The Ultimate Guide to Learning a Language (Visualized)

[@LanguageMatrix]

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[@kbtale]

I've been using the mandala strategy for years (not only for language learning but for other subjects like Webdev or Math) and it's extremely effective (for me, at least). On the other hand, it's the first time I've seen the matrix thing... but looks amazing. I think it's something we all end up doing at some point, but not as structured as it's shown in this video. Thank you so much for sharing this, I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates it

[@LanguageMatrix]

I think you're right that we all end up doing this anyway, and eventually information becomes circular in our minds rather than linear.

[@hilmaguedes5000]

Thank you for your channel, Tony!

[@LanguageMatrix]

My pleasure, thank you very much

[@Zb6632]

This is a golden template. Can’t wait to add some Arabic vocab to it so I can start 🚶‍♀️ walk. Thank you 🙏

[@LanguageMatrix]

Thank you, feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

[@justinmiller9169]

Thank you for this. It helps with my language learning plan. Especially the 4 main topics of conversation.

[@LanguageMatrix]

Very good, feel free to let me know if you have any questions or if I can help in any way.

[@G00DBL00MZ]

Awesome. Thank you!

[@LanguageMatrix]

You're welcome, thank you very much

[@douglassmalone-omeally1683]

This has a lot of overlap with my own learning method schemas but a number of details are different. Very interesting!

[@rudolphvalentinoconnection8298]

My gosh, this is absolutely brilliant. I've tried so many things, but I need structure as in GRAMMAR in a useful form. ...AND this really does clear a path for me! I almost decided to drop learning Italian after I got home from a month, muddling through, having to try to work my brain that was really not retaining much after about a year, studying how to study! But I really still DO want to learn more! Thanks so much!

[@LanguageMatrix]

Hi Rudolph, I'm very happy to hear that

[@kerrylosi1595]

Hi Tony. Thanks so much for this insight. I has helped me to speed up my French conversation ( I am C1) and not stumble. Cheers.

[@LanguageMatrix]

Very welcome, I am happy to hear that

[@kirillnovik8661]

The most important take away, that I can't agree more with, is that there are two core modes of learning: conversational (I call it exploratory) and structural This is what effective language learning boils down to. In classrooms only the structural phase is emphasized. When studying on your own, exploratory tends to be overemphasized. You need to combine the two organically. And also make sure you bridge the two with good "infrastructure": translating and saving data for review should not be scattered across many apps, you have to make sure you have an easy to use system for the ability to quickly translate and save the info you find relevant. And more importantly, it needs to be so easy you don't even notice the friction.

[@LanguageMatrix]

Exactly right

[@naglamahmoud1220]

Thank you for this illustration. It's very helpful.

[@LanguageMatrix]

You're very welcome

[@ZamirMartinez-se4xs]

This is the most beatiful video i have ever seen about learning languages. Thank you so much for sharing it

[@LanguageMatrix]

That's great to hear, thank you

[@joeyjojojunior1794]

Is this method what is taught at the military language academy in Monterey, California?

[@LanguageMatrix]

Hi Joey, after graduating from the DLI I began teaching military people and so on and I developed this method based on that experience.

[@jeffersonkamdon9857]

Awesome video!! Great system

[@LanguageMatrix]

Thank you very much

[@stevenewbank]

Extremely powerful video 👍

[@LanguageMatrix]

Thank you very much

[@angelar5956]

I wish I had known this years ago when started learning languages. I'm sure then I would be able to say I speak the language instead of I learnt it but ... 👍

[@joeyjojojunior1794]

I guess travel and retirement goes under "fun."

[@portraitofalion]

Not how language learning works. May be useful or interesting though. Look up comprehensible input.

[@LanguageMatrix]

If there's a particular point or points in the video you feel don't work, feel free to let me know what they are and I may be able to do a video specifically on that. Comprehensible input is talked about at 12:10 in the video.

[@rudolphvalentinoconnection8298]

Comprehensible input may work if you have a lot of time to spare.Children take YEARS to pick up a language, starting with bare bones simple strutures. As Adults, many of us need a basic structure and vocabulary to make that work...we don't have the luxury of taking YEARS to just "absorb" the language...it's not being absorbed by children. They make mistakes, are corrected, are exposed to different aspects of the world in stages. Once there is a base, THEN comprehensible input can be used along the way. If you want it from the start, look at the NATURE METHOD...the old school methods, NOT the one from recent times from Krashen, et al which has been dubbed Natural Learning. Two different things!

[@tullochgorum6323]

@@rudolphvalentinoconnection8298 It's also a fallacy to claim that infants learn solely from comprehensible input. They experiment with output from a very early stage through babbling, single words and on through incremental stages to full sentences. And they are given constant feedback on this output by adults and siblings. I studied with a renowned expert on infant development, and the "silent period" is a myth. And that's before we take account of the fact that our ability to learn by induction drops sharply after puberty, while as adults our ability to learn intentionally and to bridge from the languages we know is a superpower that's simply not available to infants. For some reason the cultish followers of Krashen are often extremely rigid and dogmatic about their claim that input alone is "the one true way". If they actually read Krashen's papers, as I have, they might be surprised by how weak they are. Which is why almost no serious schools, like the US military and diplomatic programmes, teach languages the Krashen way. As you say, it's horribly inefficient. I've seen one of his colleagues claim that even Krashen himself is more flexible than most of his followers.