The first thing that's good about your video is that you don't have a long introduction. Most language videos spend about ten minutes telling what they're GOING to say, instead of saying it.

Having watched many un-helpful videos on leaning a language I realize who GOOD your video is. Thank you.

My first year of law school, I got the highest grade in my section--out of about 75 people--in three of my courses. People thought I was smart, but it wasn't that. Rather, I had figured out a method for memorizing the material.

   I have never told anyone what that method is, because I want to keep my advantage. You're a better person than I am because you share your discoveries and inventions for memorization.

I've watched as many videos as I culd find on YouTube on learning a foreign language. And your videos are the best.

Thanks for sharing these tips! I'm intrigued by the storytelling method - will definitely give it a go.

7:51 speaking to yourself works really well, provided that you also listen to yourself.😉

Your understanding of English is phenomenal.

Awesome tips! Your English is so clear, that I have zero difficulty of understand it. Thanks lot!

I have watched about six of your videos, most of them more than once. I took written notes on the videos because they are excellent. I just bought a Larousse monolingual French dictionary as a result of watching one of your videos. I even wrote down your suggestion that a language-learner is an explorer, and new vocabulary should be seen not as a drudgery,, but as an opportunity to be able to express oneself.

   None of the other videos that I've seen on how to learn a foreign language are anywhere near as helpful as yours.

   For example, I've been looking at my French vocabulary words and thinking that even if I somehow remember their meaning, I will never remember the words' spelling, or where and in which direction, the accents go. But by WRITING, as you suggest, I should be able to master the French words' spelling. So your  advice that it is essential to write in a foreign language in order to learn the language, is a brilliant insight (and after all, I should have known that insight--though I did not--because it was through trial-and-error writing in grade school that I slowly mastered my native language English, as a child).

   So, thanks forr your excellent videos.

You have a gift of having insight into how you and other people learn vocabulary. And thank you for sharing your discoveries (If I were in your position, I'm not sure that I would reveal my discoveries about learning a language, to other people. I wouldn't want to give up my advantage. You're more generous than I am.)

This is such great content and it really helps to sum up what I usually tell my students, thanks for that! Will definitely be sharing this!

I am sharing this video with my students! Thanks for your tips, very useful as usual ❣

Thank you for sharing! Very helpful.

Very good

Thanks for some great tips.  As we work on learning a language, it is good to keep in mind the Chinese saying, "The longest journey begins with a single step."  Especially at the beginning, there is a psychological hurdle that presents a challenge and must be dealt with.  The task ahead may seem like an impossibly tall mountain, and we are tempted to give ourselves too many breaks, ensuring we'll never reach the top, making it almost inevitable that we shall finally turn back discouraged.  However, if we can traverse the lower foothills and slopes relatively quickly, we'll have gained greater confidence and will be limbered up for the tougher trail ahead.  Here is one suggestion a person might wish to try for the easier foothills:  1) Find or buy a recording device.  One that can hold large MP3 files is best.  2)  Find or buy a phrase book such as those made for tourists.  (e.g., Berlitz paperbacks)  3)  Strategize how you wish to work through the book and consider how much to cover at one sitting.  For example, you can select just one section -- food, lodging, transportation -- and set yourself the task of covering twenty phrases at a time.  Or, alternatively, you can work through several sections in your session, but in any case you need to have a plan and stay with it.  4) Attempt to say and record a phrase from the book as accurately as possible, with reference to phonetic clues that usually are included with the text.  5) While recording, pause after each phrase while mouthing the phrase to yourself silently.  Give yourself plenty of time to do this, then go to the next phrase.  6) Play back the recording, and this time say the phrase out loud after hearing it.  7) With the recorder turned off, review the phrases and imagine yourself in the situation of a traveler or someone in conversation using these phrases and try for variations in your own words.  Experiment a little: work with changing the tense of a particular verb, consider the food and add an ingredient, etc.  The important thing: Don't overdo it at the beginning, but stick to your plan.  It doesn't have to be hard work!  8) Oh, and to state the obvious, go back every week or so and listen to your previous recordings and redo steps 6 and 7.

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i love  your videos

I really hope you learn Chinese or Japanese someday and YouTube about it. It would be really interesting to see how you deal with the writing system.

Your English is excellent. However, I am sure you know that already! Thank you for your tips on memorising vocabulary. I find remember French quite easy but when it comes to Russian......not easy at all. However, i am learning lots of russian words by playing around with prefixes. Any other tips for learning slavic languages much appreciated!

Let me put first something what did not work for me: a 4000 word Anki deck does not stick... It's a great idea but simply you don't have any context! So it showed me importance of building up gradually while emerging yourself into some context. When you have a basis it's becoming easier.
One thing that I'm enjoying but takes too much time :) Wrt to Chat GPT I can ask for roots, similar words of the same root. It's a complement to whatever activity you actually choose like a nearby mentor. I does not guarantee that it will stick but you have a large discussion over a simple word and related words... It would be super if I could integrate this to Anki... But I can not spend time creating my decks... May be my next challenge...