What I Learned About Language Learning in 2023

@christieap 3 ай бұрын

Your gaps in progress and dropped goals don’t make me, one of the random internet strangers, disappointed. They are part of why you’re the most relatable language youtuber to me. The polyglots out there with 20+ languages and ultra consistent progress don’t feel attainable when I’m dealing with ADHD, university, and general life. Having to take breaks and then relearn the languages I dropped when things became chaos, I look to your skills as an honest possibility for what I might be able to do. And I’m excited to try to reach for that! Wishing you self-compassion and a peaceful year 🌸

@eldredsashes 3 ай бұрын

One of the things I feel like I learned in 2023 for my language learning is that it is okay to change how you do things when they no longer work for me. I read a lot of articles in French, and when I started reading them it was very random on what articles I picked, and my process of reading and picking out the vocabulary I didn’t know was very intense. Last year, I shifted to having a monthly theme for my articles and I decided I needed to let go of how intensely I concentrated on the vocabulary and the grammar structures I was interested in. At some point I might return to some of the things I did with the articles, but I need a break from that and figure out if there’s a better way for me to use the articles.

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

The key to being a successful polyglot is choosing the prettiest languages and only choosing pretty and easy languages and prioritizing the prettiest languages ever Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Danish / Welsh the most, as the prettiest languages ever are also the most fun to learn and the most motivating languages, and learning the less pretty languages like French etc on the side, and always learning many pretty languages at the same time which is the most fun and the most efficient way to learn languages, and, focusing mostly on vocab and learning many hundreds and thousands of new words every other day, while constantly revising previously learnt words regularly!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

The fastest and most efficient way to learn new languages is by learning from vocab videos (watching and rewatching regularly all sorts of vocab videos, many times, over a longer period of time, until each word can be instantly processed and automatically remembered) and watching every single video with subs in the target languages (it’s even better if the videos also have hardcoded English subs or hardcoded Icelandic subs and extra / optional subs, to see both subs at the same time, which is better for beginners) and to memorize as many lyrics as possible and translate each word (or each new word) individually to truly learn and understand all the song lyrics - with languages such as Icelandic and Faroese, I highly recommend using all those methods in combination with G translate and other translators (like bíng / gløśbe etc) and translating many new words, because vocab videos don’t cover enough words in these languages, and creating a Draft with long vocab lists in these languages, and constantly revising them, on a regular basis, and maybe even using flash cards like Anki or something, and reading the declensions and conjugations of 10 verbs and 10 nouns and 10 adjectives every other day, starting with the modern used ones, as there are some sytes that have the full declensions and conjugations of Icelandic nouns, and many of them are also on wkp! (I only started learning languages Icelandic and Norse a few months ago, and started learning the first Icelandic words like seven months ago, and I am already upper advanced level in both Icelandic and Norse, and I know over 5.000 words in Icelandic at the moment, plus I am also learning many other languages at the same time!)

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

Here are some mistakes that learners make, and one of them is, not choosing pretty and easy languages that are fun to learn for their pretty and poetic words and gorgeous sounds, which are the right reasons to learn languages as language learning is a hobby and it should be fun, and choosing non-pretty languages just because they are ‘trending’ these days or have many speakers etc, which aren’t good reasons to learn languages, and, another mistake is trying to find a shortcut and not focusing on vocab enough and not revising previously learnt words regularly (to learn the words automatically and permanently, each word must be revised / seen / heard many times, over a longer period of time, like, thirty times to hundreds of times, and, the more one revises / hears / sees the word, the more automatically that word will be remembered and processed) and not learning as many tens of thousands of base words as possible! Some other mistakes are, not studying grammar at all (or studying only grammar and not focusing on vocab) and not observing the word endings (the patterns and noun endings and verb endings etc and how they are used and when they are used) and not not learning the language in an active-like way by loading as many hundreds and thousands of words into the hern as possible on a regular basis (only learning five or ten new words per day is akin to passive learning and it can take over fifteen years for one to get to a native speaker level, just as it takes one to learn the first language that one is made to learn, but, one can learn a language in just a few years by actively learning hundreds and thousands of new words regularly while also revising previously learnt words regularly) and not learning each word with its pronunciation + spelling etc, so one should make sure one doesn’t make these mistakes, if one wants to see fast progress! Learning automatically all the words from vocab videos and memorizing tons of lyrics and always watching every single video and movie with subs in the target language etc are the best and fastest and most efficient language learning techniques, and beginners and intermediates should focus mostly on vocab, by learning automatically as many thousands of individual words and chunks and phrases as possible, to be able to follow sentences when watching videos with subs in the target languages, which are the fastest and most efficient ways to learn the new languages!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

It’s also important to take breaks every now and then, like, sometimes I take short breaks, and sometimes I take one month break, so I watch more random entertainment videos that month, though I always watch everything with subs in target languages, so even when I take breaks I am still getting éxpòsure to the previously learnt words and learning new words passively in context - I don’t know if this could be considered a true burnout, but I think it’s normal to have some moments like that when one feels like one needs to do something else and take a break from active learning, so taking a short 2-day break regularly and even a one-month break once a year is actually better than not taking any break and then completely giving up on learning because one gets a real burnout, because it’s normal to get tired of doing the same thing without any break, so that’s why regular breaks are necessary to maintain a good balance and to keep feeling motivated!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

By the way, my current levels are... - upper intermediate level in Old Norse / Icelandic / German - writer level in English + native speaker level in Spanish - upper advanced level in Dutch + advanced level in Norwegian - intermediate level in Swedish / Portuguese / French / Italian / Welsh - beginner level in Breton / Hungarian / Gothic / Latin / Faroese / Galician / Danish / Slovene - total beginner in Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic / Aranese / Elfdalian / Gallo / Limburgish / Occitan / Luxembourgish / Catalan / Urkers / Hunsrik / East Norse / Ruhrpöttisch / Alemannic / Ripuarian / Swiss German / Pälzische Deutsch / Austrian German / Waddisch / Palatine German / Westföälsk Sassisk / Austro-Bavarian / PlatDeitsch / Greenlandic Norse / Friulian / Pretarolo / Sardinian / Neapolitan / Sicilian / Venetian / Esperanto / Walloon / Ladin / Guernsey / Norn / Burgundian / Sognamål / West Frisian / North Frisian / East Frisian / Yiddish / Afrikaans / Finnish / Latvian / Estonian etc (and the other languages based on Dutch / German / Norwegian / Italian / French that are referred to as ‘dialects’ but are usually a different language with different spelling etc) (I highly recommend learning Dutch / Icelandic + Norse + Faroese / Norwegian as they are so magical, as pretty / refined / poetic as English - all other Germanic and the other pretty languages on my list are also gorgeous, so they are all a great option!)

@skorpi09irl 3 ай бұрын

My burnout with language learning happened a few years ago. What I have learned over the years of language learning, and life in general is “values > goals”. And what that means for me in the area of language learning is “It is important to me that I spend time with (whatever language(s)”…for me, this is different than “I want to do this amount of this language” is that it’s more adaptable to life. If worse comes to worst, I can always just listen to a language. Then there’s days that I want to read in another language. Another day maybe I want to have a chat in a language that I haven’t touched in a while. I never imagined I would want to spend two years with Punjabi but I just wasn’t ready to move on to another language when I had originally wanted to. Now I took on Persian since I feel like my Punjabi has plateaued. I always feel like I understand past languages when I take on a new one. Also, listening to comprehensible input really changed my whole language learning honestly. In the end, I’m still exposing myself to my languages and not burning out.

@levipierpont 3 ай бұрын

🙋🏼 I imagine you’ve already thought of this and don’t want to imply you don’t already know this, but just in case, if I were you I would look into sign and finger spelling adjustments that get rid of the pain. Definitely bring it up with an ASL teacher, again, if you haven’t already; ASL and fingerspelling shouldn’t hurt, fingerspelling done wrong can cause carpal tunnel, but it really shouldn’t of done right

@bordua98 3 ай бұрын

Great video!

@PolyglotProgress 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

The key to being a successful polyglot is choosing the prettiest languages and only choosing pretty and easy languages and prioritizing the prettiest languages ever Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Danish / Welsh the most, as the prettiest languages ever are also the most fun to learn and the most motivating languages, and learning the less pretty languages like French etc on the side, and always learning many pretty languages at the same time which is the most fun and the most efficient way to learn languages, and, focusing mostly on vocab and learning many hundreds and thousands of new words every other day, while constantly revising previously learnt words regularly!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

The fastest and most efficient way to learn new languages is by learning from vocab videos (watching and rewatching regularly all sorts of vocab videos, many times, over a longer period of time, until each word can be instantly processed and automatically remembered) and watching every single video with subs in the target languages (it’s even better if the videos also have hardcoded English subs or hardcoded Icelandic subs and extra / optional subs, to see both subs at the same time, which is better for beginners) and to memorize as many lyrics as possible and translate each word (or each new word) individually to truly learn and understand all the song lyrics - with languages such as Icelandic and Faroese, I highly recommend using all those methods in combination with G translate and other translators (like bíng / gløśbe etc) and translating many new words, because vocab videos don’t cover enough words in these languages, and creating a Draft with long vocab lists in these languages, and constantly revising them, on a regular basis, and maybe even using flash cards like Anki or something, and reading the declensions and conjugations of 10 verbs and 10 nouns and 10 adjectives every other day, starting with the modern used ones, as there are some sytes that have the full declensions and conjugations of Icelandic nouns, and many of them are also on wkp! (I only started learning languages Icelandic and Norse a few months ago, and started learning the first Icelandic words like seven months ago, and I am already upper advanced level in both Icelandic and Norse, and I know over 5.000 words in Icelandic at the moment, plus I am also learning many other languages at the same time!)

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

Here are some mistakes that learners make, and one of them is, not choosing pretty and easy languages that are fun to learn for their pretty and poetic words and gorgeous sounds, which are the right reasons to learn languages as language learning is a hobby and it should be fun, and choosing non-pretty languages just because they are ‘trending’ these days or have many speakers etc, which aren’t good reasons to learn languages, and, another mistake is trying to find a shortcut and not focusing on vocab enough and not revising previously learnt words regularly (to learn the words automatically and permanently, each word must be revised / seen / heard many times, over a longer period of time, like, thirty times to hundreds of times, and, the more one revises / hears / sees the word, the more automatically that word will be remembered and processed) and not learning as many tens of thousands of base words as possible! Some other mistakes are, not studying grammar at all (or studying only grammar and not focusing on vocab) and not observing the word endings (the patterns and noun endings and verb endings etc and how they are used and when they are used) and not not learning the language in an active-like way by loading as many hundreds and thousands of words into the hern as possible on a regular basis (only learning five or ten new words per day is akin to passive learning and it can take over fifteen years for one to get to a native speaker level, just as it takes one to learn the first language that one is made to learn, but, one can learn a language in just a few years by actively learning hundreds and thousands of new words regularly while also revising previously learnt words regularly) and not learning each word with its pronunciation + spelling etc, so one should make sure one doesn’t make these mistakes, if one wants to see fast progress! Learning automatically all the words from vocab videos and memorizing tons of lyrics and always watching every single video and movie with subs in the target language etc are the best and fastest and most efficient language learning techniques, and beginners and intermediates should focus mostly on vocab, by learning automatically as many thousands of individual words and chunks and phrases as possible, to be able to follow sentences when watching videos with subs in the target languages, which are the fastest and most efficient ways to learn the new languages!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

It’s also important to take breaks every now and then, like, sometimes I take short breaks, and sometimes I take one month break, so I watch more random entertainment videos that month, though I always watch everything with subs in target languages, so even when I take breaks I am still getting éxpòsure to the previously learnt words and learning new words passively in context - I don’t know if this could be considered a true burnout, but I think it’s normal to have some moments like that when one feels like one needs to do something else and take a break from active learning, so taking a short 2-day break regularly and even a one-month break once a year is actually better than not taking any break and then completely giving up on learning because one gets a real burnout, because it’s normal to get tired of doing the same thing without any break, so that’s why regular breaks are necessary to maintain a good balance and to keep feeling motivated!

@Gigusx 3 ай бұрын

Have you considered dropping your long-term goals in favor of 1-3 month goals? It's much easier to stick to things and also not overshoot (expectations) when you align your plans according to your current state of mind, whereas when you plan for a year (or longer)... you know, a lot can change within a year, and those types of long-term goals often aren't very flexible to change.

@miloslavastepanova9398 3 ай бұрын

It is important to talk about our burnouts. I really love this channel.

@PolyglotProgress 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@Some_Guy_87 3 ай бұрын

Honestly, I think it was a great decision to not take the test if you didn't 100% feel it. I was in a similar situation for Japanese and wanted to take the N4 test (which is like...A2-ish?) just to get some official recognition for my efforts I suppose. However, specifically learning for it was ultra boring and I spent less and less time on it. In the end, I failed the test and felt even more like a loser than I already did, not even being able to pass a beginner test after 1 1/2 years of learning. Now it's in my head to re-take the test just to get rid of this failure in my life. But ultimately it's just a waste of time at this point. I'll probably just focus on actually getting better at the language in ways I want it to be, and if I ever reach a level where I am comfortable I can still think about finally doing a test as a landmark. Anyways, glad you're starting to get into a positive mindset again!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

Why would one try to learn non-pretty and funny-sounding languages that are impossible category 9 / 10 languages such as Japanese or Chinese etc, when there are such gorgeous languages as Icelandic / Norse / Dutch / Norwegian / Gothic / Welsh etc that are as gorgeous as English and the prettiest ever and truly fun to learn!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

The key to being a successful polyglot is choosing the prettiest languages and only choosing pretty and easy languages and prioritizing the prettiest languages ever Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic / Faroese / Danish / Welsh the most, as the prettiest languages ever are also the most fun to learn and the most motivating languages, and learning the less pretty languages like French etc on the side, and always learning many pretty languages at the same time which is the most fun and the most efficient way to learn languages, and, focusing mostly on vocab and learning many hundreds and thousands of new words every other day, while constantly revising previously learnt words regularly!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

The fastest and most efficient way to learn new languages is by learning from vocab videos (watching and rewatching regularly all sorts of vocab videos, many times, over a longer period of time, until each word can be instantly processed and automatically remembered) and watching every single video with subs in the target languages (it’s even better if the videos also have hardcoded English subs or hardcoded Icelandic subs and extra / optional subs, to see both subs at the same time, which is better for beginners) and to memorize as many lyrics as possible and translate each word (or each new word) individually to truly learn and understand all the song lyrics - with languages such as Icelandic and Faroese, I highly recommend using all those methods in combination with G translate and other translators (like bíng / gløśbe etc) and translating many new words, because vocab videos don’t cover enough words in these languages, and creating a Draft with long vocab lists in these languages, and constantly revising them, on a regular basis, and maybe even using flash cards like Anki or something, and reading the declensions and conjugations of 10 verbs and 10 nouns and 10 adjectives every other day, starting with the modern used ones, as there are some sytes that have the full declensions and conjugations of Icelandic nouns, and many of them are also on wkp! (I only started learning languages Icelandic and Norse a few months ago, and started learning the first Icelandic words like seven months ago, and I am already upper advanced level in both Icelandic and Norse, and I know over 5.000 words in Icelandic at the moment, plus I am also learning many other languages at the same time!)

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

Here are some mistakes that learners make, and one of them is, not choosing pretty and easy languages that are fun to learn for their pretty and poetic words and gorgeous sounds, which are the right reasons to learn languages as language learning is a hobby and it should be fun, and choosing non-pretty languages just because they are ‘trending’ these days or have many speakers etc, which aren’t good reasons to learn languages, and, another mistake is trying to find a shortcut and not focusing on vocab enough and not revising previously learnt words regularly (to learn the words automatically and permanently, each word must be revised / seen / heard many times, over a longer period of time, like, thirty times to hundreds of times, and, the more one revises / hears / sees the word, the more automatically that word will be remembered and processed) and not learning as many tens of thousands of base words as possible! Some other mistakes are, not studying grammar at all (or studying only grammar and not focusing on vocab) and not observing the word endings (the patterns and noun endings and verb endings etc and how they are used and when they are used) and not not learning the language in an active-like way by loading as many hundreds and thousands of words into the hern as possible on a regular basis (only learning five or ten new words per day is akin to passive learning and it can take over fifteen years for one to get to a native speaker level, just as it takes one to learn the first language that one is made to learn, but, one can learn a language in just a few years by actively learning hundreds and thousands of new words regularly while also revising previously learnt words regularly) and not learning each word with its pronunciation + spelling etc, so one should make sure one doesn’t make these mistakes, if one wants to see fast progress! Learning automatically all the words from vocab videos and memorizing tons of lyrics and always watching every single video and movie with subs in the target language etc are the best and fastest and most efficient language learning techniques, and beginners and intermediates should focus mostly on vocab, by learning automatically as many thousands of individual words and chunks and phrases as possible, to be able to follow sentences when watching videos with subs in the target languages, which are the fastest and most efficient ways to learn the new languages!

@FrozenMermaid666 3 ай бұрын

It’s also important to take breaks every now and then, like, sometimes I take short breaks, and sometimes I take one month break, so I watch more random entertainment videos that month, though I always watch everything with subs in target languages, so even when I take breaks I am still getting éxpòsure to the previously learnt words and learning new words passively in context - I don’t know if this could be considered a true burnout, but I think it’s normal to have some moments like that when one feels like one needs to do something else and take a break from active learning, so taking a short 2-day break regularly and even a one-month break once a year is actually better than not taking any break and then completely giving up on learning because one gets a real burnout, because it’s normal to get tired of doing the same thing without any break, so that’s why regular breaks are necessary to maintain a good balance and to keep feeling motivated!

@wuwei_tv 3 ай бұрын

First!!!!!! Fave KZbinr check in

@PolyglotProgress 3 ай бұрын

Ily

@svetlozarstoyanov8400 3 ай бұрын

Do you like Bulgaria

@PolyglotProgress 3 ай бұрын

I've never been, but I'm hoping I'll get the chance soon!

@sergeykomarov2203 3 ай бұрын

You keep referring to an incident that happened in your personal life. Everyone is already intrigued, maybe it's time to reveal what it is: have you changed your gender, given birth to a child? And, of course, the elephant in the room, you have beautiful hair, the color is wonderful, you look like a Christmas tree.🫶

@PolyglotProgress 3 ай бұрын

It wasn't one specific thing... last year was quite the year for me 😅 That said when specific incidents do happen and I'm not going into detail about them on here it's usually cause I need or want to keep that info offline. And thanks!

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