#1: At What Stage Should Grammar Be Learned?

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In this video, we discuss the best stage at which you should start learning grammar as part of your language learning education.

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@ianc.dawkinsmoore513 4 жыл бұрын

I just started the Master Class for Spanish and it's great! Idahosa's precise and fun presentations help me to enjoy the oftentimes frustrating experiences of studying Spanish. As an ESL teacher, I'm able to understand how my students are feeling when I teach them English. I'm more sympathetic and look for more fun, and musical ways for them to study and learn. Thanks a bunch.

@jguillermooliver 5 жыл бұрын

Siempre miro tus videos, desde hace bastante tiempo. Seguí haciéndolos, no te desmotives que son muy interesantes y me gusta tu forma de aprender idiomas. Saludos.

@theloveoftruthJESUSCHRIST 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, this is so true! I haven't thought about it before, but now that you mention this, I can easily understand why I was quite successful in acquiring English, while at the same time being lousy when it comes to German. I started learning English as a child and was concentrated on how things were pronunced since I didn't know how to read or write in my native language (Croatian) at the time. So I would watch documentaries and cartoons in English and would figure out what things meant in a given context. On the other hand, I was introduced to German in elementary school, not too long after being exposed to English, so there is no reason (at least not in my mind) as to why I would struggle with it, since I trully love learning languages. But, what happened back then was the way I was exposed to it. My German teacher was obsessed with grammar rules and writing, and that is all we ever did! I don't remember ever actually having the opportunity to speak in German or to listen to a native speaker. This method was so boring that I eventually started feeling frustrated and, to be honest, I didn't want to do anything with the language whatsoever. So, after years of studying German, I don't understand native speakers at all and I can't really say anything that would make sense! XD So thank you very much for clarifying things for us, it is much appreciated!

@NoSetbacksTv 3 жыл бұрын

I love your teachings, it gives me hope !

@bakrybsata3114 4 жыл бұрын

Super amazing Machine Learning Pro :)))

@NIKEFAN00 5 жыл бұрын

So when you are learning a brand new language, what do you do first? Do you just consistently listen to audio and repeat it over and over? How do you keep track of new words/phrases? I’m very interested in understanding how you approach learning a new language. As in, what you do first and how you do it. Thank you

@MimicMethod 5 жыл бұрын

Shawn Sewell-Snyder very first thing I do is figure out the “elemental sounds”. For example, Spanish has 39 distinct sounds. Meaning everything a Spanish speaker says will be a combination of those 39 sounds/mouth movements. So I learn how to hear and make each of those, then I learn how to perfectly pronounce and Mimic short phrases, through the training process we lay out in our program. THEN once I can Mimic, I use learn by ear programs like pimsleur to acquire basic words in auditory context. Then with those basics, I have as many conversations as I can, constantly asking people “how do I say” and “what does that mean?” Through that process, I’m acquiring vocabulary in a real performance context, which means I am 1000 more likely to retain and recall the words than if I just memorized the spelling on a flash card. The first goal is to get to point where I can “flow” in the conversation and express myself, and understand enough of other person to keep convo flowing. Once I get to that point, then I start getting explicit in improving my eloquence, which people think of as grammar training, but really it’s just systematically tuning my expression to match the native speakers. Go to www.mimicmethod.com and click “get free guide” to discover elemental sounds of your target language

@NIKEFAN00 5 жыл бұрын

MimicMethod thank you that helps a lot

@jarredcox9667 5 жыл бұрын

During my travels and trying to help people with English it came down to that grammar intuition. I could tell them the correct way but couldn't tell them why. I worried I wasn't very helpful because of that.

@scottmelrose5838 5 жыл бұрын

Well said

@Kyle-uo5bg 5 жыл бұрын

yeah i've ran the grammar rules in my head a lot, i always second guess myself and get frustrated

@MimicMethod 5 жыл бұрын

Noblood most common frustration I find in language learners. It’s the result of years of schooling training us that we need to be perfect in our abidance of the “rules”. But it’s not about rules, it’s about communication. The skill you must learn (and that I continually try to get better at teaching) is how to relax your left-brain/ego/rational mind and allow your intuitive/unconscious/emotional/irrational mind take over the wheel. True learning is ultimately a phenomenon of that right brain

@drewpeterson508 5 жыл бұрын

How do you get that experience when you are a beginner in a purely oral context? I really don't want to use the written word. My target language is German and I feel as if I have already unblocked my ears (learned and drilled the phonemes, practiced pronouncing the 500 most common words with a native speaker and done some transcribing), but I find without the vocabulary, understanding spoken German is super hard. It should be noted I have been studying vocab for a month. I might have a 100 to 130 words under my belt. But I have had some success with 15 minute conversations with my wife and friends who speak to me super simple.

@MimicMethod 5 жыл бұрын

Drew Peterson double down on that success point. Have more conversations, ask more questions in those conversations (how do I say this better), then be more diligent in applying the things you learned from last conversation to next. It’s slow moving at first, but eventually you hit a momentum and you learn much faster. To supplement, I recommend Pimsleur for bringing in new phrases and vocabulary in an auditory context

@deliscous1145 5 жыл бұрын

What do you think of programs like Glossika or Language Hacking with Benny Lewis?

@JACKIE19974 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been working on my fluency for the past couple years and I’m just now getting back to it again after a long time on duolingo but it isn’t teaching me enough