Learning a language is actually very easy. You
start off by watching this video right here, then you stare at this screen, then you pick
a language you have no business learning, do one lesson, forget about it, then
search up videos about how to learn that language in 6 weeks, made by a
youtuber who learned it in 6 years. But if you want to actually learn a language, you have to make sure you're not
doing it for the wrong reasons. Sure, if you learned a hard
enough language it would probab
ly, impress a lot of strangers and it
would probably get you a lot of views on Youtube. subscribers too. I think
some people even make money from it. But if you’re a beginner, you should really be
picking a language that’s easy enough for you to actually enjoy learning it. You shouldn't pick
a language if you're gonna treat it like a chore. So to maximize your chances of success,
here’s a chart of some popular languages ranked by how much time it takes for
an English speaker to learn them.
If you're not sure what language you should
start learning, I would just pick either Spanish, French, or Portuguese. Not only are
they the easiest for English speakers, but many countries speak one of
these as an official language. I don’t know why. but it’s
probably just a weird coincidence. However if you do want to go for
a harder language, it is possible. Just remember to ask yourself, do
I really have the right motivation? For example. “wanting to understand anime” is not gonna motiv
ate you to learn
Japanese for more than a day. However, “My friends speak Spanish and I want
to understand them” is a pretty good motivator, because that’s probably why they
made a group chat without you. Some people have a take a language class for school. But that by itself is not a
great motivator because your finger might slip and you might accidentally
paste all your assignments into DeepL. However, The British invaded my country and
I need English to survive, is the perfect motivatio
n to start learning English, and
so far it seems to have been a huge success. So now that you’ve picked your language, it’s
time for the easy part, which is learning it. Usually, people on the internet will tell you
that the fastest method to learn any language is to get a language partner, or a tutor, or
a friend who’s willing to sit down with you, and talk to you like a baby, until you
start picking up words and sentences. And while this is probably the fastest way, it requires human inte
raction. So instead here’s a method that you can do all by
yourself, at home, to become fluent in a language. The first step, is learning the basics.
This is actually a very easy step, but many people try to skip it by doing one or two Duolingo lessons . Other people get stuck
on the language-learning side of youtube, watching 138 videos about how to Learn Korean,
none of which include a single word of Korean. But the whole time, all you really had to do was find a beginner textbook for that
language
that has practice exercises for you to do. It might take you a month to finish the
whole thing, but the progress you’ll make is equal to about 2 years of Duolingo,
or about 12 years of school in America. ,and you can find these books for
free by just googling “beginner, then the language, textbook pdf.” And there you go. You could also get them
from the library. Or, as they say in France, Once you finish the beginner book, it’s time to practice listening. You don’t
even have to w
orry about speaking right now, because first you need to learn what the
language is actually supposed to sound like. The easiest way to do this, is by
watching youtube videos in that language. The idea behind this, is that you’re
not gonna understand everything, but by looking at the video, and using
context clues from what you do understand, you can slowly pick up the
language without even realizing. This works especially well because every language only has a few thousand words that are
actually used in regular conversation. So overtime, you’ll start recognizing the same
few words and phrases in every video you watch. And you can really pick anything to
watch, as long as it’s interesting, and you can understand at least 30% of it. If you put on a video and it sounds
like gibberish, it’s not your fault, they’re just talking too fast. this is probably because they’re trying to gatekeep their language. Do
not let them do this. To fix it, just go to the Youtube search bar,
and
add the magic word “easy”, and just like that, you get served up a
bunch of videos that you can understand. Automatic captions also help a lot, cause you
can rewind and look up the words you don't know. There are even websites like reversocontext where you can look up a word or phrase and
actually see it used in a real sentence. But whatever you do, do not turn on english subtitles. IF YOU'RE READING
THIS...I KNOW YOU HAVE THEM ON Many people who try to learn Japanese,
for example, watch a
nime. This is not a bad way to learn Japanese. But people who turn on
English subtitles, will just read the subtitles, and even though they think they’re
learning Japanese, in 5 years, all they’ll have to show for it is this profile
picture and a discord nitro subscription. But luckily, you’ve been using subtitles in the
right language, and you can now understand at least 70% of everything you watch. It’s time
to unleash step 3, which is speaking practice. to start speaking, just keep
watc
hing youtube, except now, you pause after each important sentence, and
repeat it out loud. Or at least whisper it. Try to pretend like you’re having
a real conversation with an actual person. And even think of different possible
situations where you could use the sentence. Whenever you find a sentence that sounds really
useful, write it down in a notebook. You're probably never gonna look at that notebook ever
again, but it's nice to get some writing practice. Now, at any point in this enti
re process, once you
feel ready to start speaking, sit down and record yourself talking to a camera. And just talk about
your day, stuff you did, stuff you’re looking forward to, and even ask a couple questions
to the imaginary person on the other side. If you ever forget how to say something,
fill it in with english and move on. Later, you can watch the recording back, and look up whatever you didn’t know how
to say using DeepL or reverso context. To an outsider, this might look like
a lo
nely way to learn a language, but if you’ve ever heard someone say they’re
self-taught, this is exactly what they were doing. And that’s all there is to it, if you keep reading
about the language, watching youtube and talking to a camera for long enough you’ll become fluent
without ever having to talk to an actual person. Congratulations. But one day in the future,
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How to learn a language in 1-2 years with no effort: 1) Be born with parents who speak it 2) Be baby 3) ??? 4) Language learned
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Bro is reminding us actually reading books was how people learned everything
Bro got sponsor in just 3 videos W EASY
English learner here. I actually watch your videos to immerse myself in English.
1:22 For anyone wondering the white stickman on the left said: why aren't we yellow? the white stickman on the right said: I think only the protagonist can be yellow.
The Ze library is genius tier comedy
bro explains stuff in such a way that understanding it is easy, actually
Make a video on YouTube called “Becoming a YouTuber is easy, actually”
Step 2 is huge. Even if you understand less than 25%, it helps a lot. The less you have an "allotted language learning time" and the more you try to immerse and surround yourself with it, the faster you'll learn.
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that's exactly how i learned english almost without talking to anyone
Thanks! I'm considering learning a language, so this will help!
This channel is like a Casually Explained successor and I love it
Damn dude got a sponsor after a few videos. Dude is blowing up. Good job lmao. I'm definitely using the video thing, that sounds great
thank you, you are finally not one of those people targeting the "I want to be fluent in a week without putting more effort than it takes to pour a cup of tea" type of audience. this is actually helpful.
Loving your video is easy, actually
I spent 4 years in school learning French. I decided to learn Spanish 2 weeks ago learning the 100 most commonly used words, watching videos in the language, and listening to easy podcasts whenever, and I have already learned so much closer to understanding than all the years learning French in school
Not gonna lie, that was like one of the most useful videos to sum up all the best and the most efficient ways of learning a foreign language. I've been learning English, Japanese, Spanish and French for the past 6 years (I have different levels of proficiency in them) and I agree with what you've said in the video almost 100%. Everyone who wants to be able to speak another language, listen to this guy, he knows what he's talking about! Thanks for the great content ❤