Hello Micaela! I'm actually learning english and I could understand the whole video so that's made me happy. I have been watching your videos for about 4 years. Greetings from Argentina!

KZfaqのミカエラさんみたいに英語に日本語字幕の動画を見てたから英語を理解できるようになった。ところがどっこい一切英語を外で話さないから英語を話すのはできない。アウトプットって大切！

I started learning Japanese at 16 when I went on a summer exchange program to Tokyo, and 6 years later I have gone back for a year long college exchange program, graduated with my degree in Japanese, and am moving to Kyushu as an ALT :) Learning a second language has literally changed my life and I have met so many amazing people and learned so much about myself because of that decision I made 6 years ago! You had awesome advise in this video and I hope it inspires more people to pursue a second language :)))

For me routine is important! When I was in China, upon knowing my next job was going to be in Japan, I spent a few months studying through my phone in Starbucks of all places. I could call in, grab a coffee before work and break out the study. Now I'm actually in Japan...it's actually more difficult finding that good routine.

いつも聞き取りやすい話し方をしてくれるのでとても勉強になります 日本語も大変上手なのでお話に説得力がありますよ

ミカエラ語を勉強したい！　笑 素敵な動画アップ、ありがとうございます。 応援してます。

Thank you so much for the helpful video ❤️ this got me motivated to study again

カナダにすごい魅力を感じていつか行ってみたいと思って調べてたらミカエルさんにたどり着きました！やっぱり英語が話せた方がきっと楽しいですよね！これから英語でコミュニケーション取れるようにがんばりたいです😊

Sage advice, Micaela. I like the quality of the new camera, too.

ミカエラさんの英語は とても聞きやすいと思います。このスピードに慣れないといかんですね。

We love seeing every pimple you get with your new camera Micaela.

ミカエラさんほんとにかっこいい 英語が話せるようになりたいと思いました！

とても参考になりました。やはり少しずつでも毎日続けていく事が大切なんですね。

I've tried to learn many languages over the years and the main thing that i have a problem with is staying motivated, because it can sometimes feel like you're never going to reach a fluent level and you want to give up. Whenever I feel like this I always look over my past study notes to remind myself how far I've come. It always makes me feel good to look back on the days when I was learning how to count, or learning how to introduce myself, or learning the alphabet.

You look so pretty in this video!!

the tips you mentioned are useful and I am the one you said who is learning second language, (actually thrid, Spanish) Thank you for making this video😉

I use this app called Memrise, it really helps me remember words that i almost forgot.

Japanese seems nice. I'm currently learning French and I'm in desperate need of a study buddy .-.

僕も頑張らないと〜！ まずは生活の周りを外国化させてみます！

Studying Japanese. Recently I've been playing Japanese Pokemon games as a way to study and I've found it's really helpful! You learn new vocabulary, how to talk more naturally, and your reading skills go up lol Plus, you're also having fun playing a game you like so it's a win-win^^

I feel great passion of teaching languages from her. Good voice. Easy to listen.

Learning Japanese has been one of the greatest decisions I ever made in my life. What started out as just a whim decision, has given me the chance to meet so make so many new friends, become best friends with the most amazing person in the world, countless new experiences, play video games and manga I would never be able to get otherwise, and the chance to live here. It really opens up your world to learn a new language. Definitely give it a shot, and try it for yourself!

ミカエラさんの動画を見るだけでリスニングの勉強になります！ カメラの画質も良くなって次回の動画も楽しみです！

すごく聞き取りやすい英語でした。

That Blue PS4 Control on the table is cute! Awesome video as always!

I totally agree about being immersed in the native language environment, after spending some time in Japan on holidays I was starting to read and understand some of the Kanji and Hiragana symbols. Great video, Cheers.

Awesome advise! My husband and I took our two children to Japan last October, and we learned a decent amount of Japanese before the trip but dropped it right away when we got back to the USA. Well I decided I want to become more fluent so I have started speaking to our kids in Japanese whenever possible (while also studying more) and my husband, who just started learning Spanish is now speaking to them in Spanish. And we speak to one another in those languages as well, as much as we can. It's been amazing and I feel like I am learning it better because even though I am the only one speaking Japanese in the house, I am learning from myself, and my kids are learning through me. (And hubby)

I'm always looking forward to your updating !! I went to London in Canada last summer. It was a good place !

いま英語を勉強しているのですごくいいアドバイスになりました！ ありがとうございます

Thanks Micaela for your videos! I am a Hongkonger learning English(C1), Japanese(N4) and French(A1).

I'm a Chinese ,I 'm living in Japan for six years, and I 'm looking your video to learn English (believe it or not, I learn English began my middle school,but now I can speak Japanese that Japanese people can't recognize I 'm a Chinese, but I still can't speak English:( ) . That's amazing, isn't it?

ありがとうございました！今大学で日本語を勉強している、でも、ときどき私の感は勉強するのに上手になりません。。。来年三年生になったら、日本で留学をします！(I can't wait! :D (haven't learnt this yet :') )

What you say at 6:16 is very true. English took me to the lands over the horizon that I didn't even know existed! Great tips! Also I feel your positive vibe flowing from the screen. Good to see you with high mental energy! 😄

To go along with your last tip, using apps like HelloTalk to match with people who speak the language you want to learn and want to learn the language that you speak. Made loads of friends in China that way and I was picking up a hell of a lot of stuff even in my first couple of days using it. Very useful.

I really need to work on practicing everyday. After I left university I barely work on what I've learnt in Japanese, French, Italian or even Spanish! (Yes I studied 4 languages, no not all at once!) Great video Micaela!

Thank You🙏🙇I have just started studying English and Chinese. Secondly, the contents introduced are very helpful. Thank you

留学するための勉強のモチベーションあがる💪🏼⚡️

Thank you so much! I have just begun to study language, and videos like this keep me inspired!

I agree your tips as follows. #1 every day #2 immersion #3 parroting #4 relevance #5 buddy I suppose #1 is most difficult. :D

Thank you so much Micaela with this video and yes I love the new camera. Lon didn't look happy that you were holding him up. 😉💖💐😻😍🐾🐾 I have a Japanese Bento cook book but if you can't read it then what. LOL I have been trying to find someone who would be willing to help me learn Japanese, but the last few people I have tried to get to help me said if I was younger and not fat they would. It's very disheartening when you get those kind of messages.

I only speak English but I'm trying to learn Japanese! I also want to learn Korean and maybe Russian at some point

The new camera is great. These tips are incredibly valuable. I was thinking maybe reading simple kid's books would help, like reading Dr. Seuss in other languages?

I think that the most important thing to learn languages is to understand what you're learning is not a code but LANGUAGE, which is a communication tool for you and your friends. No matter what silly mistakes you make when you practice it, it is ok. Even native speakers don't speak theitr first language correctly. 開き直りが大事。

love the new camera quality! and great tips. my English boosted when I changed the language in every electronic device to English. watching tv series helped a lot too! now I'm doing the same thing with Japanese ^^ Oh the videogames tip doesn't work if you set japanese in non-JP games. The only thing that changes on the PS4 is system text (there's no japanese data in PAL/NTSC games). a notable exception is Pokemon on 3ds where you can choose 日本語 as the game language. I'm playing it right now and I'm checking every other word on Jisho.org (

your cat is so adorable. i love the fur colour

I totally agree with you.

Fortunately I'm studying in Canada as high school student. It's hard to learn in English but I like to learn new things. I want to be more good English speaker as soon as possible!!

i minor in Korean language, and its easy to work hard and study the writing and grammar, the only true struggle is speaking the language itself. practice makes perfect, its really hard when you don't have a native to practice the language with, but i'm still trying to familiarize myself more with conversational skills and the informal forms by watching more youtube videos.

I came to like Micah gills Japan and, thank you, watched the animation of Micah gills for the first time today. Micah gills conveyed Japanese charm hard towards foreign countries, and it was to the fan of Micah gills from very glad today.

So true practice and lots of it

私は三つ目の言語を始めようと思っていました。（日本語は私の二つ目） 今、アラビア語、スウェーデン語、スペイン語、中国語、韓国語の中で選ぼうとしています。 くれたヒントはズボシだとは私が思います。日本語を勉強するのにわたってぜ～んぶしました。:) 後は、私がテレビゲーム大好きだから、KZfaqで外国語の実況プレーとかを見るのがいいと思います。 I've been thinking about learning a third language. (Japanese is my second) Right now, I'm trying to decide between Arabic, Swedish, Spanish, Mandarin, and Korean. I think the hints you gave are spot on. I've done ALLL of them over the course of studying Japanese! lol :) Additionallly, I really like video games so I like watching Let's Play videos in another language.

If anyone is in the Kochi prefecture and wants to hang out after August 17th I'll be around to learn with you. :)

続ける事が大事だよね！英語の勉強も自分の音楽の夢叶えるために頑張ります:)b Try my best!! :P Good video Thanx!!

I'm watching this as a 16 years old Dutch-Ukrainian girl who lives in a town where they speak almost only Frisian, with German friends who I have daily contact with (in German) and I am going to nail my Cambridge CAE exam in about a half year and my Latin and Russian exams in one and a half year.. I think I'm on the good way :D

Gracias por los consejos y por los nuevos subtítulos en Español!!! eso también ayuda bastante a aprender inglés!!

Great video, Micaela! I'm learning Japanese, because, well, I was born in Japan, but adopted and moved to the U.S. as a baby. Eventually, I plan to move to Japan, so learning Japanese is a must for me. I also would like to connect with my heritage as well. Maybe after I'm confident enough in Japanese, I will take on learning Korean. But first, Japanese is my main priority. At the moment, I try to surround myself with Japanese. My iPhone is in Japanese, as well as the set language I have on KZfaq. I also listen to tons of Japanese music and I like to watch J-dramas and Anime. I also have a PS3 and Japanese Nintendo 3DS, both of which are set in Japanese. I'm graduating with my B.A. soon at my university, so hopefully soon, I hope to follow my dreams of moving to Japan, and truly surrounding myself in the language. For my up coming last semester at my university, I have really been thinking of enrolling myself in a Japanese language school, for just something to do in my spare time. I took 5 semesters (2 1/2 years) of Japanese language in college, so I do understand some Japanese. However, since my sensei spent most of the time on reading and writing, my reading and writing skills are better than my speaking skills.

Thank you for sharing your ideas! I could be more confident because your ideas on language learning is similar to mine. 個人的には携帯の言語設定を変えるのはお勧めしません。何かあったときに困るかもしれませから(笑)

looking gorgeous Micaela !

New camera looks nice.. It's doing something strange with the focus behind you. The window in the background keeps moving in and out of focus. Thanks for the tips!

You're like a life coach! Thanks for the tips! #youresosmart

Always love the music on your videos! I'm working on learning Japanese, I got to visit Japan earlier this year, and it was amazing. My one regret is that I didn't learn more Japanese before going. I'm planning on going back next year, and so I'm now working on being more proficient :)

The first language i learned was luxembourgish ( born in Luxembourg ). In Luxembourg, we have the privileg to learn 3 different languages in school. In the first two years in school we begin with german, then comes frensh. Later we learn english. So i can speek in 4 different languages now. But after my first trip to Japan, i want to learn the japanese language. The language course begins in September, so i cant wait to go there and learn a fifth language :)

thank for the tips i will try with japan actuality nihon eiga eto police drama.thanks Micaela!

Beautiful video I agree 100% only problem not a lot of people think the brain is a muscle and needs to practice everyday. Then the excuses come in etc. But to all the people who don't make excuses. This is really good advice, the whole changing your environment around you in that language you're learning is very helpful. Brings you to a realization that hey" this is a language people use everyday and I am becoming part of that" cheers to the language learners who actually put in the work.

Vancouverにきて3年、まだまだ英語を勉強するのが楽しい！

Hey, great vid Micaela. Love that your videos usually offer helpful insights. By the way, for the title of this video, "コツ" might sound better than "ヒント". 🤓

I'm trying to learn Japanese and one thing I do it put the Japanese word for a object on a sticky not (in both Kana and Kanji) and then stick it on that object. That way I see it everytime I use that object to learn and by doing that I also practice reading.

I feel that you're more than an interesting youtuber, but genuinely an amazing human being :) Nice video

You're awesome and one of my new role models, keep it up being awesome :) Lots of love from México!

I'm learning English and you help me a lot with your videos ^^ Good video!

This vid helps me a lot, thanks. Mostly Because I'm starding to learn Japanese, i feel It isn't dificult, maybe just the kanji writing.

I just got finished taking Japanese two after I finished the class I lost my motivation to learn it but Im going to Japan June 21 so I hope It'll get my motivation back up

I appreciate you too and your videos Bless you

I'd love to get the chance to go to Japan and just immerse myself in it, but as you said I can't. So I play games in Japanese a lot of the time or have my computer set up to be in Japanese. It's an experience.

I learn english and italian with Duolingo. I think the app is good.

ミカエラ〜twitterでもよくコメントしてるNancieです(^O^)Thank you for uplodaing new video! I love learning English so I usually watch your video ! So this video is so helpful for me! But I watch your channel not only for learning English! I just simply like YOUR video!:)) Thanks every time! I hope my English is not bad:D lol

Dont know if its just me, but now that I know Japanese to a decent extent and learning Korean, I find that I have a different perspective on languages. I find learning languages in general to be fun. I get really interested in just learning how to say hello or how a sentence is formed in a another language. And I think studying anime for vocabulary and new words is useful.

Your cat is gorgeous. That is prettiest grey I've ever seen.

すごく聞き取りやすかった！ありがとう！

I want a study buddy but sometimes I have busy schedules that I can't sit and make progress with the language ...

すごく参考になります！ いまは海外ドラマをみて英語になれようとしてますが、更にスマホやps4 の言語も英語にしてみようと思います

Embarrassingly I've been learning korean for about 8 years and I have nothing to show show it. Japanese, Chinese, and a few others are out there too. I just barely have time anymore (or don't make time).

When this vid started I could've sworn I'd seen it before, but it seems you only uploaded it today. Anyway, I'm moving to China (yes, China) in August to teach English in the hopes of (eventually) saving up enough money to move to Japan and enrol in a language school over there (probably KCP International). Here's hoping for the best ~

I already know English and Spanish. I started studying Japanese a couple of years ago

本当は様々な国の 挨拶と歓迎の言葉… それから英語では福岡に来る観光客に尋ねられた時、ちょっとした説明とかできたらいいな…と思うのですが、 英語は間違えたら恥ずかしい…日本人に見られたくない…そんな気持ちになって話せないんですよね…f(^ー^; 日本人特有らしいですね…

Yup love the camera quality 🙌🏾

Right now, I am a French minor right now at my college and I am studying abroad in Paris next week. However, it is my third language and I speak English and Cantonese at home. The one thing I discovered was the grammar patterns that one can relate to. I know that Cantonese and French have different grammar differences, but sometimes, using the basic grammar structure was helping me in my French class in high school. Going on to the tv dramas that I have watched, I have watched Cantonese dramas with my family and it actually is a lot different from conversational speaking because people are reading from the written format, which is different. I sometimes find it a bit annoying and confusing since there is a reading - spoken way and a conversational - spoken way of Cantonese as I grew up and reading and writing Chinese is not my forte at all. I do agree on trying to at least put in some time each day on going over a few things that one had learned yesterday or on anything of the language that they are learning. I try to listen to my music or watch a news broad cast or even watch youtube clips of _______ Got Talent. I'll also try my best at speaking French to my professor so I can get a sense of speaking it more so I don't lose the touch of it at all.

Try to turn your camera to manual focus because your camera try to ajust and sometimes your out of focus ;) otherwise it's perfect !!

I am also studying 9 languages. I also think that experience is so important.

Oh! This video has motivated me to get better at French and Korean so I can help out with subtitles :-D (I didn't know user submission of subtitles was a thing!)

What camera is it? :D Thanks for another cool video I'm a trilingual who's not particularly interested in japanese culture above any other culture that I'll probably never have a chance to give deserved attention to in the course of my life.... but your videos totally teach me new things and I adore your personality, so I had to subscribe

THANK YOU SO MUCHH!! These helped a lot 💕💕

Can't believe it has been like 5 years since I first bumped into your channel. You look exactly the same, too! Sell me some of your youth potions :P

I think keeping study is very important thing😊

Very not on topic, but I love your lipstick! It goes really well with your skin tone and hair color.

Thank you!

Another tip for the self made immersion, when you've learned directional vocab try changing the language on your gps.

Finding a study buddy helped me succeed in school, good tip Micaela love ya :-D

I do tip number 3 everyday!

Thank you....