of the words used in latter episodes were already learnt in the beginning days. Now you may think that's a lot of words! But with such context and understanding of words through a show, it is really easy trust me. After some days of getting used to this method you might be able to learn 60-80 words/phrases an hour! I started this method less than a month ago and am already able to understand fair bit with French subtitles (still need to work on my listening skills) but in terms of vocabulary this method is great. EDIT: THE SHOW IS ON KZbin, WITH FRENCH SUBTITLES SO YOU CAN DO THIS FOR FREE.

[@iraqi2015]

Muhammad Mirsab I wish u reply on me I have a problem when I find a word I don't know what its meaning I look up in dictionary English English dictionary and read the definition and try to guess the meaning in the dictionary there are examples when I read them I find and disocver new unknown words which I have to look up and still looking up and looking ... until I have twenty taps and my browser got crashed what work?

[@bovrar2nd861]

Awesome! I will do for 1 month and see the results.

[@polinamak5236]

I think one shouldnt forget the language you already know well. On your case I believe it is English. Knowing English it's relatively easy to learn and remember French. Based on my experience, too

[@gentlefierceness]

@@iraqi2015 the dictionary is not helpful. Context Reverso has good examples and it is better than dictionary. But it is always better to read/listen to something real. Not just dictionary. Context is important. Small examples in the dictionary sometimes do not give you enough context.

[@fndTenorio]

It's not possible to regularly learn 100 words a day. This would give you 3000 words a month, which covers almost 85-90% of any French content. It's too much, not possible.

[@Cat-ox2ih]

I couldn’t have said it any better. Great teacher Kaufmann . I am learning 15 new words per day averagely. I feel comfortable with this number and there’s real noticeable improvement whenever every 2months have past. I’m looking forward to having proficiency in English one day .

[@josepena568]

I agree with you Steve. Because, the learning process consist in learning and forgetting, the strategic to acquire vocabulary is use word in diferent situation or contexts.

[@tabestorm5339]

So true. I probably learned more words through immersion and simply encountering them frequently than through just writing down sentences.

[@jazzerson7087]

I've been creating flash cards with words in six different languages. It's a great way to build vocabulary and makes it easier to remember in bulk as many of the words in the romance languages are so similar. But the real gains come from listening to fluent speakers and reading, you're able to absorb much more that way. There is only so many words you can learn in one week without forgetting or burning out. Keep listening and reading and you start to acquire the words naturally as many words are repeated and quickly stick.

[@vannedotdash7749]

I learned English by reading. The only things I knew before starting to read was basic primary school English (which is a few colors, numbers, basic words, and the annoying "verb to be" they taught us every year). I hated English before studying it by myself, but honestly I think it's such a beautiful language now, and I love understanding it. The only thing it took was my mother invading my privacy by looking at my phone behind my shoulder lmao that was my motivation to learn a new language 😂

[@VictorRuan285]

Just read without looking up the meaning? I'm giving up anki (after 1,5 years) and I am searching for news ways to improve vocabulary

[@ghosthunter0950]

I feel like the flash cards are great if you use them right. Personally I like to review them test myself once and move on to read and listen to something. I will remember the majority of them during my reading and if I encounter any of them that's my reinforcement.

[@LanaABA]

Your words are so inspiring and watching your videos I feel like there is someone out there who really understands me and thinks the same way about language learning!

[@Batool1111]

I'm new in the world of languages😊 .. And I really have bad English, but when I found this channel I was really excited and encouraged .. And though I barely understand English , I took advantage of Steve's tips.

[@Daniel-dl6cu]

I could understand what you wrote perfectly! So you're better then you think you are

[@adamender9092]

Your English is great! I wish you luck😊

[@alanscheer2137]

Your writing in English is excellent.

[@ErikAmerica100]

If you are a native “romance language” speaker... or if you speak a romance language then you already know tons of words in English since the day zero. What you have to do is learn how to pronounce them, some of them have similar pronunciation and many others not so similar.

[@atlaseccelstone8749]

I think this boils down to "acquisition" vs "learning". Unfortunately in a teaching setting (Lida Baker being a teacher) one need to be able to constantly prove that their methods work. The most common way of doing this is through testing (in language learning it has traditionally been through testing vocabulary). And this speaks volumes about contemporary teaching regimes. Memorization of vocabulary =/= a language learned. Language is a living thing and cannot be treated like subjects such as mathematics.

[@8thousevirgin]

That's how the Japanese learn English though, like as if it's math.

[@albi7]

Actually mathematics is a language too.

[@lisemagdalen]

@@8thousevirgin yeah and, no offense meant, they suck at it

[@ghosthunter0950]

@@lisemagdalen yeah that was probably his point.

[@pedropontes2230]

@@albi7Only in a metaphorical sense.

[@afonsoliberal935]

Best lesson i've ever seen. I've been learning english for 2 years and i feel like increasing my vocabulary every single day. Thank you for those tips❤

[@welovfree]

Abundant, continuous, and consistent reading coupled with frequency is the best mechanism to learn new words. Using this approach you'll never resort to forcing yourself to memorize and learn new words, because they'll automatically get acquired after a certain number of repetitions in different contexts.

[@bonbonsknowledgehub2010]

Steve Kaufman is the king of linguists.

[@cbmlgia]

You just diagnosed my problem and plateau that I have had in Spanish for years. THANK YOU! Geez... this is so obvious and yet I just NEEDED to hear it. Thank you Steveeeeeeeeeeeee!

[@bambapuangfoundation]

In my small town in Indonesia, I don't have frinds who could speak English, even no one who could speak English, thats why when I start interesting to learn English, I bought English dictionery and memorize English every single day. Only in couple months O almost memorize all the words in dictionary, so I try to combine from one word to another words. Next I try to find someone who could speak English and practice my English, now I also try to make some basic English video and upload to KZbin Channel. Thanjs for great motivation

[@terugi]

Your videos are always worth it watching. I've been following you since 2011, when I started using lingQ, and I always get something of value from your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us ;)

[@Thelinguist]

Thanks.

[@danilopablo9848]

You are right, Steve. Creating flashcards takes too long and sometimes are not even effective. During these 4 years of studying Chinese, I realized that flashcards work best for nouns and verbs that you can define with an image (I use gifs for verbs). Sometimes it can also help you learn a simple grammar structure. But for abstract words, they take too long and help too little. In the future, I will only use Flashcards for nouns and verbs that I can define with images (also concrete words such as pronouns: I, you, he, she, etc) and let context and exposure to the language do the rest. I realized that this flashcard making process for abstract words is really painful and unhealthy for language learning. Often I feel down for spending so many time revising words, but I am so used to it that I feel that if I skip this and watch or read something in the language I want to learn, I will not improve. I must say I am kind of a Flashcards-dopehead.

[@henan36]

your cognition is extremely unique and accurate！

[@bvchiro]

Yes. When I am doing dishes, making the bed, walking the dog, driving ... I find plenty of time each day for listening. Most of my "listening only" is with Pimsleur right now

[@1999-n9c]

Steve! you're a genius I've done everything you said and it worked in a remarkable way.

[@gamingwithpurg3anarchy157]

I wish I didn't know English so I could learn it from your channel. Very interesting, repetitive and also very very informational

[@azanseq]

I completely agree with you. I started reading novels in japanese and now I have an amount of vocabulary that I never thought I could have.

[@welovfree]

The power of word frequency!

[@SrNeoxNGT1kk]

I learn 20 new words or so per day in English, it take me 1h per day. I've been leaning this words and putting them on my Anki dack.

[@TechComputers16]

keep it up : ) try to read in english all the time, and you will be there sooner or later !

[@mr.sushi2221]

Good job!

[@Yusuf1187]

Thank you for your videos, Mr. Kaufmann. I only discovered you late last year and your outlook on language learning really struck me as interesting, and it's really helped me. I've always been interested in other languages, but became disillusioned with every attempt I made over the years. Using your advice I've been using your techniques for French which I started a few months ago, and the process has been so much more enjoyable. I took 4 years of French in high school and got nowhere, but now I read the news everyday. My listening needs a ton of work but it's coming along.

[@ricardomir2363]

I am indebted to you, Steve. Thank you very much for your work and for sharing your knowledge so generously 🙏😊

[@Basicguy1798]

I admire your background. So many books, my God! I wish someday I also accumulate so many books and hopefully be able to read 95% of them

[@tinkyd4876]

I really appreciate this video because I have been struggling with remembering words and always feel I failed if I forget a word that I learned and I wanted to use. Thank you so much for giving these sincere and helpful tips for learning foreign languages! Best wishes!

[@sauloroza6219]

My native language is Quechua. I learnt English and Spanish. You help me a lot in English. Thamk you very much

[@michaelrespicio5683]

With my experience in Thai, for example, (which is a language that was very different from anything else I knew), it's very easy to learn new words - I can learn them very quickly without much effort. I like to speak a new language whenever the occasion arises rather than wait until I know about X number of words. With a language like Thai, all it takes is some creativity to make use of however many words you know. The first time I spoke Thai was only about 2 weeks after I started and survived ~15 minutes of small talk with a native speaker

[@Thelinguist]

Most people if they lived where there were many speakers of the language they are learning, would do the same. The question is what is the best strategy when you are not in that environment and have to find an hour or so a day for study.

[@davijrxxx6864]

I´m Brasilian and I want to learn English, I study 20 words a day, I know six hundred words now it´s very good you learn 20 words a day it´s better

[@Mr-Wamballo]

You seem to speak very well! I hope you haven’t given up and I hope you are even better, a year later. Best of luck!

[@pheles]

This unfortunately doesn't work for everyone. I used to learn English language exactly like you described in the video and I was making no progress at all, constantly forgetting the easiest words. It finally helped when I started writing words I want to remember on a masking tape and sticking them to a wall in my room, so I could see them everyday. While speaking I often encounter a brain fog when I know the word I want to use but I can't remember it for some reason, like if it was standing right in front of me, hidden behind a curtain that I can't shove away. So I guess it's just a matter of what type of learning suits you the best.

[@welovfree]

Either you were reading abundantly or you were reading with no focus. Because not reading abundantly will cause you to decrease the word frequency of potential words to be learned which will cause you to forget more offen. Otherwise, once a words repeats itself for you in different context a number of time that word will be learned automatically once a certain threshold is passed.

[@rezafathollanejad8799]

You're absolutely right. My English is at proficiency level and I believe that exposure to authentic input is the best way to learn naturally.

[@zakhariihusar6975]

I don't care what they say about 3-5(somebody says 20-30) words a day. Because i myself was learning 100 German words per day,even though it took roughly 5-9 hours. I agree it may be inefficient, because in the end of the day what matters is how many words from those 100 will stay in the long term memory. So, important part of the learning process were: 1. To repeat learnt words after days( I used what's called "interval repetition"). 2. To use other resources of learning for example reading (after learning 100 new words in one day you can imagine how drastically my comprehension of a text in German was improved).

[@mainlander3920]

Context is really key. It's just like playing an instrument; I noticed that there are certain pieces, especially those more to the complex side, that I learned on the guitar and that I can only play if I start from the very beginning or at least from a "checkpoint" where there isn't much going on. If I try to play them starting from some random part, I just can't. Languages are also like that, yeah, it's made of words, but the words depend heavily on context, both for meaning and for your ability to actually speak the language. So learning isolated words without them being in the context of an actual sentence is way less useful than learning them within sentences.

[@halynaryf]

When I was in middle school I would watch German TV all the time. I would come back from school, turn on RTL2, watch anime and do my math homework. A few years ago I decided to try reading a book in German and I was very surprised that I actually understand most of it. I've acquired a lot of passive vocabulary by simply watching TV. I want to do the same with Japanese but I guess I just got really lazy because I don't bother turning on videos or podcasts in Japanese to listen to while I do something else.

[@NeoRetroX]

Richtig cool 👍🏻 wir unterschätzen oft die Fähigkeit eine Sprache intuitiv zu lernen. I’m learning Japanese myself and acquisition by reading is my own best way right now. :)

[@williambudd2630]

I find that reviewing is the key to long term remembering of vocabulary. The more I review, the longer I remember and eventually it just beecomes a part of me.

[@nasrinsoleimani3592]

Thank you so much steve for such a golden advice .I'm from Iran and love to learn English very well.God bless you

[@Kookka_]

You’re off to a really good start!

[@nasrinsoleimani3592]

thank you so much Steve English is like an ocean I try to learn more and more but I feel I do not know nothing!

[@shuelysrodriguez5894]

Yes, I agree with you, it is better to learn new words through content, to know how they are used, tank you

[@LovelyEnglishStories]

Definitely!

[@peterchege5301]

I was lucky to have a teacher at my first step of learning German and he used this method and after three months I knew more words that I couldn't have imagined.

[@femmeNikita27]

Key issues with vocabulary learning are always the proper context of usage and retention in long term memory. First one can be tackled with extensive reading and listening, second one with SRS systems and usage in writting and speaking. In my view all those methods have to be combined. Yes, passive learning matters a lot but knowledge of a foreign language is a practical usable skill, so we cannot learn vocabulary without actually using it, putting it into practice, making an active effort to speak, listen and write. Passive knowledge is a good starting point for expanding our knowledge.

[@pavlokucher1646]

Thank you a lot! Very important information :) Thank you again Steve!!!

[@SkyeAten]

Yeah important, but his app LingQ doesn't deliver as well as I thought. It's a very big pain finding a good book on there. I couldn't.

[@意志陈]

感谢考夫曼先生的视频，对语言学习很有帮助

[@danielcook1271]

20000 words in 2 months!!!!! I doubt I even have that many in my native language after 30 years! Wow well done!

[@wahidullahwadan9547]

All correct, I have done this methods, and worked

[@Flavio-yv7zo]

That true, a couple months ago i started to learn Swedish and i already know German and English fluently, evrything was easy. P.S. Im italian😂

[@cheddarcheese5476]

ありがとうございました。本当に役に立ちます。LINQも使ってみて素晴らしいだと思います。

[@Khan_2025]

thank you very much ,this is the best idea i have ever known,dont focus on learn 2 or 3 words a day,focus on messive reading and listening.

[@williambudd2630]

Steve has found that the learning process is a process of learning and forgetting and learning and forgetting. No doubt he has found that to be true from experience. In order to break that cycle, you have to substitute learning and reviewing for learning and forgetting. I never hear Steve talk about the importance of reviewing, so I have to assume that he does very little reviewing and the natural consequence of that is forgetting.

[@anna.rrrrrr]

I agree with every word 100%

[@riverdahab8804]

Me too I love to watch all your topic.

[@Rafael43583]

Thank u so f**king much I’ve already figured out that this is been more effective for me. I mean I bought this notebook and try to do the Baker way with flash cards writing down which word and I just forget all in the end of the day !! I’ve been followed this method unconsciously by reading and listening, now I know what I must do to don’t learn the language but live the language I’m soooo happy !!! Thank u again so muchhhh !!!

[@kenyim5513]

For me, more precisely, learning words does not necessarily come from the content, it can be from any source. The key is to go through some content to strengthen the memory and make it usable. It doesn't matter because most words we can't even think of where they first came from.

[@musaabaljabri6189]

شكرًا لك على هذا الكلام

[@badradinahmedibrhime9542]

Thank you so Sir keep continuing for it much because I leaned many words by your way

[@zacharyanderson6243]

I learned the 150 HSK 1 characters and words in two days. I forget some occasionally, but it’s only been two days, so I’m not disappointed.

[@RingsOfSolace]

I've been learning by listening a lot and just cramming. I think I crammed grammer for a month or two and picked up a lot that way, but now I can structure things and use words i have learned properly, even if it doesn't always sound natural to a native speaker. What I do is I look up vocabulary as i think "idk how to say that", or if I hear a word several times that I don't know by listening, i look for the translation and add it to cards. Every week I'll have at least 30 new words, and I have been studying about 200 at a time. That is, I'm still studying words from weeks ago. And oddly this has helped with conprehension, because once I've studied one enough I can pick it up more easily when I hear it. Sometimes I hear things and I'm fine. Sometimes I wanna pull my hair out. But what is most satisfying is I heard a voice note my girl sent me helping me practice from awhile ago, I thought it was SOOOOO fast back then. I understand it now perfectly, only heard it that first time and about a week ago, and how I could hear it was so different that it is fucking astonishing. And I realize she was going easy on me. I still feel nervous to speak to strangers but I know if I keep going I'll be at that point probably very soon.

[@aylix2137]

Kind of exciting, only ten words a day will give you 90% of the used vocabulary of most any language in only one year, assuming that you learn the most common words

[@williambudd2630]

Its the other 10% that will keep you from using thelanguage.

[@Grazia683]

I tried to learn words the way some teacher suggest, but it was so slow and boring that I soon gave it up. I do agree with you one can learn much more than a few words provided that you have a good strategy, interesting contents and you enjoy the journey.

[@adriennludwig8987]

Thank You very much,you helped me a lot!! A great Thanks from Hungary,from BUDAPEST!

[@MIbrahimov24]

We need multiple context!!!! That is true! For example I study German right now. When I come across the word "austreiben" in the text about plants and trees the meaning is to "sprout", in other text about social life it means "drive out". Two different meanings at first sight! And it has also other meanings. SO WE MUST LISTEN AND READ DIFFERENT TEXTS.

[@danilojen2144]

Mahmud Ibrahimov, Exactly Booked, this word, i really dont understand when i first see. I thought it was something it was a book(i dont know why i thought it). Everyone needs Multiples sentences using differents meaning of that word. Another exemple is "brotar do esgoto" it is a slang in portuguese(City of curitiba). Esgoto is sewer, brotar is to sprout. Brotar do esgoto is suddenly arrived Mano, ce brotô do esgoto.

[@benjaminfacouchere2395]

Good luck with your German learning! Regarding "austreiben" it seems at first sight strange but it really doesn't have another meaning than "drive out" - even for plants. Because the sprouts drive out (push out) of the stem/seeds. A sprout is also called "der Trieb" (that is something that pushed out). But we also have "sprießen" (to sprout) and a sprout is called "der Spross" which is obviously a cognate with the English word. austreiben & sprießen are listed as synonms in the dictionary.

[@katiussehardke2040]

Exelente,dinamico precioso material para meu aprendizado .Obrigado Sr Steve

[@りんご-s6f5z]

I study English for my entrance exam. I'm surprised your language skills!! I don't listen this video yet, practice with your videos!! I'm sorry my English is not good at🙏 英語でコメントするのって難しい！！

[@reef6536]

Steve if you want to learn Arabic through music I suggest to you (Kadim Alsahir كاظم الساهر ) He has great modern standard Arabic songs listen to ( أحبيني بلا عقد) ,(هل عندك شك)

[@iraqi2015]

Reef I recommend he is the best singer

[@youcan_change_handle_3june_]

i completely agree without hearing the counter argument thats how I learned English for 10 yrs. incidentally i didn't do the same with Russian becuz i dont have trustworthy resources or those that are specific.

[@kokoro2542]

"No you can't because someone else who's an expert said you can't." I think this is a fallacy of some sort.

[@ComradeVissarionovic]

The "appeal to authority fallacy," I think.

[@samuelcariaga548]

Ad verecundiam

[@robertocspinto]

Hi Steve! What I'm doing when I want to memorize a word is to find and write a phrase with this word that has an interesting meaning for me. I.e. "lösen" in german. I found the following phrase: "Das Leben läuft darauf hinaus, Probleme zu lösen".

[@МарияКоврова-о9в]

Great video! I do the same thing. I don't like learning words as a separate process. The best way to remember new words is remarking these words in context. Then you can look through these words one more time and that's all. Later you'll see these words in another context and they'll be familiar. The more different context you use, the better. words are memorized by themselves. cards are absolutely unnecessary unless you like cards 😉

[@victorberroa7648]

Steve you are just the best!!!

[@chessx6847]

Great instructive videos! As an avid language learner myself I can relate to most of what you say except for the amount of words for a comfortable command of a language. 20k is really an unbelievably great number of words, most of which are totally unnecessary as only around 600-1000 are used in 99% of every daily communication (slang included). I would say 6k is an extreme lot for proficiency. The rest is just icing on the cake, great achievement but not necessary really.

[@patrickren7395]

For me, context means pictures and scenarios. It boils down to repetition but enhenced with diversity

[@Binhnguyen-po8dd]

Cảm ơn Anh rất nhiều thank you so much

[@johntonny4119]

God bless you and your family

[@figgettit]

perfect example of a word that requires alot of contexts to learn is the spanish word ya. also the german word genau. a language's favourite words, heavily used words, really require this most.

[@danielperdomo1745]

Eu pretendo usar tua técnica para aprender português, obrigado

[@sohersaker7578]

you're always inspiring language learners

[@Sashasuzuki]

I agree. Also it depends on the level I have to shift the focus of enriching my vocabulary from passive to active intentionally. Otherwise I keep talking primitively too long and people wouldn’t take me seriously or in a sense look down on you.

[@pockettes3918]

4:20 "because our power grows" Yes... I want to become the servant of the dark lord of languages and language learning! XD It made me crack up a bit.

[@ةرويميبمبممبم]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@internetstranger3686]

Steve: *switches between 3 languages while talking* "And that wasn't even 20% of my power"

[@Jonathan.Tyler.Callanta]

Good one..lmao

[@breadyegg]

Is it possible to learn this power? ...Not from a Jedi.

[@aeolian951]

@@internetstranger3686 15% to be exact.

[@aegoshina746045]

Thanks for your videos

[@GuitarDhyana]

You’re obviously right on this!

[@-delilahlin-1598]

Yeah, but deliberate acquisition of a small set of words positions you to begin the process you’re talking about. At least, it gives _me_ motivation; being able to identify ありがとう in a reading just _feels good._ & so does remembering how to spell it 😅 I’ve learned the hiragana and a handful of words by playing a game called *Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech* (Think Typing of the Dead, RPG-maker style) It was only after that introduction did the usefulness of LingQ click for me.

[@welovfree]

Of course having an initial sizeable set for words under your belt will make the process more effective, otherwise you'll get board. But hey getting bored is part of it.

[@klebermarcio1317]

You make a excelent job to share your tips and experience with us. Videos extremaly useful

[@susyguardia9922]

M. Steve, by along years , I studied english language but I didn´t to speak fluently english. Therefore, I hope, to learn with you and yours videos....yes vocabulary .....I would like to talk with you sometimes..it is possibly ?? by whaaps ?

[@mphys5370]

I would love to see you doing the process

[@walre949]

Very well!! But how can one learn 100 words a day?? Show us please.....

[@zainhummamy4272]

This is really eye opening. I have always been convinced that I can learn at most 10 words a day. I want to ask about the review and recording process. Do you think it is important to keep a keep every single word I learn in a notebook along with its definition?

[@elleryprescott]

You said to be comfortable in a language you need 20-50 thousand words as measured on Lingq. Given your experience with so many languages on Lingq, at what number of known words would you say you usually find you’re very comfortable speaking, where you could reasonably describe yourself as “fluent” - or can these two things not really be related? Thanks.

[@Thelinguist]

I think fluent is B2 or high intermediate. The number of words required depends on how different the language is from one you know, but 20-50,00 is the range. I like to start talking no earlier than 5,000 words altho I have started with Arabic now with just 3,000. Depends on how I feel. Cheers.

[@marianaanton4352]

Hy Steve, I am from Romanian. Nice video. Thank you.

[@williambudd2630]

Steve says we learn words best in context and he calls that learning passive vocabulary. Other people have suggested the same thing. The context provides a hint about the meaning of the word but doesn’t necessarily define it. So it is just a memory hack. The question is, are you learning the meaning of the word or learning a clue as to the meaning of the word. Learning the meaning (of the word) and learnng a clue as to the meaninng of the word are two quite different things. I have to dispute that by learning context you are learning word meaning. I believe it is simplier and more accurate to cut to the chase and learn lists of words and their meanings. That is not an easy thing to do but there are no false understandings based on contexts that occur with this route. Just my opinion. I might define a boat to be a water going vessel that can be hauled on a ship. Using the word boat, I might say the cruz lines largest ship conained twenty boats. That context suggests to me that boats are seamen. See the problem that learning in context has caused?

[@hooho491]

can i ask you a question? i didn't understand a point about learning vocabulary in context that steve mentions, can you open up the subject? for example i'm writing down the new words on a notebook while reading a book (don't check the meanings that moment) then i check out the meanings and find example sentences of them after finishing reading. it took me 1-2 hours to learn 10-15 words. is this the correct way that you suggest or is there another effective way that i should do?

[@charlesbowen9019]

Tatoeba.org has plenty of sentences.

[@marcwibble7949]

I don't think illusive is a real world, I think you like words so much, and my arithmetic is not good enough to multiply your passively acquired words by all the languages you speak, that you even invent them! ;) I wasted a good year with a well known srs based app and because of your videos I instead now love acquisition and particularly reading.

[@williambudd2630]

Steve, the learning process is not necessarily a process of learning and forgetting. It is YOUR LEARNING PROCESS THAT IS A PROCESS OF LEARNING AND FORGETTING. TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM OF YOURS, USE ANKI TO LEARN NEW VOCABLULARY. The learning process when properly done is one of learning and waiting and reviewing and waiting and reviewing waiting and reviewing waiting and reviewing and waiting. Your problem is that you don’t spend any time reviewing words that you are learning. Got it???

[@agungsawolo4918]

Thank you. Very helpful 👍👍

[@douglascesardearaujo7520]

I have understood all words you have spoken in the video. How many words probably do I understanding in English?

[@darensweeney5925]

With all due respect Mr. Kaufman said he would give us a technique. Just saying "learn things in context" is a general description of a technique, but not a technique itself.