10 Years of Language Learning Tips in ONE Video

@katem5077 says:

Really good video. I am great at planning, rubbish at doing. Also I am a lang course hoarder. That’s hard advice. I am going to watch this one more than once. Thanks Olly

@javierfernandoagudelogomez1794 says:

I wish that one day you´ll have one million subscribers

@UnaGranCantidadDePanes says:

to be honest your story learning method changed how i learn languages completely and is the reason i now speak spanish as a second language, but weirdly i dont even do the story learning method (at least not mainly). i mostly use the section in the beginning of your story learning books where you say how to read in a foreign language, i think it was just the philosophy of how to interact with content in your target langauge. i remember once you actually said you dont believe watching TV shows is an effective way to learn a language, that its only affective with proper study on the side, but i disagree entirely, because thats exactly what i do with spanish, french and am starting to do with japanese. i have a memory disorder which makes it so that im physically unable to learn through formal study so immersion changed my life to be honest.

its funny because i think we do the exact same thing with the same mindset just through different mediums, so it kind of baffled me when you said you dont think its effective because, to me, its the most effective thing ive ever done, and i would say it is actually story learning, just through audio and visuals instead of text. i think where the confusion comes from about why people think it doesnt work is that people generally think of it as watching adult television shows, but i start with essentially hundreds and hundreds of hours of mainly shows and films (without subtitles) made for young children (the younger the better) and then work my way up the target audience. this way its kind of like how with your story learning method you start with your books that are designed to help you grasp the story even if you dont understand all the words, childrens media works the exact same, especially with very young audiences they are designed so that the children native to the language can follow whats happening even if they dont understand whats being said, which makes it practically perfect immersion material for anyone learning the language even if your not a toddler. i also do this with story books, starting with childrens picture books then eventually moving up to novels, but i do it through shows and films a lot more.

i remember once you said the drawback of using childrens media is that it makes you sound like a child in the language, but to be honest i find this only really happens in the beginning? as someone who has been doing this for years now with multiple languages, once you move onto media for older and older audiences, the way you you speak and write moulds to it. and either way, i actually dont mind speaking like a child when i first start a language, it can actually be quite fun and an enjoyable way to use the langauge without stressing about saying or writing everything perfectly, which ultimately i think leads to much better speech and writing in the long term.

así q muchas gracias por crear tus videos de aprender los idiomas, me han ayudado después de años y años de intentar aprender varios idiomas y fallar mucho. Ahora q me has mostrado esta manera única de aprender con historias por fin puedo hablar otro idioma y aprender cualquier otro en una forma que mi trastorno de amnesia no me pueda detener 🙂 además, gracias por inventar los libros de story learning, he comprado unos y me han ayudado muchísimo, incluso si ya no los uso tanto. el libro de español para principates era justo lo q necesitaba para empezar aprender un nuevo idioma en una manera q funciona con mi trastorno.

cuando voy a las tiendas locals de libros (normalmente waterstones, vivo en inglaterra también) me molesta tantísimo q en los secciones de idiomas solo hay libros del estudio formal, no historias en los idiomas. salvo que tus libros de story learning. así que muchas gracias por arreglar eses secciones de waterstones en este país jajsjaj. espero q en el futuro tengan libros hecho para habladores nativos, me gusta mucho aprender con eses pero son difíciles de encontrar si no puedes comprar libros en línea.

hoy donde vivo en el sur, vi un doble arcoíris. espero q tengas un día muy bonito y q ves algo hermoso también 🙂