📲 The app I use to learn languages: bit.ly/44cmzHC 🆓 My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: bit.ly/3Q6S7Zz ❓Have you ever finished a book in your target language? How was your experience? Let me know in the comments!

@LearnHindiWithStories

12 күн бұрын

Looking forward to Hindi on Linq!

@meltedmysorepak5100

8 күн бұрын

Pls add tamil language in ur app.

@strikeback2069

7 күн бұрын

I m sure mandarin is the first language usefull to get job. But most of them people give up to learn Chinese language because this language is very difficult.

If it wasn't for digital reading, and being able to look up words easily, and instantly, I would not have embarked on this journey. As it is right now, at 61, I believe I'm approaching a B1 after a year and a half. Reading and listening are my best tools, but so is your encouragement. Thanks Steve.

After a little over a year using Lingq (every single day) I am now reading a paper book in Spanish for the first time. I'm really surprised at how well I understand most of it.

@Tehui1974

4 күн бұрын

Nice! I've also been using LingQ to learn Spanish. I've been using it everyday for nearly 10 months, and can feel myself getting closer to being able to take on a paper book in Spanish for the first time. Keep up the good work!

Every single day, read two pages aloud with comprehension, then continue silently. It’s the key to achieving fluency.

@sazukegu

13 күн бұрын

Why aloud? Voicing a language you dont know is a bad Idea IMO.

@Davey441

13 күн бұрын

@@sazukegu Injured said '' aloud with comprehension'' There is a difference. If you more or less understand what you're reading then it's a good method. Especially to practice pronunciation and train the mouth into using the language.

@justinmohr6585

13 күн бұрын

There’s no evidence for that, I voiced Chinese aloud horribly for a year and am now 100% comprehensible in a work environment, albeit with an accent.

@loba7206

12 күн бұрын

I can't imagine this could be harmful in any means - I think reading aloud is a fun thing and can even help the pronnunciation, you just need to be aware that you could doing mistakes. That is what I personally feel about this.

@haviskam

12 күн бұрын

Absolutely agreed.

Reading is underrated. A sure way to acquire languages...

@FaysalElAddouti

12 күн бұрын

Language wise, Arabic is the best to understand hidden meanings. Why is that? Arabic without dots (it used to be written without dots in the past) makes one dig, and the digging is good for contextual comprehension, creativity and for learning how to decipher codes. If Arabic is written without dots, then lots of letters will resemble each other. I advice to take ginger in a banana milkshake due to ginger being good for contextual comprehension, fluency and memorization.

@davidbrisbane7206

12 күн бұрын

I couldn't read properly until I was about 10 years old, but somehow managed to learn my native language without being able to spell my last name until I was also 8 years old. Language learning is different for everybody.

I think reading with patience is very important. I'm reading Harry Potter in Spanish (Not really a Harry Potter fan but it's a good series to boost your vocabulary and entertaining enough to continue reading). I make Anki cards after each chapter. When Im not reading (or can't read), I go over my flashcards. Not to memorize them in one sitting, but to see low frequency words at a higher frequency. It's important to learn low frequency words. We don't say stethoscope everyday, but when we see and hear the word, we know exactly what it is.

@Celestina0

12 күн бұрын

But dedicating yourself to learning the word stethoscope is hardly going to be an efficient use of time. Low frequency words you don’t need as much… because they’re low frequency

@confidencemagnet1026

12 күн бұрын

@@Celestina0 It's not as bad as you would think. You're not taking a test so it's okay to forget these words. The more you see these words, the higher the level of books you can read in the future and retain more vocabulary. There is more than one way to learn vocabulary. If you don't want to worry about low frequency words, you don't have to, but when the time comes to start speaking, you may feel lost trying to speak with a native if you're relying on just knowing high frequency words.

@DogeCoinInvestor

5 күн бұрын

@@Celestina0it’s just a question of priority. If all you want is to have simple conversations, ignoring niche vocab is fine. You’ll be speaking at a higher level quicker early on. That said, I think niche words are more common than you seem to give credit to. Exposing yourself to them early will greatly reduce the effort required in the long term.

Hello Steve! I'm a hungarian living in London. Just wanted to leave a comment here and saying that I appreciate your work. You're such a big inspiration. I've been learning english for a while and I feel like I'm still struggling but I'm getting there. Since I started to read, my english has been improved tremendously and besides listening that's one of my favourite things to do 😊

@blueblitzblaze

10 күн бұрын

Eloquent comment! Your english skills are showing! :D

@Attihun

9 күн бұрын

Lol..I didn't know what eloquent means yet but thanks 😀

My main reason for learning languages is to be able to read in them. I'm hyperverbal in my native English, was reading by 2 years old, and so reading is my shortcut to accelerating language learning. I pick a paper copy of a novel that I want to be able to read, and I revisit it weekly as a way to gauge my improvement over time. It's been great!

One of your best videos yet Steve! Very informative.

Steve this was one of your best videos. Thank you. So helpful!

New video 🔋 I appreciate your work and videos are really useful! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

One big advantage of books on paper is that they don't require electricity.

@ekaeteudo9837

Күн бұрын

Passwords, batteries, internet, charging, blue glare, etc

I'm using this technique to also learn german and improving my english. It is really efficient.

Thank you for this.

Loved this video. Definitely worth a re watch.

My experience with Spanish ... Well, with no prior studies, I have started to read one book in Spanish to see how far can I go with the knowledge acquired from telenovelas viewed in my early teenage years. I have done pretty well, with the dictionary next to me, and it was very satisfying. That was last year and I am still doing it. 😁

Great video! Thanks for sharing all of this ☺

I like the graphics that you are using in your content now. Thanks for another great video!

Thank you for your great works

Thanks for this video Steve. I read short easy stories that I enjoy, along with LingO and other tools everyday in French and can now make small sentences as I talk to myself or my dog. Anyway, this video helped me understand that one day I'll get there. I get so frustrated when I can't remember simple words that I just practiced the day before. I liked the hockey stick example.😅

You're the best!! Thank you

설명으로 한글이 나오니 반갑네요 ㅎㅎ 좋은 영상 감사합니다!

I completely agree with your point, I've been reading so many different books out loud in the last ten months and it's been such a wonderful experience how you get used to the language, which allows me to get better at comprehension and pronunciation when talking. What it seemed something impossible to me when i started now i can hold conversations and understand different texts, it's in fact a long journey but the results are worth it.

Thanks a lot I appreciate it and I am Arabic speaking person and always having fun when I listen to your videos they are full of knowledge

Thanks for your broadening video

Thank you, it's very interesting!

12 languages? That's incredible! You're such an inspiration. Maybe you can share some tips in your next post?

¡Excelente video! Muchas gracias, Sr.Kaufmann, por compartir sus sabios consejos.

Reading has been a key in language learning for me. I do get a focused on translating every word I don't know. I'll have to try letting some of that go and just enjoying it.

A very interesting video. I especially liked the information you provided with pictures/graphics. Like that hangul is read similarly to chinese. I have found that I do focused reading, of difficult material, better on a digital device, than in a printed book. This is mostly because I am much more ready to highlight and scribble in the digital document, than in my "precious book". I think the take home from that is: Do not be afraid of messing up your printed books, if it helps you understand and remember the content.

And of course, you can always have your transcipts and other digital reading materials printed and technically even get it stitched like a regular book, add your own pictures, etc.

I took your advice about studying material that we're actually interested in and not just memorizing vocabulary and grammar rules. I loce Jurassic park so i downloadd it and the Lost World in french. I listened to the book in English audio and now im going back to read along with the french audio. Surprisingly there arw a lot of words i already know amd can decipher with context clues. Of course there are also a lot of new words too. Using it on my kindle is nice because i can highlight a word or phrase and quickly look it up. I can also easily pull up the English audio of that chapter if i still don't understand a phrase. It's been really helpful in addition to finally finding a native french speaker i can regularly talk to. My grammar is still terrible but now when i run in to french people i can actually understand and respond in basic conversations. I've been learning french since highschool (over ten years) and I'm just now barely able to actually speak. 😅 But with these great tips I'll certainly finally reach fluency soon.

I need to get into the habit of reading more. I'm going to try to read 20 pages a day and gradually increase that over time.

Interesting take on the paper book vs. E-book. I personally prefer e-books irrespective of the language or learning or just fun…. I just find it easier on the eyes… but I’ll give it a try in Japanese with a paper book 😁 Another point I found interesting is the link between reading and listening. You kind of preempted me when saying this depends on the script and this is very much true. I can read almost as fast and accurately in Japanese and French/English but when I try to read out loud I read like a 4 year old (ie: I don’t subvocalize in Japanese at all, it’s directly from squiggles to meaning).

Reading is very good to learn English. Increase the vocabulary, and as the Steve said: help to improve the listening too. I'm going to read more for me to improve my English.

The problem I noticed while reading in another language (in my case English) is that apparently I remember less of the information I read. I use kindle and I don't need to frequently search the meaning of words and I also have already read books entirely in English, literature books. But now, I don't know if it's because I have been reading less, but I started to notice that I missed more details of the story in comparison with reading in my language, for example, sometimes I don't remember something mentioned about the character and things like that. I also, which I think is normal, read more slowly and have a worse work memory reading in another language, in complex parts of the texts that require more attention I tend to forget what I read before and need to come back to it. What I'm doing is alternating between reading the translation and the original, this way I get a sense of the author's style and writing but can also enjoy a more comfortable trip in the book's story. I feel better knowing that literature tends to be harder and with Steve saying that it's still beneficial to read just parts and not the totality of the book.

That's so true! I've learned Finnish, and I wanted to read the classics as soon as possible. But it was hard, and still is. But when I take a book by a politician (I'm interested in politics), it works very well and makes fun, and it did since I was able to more or less understand the evening news on TV.

my future goal is having a great comprehension and understanding everything or almost everything said. for the biggest challenge, a group of Brazilians speaking quickly with everyday slang and phrases. it is very efficient for me. and also being able to output anything:')

What a cool mic! 🙂

أنا أحب قراءة نفس الأدب الذي تحبه يا ستيف، الحرب والسلام وغيرها، وأتمنى أن أقرأه بالروسية مثلك. فيديو مفيد جدا، شكرا لك

Hello Steve, You might have been forgotten about Kurdish language the first language in mesopotamia today and someri , Don’t forget that who are living in Middle East when you are talking about their languages . Congratulations on your impressive multilingual abilities. Your fluency across several languages is truly commendable and serves as an inspiration for my own linguistic journey. I take great pride in my heritage as a Kurd, being fluent in all five Kurdish dialects, alongside German, Arabic, Turkish, and Farsi. I’ve noticed with some concern the lack of mention of the Kurdish language in your discussions. Considering your profound expertise, this omission is quite perplexing. It may stem from a gap in awareness about Middle Eastern languages or could simply be an oversight. Given your proficiency in related regional languages like Turkish, Arabic, and Farsi, your expertise about this region appears extensive. This makes the absence of Kurdish in your repertoire all the more striking. Understanding a region’s history is paramount when learning its languages, and Kurdish is foundational to the cultural fabric of the Middle East. We Kurds are a tenacious and spirited people, and our language is a testament to our rich history and cultural depth. I am hopeful that Kurdish will gain the acknowledgment it warrants in future dialogues about the languages of the Middle East.

I believe that it's pretty much the same whether you read e-book or a paperback. It's just a preferance. I do both actually and both have their pros and cons in my opinion. E-books are often free for example and I can find a lot online for free instead of spending a lot money everytime since books can be pretty expensive as well. You also save space (physical) space with e-books and you can easily carry them with you everywhere. You can enlarge the font of e-books so you can see the text better, you don't necessarily need any reading lamp, than with the paperback, you can also check up the words more easily with e-books. Etc. Etc.

I totally agree. I have read Anna Karenina and half of War and Peace in English. Both were extremely difficult in English. They would be unimaginable in Russian. That was my original goal but hard to see it happening. Started using lingQ right now and it feels like it is speeding things up but reading W & P cover to cover is off the table. Using your fiction argument, my new goal will be to read the book you once recommended on Russian History.

@RM-jb2bv

13 күн бұрын

That’s funny bc I started to learn Spanish bc I wanted to read Don Quixote the way it was written and I totally underestimated the amount of skill in the language that would require. It may never happen but I’m fine with that. I’m going through Harry Potter español and having a blast.

@jackbombay1423

12 күн бұрын

@@RM-jb2bv Spaniard here. Yes, not many Spaniards can read that book, so you should be proud of yourself just for imagining that task. You should have taken into account the time it was written; Spanish has changed a lot since then, and the vocabulary and idioms are mostly Greek to the current Spanish community. Even so, some sentences from the book are deeply ingrained in Spanish culture. I'm also trying to learn Russian like the OP, but I chose to start with Harry Potter, like you suggested, because someone else told me that it gets increasingly harder with each book. (I've never read that saga before). Good luck!

@Celestina0

12 күн бұрын

Get a bilingual edition - I’m learning Russian by reading Anna Karenina right now, and being able to check the translation instantly is invaluable.

@ThorIsBoss

12 күн бұрын

@@Celestina0 That would be one thick book!! I may try that if one exists but it would be painful. I have read watered down Russian versions of Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment and they were enjoyable. Hats off to you reading a real version of Anna Karenina even with the translations as it would be tough to get thru for me. If I find a dual language W and P I will buy it. Or Anna Karenina for that matter. Thanks

@Disgusted19

12 күн бұрын

Which book has he recommended?

I cannot stress enough how important reading is in language learning. Even if you are not a reader in your native language or don’t even like books. I don’t like reading in any of my natives, but for Japanese, that was how I started. Without that I would not have been able to get to where I am today in the language. I even recently started watching KDramas and Chinese Donghua in their original language (I don’t speak either language), but have subtitles in Japanese and it has tremendously increased my reading speed and by doing so it has also increased the speed at which my brain processes the language (which also affects listening albeit indirectly)

@turbosnail6119

13 күн бұрын

Can I ask where you found Japanese books, assuming you read digitally. I've been trying to find various free PDFs/EPUBs of Japanese books to transfer to my Kindle for reading but it's tough finding them untranslated. I mainly find light novels which are above the level that I'm currently at so I have to stop CONSTANTLY to look things up and thus make very little progress.

@GenkoKenja

13 күн бұрын

@@turbosnail6119 Not sure what you’re level is but I personally didn’t start with books. I started with my favorite pastime at the time: playing single player heavy on text kid friendly games that I would still enjoy even in english. As far as where can you find content, you could create an amazon japan account and subscribe to their kindle unlimited…. Pretty much everything there is in japanese and you can use your own credit card from your own country to pay for it (i use my US debit card all the time in Amazon Japan, though mostly to pay for physical books but I did get the kindle unlimited subscription for a couple of months). I only mentioned games here because that’s how I started and what I liked doing (I say “liked” because unfortunately gaming is what I do least nowadays sadly, languages took over)…I suggest you think what it is you like doing and focus on doing that in Japanese….and work yourself up to light novels….if you don’t like stopping every other word that perfectly fine, just means you need to find easier content, but books are not the only way to learn to read ;) Books may be above your level as you mentioned, but you can try lighter content like games or manga or even kids books or graded reading. Though I would personally recommend sticking to content you enjoy (I personally disliked graded reading or kids books and so learning became a chore)

@GenkoKenja

13 күн бұрын

@@turbosnail6119 Not sure what you’re level is but I personally didn’t start with books. I started with my favorite pastime at the time: playing single player heavy on text kid friendly games that I would still enjoy even in english. As far as where can you find content, you could create an amazon japan account and subscribe to their kindle unlimited…. Pretty much everything there is in japanese and you can use your own credit card from your own country to pay for it (i use my US debit card all the time in Amazon Japan, though mostly to pay for physical books but I did get the kindle unlimited subscription for a couple of months). I only mentioned games here because that’s how I started and what I liked doing (I say “liked” because unfortunately gaming is what I do least nowadays sadly, languages took over)…I suggest you think what it is you like doing and focus on doing that in Japanese….and work yourself up to light novels….if you don’t like stopping every other word that perfectly fine, just means you need to find easier content, but books are not the only way to learn to read ;) Books may be above your level as you mentioned, but you can try lighter content like games or manga or even kids books or graded reading. Though I would personally recommend sticking to content you enjoy (I personally disliked graded reading or kids books and so learning became a chore)

@GenkoKenja

13 күн бұрын

@@turbosnail6119 Not sure what you’re level is but I personally didn’t start with books. I started with my favorite pastime at the time: playing single player heavy on text kid friendly games that I would still enjoy even in english. As far as where can you find content, you could create an amazon japan account and subscribe to their kindle unlimited…. Pretty much everything there is in japanese and you can use your own credit card from your own country to pay for it (i use my US debit card all the time in Amazon Japan, though mostly to pay for physical books but I did get the kindle unlimited subscription for a couple of months). I only mentioned games here because that’s how I started and what I liked doing (I say “liked” because unfortunately gaming is what I do least nowadays sadly, languages took over)…I suggest you think what it is you like doing and focus on doing that in Japanese….and work yourself up to light novels….if you don’t like stopping every other word that perfectly fine, just means you need to find easier content, but books are not the only way to learn to read ;) Books may be above your level as you mentioned, but you can try lighter content like games or manga or even kids books or graded reading. Though I would personally recommend sticking to content you enjoy (I personally disliked graded reading or kids books and so learning became a chore)

@GenkoKenja

13 күн бұрын

@@turbosnail6119 I use Amazon Japan all the time (though I use it for physical books), but if you use their Kindle Unlimited subscription you will have access to tons of contents of different kinds. I had it for a couple of months but could not get used to reading Japanese books electronically. All you need to do is make an account for the Japan region. You can even use a debit/credit card from your own country. Though I will say I did not start reading books, I started by playing single player, text heavy, kid friendly games I would otherwise play in English. I would suggest if books are too hard for you currently to find other types of content you could get the same benefits out of without having to look up every other word :)

Thanks a lot

"I've read 12 books in different languages" *Me learning"verb to be": ._.*

Reading my first chapter book in Spanish. I’m at an intermediate level so I’m reading a Young adult book called “No Soy tu hija perfecta Mexicana”. Slow going but it is already helping

Definitely thinking now that non fiction is a good place to start. More useful vocabulary and easier to get into. Started reading Atomic Habits in Hindi (postponed Harry Potter).

Thanks a million Huffamn A can learn English. Thanks goodnees

感谢你的精彩分享❤🎉😊我和我朋友们都很喜欢你的高质量视频！

I’ve read 12 books in English last year. Before I really achieve the goal I will never think I can do this. So, no hurry, this year I plan to do it again with 1 book a month. Wish I can continue this habit.

I've read books in nine different languages (if you consider Swedish, Norwegian and Danish as different languages). I also regularly read the news and listen to podcasts in those languages. It's a pity that there isn't a platform that allows borrowing, renting or buying ebooks in all those languages. Most books (except for English books, of course) are mainly only available in countries where the language is spoken.

Steve 真是语言天才！

Another incredible video that left me inspired. ✨

I completely understand your point of view. I study chinese but I do not manage to read Journey to the West😂, better the non fiction 😅

I Love Uncle Steve ❤️

There seems to be great deal of resistance to looking up words in a (printed) dictionary. I personally find a kind of adventure in seeking meaning and usage in a great dictionary (OED, for example, and its equivalent in other languages) One of my pleasures when studying Russian, say, is to use a Russisch-Deutsch dictionary, so I can simultaneously revise my German. I would be interested in hearing from anyone about the advantages of printed dictionaries, or is it now hopelessly old school, so to speak.

Hello Steve how's it's going? Good weekend for you.

I do wonder if certain things could bring digital reading closer to traditional reading. An e-ink display would lack the light of a smartphone screen, having access to touchscreen gestures would let you mimic turning the page, using a larger device like a Steam Deck would let you see more text at once, etc.

Interesting, I found I actually much prefer to start with fiction. For a long time, it was not a conscious choice, but just because I enjoy fiction better, so that's how I always started for a few languages, and it worked very well for me. This time I'm tackling korean, and I did try non-fiction as I was finding novels extremely difficult, but I realized there is a very good reason (at least for me) to start with fiction: I am much less concerned about ambiguity. Being able to follow the plot, and get an understanding of the characters is more than enough for me to fully enjoy the book even if I'm missing a lot of the details, and I don't much care if I get it wrong. But if I'm reading non fiction, then it's about learning something, gaining knowledge, and I keep fighting the urge to look up words to make sure I am not misunderstanding something, or to understand a paragraph that seems like important information, which greatly decreases any enjoyment. (I ended up finding webnovels that are quite easier to read as a stepping stone.)

I don't start with non-fiction, but with detective novels. I always want to get to the end to find out who-dunnit. Then I can start reading non-fiction and literature. This year I finally read I Promessi Sposi and really enjoyed it.

سپاس فراوان بابت ویدئو و راهنمایی ستیون کافمن عزیز

I spent time reading books especially about literature and just now I'm reading Matilda's book and I make it into my celular devices, in it I can look for words that I don't understand yet also to hear it and for me is the better right now .

Read what you want. If it is fiction in first person then do that, if it is fiction third person then do that, and do it in a genre you like. Else, you just wont want to read and it will feel like a chore. If it is children books then do that. Harry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games, whatever. If you prefer non fiction like autobiographies then do that. But it MUST be a topic / genre you enjoy. And in a style you enjoy.

as a kid I loved to read fiction books about monsters (Michigan and American chillers. also goosebumps) and I really wanted to learn Spanish in highschool..and then I to highschool and it ruined reading and learning a language. then almost 3 years later I decided to start Portuguese (br) and at the 2 yr mark of learn I decided to read in English which lead me to enjoying again and also reading in Portuguese) mostly using the help of lingq because it was 2 fiction books about magic and I ended up meeting some 13,000-14,000 NEW words and another 1,000-2,000 more linqs consisting of phrases, sentences and other stuff. all in all I'm at roughly 16,500 linqs the past 2 and a half months. mostly consisting of new words/word families.

Ty, my russian is coming along nicely...

Have you ever considered learning sign language? I first got interested in language and learned body language (the universal language). That evolved into sign language (ASL). And now I recently achieved B1 French.

@maciek8159

12 күн бұрын

Is sign language universal? Meaning there's just one way or is French sign language different from English sign language?

@jasonmacm

4 күн бұрын

@@maciek8159 Different countries have different sign languages. Britian (BSL) and America (ASL) have different sign languages even though both countries speak English. There is a universal sign language which is unique on its own. I should add that sign language is drastically easier to learn than spoken language

Sir, I hoped that you will disclose those 12 languages you mentioned in the title, how you approached each language and which books were those first readings in each language maybe. 😅

Mr. Kaufmann, thank you for this video. I know you have studied more than 12 languages, so I am curious which 12 you have read books in. Would you be able to list them here please?

@Thelinguist

13 күн бұрын

I have read bits of books in 20 languages but 12 complete books, from cover to cover, in English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech.

Рад слышать. Я работаю на белой Мойке по12 часов смена, и могу только слушать( на ютуб полно аудиокниг с текстом. Приму к введению и буду пересматривать прослушанные книги.

@user-bh3wz2sc9e

13 күн бұрын

А еще я учусь играть в шахматы на ангоящычных ютубовких роликах. Я люблю шахматы. Учу изучаю то что мне интересно на интересующем меня языке.

@Disgusted19

12 күн бұрын

Красивый русский

Hey Steve, could you please turn danish subtitles back on your videos?

What about reading children books? Is that useful for learning new language? (Given presumably low level of knowledge/delivery inside the children books).

You’re looking great Steve! Thanks for this video, and for all of the video on your channel! I want to interview you for my channel 🤩 an American and a Canadian speaking in German?? What do you think 😈

Good morning sir

I wish that you read this sms , How you do for think in other lenguage, I say I can not think in other lenguage my mind translate everything, i can't stop it, I'm inmersive in the lenguage but my mind translate

What do you think of reading books that have been translated into the language you're learning? On a visit to Prague, I bought a couple of bilingual books of Sherlock Holmes stories, including The Red-Headed League, which I've also read in German.

I actually don't like reading nonfiction when I start to read books as a language learner. I find them often a lot harder than certain children's books, like say, by Roald Dahl. Plus, I can choose some that I've already read in another language, which makes reading a lot easier.

How can we mantain the learned languaages if the are a, lot? i

Is there a difference in process for people reading books with the latin alphabet from those who reading hangul?

How can one listen to podcasts while doing something else? My brain can't process two inputs simultaneously, I get into one or the other when trying.

This is Steve practicing without a license again.

@chetbaker83

9 күн бұрын

@davidbrisbane7206 🤔 What exactly are you trying to say?

@davidbrisbane7206

9 күн бұрын

@@chetbaker83 It's a joke, but there is a meaning to it. Is Steve a qualified language coach or even a qualified teacher?

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I'm stadying to take a jlpt n2 (japanese). I don't have problem with to read all days but I cannot understand what I read, and my reading speed is not enough. I think i wont to pass the test. I don't know if there is some video to resolve this problem. (Sorry for my English)

I prefer to read things on my Kindle in my native language due to convenience and I do the same in languages I'm learning. But I'm never tempted to use the Kindle as anything other than a simulation of the printed page. I don't use built-in dictionaries. I just read. As Steve says, it's not necessary to know every word to in order to enjoy the content as long as you get the gist of what you're reading.

When i read russian on lingqe sometimes i finish a lesson and move on to the next one and i litterly ask myself have i really get something out of this lesson the answer i don't know But i enjoy studying this way especially if the text is not extremely difficult For some Time i tried to collect the new words from each lesson to create flashcards or to ask chat gpt to create a story with these new words included But after sometime i thought that it's annoying so i just quit it Now i don't know if there's something wrong with my method or not and that's why i'm writing this comment

Recomienden algunos libros en ingles para mejorar pero que que no sean dificiles

What is your opinion to the natural method of language learning. They provide the opportunity to read directly from paper

11:22 too late, I'm reading fight club and Christine by Stephen king.

And yet however much I read my memory is so bad when it comes to reading in another language... for English its okish I guess even though I cant remember the book after ive read it much with French its so bad I cant remember even short stuff depending on how hard it is since im at B1-B2 now and my native language is a romanic one too

Do you have any advice for reading Japanese with Kanji. I know many words but struggling with reading Japanese with how many kanji there are.

@danielwolstenholme9649

13 күн бұрын

I recommend dedicating time to study Kanji and learn at least the most common 1000. At that point reading Japanese without Kanji will become the problem. It's definitely worth the time investment.

@notscaredboochie

12 күн бұрын

@@danielwolstenholme9649 Thanks. I am level 10 in wanikani and definitely am starting to feel its benefits. I will keep pushing!

@danielwolstenholme9649

12 күн бұрын

@@notscaredboochie great work, I'm at Level 32 myself but am slowing down to read more now as Wanikani can end up being such a time sink and reading will ask as a natural SRS. Not sure what other resources you are using but strongly recommend NHK news easy and Satori Reader is really brilliant to reinforce kanji/vocab/grammar before making the jump to native material

@notscaredboochie

12 күн бұрын

@@danielwolstenholme9649 Thanks! Congrats on level 32. I've heard that past 30 its best to just keep reading and to experience the more rare kanji naturally. I plan to stop wanikani at around level 30 and pick it back up if I need to. I have used satori reader heavily in the beginning, but the content is simply not interesting to me. I read scary stories on 恐怖の泉 with Yomichan and anki - plus watching youtube videos in japanese -as my primary study outside of wanikani. Just gotta get the words in my head :)

You sure about Chinese vs. Korean? If I see 馬, I know it means "horse" before knowing how it's pronounced, but if I see 말, I know it has a /m/ and a /l/ (or /r/, they're the same phoneme) (I don't know the Korean vowels well).

J'adore étudier les langues étrangères. Grâce à KZread on peut étudier à la maison. J'adore comprendre comment est structurée la phrase.

Well I really dislike touching paper so I'll continue sticking to digital screen

An ex-diplomat read books in 12 languages. This is what happened to his brain.

Sie sagen immer Hören und Lesen aber Sie sagen nicht bis jetzt, wie wir lesen und hören. Danke sehr. Wir warten auf die Videos, die diese Weise haben.

reading is great but there are so so many words....I have read 81 novels in japanese and I use anki and there are still 1-2 words per page that I don't know....its a long road

Reading is essential but why brain is so resist to read nowdays? Literaly, as soon as i take book it switches to a sleeping mode)

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That's true,My English truly enhanced through it.But,I am trying to learn japanese.everytime I see kanji I get a panic attack