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@janimatha6745

2 жыл бұрын

I from Thailand that viedo important for me thank you so much

@eclim7437

2 жыл бұрын

Something to learn even i had hearing handicap, Tq.

@Musamusam

Жыл бұрын

Zor durumdayım bana yardımcı olur musunuz? Dinleme ile ilgili içinden çıkamadığım sorular..

@1sola1verita

8 ай бұрын

I fully agree. This is true for any language... i've been telling my students this for years.

@mr.salhimed1765

6 ай бұрын

I really learned a lot from you. I highly appreciate your unwavering support and encouragement to your learners.

Steve I'm from Brazil and you are one of the first person I understood speaking in English. Thank you for sharing knowledge.

@viniciusps01

2 жыл бұрын

Palmas-TO. Just keep going and you'll achieve you language goal soon or later.

@Ultrajuiced

2 жыл бұрын

@@viniciusps01 *your language goal *sooner or later

@viniciusps01

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ultrajuiced Thanks 😊

@muttlanguages3912

2 жыл бұрын

He speaks slowly and clearly like a lot of older people

@franciscolobato3806

2 жыл бұрын

wow there are so many Brazilian people on the Internet, it's almost impossible to not find one of them in a random video, lol

I've learned a lot of English with songs. I used to listen to the songs I liked and not understand a single word, but since I liked the song, I would listen to it again and again. I would look up the lyrics and translations and listen to it. Sometimes I'd listen and read the lyrics at the same time, sometimes I would only listen to the song or listen to it while doing something else, eventually, I started picking up more and more of the song, and then, I would go back to the lyrics and repeat this same method. This has always worked for me, it's like you said, repetition and novelty. I always go back to old songs and I'm constantly adding new ones to my playlists, gradually understanding more and more.

@rwa9573

2 жыл бұрын

I learn english too, I can understand anything I listen to except for songs bc it is so fast then what my brain can understand so I have to see the lyrics :)

@kansasjpl

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the app Lirica. It uses song lyrics and it is really slick.

@matheusvasconcelos4938

2 жыл бұрын

@@rwa9573 this still happens to me sometimes, depending on the song I don't understand anything the first time I'm listening to it. My tip is, If you like the song, look up the lyrics, sing along, with time you'll learn the lyrics and your brain will understand the words. :)

@rwa9573

2 жыл бұрын

@@matheusvasconcelos4938 thx for your tip❤️

@nicoleraheem1195

2 жыл бұрын

This is how I learn chinese. I use this method. The funny thing is, I used this same method to learn a 1980s classic hip hop song when I was 12. 😅 (native american)

I got 2-3 hours a day of listening time last year when I was learning Romanian, by listening to podcasts during my commutes and using the exercise bike. Combined with an online tutor and reading interesting content, it worked really well.

@ftnewschannelofthailand706

2 жыл бұрын

Hi guy, It says " Roman wasn't built in one day, & where is the will, where there is way, So do I. Thank You.

@jamesasmith2494

2 жыл бұрын

I started studying Romanian last year also in August. Resources for Romanian are hard to find.

@NagylaMaria-tc3mn

2 ай бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊​@@ftnewschannelofthailand706

Many thanks once again to the translators who have added subtitles in so many languages! This is a brilliant addition to these videos.

@moschinopumps

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing this out!

@alemorichetti6368

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, we need to get the input ideas and Steve’s content to as many people as possible.

Wow, I did not even know that there were subtitles in 20 languages in these videos. I can practice my German while listening to Steve. Very cool and useful!

@tschewm1353

2 жыл бұрын

Neither did I. I understand Steve completely now. I didn't understand spoken English four years ago, Even the easiest audiostories. But thanks to A.J.Hoge and Steve Kaufmann I improved my listening skills drasticaly. I am able to listen to original audiobooks by Wodehouse without reading them. While working in my vegetable garden, for example.

@holgerjurjo4282

2 жыл бұрын

@@tschewm1353 That is awesome! For me learning English was quite easy, I just watched a lot of movies and cartoons when I was a kid. When I got older I started watching youtube. My comprehension is great now, I can read complex books very easily. Of course learning English in school helped too but I feel that it was my digital immersion that taught me the English language. I feel like many Europeans can relate to this xd

@mandarinjourneyswithnanno

2 жыл бұрын

Going to turn them on for Chinese, thanks! I wonder if he does them himself…

@holgerjurjo4282

2 жыл бұрын

@@mandarinjourneyswithnanno Most likely not, I don't think he has the time. Even translating it to your native language may take around an hour or so. To do that in 20 languages is insane! Probably some people from the Linq community translate his videos.

@oishd6077

2 жыл бұрын

@@holgerjurjo4282 you can subscribe to volunteer ... He sends the script and you send back the translation. I got the email last time. Tomorrow he's gonna upload again so he has already sent the script to all us volunteers

Started Dutch, my 9th or 10th language thanks to LingQ . Having the same mini stories as Swedish etc. for a beginner it's a blessing because you can SEE the common words, even if the pronunciation is different. Because I haven't learned German, studying a Germanic language like Dutch or Swedish, just trough English is harder than the Romance ones, where being a native Romanian speaker with French education, it's a piece of cake. But I guess it is not harder than listening Japanese where comprehensible words, I mean 外来語、 are 1-2% and even then is a bit harder to recognize the original English, Portuguese or German pronunciation....

I have been learning Korean for 2 years now and I am not where I want to be. Your videos have helped me improve even in a few days because my tutor could tell a difference and was so stunned. He asked me what have I been doing to improve. I told him I stopped trying to memorize and just listen well and read.

I remember Laoshu said he started to realize the importance of listening after your videos. I had a lot of passive vocabulary in vietnamese and could understand children's books but couldn't speak at all. Then I spent 50 hours listening and now I am able to use what I know

@NamTran-uv4ev

2 жыл бұрын

Xin chào đồng hương

@haicautrang5304

2 жыл бұрын

@@NamTran-uv4ev chào nam

@NamTran-uv4ev

2 жыл бұрын

@@haicautrang5304 hey, can i add friend with you on facebook?

@tuyenho6159

11 ай бұрын

Nghe ko hiểu thì làm sao nghe nhiều được bạn

@user-mb9dg8ne2z

4 күн бұрын

Hi, I'm laos, I'm a one person like to speak English , many people talk like that, many lao student Good for writing grammar reading but not speak, In Vietnam also like that ?😂😂😂

I really like your posts and tips, I was feeling unmotivated and frustrated these days cause I was not able to understand some advanced content, watching you now made me feel much better. I’ll keep pushing myself forward! Thank you Steve! 🇧🇷

Greetings from Brazil. I've been learning English for the past one and a half year and a have been coming along constantly thanks to you, sir. Thanks a lot!

I found that Steve's advice and experiences most closely resemble my own experiences of language learning (although I have been doubting myself, so thank you!!) and make a lot more sense. Very practical and helpful!

At A Transport company in Brampton ON the employee of the year was a Truck driver. On the plaque in the lunchroom is his quote - "Listen first, speak second." Glad I found your channel Steve.

That was tremendously helpful including you sharing that even someone of your stature accepts imperfection. Repetition. Novelty. Humility. Thanks a lot.

Thank you. Been very inspired and encouraged by your videos lately. So true about listening while doing stuff especially practical for people like me who are learning a language while working full time and raising a family. I love to listen when I drive, do laundry, dishes and cleaning!

I am so glad I found this video! I am exactly the same way. I love sitting down and working throuhg the reading on LingQ, but when i try to sit down and listen I zone out, unless, I'm doing something else (walking, jogging, dishes, etc.). Thanks for confirming that this is ok and even normal that someone like you, a polyglot, does this!

I’ve sat down and listened as a discipline, and usually, I will get distracted, so I agree entirely with you. Now when I have free time, I listen; that can be when I’m driving or if I’m on the subway and I notice I get more listening time in as well

@cherry-oz8gs

2 жыл бұрын

American also learn other language?

@cherry-oz8gs

2 жыл бұрын

English is best.

@muhilan8540

2 жыл бұрын

@@cherry-oz8gs yes English is the global language but there are many reasons to learn languages

@cherry-oz8gs

2 жыл бұрын

@@muhilan8540 ok.that’s right.

I've been following Steve's advice when it comes to listening in my target language. It works. Just use a mixture of repetition and novelty when listening in your target language and you'll slowly acquire it.

This is a tremendous talk on language acquisition. Steve really gets the fine points of how the brain works.

What I love about Lingq is that you can accomplish all of the necessary tasks that support listening and reading (input) in a very concise, easy to use, and richly functional way. To be able to simply choose a phrase, word or sentence and hear it, is vital to embed the material into the subconscious/automatic mind.Of course, Linqq facilitates this perfectly.

I usually listen (in longer lessons) once while reading the transcript and once without it, to get the words and then to see what I understand. In shorter lessons, I like to listen once at first with no transcript, then listen with the transcript, then without it again. I also like to only do ones with videos because it's more engaging and makes it harder for your mind to wander.

When I feel frustrated in English I'm quickly opening your channel and getting positive energy and gaining again my language skills thanks a lot you are the best language teacher I've ever seen 😀(from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 )

Pretty accurate advise. I've been doing something similar with various levels of videos for the last 7 months, with an emphasis on comprehensible levels and a few 50 to 60% comprehensible videos mixed in. I also supplement my target language with graded reading. The improvement of my listening comprehension has been dramatic. It's all about input.

Hi, Steve. I'm from Brazil too. Your Portuguese is very good and your English very clear. Great classes. Congratulations!

hey Stevie! it was quite a relieve to listen to the content of this video because I've been studying French for a while, one year and a half precisely, and even though I'm able to understand great part of the videos that I use to watch or even comprehend movies and tv series without subtitles, I sometimes feel that I still lose lots of pieces of the content, so that I've been second-guessing what I've been doing as a language learner, whether I was doing the right thing or not, whether I was wasting time and energy on what I've been doing, which might be summed up to reading and listening to compelling content, as you use to recommend on your videos. So, what brings me this "relief feeling" which I mentioned in the beginning of this comment is the idea that you pointed out (or at least I took it this way) that even after a while of massive practice on the target language there's no such a thing as perfection when it comes to our listening skills, for example. It will always exist something that we couldn't take quite well, such as specific words, or slangs, idioms, different pronunciations for a same word, different accents, cultural aspects of the language and so on, which might make us slip into some ambiguity of sorts. Therefore, being aware of this makes me feel quite more at easy, allowing me to be more patient in this long path that we must take to keep learning a new language. Thank you for another great video!

Thank you Steve for your tips! This lesson was really helpful. I'm from Argentina. I'm working on my skills in English to achieve my goals, which are moving my family and I to the north.

Thank you Steve Kaufmann, your videos has help me too much. I’m brazilian, now I living in Vancouver, I’m not confident or fluent, but I study everyday. Thank you so much.

You've been a big help for me learning my first new language being Japanese, I'm still a beginner but I feel as if I'm progressing at a great rate. Thank you!

@paulianemendes7768

2 жыл бұрын

What do you do to improve listening? I feel like I'm not making progress

thanks a lot Steve for having me helping u for this great method of helping learners .....lots of love 🔥❤

@POCEnglish

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Assad! I would love to know your opinion about my videos. I have recently started teaching on KZread! Let me know what you think!

Sr. Kaufmann, you are really really correct about everything that you've said in this video. I am getting used to the phase of hearing something and make a combination with meaning instantaneously, but it has been being possible because of the tips you gave here, and i Discovered it alone in with a lot of difficult, But YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT! I am a witness of this. Guys, You should do it if you want to get your English in another level quickly. Good Luck everyone and THANKS A LOT SR. Kaufmann!

You speak so clearly in every language (that I have any experience in). It is an amazing gift.

This is a trailblazer Steve. You emphatically put across the subject to the audience. As others I got it clearly. Thank you.

Thank you for the tips! I love how you explain the theory behind your suggestions and don't just give out meaningless circular logic like "The way to improve your listening comprehension is to do lots of listening." I really struggle with listening though. I'm studying Japanese, and when I try to watch Japanese shows or listen to songs, I tune out almost immediately because it's moving too quickly and there is too much that I don't understand. I pick up isolated words here and there, but not enough to piece together meaning, and it's like my brain literally gets tired from trying to keep up. I know you said that it's difficult to remain dialed in all of the time. I just wish I could stay focused more, because I don't believe that at the point where my brain has essentially turned what I'm listening to into background noise, that I'm learning anything.

Steve Kauffman you’re my hero and I just think you’re a fantastic human.

As always prof. Kaufmann its a pleasure to learn something new in your videos.

You this video really destroy my frustration of reading and not understanding all the way. Two good words or the ways I picked up, repeating and novelty. Metaphor of leveling, or cutting the lawn grass and understanding, reading or listening. I love it.

Steve, always with a a ton of excellent advice. I was just wondering about this. Thank you as always

Thank you for the advice concerning repetition and novelty when studying. It was helpful for me.

Simple, direct and very effective tips. Thanks Steve!

Thank you so much! I needed to hear that.

It was very helpful. Thanks a lot!

Steve! When I started learning English, I did exactly what you say in this video. Even I did not know that this is the efficient way. I just invented it by myself. I can confirm that this was a great way to learn a new language.

Thank you Steve, always so knowledgeable and full of insight ✨

Exactly right, practical and helpful. Thank you, Mr. Kaufmann.

Indeed I've easily gotten frustrated when I failed to understand what a teacher said in an online class of English, and have repeated playing that same online class so many times until my listening comprehension has seemed to be perfect. But thanks to Prof. Kaufmann I understand what I've done was not effective for improving my listening skill. I'll try to accept imperfection of my skill and to move on to the next online class when my comprehension gets good enough to try a mini exam of the class. Thank you so much for the great advice. :)

Great advice, thank you. I am actually a postman so listening to podcasts, and other audio resources instead of music, will be my goal tomorrow.

@POCEnglish

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Dylan! I would love to know your opinion about my videos. I have recently started teaching on KZread! Let me know what you think!

Above all you need patience and tons of it. In our modern world we expect stuff today, right now. It doesn't happen like that. Our brains are sponges, bit's get stuck but most new stuff flows straight through like water. We need to remember this. Great video Steve !

Hi Steve You make a lot of sence My wife is from Indonesia so im learning bahasa I have learnt a lot so far but going slow with sentences Im now trying the gold list to learn more Thanks for your videos Cheers

been on lingQ for 6 months now learning japanese. Im currently at just over 1500 words and even though its slower than im able for im seeing results. I started off just learning the set words but now i am starting to learn whole sentences and groups of words to make for more natural understanding of the language. I have the mini stories and podcasts playing on my headset when im relaxing in bed or when im playing on my computer sometimes. definitely more beneficial listening in bed when im not doing anything else...thanks for everything steve. Have a good weekend. EDIT: would you recommend watching tv series without subtitles even if you dont understand much? thank you.

@taylerwilson1682

2 жыл бұрын

I know you may have been asking Steve, but in my experience I watched Elite recently which is in Spanish which Spanish audio and English subtitles and now I'm half way through with Spanish audio and Spanish subtitles. The third time, I plan on watching with no subtitles. Watching without understanding anything may be frustrating/tiring after awhile because it feels good/is more entertaining when you know what is going on. Of course, like Steve says, the brain requires novelty, but also input and repetition is important and I am finding it to be useful so far. Maybe you could try this technique out :)

@digitalwillis9594

2 жыл бұрын

@@taylerwilson1682 all help is welcome :) ill try japanese subtitles next time i was my shows...thank you!!

Thank you so much! I am learning Korean and I am really struggling with listening, and I wasn’t sure what to do about it or how to improve it. This help a lot 😊

Always grateful for the encouragement

Hi Steve ! Thank you so much for your interesting and helpful advice !

Thank you so much, Steve. This is so hard for control freaks, like myself. I almost can't STAND not being able to understand things as I listen in my target language. They do not exist in all languages, but the Romance languages almost all have "dialogues" on KZread...beginner, intermediate and advanced. If you pull them up, you listen AS you read along with the dialogue. Those have helped me in French and Spanish more than any other tool. They are decorated with colorful images and there is variety in the voices they use.....all of this stimulates the brain and makes it feel as if it is a form of play. Hope that is helpful to someone.

Thank u for the idea, the step how to learn, don't give up,study and study

THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVE

I used ti believe that input was the most important part of language learning but now I think that speaking is more important. Because when you speak you learn to listen at the same time since you hear the sound of your own voice. The bottomline is that all These skills are crucial. I also likr writing a lot to stimulate the visual and touch senses. Another technique that I try is listening and reading simultaneously.

I'm still a little way off from being able to do an audiobook in Spanish, so I've been listening to a lot of (mostly Colombian) talk radio. I can usually figure out broadly what they're talking about although I don't understand most sentences. The upside is that there's basically unlimited free, relatively interesting content. The downside is you can't replay anything. Definitely recommended for people who just need content to wash the dishes to.

Steve thank very much for your advice When you spread your knowledges is very important for all of us

That was a wonderful lesson. Thanks a lot!! Cheers from Brazil :)

Very helpfull. I am learning Spanish right now in Peru. I am coming from France, so I see how far I went to learn English. I feel completely fluent in English while I am still learning complex verbal forms and vocabulary.... I understand Portugese. I will be 4lingual soon❤

This video is really important for me. Thanks a lot. You’re the best

I love these videos, they are encouraging and motivating. It always seems like Steve is touching on subjects we all struggle with!

@ranger_hben8657

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

Thank you very much Steve. Very helpful 👍👍

Great video once again, Steve!

Your advice is wise .Helpful and builds confident.Thanks for your motivation

Thank you very much for posting this great information! Inspiring

Oh... as a english learner, i know how frastrated it is that i cant undersrand anything that i am listening to. But i could keep studying because english has a lot of resource to study. So i studied step by step from easy level with strong motication about english. Repeating listening and reading what i can't understand anything will be too too too challenging.. I think you have tremendous passion and talent about language !!

Yeah! It was pretty good advice. Thank u for being there Steve Kaufman.

Thanks so much! Very useful advices!

Thank you this helped me as listening comprehension in my target language is the most difficult for me.

Thank you Steve! 🙌

Wow, I just ran into this issue. I can read and understand 90% but if I just listen, my understanding can go way down. I thought the answer would be to listen to it a thousand times until my listening comprehension matched my reading comprehension. After this advice, I'm going to move forward and listen to past chapters from time to time for novelty.

Steve, thank you so much indeed for these priceless information. You're great ☺️☺️

Keep watching your ideas and they are very helpful.

thank you teacher, regards from Colombia

It's really helpfully, this is the second time for me to watch this series of videos. Thank you so mush for sharing.

Hi from Siberia! Thank you very much! I think that your advice is very important.

nice showing about the words and meaning. It takes time to inject the meaning based on what we had leaned to the new voice. Thanks for the advise.

This guy is awesome! Thanks a lot

Thank you Steve, it was so useful for me🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

This information is pure gold. Congratulations.

thanks for all

helpful. Thank you!

Excellent video. Great tips. I hope you and your family are safe and well during the heat wave.

Thank you Steve شكرا لك

What you're saying is a hundred % true. For myself I can tell that listening to pop or any kind of music that you enjoy can greatly improve your listening skills. Just bear in mind you don't have to understand all the words that you hear and don't try to 'cause that's impossible for a non native speaker. But believe me you will improve gradually. And what is more you're NOT studying you're just enjoying the language. That's all.

Wow, thanks so much Steve.....like you said, don't get frustrated, even if it take 20 times to understand!!!! Love it!!!

These Vids are so helpful

Love to listen and learn from your videos. Thank you sir ❤️

thanks for your skill&suggestion，useful，多謝你。

thank you for your tips!) I'll actually use it for my studies

我對學語言不在乎重複與否 這次看了記不記的得 這部影片讓我認識到重複與新的閱讀之間有其他不錯的平衡點 謝謝 ありがとうございます

І am currently a temporary resident of an English-speaking country (and I am not young at all!) I have been studying English intensively for a year, but I am not satisfied with myself. Your advice is very valuable. Thank you!

Thank you Steve ..

Thanks for the tips and incentives teacher!

Thank u Mr.kaufman, very useful advices 👍

thank you steve

Thanks Steve for sharing!!

Thank you very much, greetings from Bolivia.

Good lesson, thanks so much.