Language Learning with YouTube: A Simple but Powerful Tip

[@mattvsjapan]

Just to be clear, I gain nothing by promoting KZbin premium; I just genuinely think it’s a good service. If you accidentally watch some English videos on your target-language account, you can always *WIPE YOUR VIEWING HISTORY!* Find out how here: support.google.com/youtube/answer/95725

[@oDHAOSo]

KZbin Vanced on android lets you play youtube in the background without ads. You won't find it on the play store though.

[@beingme2345]

@@oDHAOSo I was just about to comment this. I don't Matt should put that in his videos since KZbin hates the app and aggressively will take down anyone who even lightly promotes it

[@ManFinest]

Thanks, I can also download Japanese videos.

[@shagb2751]

you can use brave browser and still play videos while ur phone is locked

[@mattvsjapan]

@@wanderingdoc5075 I use pinyin

[@stonebbq5474]

You said the words “separate account” and I facepalmed at how simple the idea is and I was mad I never thought about it 😅

[@daysandwords]

I have known that one SHOULD do it for a very long time but I only did it the other day when I was looking for French music and it was more powerful than I thought. It has all these cascade effects too, like, hard to go into in a comment, but yeah, you'll find the same effects,

[@frafraplanner9277]

Exactly the same here

[@scoshi6592]

As a KZbin addict I feel dumb for not having thought of this before lol

[@scoshi6592]

Language and Programming Channel Same. I think this method is a good way to spend more time watching Japanese content

[@nauka7565]

I did it. This channel was supposed to be a science channel. Nauka means science. Idk from where I got the idea tho. Maybe just because I subscribed to too many people on the other channel.

[@nauka7565]

Oh and I want to experiment if my name "nauka" will feel natural, and has the same feel as my real name

[@nauka7565]

I liked 5k videos in just about 6 months. I probably have already watched 20k videos on this channel lol

[@nauka7565]

Almost all in English, that's probably why I'm able to type and understand English well

[@OrientalPearl]

You are one of the few KZbinrs out there offering good language learning advice. Nice job.

[@ancapcitorw5162]

That's absolutely right

[@codigovazado8274]

Hey matt, I have been doing "MIA" for almost 2 years now(precisely 23 months and 30days.). My navite language is portugues and my target language is english, this means that I can watch your wonderful videos to immerse myself xD. I have watched all your videos a lot of times and you have helped me a lot. I started outputing a little bit after 1.8years or so. I may make a video of me speaking english and showing how MIA has helped me achieve great results in a short period of time. Keep up the good work. Love you Matt

[@calebmclarnon6211]

wow, that's awesome! Are you learning Japanese as well?

[@codigovazado8274]

@@calebmclarnon6211 nop bro haha. Just english xD

[@gabrieldesouzaoliveira9556]

Another Portuguese native speaker here. You can count on me to watch it. Looking forward to it

[@codigovazado8274]

@@gabrieldesouzaoliveira9556 thx mano =)

[@spottybeats]

would love to hear you speak english considering how great your written english is

[@dippy_sippy]

this is pretty much how i learned english as a kid. I would watch minecraft commentary videos in english all day which helped me slowly pick up on the language

[@silvershot970]

This is applying the path of least resistance when you're immersing leveraging KZbin's algorithm...RAD! There's a reason why I keep coming back to your content.

[@Danilaschannel]

its really crazy how many people in the world have been basically mia’ing english this whole time without realizing and yet they still cling to the old ways of language learning while trying to give people advice

[@redcandy4778]

You can keep KZbin playing on Chrome for free, at least in Android. Open KZbin via the Chrome browser, set the page to show the PC version, press play on the video and lock the phone. It might stop initially but just like a music player it will leave a notification bar on your lock screen with buttons, and pressing play there will allow it to keep going even after the phone is locked.

[@pefwtismenos]

Matt is right. English is not my first language but thanks to KZbin I was eloquent enough to skip a class in English. I am still the best in my class. My next goal is Japanese.

[@Geo-st4jv]

I've been waiting for this, before I've just used private mode and set my country to my target language, this is a really good idea though! quarantine time immersion time

[@Eruptor1000]

I've done this for months now and I can confirm it works perfectly. French youtube is big and amazing, a lot of content all the time.

[@luk8627]

LionRS2014 any channel recommendations?

[@Eruptor1000]

@@luk8627 French youtube? lmao Mastu, Amixem, Squuezie.. Etc.. the list goes on and on

[@dariollanos]

@@Eruptor1000 please, could you give some channel recommendations, and by some i mean, all you can recommend

[@Eruptor1000]

@@dariollanos Bruh that sounds like a lot of damn work.. just go on KZbin find a channel and start subscribing.. you'll get recommendations good channels. It broadens for you.

[@paintedhat]

I live in small town in the middle of Russia and back in 2009 when I only started to discover KZbin for myself, there was so little content in Russian so I pretty much had no choice but to try to watch videos in English. The majority of channels I'm subscribed to are in English and even though it's been 10 years I still don't have many recommendations in Russian. Never been abroad (not even to Moscow lmao), never met a native English speaker. But thanks to this happy "accident" now I can enjoy content in English and probably would be able to even hold a conversation if needed (even though I make lots of mistakes and may sound way too off :D)

[@Eric-le3uu]

As someone studying Japanese - I'd like to add a helpful tip. As most of you probably know, KZbin videos usually come with closed captions. More likely than not, the Japanese videos you watch will have closed captioning. However, more likely than not, these captions will be auto-generated. Good news, I've found a few Japanese KZbinrs who have taken the time to add their own subtitles into their KZbin videos and into the closed captioning. Example: Tokyo Veg Life / Miku Real Japanese (some videos) / Sayura Saying Next step I recommend. You can extract the closed captions (google how) and add those closed captions to a reader of your choice - this will help you with your immersion, reading, and allow you to look up words you don't know (if the reader/app you use provides that feature of course).

[@dmas7749]

it BLOWS my mind how good generated japanese captions are, i remember how hilariously awful english used to be

[@davidm943]

That Filthy Frank nostalgia though

[@PodcastItaliano]

That's a beautifully simple yet incredibly effective tip!

[@Helloworld-wq5uz]

This is just what I'm doing with this account

[@animeandstuff5377]

Hi

[@animeandstuff5377]

As they say walk like a chicken through the fields and you will become a hen

[@yesname96]

@@animeandstuff5377 uhh I seriously didn't get that

[@animeandstuff5377]

@@yesname96 haha think u can trick me mr.sarcasm

[@danilosilvapereira9014]

I did this with my Netflix Account too, it really does wonders

[@ThaThree]

How did you manage that?

[@danilosilvapereira9014]

@@ThaThree Create a new Profile, go to Account → My Profile → Language. You should be ready to go!

[@ThaThree]

@@danilosilvapereira9014 ah!!! But what video content are you presented with? The same but with Japanese titles?

[@danilosilvapereira9014]

@@ThaThree The new profile starts fresh. I mostly watch anime (and Terrace House) there, so the algorithm recommends me more related stuff

[@ThaThree]

@@danilosilvapereira9014 not bad. If you had a VPN to Japanese Netflix would be the endgame

[@Daniel-qi1ld]

I've learning English just by watching videos on KZbin and doing vocabulary. KZbin it's very useful to learn a new language.

[@RaresCelTare]

3:46 KZbin Vanced by XDA Developers for free youtube premium on android only ;) KZbin++ for Iphone or something like that.

[@apid4075]

Tip: If you want to avoid logging in and out, you can use "Firefox Multi-Account Containers". Simply create a "Japanese" container and log in. Now on a "normal" tab you're on your standard YT account, but when you open YT in the "Japanese" container tab you're logged in to your Japanese YT account. You can be logged in to both your accounts (in separate tabs) simultaneously.

[@StellarJustinJelly]

Thanks for this Matt. These immersion tips are why I subscribed to the channel in the first place, way back when.

[@blaroe]

okay, i just did what you recommended and goodness me it's working. i've only been doing this for about 15 mins and i feel WAY more immersed than my typical one account method, and like everyone says here, I am also mad that i have never thought of this despite being a binger 😭

[@brodyrex6987]

I've been debating doing this for a while, and I realized I clicked this video while immersing. I think I might just go do that real quick.

[@ichbinhier355]

KZbin is really powerful guys! that's my main activity in language learning and that has helped me a lot :)

[@sic-x7e]

Hello, I am a Japanese English learner.I started immersion learning after watching your KZbin. I'm having a hard time choosing the subject. I will do my best from now on.

[@baselshalaby2348]

How are u dealing with fast speaking listening Also arent u tired of pausing and translating every word?

[@coreyscornersaxophone]

Very very helpful I've been using this channel for everything, one minute I'm listening to ラジオドラマ then dropping out the immersion next

[@ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack]

It's cool when you can actually understand what a foreign person is saying, it wasn't on KZbin, but one time I picked up "motto" and "sugoi" from a video about womens' cardiovascular health.

[@Pheoniex]

Interesting tip, thanks for sharing. Great way to use the algorithm adventageously.

[@tyrabjurman3584]

Thank you, I created a second channel and it worked great. Now I am roaming Japanese KZbin and delighfully immersing myself.

[@AlexSinclair]

Was about to ask what your favourite Japanese KZbin channels were, and then I saw it in the description and heard it in the video at the same time. Well dang. Thanks! (BTW, new viewer here - came here from Dogen and very happy that I did)

[@Northleach11]

Oh my goodness this is awesome!!! I would always find it so annoying getting recommended English videos from a French video on my normal account. Thanks for this!!

[@wrenbd4015]

lmao the stephen molyneux disclaimer....the shitstorm that could have ensued without it

[@DakotaAbroad]

This is an awesome idea! I'm too lazy to handle dealing with multiple channels though. I, thankfully, am pretty decent at making sure I watch things in my target language because the channels I've subscribed to I can't find English equivalents for.

[@mohamedkhiar3455]

Best channel on KZbin

[@calin6327]

Omg new Matt video. Yay, I dont have to rewatch the old ones today :) MIA French - I actually do use a second youtube channel for french :D PS: MIA/AF(J)ATT for french is one lf the mlst powerful things that you could imagine, since the French are famous for their chronic incomprehensible slur tornado of words - but thats exactly why MIA works with French so much! Just in 80 days I am starting to differentiate more and more words, repping sentence cards and such and I already understand more real French than my ultra smart friends who studied French for more than 4 years... So... Cheers ! I owe this to you :-)

[@obscurus1344]

Sora is everywhere these days, not that I'm complaining lol.

[@anonymousname2651]

The guitarist? or the troll?

[@obscurus1344]

@@anonymousname2651 They are indistinguishable at this point.

[@CMTJTG]

Thank u so much for the jp youtuber recommendations, I've found it hard to find good ones because of the english videos I watch and music playlist I have on this account.

[@Slakenji]

Another useful feature with KZbin Premium is that you can download videos which you can then listen to on the go without any connection to the internet! With this, I’m able to continue my immersion when I’m at work, running errands, going for a walk etc.

[@lynkkx]

I have been learning japanese seriously for about a month now. I have gone through everything on the MIA site and I am going to start with the recognition cards. I don't really know where I am in terms of skill level but I can understand simple anime like シロクマカフェ without any english subs and n5/n4 podcast on spotify to some degree around 70% I guess. My listening skill is way far ahead of my reading skill (maybe I should say kanji skill, because if things are written in hiragana I can understand them pretty well), this is probably because I have been watching anime and listening to japanese music for years although I never really was focused on learning the language at all, and also that I already have experience picking up a language through immersion though I never really thought it was a thing, I just had no real choice since I was just thrown into a foreign country and never had anyone actually teach me the language. I am not really sure where I should be in terms of the MIA level of studying, should I just go straight to sentence mining after kanji recognition?

[@_capu]

changing the country does it to all my accounts! So when I change it to japan, when I go back to my main account it's also in japan Same in the otherside if I put it back to my country, when going to my immerse account it's located in my country

[@valerysuprunovskiy2829]

I'm not an english speaker but i watch your every video. And so i can say, that your approach is 100% efficient. I have taught myself english and german and even if i can't speak fluently(just for now!), i easily watch netflix and english/german youtube. Thank you Matt for your work! :)

[@sunnyjupita]

Just an hour before watching this video I thought it would be a good idea to create a whole separate account. The fact that you just mentioned that it would be a good idea makes it all feel like I'm on the right path. lol

[@Gitaikou]

”I dont watch this guy lol" Not an argument. You have violated the NAP, prepare yourself.

[@mckaythayn7060]

I’m actually upset I didn’t think of this...This wont even be good just for my L2 but also keep me from wasting time...

[@drodrigues3451]

The best part is you've identified the approach.. Now, comes for the fun part of using the technique and just enjoying yourself.. The fact that you got upset means you're care so much about you're improvement, which is laudable.. All The Best!!

[@ZacharyATaylor]

Ah yes I should do that 👍 Wonderful plan

[@Retog]

I did this months ago and then started subscribing to all my English channels again on that channel lol

[@Natalia_koshka_i_budget]

no, I have never heard this tip before. thank you! it helped a lot😊

[@toff946]

here it goes, I've been trying to get a grasp on this language for about 9 months now and still have not made much progress. Today marks DAY 1 of my AJATT journey. I finally got Anki set up properly last night and read through some of the AJATT table of contents so I can figure out what i'm supposed to be doing. I have a good feeling about this. Thank you Matt, for sharing your experiences with everyone!

[@loveria6281]

you got this!

[@skhtrm]

so, how has it been?

[@bruno-bnvm]

It's a lot of hard work, you are warned

[@mitchell5815]

I'm surprised Mentalist Daigo wasn't in the description. As soon as I heard you say you'd be recommending youtubers I thought of him since you seem like you'd watch him. Good for high level listening practice too since he speaks pretty quickly.

[@fernandobearly4497]

Any recommendations for Japanese channels? Like news outlets or something? Something not too distracting that I can have in the background while I work

[@plp9418]

Wow such a good advice! I did it and it worked so easy! Yeah the videos not i really like but the goal is achieved. I think over time yt will find videos i like more. Thank you ^-^

[@dcdales]

Please post a video to show us which Chinese things you've subscribed to, too! I've never really looked for much stuff because... isn't KZbin banned in China? I guess it's popular in Taiwan, eh?

[@calvn53]

I 99% of the time just watch V-Tubers and listen to Japanese ASMR so my YT is filled with Japanese by default 😂

[@mcpurplemuffin3913]

Ok at least I realized this one myself years ago 💪:3

[@ClowdyHowdy]

I'm glad I waited to the end of the video. I have KZbin premium but I didn't want to switch accounts because I didn't want to give up youtube premium. I had no idea you could have multiple accounts agle to access it from one email.

[@JapanWalkerJJ]

Haven't watched an English video in a while. Hearing Matt speak English right now feels so weird lmao been listening to only japanese for 4 weeks straight

[@ニコル日本語]

Funny thing was that I downloaded the restricted Chinese version of tiktok and all the content there was only in mandarin. Guess who’s Chinese improved?

[@anangelsdiaries]

For youtube mobile just get KZbin Vanced and block updates. Better UI, access to dark mode, access to all the options mentioned above + download and free.

[@HumansOfVR]

dude this is genius! what japanese youtubers do you recommend?

[@dariollanos]

read the descryption

[@alexferreira1069]

0:38 "No one has an unlimited amount of willpower" David Goggins be like: YOU DON'T KNOW ME, SON !!!

[@rloach067]

i didn't know it was this easy... i have only had a si gle account haha thanks so much!

[@rubenadorno5353]

Wow So simple Never thought of this.

[@witchmorrow]

really useful idea, thank you!

[@Rainbowsaur]

Thanks for the tips, youtube is a pain in the ass for putting background device playback behind premium, when I first noticed this I was bewildered I swear remembering being able to do so otherwise in the past. The good thing about being an android user is that you know theres probably an "an app for that" and well yeah, its called KZbin Vanced.

[@TakaeSuwara]

heard this on the stream the other day and tried it out. i was having trouble finding interesting immersion material and this helped a lot. thanks.

[@NihongoWakannai]

When you show examples, there seems to be a wide variety of japanese content. I have a feeling that when I try this, inevitably the entire account will end up being just vtuber recommendations lmao.

[@anonymousname2651]

I did this ages ago for a different account. This current account i'm using is also for learning Japanese, but not strictly entirely in Japanese, although I still watch stuff in Japanese. I have 3 different account specifically because of the algorithm.

[@neuksd]

1:42 Matt confirmed to be red pilled.

[@panbanan1151]

neuksd he didn’t watch it tho

[@TheJediBendu]

Great video Matt!

[@Mythral]

Honestly dont know why I didnt think of this before, and I have youtube premium already so I'm gonna go and make that account. Thanks for the advice

[@Danilaschannel]

cant believe this dude has dedicated his life to getting me off my goshdarned ass

[@matte9076]

Matt looks like a handsome meme.

[@クバ]

Thank you, it was very helpful

[@futurez12]

You can also click 'not interested' for the random English videos you might get recommended. Just hover over the thumbnail and click on the 3 dots that appear on the righthand side. I've found it works quite well.

[@Naoseinaosei213]

never thought about it man. thank you, great video.

[@Stuttful]

This was the first thing I did when I started active immersion haha

[@toxicteabaging]

You very much look like top-tier speedrunner MrLlamaSC bro

[@Aasinangel]

Pretty useful thanks Matt

[@seuny]

I spent the whole day trying to immerse. Worried this is going to make me more over learning the target language quicker 😅😂

[@seuny]

All really good tips I have set up and can already see gains 👍🏽

[@rat-dq5nh]

woah i have separate accounts for other things but making one for ur target idea is such a great idea. i went and made 2 for italian nd japanese and subbed to the channels u recommended even tho i have no idea whats going on in them lmaoo

[@alessandrofacciani7209]

Have you ever heard of Marvin Brown?i think Aj Hoge asked you about his learning language theory but i’d like you to go into more detail about that..thanks Matt..as always your videos have very interesting contents..🇮🇹

[@ns1extreme]

Heh, you’ve been watching the lily healthygamer vid. Good stuff.

[@jasonzhang2643]

You can actually create multiple channels under the same account. Each channel acts as like a separate profile. You can subscribe to contents in your first channel without affecting others.

[@emilavetisyan8301]

I’ve been doing this for a long time, and this is my account for English, but it’s already my main because i speak english fluently already and can just entertain myself here hahaha, i have also norwegian one

[@EvaYohane]

Funny thing is, i turned my main account into a japanese video account.

[@heitornihongo9033]

The only problem is: if you forget which account you are logged in and click an embedded video, the algorythm caught you and there's no going back.

[@dayhatinh2918]

Everyone who does this should title their channel immersion so other immersioners can recognize you in the comments and ask for more interesting resources.

[@mattvsjapan]

You shouldn't be watching this video on your immersion account lol

[@89eyes]

Matt, you literally watch all the same stuff I do. Wtf?

[@ReviewBlogVlog]

Instead of spending money on youtube premium, try youtube vanced instead. It has the background feature and many other cool stuff, like removing ads, watching videos in 2k, 4k even though you wouldn't normally be able to on the normal app. It has a lot of options, even a pink youtube, haha (also black, blue...)

[@cuchicheo88]

This is my channel devoted solely to languages and linguistics, but I have other channels on this same account. Indeed, one of them is specifically my immersion channel for German. It does seem to target advertisements differently on different channels, despite being part of the same account - enough so to fix video suggestions, but not enough so to get ads in any of my languages, when intended. I've been considering a VPN to fix that.

[@JesusOfPaign]

As far as sharing Premiim across accounts, maybe it’s possible with like business accounts where one google account controls multiple youtube accounts, but idk i couldn’t be bothered to figure it out. So I have to deal with ads on my JP account. BUT, that’s actually okay (for a beginner like me), because if I have a Japanese/Japan account, AND set my VPN to Japan, then all the ads that I have to see are completely in Japanese and intended for Japanese natives, so it’s actually an additional source of input, so my immersion is only broken up by more immersion 😂

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

All the videos that KZbin recommend me are in English (OK some of them are in French) and I didn't even consciously try to make this account into immersion account. I got stuck on English part of KZbin 5 or 6 years ago and I have never left (I am a native Serbo-Croatian speaker)

[@jjklhh7197]

There is a trick to play KZbin on the background for smartphone users (for android, did not test this on iOS), just open KZbin on chrome, exit the app, and then just press play on the notification panel/lock screen ;)

[@echannel6162]

Thanks, I'll try it out!

[@japaneseyoutube1337]

I created a new channel just for Japanese immersion after watching this vid. Then I got distracted and started watching English-language content! 😖

[@tori8823]

Good stuff. thanks man

[@jota5969]

Should I start my immersion from the absolute beginning of my learning or should I get to intermediate first? Also how to get to intermediate?

[@Manu77]

Hi! Can you recommend interesting videos in Chinese (Anime, Chinese Dramas or films) on KZbin. It would be great if you made a video on this topic: videos that you watch on KZbin to learn and enjoy the Chinese language. Congrats for your channel. Regards!

[@flaviospadavecchia5126]

Hi Matt, thank you for the video. I had a question and I wanted to get your opinion. I know you quite like passive listening, but I've realized something that I don't know you'll agree with. Sometimes if it's content in Japanese of which I'm not understanding a big portion - apart from making the task boring - it also makes me feel like my brain is getting lazier. It feel like my brain thinks "well, I'm not going to understand too much of it, then I might as well turn off" and then it stays off when I'm practising active listening with content I should be able to follow easily. I don't know if what I'm saying makes sense, but I feel like listening material, for me, needs to be very engaging and at an appropriate level.