Videogames Taught Me English

[@JuliaWeinrod]

Been playing Sims 3 in Spanish to help me learn :) It's great because it deals with everyday situations like careers and family so it has relevant vocabulary

[@OlbenGC]

At first i was confused thinking: "wait... dont the sims speak gibberish?" :p i forgot about the menus and the rest of the UI but yeah thats a cool example, thanks for sharing :)

[@bcube865]

There's no way I could have learned English as I did without the help of the countless hours I spent in English speaking movies and TV shows. Sure, school was important for the basics, but without the "getting used to hear it" part it would have been impossible. I now live and work abroad in an English speaking country. Amazing video as always.

[@OlbenGC]

Thanks man! yeah, as you said, the "getting used to hear it" is extremely important. When im in doubt of the pronunciation of something, i always get the feeling that "it just doesnt sound right" and try to look back at a time i've heard something similar and work from there.

[@hectorquinones5579]

Good point, that as well.

[@estebanzamudio8976]

I loved this video. I'm in agreement with your position. Perhaps, many people don't think as we do, but we can teach them how useful can be these tools.

[@OlbenGC]

Thanks man, glad you liked it! nowadays videogames are becoming more and more mainstream so i think it wont be long before they could be used as legitimate learning tools.

[@hectorquinones5579]

Great video. I had the same experience learning English. Looking back I have no idea how I could finish Pokemon games (etc.) with such limited English...and through them I learned a lot.

[@MicahSneakers]

thank you soo much for helping me with my project on learning english with video games

[@onwithsean]

Thank you for making this video. I'm an English teacher in Vietnam. It's really helpful for my students. I found a small typo in your English transcript. It should say, "For the people who don't know RPGs (or Role Playing Games)".

[@sergei0t]

*this video needs more views and likes*

[@Deibi078]

Nah

[@quackpolyglotting6731]

Jolines, la edición está a tope, colega. Buenísimo trabajo. Yo estoy justamente con un proyecto similar con el streaming. Es cierto que el componente interactivo y el acción-reacción funcionan de lujo para el aprendizaje más activo con los videojuegos. ¡Muy chulo el vídeo!

[@WinterWolf7u7]

Me encantó tu video, tu historia y los dibujitos:3 yo solamente le daba al Inglés solo por gramática, y si he avanzado, pero creo que es un poco lento el proceso, entonces ahora le metí 2 videojuego en inglés con mucho texto, trato de ver videos en Inglés (como el tuyo, el cual entendí 70%, lo que no supe lo traduje) y leo un artículo al día:3 y ver que tu si pudiste con esto me alegra bastante y a seguir con los videojuegos:3

[@JosepGardellJulià]

I speak Catalan, Spanish and Russian. When I hate a words, Then I remember it. I have been playing doom 4, Medal of honor Frontline and GTA San Andreas.

[@Monsoon.Rebecca]

I learnt it playing online text based hangout games, roblox, animal jam and others. When i got a Xbox 360 i finly got to HEAR english, letting me get rid of my accent.

[@ivandriggs9077]

Now that i'm starting to learn russian after learning english i'm starting to see the basic formula for aquiring a new langauge. I think the idea is to learn the alphabet first if it has one, then learn the basic grammar, and then just start chucking vocabulary down your noggin with context and all

[@mep6302]

Videogames are awesome for English. I learned more with videogames than in school. I had to use internet and my bilingual dictionary to understand how grammar works and what many words mean. When I became kinda fluent, I realized how amazing was understanding many retro videogames which were only available in English. Also those games which are available in English and other languages but not in your native language. I finished some games in English without understanding it haha. It's a matter of try and error.

[@abelrondon18]

Awesome analisis, for me it was simpler. I was raised in USA but am Dominican, so i learned both languages naturally. After moving back to the D.R. whe was 9 I always watched english tv and only spoke in english with my sister, guess that helped us keep our language skills on point and with native pronunciation.

[@kaiscarlet151]

Awesome video and so true i a'm currently learning Russian and i started playing video games in Russian and i had a test a few weeks ago and i nearly all the time just got f or e but after playing games in Russian and reading Books i started getting straight A and B so this video to me 100000000000000000% true:)

[@OlbenGC]

Thanks man, i appreciate it :). And that's awesome to hear. ironically someone else asked in the comments if it would be possible to learn russian this way, guess that answers that :p

[@kaiscarlet151]

Oh ok well glad i could help :)

[@JoãoPedroRodriguesMioni]

75% that i know about english is over the games that i played and i wanted to know the mean of all words that appeared in this games: Toy story 3 the game Rayman Legends Ratchet and Clank LEGO Jurassic World (Tell me if you have learnt anything about this games) Edit: i learnt some words with Minecraft too

[@mohammadgholamian405]

It was so helpful 👍

[@Kaledrone]

What's your first language?

[@OlbenGC]

Spanish

[@hectorquinones5579]

@@OlbenGC *gasps in Spanish

[@pedrosoto9568]

GOOD VIDEO MAN! (=

[@OlbenGC]

Thanks man!

[@jaderomlucero8940]

Minecraft taught me Math Animal Jam taught me Science Roblox taught me English 😊😊😊

[@magnetiteeagle2.025]

me too roblox helped me with its style of communication which improved my spelling and grammar alot!

[@NA-xj7jh]

It's the same with me but it was youtube that tought me

[@OlbenGC]

Thanks for sharing. Did you look for teaching videos on youtube to learn english or you picked it up from random videos you were watching?

[@NA-xj7jh]

OlbenGC I got the basics from minecraft then I slowly got into english youtubers, and right now i'm living in England. I'm so thankfull for youtube teaching me because It would be hard going in a english school without knowing english. Also nice video man!

[@OlbenGC]

Thanks, Glad you liked it :) Awesome that everything worked out for you. if you don't mind me asking, what's your native language?

[@NA-xj7jh]

OlbenGC I'm romanian, and half Italian (I forgot how to speak it :()

[@OlbenGC]

thats cool. too bad about you forgetting how to speak italian :/ Anyways, thanks for taking your time to reply to my comments it was nice :)

[@tenidas7064]

Dragonball super taught me Japanese. Now I'm watching all of Dragonball, Dragonball z, gt etc in Japanese no subs

[@chim1053]

lol

[@pedrosoto9568]

THANK U

[@pbsdlima1063]

Same here

[@papeerkut8977]

I have 3 languages and English is the 3rd one that I can't easily to learn..😢

[@aBANDIT.]

I wonder if I could learn Russian the same way

[@kris_0520]

perhaps

[@hectorquinones5579]

Listen to Russian Post-Punk. Maybe you'll never understand, but it's worth it anyways.

[@memessv8194]

This is a good idea I'm 16 years old but I can't speak English I can write and read and listen in English but I can't Why? I don't know :c and all my games is en English too

[@grammarway317]

HEy, nice idea, I am going to embed your video to my website, hope you will not mind because it will help you to gain more views. :P

[@OlbenGC]

I dont mind at all, glad you liked the video :)

[@grammarway317]

Yeah, I like your video and thanks :)

[@grammarway317]

could you tell me which software or website you use to make this types of animation videos.

[@OlbenGC]

I mostly the Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Audition, After Effects and Premiere). I recorded the voice with Audition, then illustrated the characters and background either on Illustrator or Photoshop, then used After Effects for most of the animation, and finally Premiere to add sound effects and the music.

[@grammarway317]

wow.....well, as I am web designer, I know photoshop only, but I don't know other technologies, so I think it's hard for me :( do you have some ideas that how i can i do animation like, any tutorials series which help me to learn animation like you.

[@xxkashiee]

WHO DISLIKES U???? I'M HANGRY 😭

[@EmprendeTI]

english is not your first language!!!

[@Deibi078]

Nah English is gay