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Twenty years ago when I was failing to learn Spanish, I picked up a Spanish Bible. The idea was that many passages would be recognizable, etc. I never learned to speak it, but I can read and understand half of what people say if they speak slow enough…

@ttayms

2 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to read books in different languages, but they’ve been difficult to obtain. Also expensive. Libraries should have them at various reading levels.

@patriciah3235

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I have done this after high school Spanish. Maybe you are an audible leaner. Listen to a recording of the Bible in Spanish. Over and over. This worked for me in Russian.

Near life experiences are a great way of focusing our being.

@storylearning

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. That wasn’t the only one, unfortunately!

Someone once said, and it may have been you Olly, that a you get better at a language the speed that people speak st slows down. I never understood what they meant until my French improved. It didn't mean they slowed down their speech, it simply meant you understood more and that metaphorically it slowed down the more your comprehension grew. .

i have been reading comic books it's my best hobby and with this hobby i improved my english without trying so hard to learn

Hey Olly. I've been learning Russian by reading and it's good fun. I've heard many people say that you shouldn't read the classics because it's old language etc etc but to find out what happens at the end motivates me to keep going. Also I think the language one finds in purpose and poetry is just so beautiful. Plus I'm reminded of the time many years ago when I would sit down with my father and read Chekhov together. Your story was very interesting and motivating. I'm learning Korean now and I think I'll try the story approach...

@storylearning

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. Never let anyone tell you what not to do!

@Nworthholf

2 жыл бұрын

As a Russian native, I'm fairly impressed with the foreign speaker being able to read and enjoy the classics. It was not all that simple for us as high school students, even given the fact that we were reading adopted (almost to the point of translated sometimes, due to the huge language reform early in the soviet era) versions.

@joseamategarcia9276

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nworthholf I am learning Russian, nobody adviced me I was going to hate and love it at the same time. When you speak in another language you are influenced by it, even your personality can change a lot, for example I am a bit posh in English and I swear much more in Spanish. But, when I speak in Russian I do not change, I can be still Spanish, I found that the philosophy in both languages is quite similar, despite the grammar is f....g hard

@Nworthholf

2 жыл бұрын

@@joseamategarcia9276 well, I'm currently learning Spanish and can say the same exact thing. Learning English was learning to think a bit differently - not by a landslide, but still. With Spanish tho - there are so damn many similarities in, um, the way the language works (I mean, transforming the ideas into sentences) and how people use it, that I pretty much just have to memorize the vocabulary and keep in mind that huge tenses' table for verbs (Russian version is so much simpler because while we technically have all those tenses too we there are only three forms instead of yet_another_ending_for_every_person_in_five_dozens_contexts -.-). No thought process alteration is needed whatsoever.

@joseamategarcia9276

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nworthholf yes, both Russian and Spanish are good to transmit emotions, feeling, good to party, for friends, for family, and, in the bottom, some kind of tragic sense of life. I never found that felling speaking English..... even if склонения - это безумие

You have to love a language before you can learn it. Therefore I challenged myself to read all the Harry Potter books in different languages. So I did. The first one in Spanish, 2nd in French, 3rd in German, 4th in English, 5th in Dutch (native), rest in English ... but doing this really helped me to look more favorable at the language and be more able to interprete it than before.

@evokriti

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!!!!!!! That's great Rovin

@remco6816

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I learned Swedish by reading all Harry Potter books in Swedish, efter i read some easier books before. Now im doing the same thing but with Spanish bought the first 2 books in Spanish, but they are to hard for me now and take alot of time but the goal is to read them all as soon as i reach a decent reading level. Because after that it will get easier and easier. The best thing is, that its a fun way of learning a new language.

@brummiesalteno-81

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@rovinrobin22 This is exactly what I'm doing. I spoke Spanish ok but realised that I was weak in reading so I read Harry Potter, mainly because I liked the books but also because as Children's books they used simpler language. I'm doing the same now with French. It helps already knowing the story to fill in the gaps in comprehension.

I've never read a full book in a foreign language but I'm currently reading "Modernes Deutsch: Eine Wiederholung der Grammatik" (Modern German: A Revisitation of Grammar). It's written for English speakers who are intermediate in German. It's almost entirely in German and has excerpts from famous German authors throughout. I would highly suggest it to anyone learning German. It makes learning grammar a lot more fun.

I bought 2 of your italian shortstories books about a week ago and it didn't even cross my mind that you made them even though i recognised the name and have seen your videos haha. They are really good =) Thanks from Sweden.

I have read in 3 different languages. English, Afrikaans and Spanish. For the Spanish I used the Paco Ardit graded reader series from A1 to C1. For Afrikaans I used a series not known outside of South Africa, but very entertaining: Trompie by Topsie Smith. It is a about a very mischievous school boy and his friends. Well know amongst some Afrikaans speakers though. Although generally I don't read fiction for entertainment.

I used to read a textbook on math in english because I needed to. Back then I didn’t even know what ‘get’ means but I knew some grammar rules from school. So by the middle of the book I could read quite freely. That was one of the most important parts of my english learning journey.

Totally agree with you.Reading books was one of the methods that actually made me learn some English (Obviously I still have a long way to keep going). Reading and listening, like these videos, english-speaking Vlogs, documentaries, etc. I chose books that I enjoyed when I was in highschool (I had read it in Spanish). So, knowing the story is also a good way to comprehend how the translation was, if I would had chosen other words, etc... My weakest point is still the speaking, I have nobody to talk with and my pronunciation is the stereotypical loud Spaniard accent xD. Love your channel, you are doing a great job, Greetings from Madrid!

I just want to say that your Spanish pronunciation is top notch 👌

I watch your videos to study your lighting, which is really on point and of which I’m seriously jealous🤓🤓🤓

Yes, reading and listening radio are great way of learning languages.

@MarcosTelesBr

2 жыл бұрын

I did it with English and Spanish.

As a geographer, I love all that you do. Thanks.

In Malaysia, we have plenty of Chinese Malaysians who can not read Chinese but are able to speak Chinese absolutely fluently. In fact, just a generation ago, many Chinese people in Malaysia were illiterate. My mom for example speaks Chinese, can't read well because family circumstances after WWII meant she needed to work starting at the age of 9. I am sure this is similar elsewhere in the world. Nowadays, our literacy rate is close to 100%, but just 60 years ago, I would not be surprised that only 50% or so people could read. There must still be a way to reach fluency without reading.

@jakaz77

2 жыл бұрын

literacy is the difference from being fluid to sounding educated. Also literacy doesn't require a knowledgeable partner.

@Number77712

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it isn't about reading specifically, but about getting access to huge amounts of content (including hearing people speak) that you can understand and is interesting to you. Reading just happens to be a fantastic way of doing that at your own pace (and also tends to expose you to a wider vocabulary than daily life does).

@slimytoad1447

2 жыл бұрын

My wife is a hokkien malaysian chinese lady but even though she speaks hokkien chinese she cannot read and write as her early years were spent learning the malay language at which she is fluent

Olly, I'm a fan and have already purchased your Portuguese short stories. I'm currently listening to podcasts for learning such as "Ta Falando" and "Carioca Connection" and listen as I run on my treadmill or walk my dog. Have you considered doing short stores in podcasts? I agree that reading is wonderful but the other half of reading is listening. I have clearly found podcasts for listening to conversations. But I personally would be interested in hearing short stories read slowly by native speakers. In fact, the story that you just told in this video is a perfect perfect example. It's hard for me to read a book and highlight while bouncing on a treadmill. I'd rather simply listen.

@heathersaxton8118

3 жыл бұрын

Audio books my friend

I just bought your book for learning German and I'm waiting for it to arrive😊

That's exactly what I did with english It's really interesting to read books you are learning

Hiya Olly, two favourite books that I've read in Spanish are: Canción de Navidad, and El Viento en los Sauces, or A Christmas Carol and the Wind in the Willows. I've read other ones about García Lorca and by him, plus books about the natural world in Spain and Spanish history, etc. Thanks and take care, David.

The first novel I read in English was Eric by Terry Pratchett. I had read a couple of his novels in German and I felt that the translation could not keep up with his intricate puns and allusions. And Eric is quite slim, more like a novelette. Since I didn't want to gloss over it in the attempt to catch as many jokes as possible. So I rigorously made use of my dictionary, a dozend times per page, and kept it all in a note book. After that I felt quite accomplished.

I'm Duch and learning English. My first book was a book that I read was short stories in English! Verry helpfull and funny! Thanks

Gracias a mi me gusta mucho la historia y también aprender idiomas, tu canal me ha sido de gran ayuda. Saludos desde Colombia.

I survived cartel in mexico and escaped the desert on a train. Now i’m studying my 3rd language. I started with spanish after that experience and realized i found something i love to do.

Hi olly I'm enjoying your channel thanks for the knowledge

That exact thing happened to me too out of nowhere Olly, i shot awake in a panic trying to breathe and was terrified to go back to sleep, such scary thing when you dont understand whats going on!

I realised the same thing when I went into sixth form and continued French. We had to read books in the language and I felt I understood so much more. The first book I read was called un papillon dans la cité by Gisele Pineau. It is a nice book for beginners to intermediate not intimidating and easy to follow.

Hi, Olly! I’m fascinated by your approach and excited to start implementing your approach in my own Spanish learning. I have some Mexican friends who told me that they learned English by watching movies they already knew in English. That was either the primary or just about the only thing they did. I see how it’s similar to yours, except that perhaps the context given by movie you’re familiar with will help you to pick up more vocabulary. Would you recommend this in addition to reading?

I laughed because the only foreign book I've read is short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - the problem is, they are short, you can read one and you're done. I read the first and only the first La Tercera Resignación! I think that I nailed the vocab ruido and the use of otra vez.

Ollie me encanta que todo este pasó en Salta la linda. Yo aprendí mi castellano en Salta y tengo parte de mi corazón ahí.

The two books I read in French that really helped me with a step-up in French are a French translation of Paul du Noyer's interviews with Paul McCartney, and Delphine Diaz's history of refugees in Europe, 'En exil'.

Very interesting and inspiring! Did you learn Latin at school? Also, which languages had you already learned before learning Italian? Spanish, I assume and French. Any others that may have helped speed up the process? Thanks.

Great contents Olly! I am hesitating if I should start on learning a third/fourth language from scratch, and I wish to hear about your advice. I was born and raised in China with Mandarin as my native language. My fluency in English is near-native (or at least that is my perception), thanks to an early start in my English learning, as well as some eight years of living in LA and Hong Kong. I am also quite fluent in Cantonese (although to a lesser extent compared to my English). I am really into linguistics and am aware of some of the interesting features of other major European languages such as French, German and Spanish, and I am wondering if I should start learning one of them from scratch. If I ever start learning another language, I consider it meaningful only if my fluency can eventually be adequate for having an in-depth conversation about certain topics and establishing a closer relationship with other speakers. Merely being conversational does not seem to be appealing, as simple functional conversations can all be easily done through translation apps nowadays. Now I know that is apparently a huge commitment, and my main concern is how far I can go in learning a new language, given my limited time and energy. I currently live in China, so my English proficiency is something that requires time and energy to maintain. I do take pride in my English capacity very seriously, and apart from my job (for which English is an essential skill), I do spend a considerable amount of time watching videos, reading books, and even talking to myself in English on a daily basis, just so I can create an immersive English-speaking context for myself in this mostly Chinese-speaking environment, and by doing so I am still improving my English by internalizing more advanced idioms and words. I don't typically have much time for my Cantonese, despite my emotional attachment to Hong Kong. But given the close proximity between Cantonese and Mandarin, I am still able to maintain a pretty decent proficiency in Cantonese over the years. It is still my absolute priority to maintain and incrementally perfect my English, and I do not want the new language to encroach on my time that could have been spent on that. I wonder how much time and effort it would take to reach such a desired level of fluency in a new language that I almost have no prior knowledge of, and maintain that level afterwards. Given how hard I work to maintain my English while media contents in English are still relatively accessible, while French/German/Spanish speaking contexts in my city are quite limited, I'm just not very confident that my endeavor would eventually pay off. Would love to hear your thoughts on that! 谢谢！

👌🏼 Thank you! 👌🏼 😊

The first book in foreing language that i had read was slumdog millionaire in english. The last one was a knigth of the seven kingdom. What a jump for me !!

Chronicle of a Death foretold is one of my favorite stories by Garcia Marquez,

Hi Olly, love your content. I was in a bookshop yesterday and saw how many different languages you do the short story series in. Do you have any plans to do them in Greek?

Crónica de una muerte anunciada, una joya de la literatura en español by Gabo 🇨🇴💖👏🏻👏🏻

When I started watching the video I wouldn't think you would mention you've been in Argentina and what's even crazier is that you were literally very close to my hometown haha

God has called you to learn languages and because of this you have helped hundreds of people!

Saludos desde Argentina!

Please do a book of stories in Basque. Thanks!

My first book in another language was Café in Berlin. I read the only German version.

Question, did you read it in your head or out loud? And which way do you think is better for learning? Thanks Olly, love your books!

@storylearning

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely in your head. Reading out loud is only helpful for pronunciation practice and can slow you down.

Hello! I recently discovered comprehensible imput and I really like your channel. Could make a video about creating a study plan what consists 100% from language acquisition? I want to learn French and I did fine some french tprs youtube channels, and I also tried reading a beginners book but I didn’t understand anything so those can not be my only source? Could you make a video where you tell us what study routine we should follow? Thank you, cheers and all the best from Germany 👍

@storylearning

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea! Have you seen this video? m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSlubBrlM_Zcso.html

Just realised while watching this I have one of your books on the shelf 🤣

Thanks!!!!!!!

Great video! Are there books you would recommend for Japanese?? Especially if my kanji reading is pretty bad.

I started Duolingo June 27 and it did not work but you helped!!!!!

Wow, I actually had similar experiences... Made me learn to read Korean lol

I totally get what you mean. For years I would read french cooking magazines. Am I fluent? No, because I didn’t put enough effort into it, but I can get around in France and French Canada and read the menu to everyone that is with me. One time I translated a 6 page menu!

Nod to Ilya Frank’s Reading Method - This is a unique method that has been very successful in Russia for 20 years. Ilya Frank, German philologist and polyglot from Moscow developed the method. Under his supervision, more than 430 books have been prepared in 63 languages (of those, 150 books in English) for Russian speakers. New editions are printed regularly and eBooks are also part of the offer. In Russian-speaking areas, there are many enthusiastic users that can now read original versions without help thanks to this method. .. not all that coming out of Russia is bad. For some people - a very good method, and remonds...what you are explaining in the video. Also works for me. My Spanish and French improved - after reading . As well as other languages. Even English - is not my native, but extensive reading - both fiction and non-fiction books, allowed me to move to US and later to Netherlands , mastering several languages on my way ... Thank you!

Had you ever been to high altitude before? If not it is pretty baldly to go to that altitude without acclimatizing first. Some people can go to high altitude without being in danger but most can't. Hopefully there was a clinic in the town to administer oxygen. I lived and worked at high altitude in Colorado. I drove people from Denver to 9,000 feet in the Rockies. The altitude never gave me any problems. I can't say the same for the passengers. The Chinese who came to attend conferences seemed to particularly susceptible to the thin air. Many had to medivaced to hospital in Denver. Some were found blue in their rooms when they didn't show up for their pickup. Most of them lived in coastal China or cities that were not much higher than sea level.

I've read graded readers in French, Spanish and Catalan (very difficult because I just started learning Catalan). I've also read novels in Spanish, but I couldn't understand most of the words. My French is better than my Spanish, so I've read lots of books in French and can understand a substantial portion of the text. I'm now challenging myself to read all the Harry Potter books in French. I've already read the first three.

Hello!!! I would like to ask you which books you would recommend for a beginner in Spanish. Thank you very much!

I'm learning to read Spanish with a bilingual children's Bible study book.I do one story a day in addition to doing dos word searchs a day with a bilingual word search all the words that I didn't know before going on the list and I look at that list a couple times in addition to completing a couple of lessons on Duolingo in the morning then jumping over to lingo pie to watch a show which also contributes to the list. Soon when I finish the children's bilingual Bible book I'll jump over to the Bible stories in action sort of like marvel comics in the Bible in Spanish.

Do you ever plan to release a storybook series for Polish?

Hi Olly I’ve been a fan for a long while now but I always assumed you didn’t look uo words that night so you didn’t have to interrupt your workflow and you didn’t have a phone. Is it the case that you read completely extensively that night or even the whole time you read the book?

Olly can you recommend any other books because after reading your 2 intermediate books and the book on climate chsnge and ww2 of yours . What do you suggest as far as books ? Thank you

I"ve been learnig english for the last six mounths, now I can understent almost all you say!

@storylearning

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great man, congrats 🎉

Learning through stories is the method I’m using for Japanese right now and how I’m maintaining my German and Russian. I love it so much. Screw stressing about getting everything right. Do you understand the point of the sentence? Yes? Then move on and keep reading! It’s so much more enjoyable.

I usually start off with children's books that have been translated like: Bear Snores On, Goodnight Moon, Dr. Suess books, and Harry Potter books.

I asked for some of your books for Christmas.

I minored in Spanish some 40-odd years ago and a few years ago I read Harry Potter in Spanish. I came across a sentence that went something like this: "Harry Potter buscó el andén nueve y tres cuartos." I had never seen the word "andén" before in my life, but I knew exactly what it meant because of context. It means "platform", like a train platform. Context does a world of good which is why I oppose English Language Arts teachers or any language teacher giving students lists of vocabulary words to learn with no context around them other than ridiculous sample sentences.

Good morning. Give me info how to order your Portuguese story book.

Hi Olly, been waiting ages for the Russian 101 audiobook to be released. When can we expect it?

@storylearning

3 жыл бұрын

Audible is running with a 2-3 month delay at the moment! Very frustrating.

@erturtemirbaev5207

3 жыл бұрын

А вы откуда?

Aaaa i'm from argentina hahahah. Great video Olly!!!!

I think what we mostly do wrong, especially in school but also in courses and when learning on our own is to focus on what we do WRONG, instead of on what we have learned or do learn. This can be very discouraging and actually prevent you from learning and stirr up so much uncertanty, where you throw away a whole sentence because you're not sure about one vowel in a single word. I think it really, really can hold you back. Yes, it is great to know the exact spelling of a word, but is it really useful to practice this single word again and again and miss out on all the other words you could have learned in the same time? And also miss out on all the opportunities where you might have come along that difficult word and would somehow have gotten it in your brain anyway? The thing is that most learning methods create an artificial, limited language-environment where it is not benefical to know ANYTHING beyond that set linguistic horizon for the current chapter and every minor mistake is somehow "punished". So I think your/the reading and immersion approach can really be a great way if you do really want to learn a language and are not only obliged to pass an exam. I only can imagine how much more and how much more diverse words, grammer and expressions you can be able to learn and how more uniquely you your language skill will be. I definitely have to try this! Thank you for your insightful videos.

Hello Olly, do you have any story in scotish gaelic?

Any plans for mandarin stories?

I love Gabriel García Márquez, and “Crónica de una muerte anunciada@ is my favorite

It's interesting that as an Indian we are usually trilingual!! That's the norm. Educated Indians speak English (well at a C2/fluent/native) level and they speak their mother tongue (ie the language of the state they come from (there are 22 official languages in India!!) and a second language. So we all read in 3 languages. Must tell you this though, Bengali (the language from the North East of the country) is one of sweetest sounding languages in the world and has some of the richest literature of any language (Tagore the nobel laureate is from there). Thank you again for this amazing video. Regards Abhijit

@cactusowo1835

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I once met an indian, he would speak his native language, so he would speak assamese, hindi and english, we had a normal conversation untill I told him I'm from argentina and he started speaking in spanish! Your people is extremely talented with language learning 😂

Thank you, this clicked with me.

How specifically did you learn Italian???

This can't work at all for a lot of people, because it requires foreign literacy, knowledge of the sounds, and being a good reader. Furthermore, books don't use the the same language conventions as conversation. Movie subtitles are far better because they map to a context. I'll go through some more videos, but so far this is half bunk and half not applicable to me.

I've read a few harry potters in Spanish :)

Don Quixote is the book I read

Why..why why did they never teach us through stories in school???

I've been learning French since i was little and i can barely hold a conversation in it. Should i try this with french? Latin is the language intended to learn though

I’m 65 and I know my brain doesn’t work the way it did when I was younger. I went back to school and got an advanced degree in my mid 50s but it was really difficult. I would read something and 2 minutes later forget what I just read. Now I want to learn French. I thought perhaps I should start with elementary stories that very young French children would read? What’s your opinion of that?

@hajihindustan1103

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Age is 🚫 NOT a barrier 🚧, please carry on your efforts.

You need to do more videos on Swedish!!

Ramuntcho - French novel about a smuggler.

When are we going to see Short Stories in Greek?

Im trying The Little Prince in spanish. Ive heard of the book but do not know it

How specifically did you learn Portuguese????

I'm not sure it counts but I read books in english all the time. I'm Swedish.

How specifically did you learn French???

How can i get your stories for spanish?

What books were you learning Spanish,Italian,French,Arabic, and Portuguese by?????

Hii Olly, your programs are great, I wish that there's discount for them!

how much of the language would you have to know to start learning this way? im guessing you wouldnt do this on day one could you?

@TinaMUFC10

2 жыл бұрын

I’m only a few weeks in and started reading Spanish Short Stories for Beginners (not Olly’s) a couple of days ago. Didn’t think I was going to understand much but was surprised when I did 🤟🏽. I’ve mostly been using Pimsleur, Language Transfer, & Easy Spanish. I also started out watching Extra and Destinos which was a lot of fun lol.

Such an intelligent and handsome man!

Do you read aloud or just in your head

Sounds like a classic: lack of altitude acclimatization

@abbygaby9210

2 жыл бұрын

or as the locals would say: sorojchi

Well I transcribed the whole series of ExtraEnglish So I learnt all the vocabulary in the first series 400 words I watched 30 series.

J'ai lu Le petit prince in French

i love your videos, may Allah guide you to truth.

How did you learn French?

Does reading subtitles of a foreign TV series work the same way?

@hayatzor6249

3 жыл бұрын

I think so

@majormononoke8958

2 жыл бұрын

No, it doesnt because the movie would distract your Brain power.