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Things To Avoid When Learning a Foreign Language

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From personal experience I needed to master the basics of the foreign language at home first, otherwise I wouldn't be able to make sense of anything when it came time for full immersion But yes, that full immersion is eventually crucial, making that foreign language binot/i/b foreign!
Comment from : @727Phoenix

I miss the old Dnews
Comment from : @SungazerDNB

SadlyEnglish prompts help u remember foreign wordspiss in the poolpiscenaswimming pool
Comment from : @johnrogan9420

Cultural brain washing
Comment from : @johnrogan9420

Duolingo is all I have
Comment from : @SamirKhan-se7kk

so what if im learning a foriegn language at home
Comment from : @melody_btsrocktheworld781

I usualy call this "jumpstarting", I hardly ever get to speak english (even though it's my mother tongue) so I tend to stutter and forget words when speaking it to other mexicans, so when I'm sure I'm going to need it I kind of watch a movie or listen to music in english trying to jumpstart english in my brain It works like 90 of the time, but what really works is getting drunk, whenever I get drunk I can jump from spanish to french to english without a stutter
Comment from : @Monkeywe

I mean pistachios do make me happy tho :/
Comment from : @aryajpegasus

so if I’m learning french should I do french culture and images??
Comment from : @sergioin3D

happy nuts? I love those
Comment from : @sergioin3D

i can have been learning french and Spanish
Comment from : @justarandomguy3363

When on exchange in germany, I spoke better german to my german host mom than my British host Dad I never knew why omg
Comment from : @SaraStar7373

Once an Amigan, always an Amigan :)
Comment from : @AtticusStount

💙💜
Comment from : @staringanime

Too bad I'm at home
Comment from : @diamondogs126

I can read & write hindi, English, and German very fluently And I enjoyed it
Comment from : @sudowiz9126

I speak 5 languages
Comment from : @alucard1490

BTW I am bilingual with French and English
Comment from : @markschultz2897

I'm Brazilian, so I can speak in English and Portuguese
Comment from : @iagoraynerduarte8469

yeah i can attest to thisim 4 months into my study abroad in Korea and i think of home multiple times a day and its probably impeding on my ability to progress
Comment from : @laceybonner7534

Interesting Language is culture
Comment from : @HanHan_147

This is an interesting application of context dependent learning brMy take-away is that yes, you might want to practice thinking about home etc, so you can get better at it, not not think about it In fact, practice many different settings so that your language isn't locked into once place
Comment from : @6Uncles

"Heeya boyths! Are wou twying to wearn a whew wanguage?! RespectfullyTwace here"
Comment from : @rachellaroche9393

as someone who is fluent in english but who does not have it as a first language, i notice i tend to mimic the person i'm talking to, and the longer the conversation the more i adopt their way of speaking, so if i'm speaking with a british person i become more and more british, but as soon as some german starts speaking english to me i feel my accent become more and more choppy the same with spanish as well, i am still learning the language but i noticed as soon as i came home from a language trip to spain, maintaining the language became much more challenging learning languages is hard
Comment from : @marapprech

Yes it's f'ing hard
Comment from : @danielward4091

cuz souja bui,and Marilyn Monroe was cute
Comment from : @stefanniawalker9554

i can't take part in the cultural immersion debate since i didn't learn english by living in another country; however, i do think that i'd boost my overall skills by settling in one moreover, everytime i watch a seeker video i end up being frustrated because the anchors speak way TOO fast and my listening comprehension just can't catch up with everything they say i even lower the video's speed i guess i'll keep trying!!!
Comment from : @jamilmoscoso6776

True in my experience I cannot speak Spanish with an American even though we are both fluent in Spanish I always thought it was because I became more self-conscious of my language and any mistakes I made, but maybe it's just association or a combination of both
Comment from : @elisatorrescuapio5957

I can speak Bengali (my 1st language), Hindi, English, French and Mandarin
Comment from : @fahadbhuiyan8196

happy nut
Comment from : @Julio7514

That's why I sorround myself with the radio from some countries I don't have to pay real attention I just have to make myself comfortable as if I was in the country, little by little but it's a progress I enjoy it
Comment from : @willybirdie6732

That is the coolest T-shirt you have ever worn This video has me thinking that If foreign technical writers want to produce instructions in English, maybe they should have old re-runs of Gilligan's Island in going in the background We might actually get instructions that we can read
Comment from : @johnburr9463

I can relate to this if fluency speaker of Navajo come to the room I hesitate but I live in both culture the United States and Navajo Nation
Comment from : @donovannewton8242

german
Comment from : @dudeyo9871

but what if I'm trying to learn at home…
Comment from : @dustinm2717

I am not fluent in either Spanish or German, but it is possible that I learn these languages to fluency No offense to my fellow Americans, but I have actually had a glimpse at some European culture, such as rugby and orchestral music, and I actually think that some European culture is better than our own (I also like pizza, but I don't know whether or not it counts)
Comment from : @cyndie26

My mother tongue is portuguese but,when I'm thinking about my future I think in english,it also happens when I think about my future family,my future house,talking to my future kids brI love it
Comment from : @ewerdg3592

Avoiding:br*Being shybr*Be afraid of making mistakesbrbrAfter two years learning English secretly because I was too shy I finally learnt those important things
Comment from : @rodrigolima3371

Don't learn Mandarin plz, As a Chinese I dont like foreigner who speaks my language and I will only reply them in English when they try to talk to me in Mandarin
Comment from : @Abel_Y

Last school year, I was in my 3rd year of French, and I was in my 1st year of German The teacher for the German classes was also a French teacher, and lived in France for a period of time Therefore leading to her having a bunch of French stuff in the classroom as well as German When I was in German, I would constantly switch to French due to the fact that I would see the French things in the classroom
Comment from : @Katt1848

I knew this was a real thing, When I was learning English sometimes I felt like I current get the right accent but in some cases I had it, I could only speak very well with certain people, but there were a few Who I couldn't pronounce it like I wanted If anyone has the same problem please contact me I will help you
Comment from : @santos7963

no wonder I always think english words look so weird
Comment from : @Channel-xy2wj

Whenever I speak Spanish, I end up adopting the accent that I am hearing, to the point the other person is curious to know my country of origin It is unconscious and I hope they don't think I am making fun of them
Comment from : @movesguy

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Comment from : @Metroix4566

i nad never thought of my Home why studying, but now i surely will Fuck you
Comment from : @redstoneowiec9419

Oh so my building full of English teachers isn't helping me learn Korean in Korea? Noreally? lol but seriously, maybe I should stop trying to learn Korean from other foreigners It's just it's hard to find a Korean teacher who won't charge me too much
Comment from : @susank4945

that's why Chinese prefer white English teachers no matter what
Comment from : @khalidhd3248

Hey I'm Northern Irish, and I am planning to learn a 3rd language after I become fluent in Spanish It's a choice between Portuguese, Irish, and MandarinbrbrPortuguese because it's similar to Spanish and it's easy to learn It's a beautiful languagebrbrIrish because it's the language of my ancestors and I want to keep the language alive But it's really hard to learn The language is very unique and that's what I love about itbrbrI am thinking of coming back to learning Mandarin I went through a phase as a preteen of learning Chinese, until I found out there were not many classes
Comment from : @niamhart221

Is there a place for pot smoking destroying old pathways so that new ones can be made?
Comment from : @greatbookie

That's prob why I do worse in Spanish class when I'm sitting next to someone I argue with a lot
Comment from : @gowtherthesin3048

how am i suppost to use this to study a dead langue for my religous coming of age
Comment from : @AbsolXGuardian

nice shirt
Comment from : @ToshuoVids

once i was in madrid (capital of spain) with my czech grandma, i speak a bit of spanish, so i did the talking, but once we entered a restaurant and the staff immediatly started speaking with my grandma, she replied "ano" (czech for "yes")brbri had to explain her afterwards that in spanish, "ano" means anusbr brbroh and fun fact, in spanish "curva" means turn (as in road turn), in czech, "kurva" (same pronunciation) means whorebrso we had some fun while learning spanish
Comment from : @jpeg-man

So, did they think the fish was being hunted when given an Australian prompt?
Comment from : @Roxor128

This true! When I was living in Ecuador as a Peace Corps Volunteer, I became fluent in Spanish because I was fully integrated in the community for over two years I was hardly speaking English nor was I hanging out with English speakers most of the time Also, I meet immigrants all the time in the US and the ones that come as adults and stick with their immigrant communities are not fluent in English even if they've lived in the states for several years Learning a language takes two things-- the will and the immersion That is the recipe! I hope to be trilingual one day
Comment from : @jessicathedancer1

I'm trying to learn Latin, but I'm having real problems finding the Roman Empire to immerse myself in Anyone seen it?
Comment from : @mandolinic

Things To Avoid When Learning a Foreign Language:brbr1 Rosetta StonebrbrEnd of list
Comment from : @DeAthWaGer

Why can drinking sometimes make it easier to learn a new language?
Comment from : @videocliplover

Too fast for foreigners :-/ I'm Brazilian Subtitles in english could help a lot
Comment from : @MoiraLAbbate

bWho wants me to teach Spanish?/b :v I mean it brNo, I haven't anything better to do xD, I just like to help people c:
Comment from : @ernisato

I speak English and Portuguese and am learning Spanish and Galician at the moment I also did French for six years and know a bit of german, Italian and Irish
Comment from : @kascova

inarguably*
Comment from : @matthewmartinez5021

Ohh yes I know this everyone's language and speech patterns change depending on the different people that are talking to
Comment from : @Azhucabomb

Im learning dutch and latin and written mandarin, all of which are hard Im already fluent in spanish and english I was trying to talk to someone who is fluent in Hindi and english in english And i forgot the word "girl" in english It was awful and we stopped talking after that because i forgot how to speak our only shared language Pro-tip: don't learn more than one language at once, you'll fuck up really bad
Comment from : @emmagreen3609

i am dutch and while a lot of dutch poeple know the word gloves they often say hand shoes because that is the litteral translation of the dutch word for gloves 'handschoenen' i have heard these kinds of words a lot while we needed to do English presentations at school
Comment from : @frillneckedlizard8529

science of accent acquisition
Comment from : @shotimee769

I have being learning Spanish for almost a year now and I think these points you made is my problem Oh silly brainbrThough in a rural area it's hard to immerse myself in the Spanish culture unless I actually go to a Spanish culture I listen to Spanish music and read from Spanish articles sometimes to helpbrAll I can say that I can read Spanish and it's difficult for me to have a conversation in Spanish
Comment from : @pbilk

Ya, that would be GREAT if I could move to freakin' France for a while I kinda use Google Translate and a conveniently French speaking teacher
Comment from : @rabbitscantcount5696

I find it hard to speak another language than Finnish to my mother, and I speak very well with my step father who is English
Comment from : @ElleLoveDaa

Nice Commodore shirt : )
Comment from : @FLlTTER

1 google translatebr2 rosetta stonebr3 google translatebr4 rosetta stone
Comment from : @JustAnotherPinkLemon

I live in Paris but go to a British school Every time I go home to ireland I forget about 60 of it
Comment from : @dmqproductions1482

On a foreign exchange, it's so difficult! But I hope I can become bilingual
Comment from : @aangangel333j

I do seem to speak English more fluently with foreigners around
Comment from : @Unownzone

I wanted to learn Korean in a rebirthing process, I want to get rid of romanization in learning this language TT but thank goodness, I'm bilingual Filipino and American English Entwined
Comment from : @FrancesFotografia

this i feel is true, im from norway and every english class my english is as good as a 2th grade studients english here in norway, but when im with my friends i can talk proper english, i even think in english when im with them or at there houses
Comment from : @annaburtenheim5310

no to mention, you can get the accents too that happened to me! now i have an additional "eh" time to time
Comment from : @Twitch_Bear

I am slightly put off by the reference that the American's view of the fish picture is showing optimistic "Leadership" qualities over the Chinese response of "being chased" You might back that segment up with some very grounded cultural philosophical ideals from the Chinese culture in an image that are lacking in the West
Comment from : @MikeJarvisW

what about americanized 2nd generation immagrants? they learn english at school but sometimes dont learn their parents language at home
Comment from : @vash98mm

If someone can learn Spanish can add me in Skype --> jhonatan_ssm
Comment from : @jhonatansepulveda2899

culture really matters when you learn the language, in Chinese there exist many words with extra meanings and feelings When people write some sentences with "autumn" and "fallen leaves", they usually means "upset", because it's the way those poets in history expressed their feelings "White hair" means "sad", "snow in June" means "Injustice"，"Red beans" means love, there's a word"green fat red skinny" means a girl would look more skinny in red dress
Comment from : @John5mith