Thank you! That's genuinely helpful. The method I use is picking words from my writing or speech, and looking up synonyms of the words. It's risky, because not all synonyms can work in any context, which is why I stick to picking synonyms that I'm already familiar with and that are already comfortably part of my passive vocabulary, but have yet to move to my active vocab for some reason. Your method seems so much better, can wait to use it!
@GustavoMontanhaКүн бұрын
Any suggestions on how to read a book in an electronic format such as pdf and how to annotate it?
@allthekingsbooks5 күн бұрын
My process: - I read a children's book the first time without looking anything up and a second time in which anything I come across that I don't know I try to deduce from the context or accompanying pictures. - Afterwards I reread the book a third time, and make flashcards for every word that I either didn't know or wasn't even sure off and had to use contextual or visual clues to understand. - I spend a lot of time on these flashcards because I don't do simple word-word translations, those are quite useless in the long term. I include proper example sentences (which are relevant and "often" used in real life) in the flashcard in both native and target language and when going through my deck, I focus on translating the whole example sentence rather than just the word. - Once my deck contains no more blue (new cards) or red (difficult cards) I reread the book once in silence in which I focus on matching my memorized vocabulary with the story as I read, and once out loud for focusing on the pronunciation. Works quite well for me, especially with the example sentences as I try to keep them as relevant as possible. For example yesterday I was studying the verb "to fasten" in my target language (Polish), so rather than just learning "to fasten", I learn "Both children and adults have to fasten their seatbelt in the car". Anyway, just an example of what works for me, I'm still only at A2 level.
@okometosan27483 күн бұрын
Great advice! Thanks for sharing. Passive reading and exercises have unfortunately kept me stuck at the A2 level for longer than I’d like to admit. Time to take on a more active approach.
@Sorcering6 күн бұрын
you look so much like noah finnce lol
@nexypl8 күн бұрын
This is why I've liked LingQ so much (despite it being way too pricey) but it just streamlines the reading/highlighting process and helps you keep track of your vocab.
@alejandraaleman77958 күн бұрын
Great video❤
@HLD2028 күн бұрын
that's actually how i learned English, i wanted to read manga badly when i was a teen and at that time, there were very few available mangas in my mother tongue, therefore i was like ok, I'm gonna read these no matter what and it actually worked, and the thing is, exactly how you said it, reading is a combination of extended and intensive learning and generally extended tend to have more portion of the time around 80% or even more ( i mean, it kinda make sense as well when you look at it and realize, that you are learning couple of words per page and that's enough, after a book of 300 pages, with the approximate 3 Words per page, you've learned 900 words at the end; which is alot )
@SaraFlara7 күн бұрын
@@HLD202 I never thought of it that way because there’s many new words and many just won’t stick, which is normal. But you really do learn quite a lot of new words in one book!
@HLD2027 күн бұрын
@@SaraFlara as long as you keep that mind set that well sooner or later it gonna work, it will work
@SaraFlara5 күн бұрын
@@HLD202 Honestly thank you so much for saying this! I think this is something I really need to remember not just as a language learner but in life in general and this was really something I needed reminded of lately!
@HLD2025 күн бұрын
@@SaraFlara Glad that it was helpful, hope to see positive results
@prettylittlebloodsucker8 күн бұрын
just bought twilight book 1 in French, lmao "fascination" it's called 🩸
@satchycollins39859 күн бұрын
Thanks
@MGARX79 күн бұрын
استمري متابعك من العراق 🇮🇶 0:22 🎉
@jaop528111 күн бұрын
I'm learning japanese but i'm low xp yet. I did the math and it would take me 1 - 2 months to read Harry potter 1 reading 2 hours per day. I wonder how long it takes to get good enough to be able to read a book a week, imma be challanging myself to read 52 books in next year.
@SaraFlara7 күн бұрын
@@jaop5281 I am also beginner at Japanese but no where near reading proper books level 😭 but I am wishing you all the best of luck 52 is a massive goal! I can’t even read that much in English haha!
@cloudslady340011 күн бұрын
I AM OBSESSED with buying my favourite books in different languages…and sometimes reading it in the two languages at the same time…which is a huge jump between worlds while the text is the same the difference in language adds a wonderful flavour to any novel….everyone should try this method..! I went to the extent of having five editions in five languages of the same work of Dostoevsky…so my tip would be don’t change the style of books, try not to buy something unfamiliar on top of the unfamiliarity of the language you make it a double task..it is better to start with a simple famous literature that you already know…or you better try to swallow “how to win your boss” type of books ( self help )😅
@SaraFlara7 күн бұрын
@@cloudslady3400 I am so happy to hear that worked for you! I know a lot of people do this with especially with the Harry Potter books, but I just never got to into it.
@pawneedz11 күн бұрын
this was very helpful. i am able to read and understand a lot of vocabulary; but unable to pull those words from my head when trying to speak.
@SaraFlara11 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful^^ I'm exactly the same way!!!!
@user-ez3ig1ly6n11 күн бұрын
🥙🧆🥘🍝 ?
@user-yt6ex9ww9t12 күн бұрын
So….you wasted the 1st 2 minutes repeating variations of “this is for…” and “ this happened to me…”. Just say your point. Correction. 1st 4 minutes. Also, the white t shirt makes you look like a psychiatric patient.
@BritishAccentWithAarna13 күн бұрын
Hello mam I m aarna I want to yalk to u
@user-gg7vx2mx4c13 күн бұрын
And what is the thing to learn vocab efficiently??
@Yanaal200413 күн бұрын
Dancing while crying is a good way to improve vocabulary efficiently
@user-gg7vx2mx4c12 күн бұрын
@@Yanaal2004 Like you did, dude?
@user-gg7vx2mx4c13 күн бұрын
How can I differentiate active and passive vocab? Is there a list for that?
@jonathanboyd189313 күн бұрын
No, your active vocab are words you can use; passive vocab are words you understand but don't actively use.
@SaraFlara12 күн бұрын
Whenever you find a word you understand but feel like you don’t use it that is a word you know passively. I say write it down because you have no other way to identify those words. Words you use actively are just basically what you have mastered!
@user-ty4nr8gz9v14 күн бұрын
You speak too fast and i almost do not understand, when I have a higher level I'll watch all your videos, I wrote this comment from my mind, please tell me if it's well typed ❤
@SaraFlara12 күн бұрын
Well understood! I’ll try to be more mindful of my speed for others who may be learners of English^^
@TuanHoang0314 күн бұрын
Hi. Come from Vietnam, I here to learn English and I also learning English by myself. Nice video, this video is helpful for anyone learn English. I often write down comments for any videos I watch. Thank so much.
@SaraFlara12 күн бұрын
Thank you^^ wishing you the best of luck in your English studies!
@malrichmand781516 күн бұрын
How do you find books to read in a different language?? I'm in the USA and I can't find anything I can buy in my target language. I can't even get anything off Amazon
@SaraFlara15 күн бұрын
@@malrichmand7815 what is your target language? I know Korean books can be bought on Aladdin and japanese books on kinokuniya website. I think if you have a kindle you can shop amazon.fr etc because it just downloads to kindle.
@malrichmand781514 күн бұрын
@@SaraFlaramy target language is German. I've seen that Kindle books are possibly an option, however I don't have a kindle yet. I was curious about physical books I could possibly get but I'm not sure how to do that without visiting Germany
@hatem804217 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot for the video but I'm sorry to say that you're talking so fast it sounds like a challenge for me to understand you. Keep doing amazing work.❤❤
@enory598315 күн бұрын
you actually can speed down the video, on the top right of this one. and keep in mind when you are watching and listening a video you really need some challenge because if there is zero challenge then it means you are not getting new things to learn and you will get stuck like me for instance 😂. i don’t even need cautions on this video so I just conclude i just need to move on another further difficult one. probably chaanging the topic too have a wonderful day
@abapranger748317 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing.
@pinkgirl110817 күн бұрын
Girl I am an A2 level and I wanna reach the B2 level in order to pass the DELF test can help me pleaseeee on how u did learn it ❤❤
@SaraFlara17 күн бұрын
For French? I honestly never took dalf/delf but I majored in French. But basically I learned French grammar etc for school for about two years then got thrown in the deep end and had to read a short novel immediately after and then slowly I had to read a lot of classical literature and write essays. I liked to watch a lot of French KZfaq and listen to music. Try to learn all the intermediate grammar and then read as much as you can and consume a lot of french content!
@pinkgirl110813 күн бұрын
@@SaraFlara can u give me some French KZfaqrs and what do u mean by writing essays ?
@user-fu4ek1mm2e17 күн бұрын
한국에 벚꽃 구경하러 가고 싶네요. 유익한 영상 감사합니다.
@user-um7cf8nt1q18 күн бұрын
Thank you for an interesting, useful and positive video! Greetings from Ukraine!
@SaraFlara17 күн бұрын
I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks from Korea^^
@rs8197-dms18 күн бұрын
I also mix extensive and intensive, but I do it the easy way. There are probably other tablet readers that are good, but having used quite a few of them I would highly recommend moonreader plus, the pro (paid) version. Your tablet must be online. I read extensively, and gloss over stuff like adjectives I don't know, but every now and then there's a paragraph that seems important and my understanding is not adequate. Now you just highlight the entire paragraph, and tap on "dict" in the popup. It flips to google translate (which is why you must be online) and translates the entire paragraph, which means that it gets the words in context. Google translate is not perfect, but these days it is pretty good and 95% of the time you get the correct translation of the paragraph. This is a very efficient and relatively unintrusive (and quick) way of doing intensive reading, and is by far the best way I have found over many years of reading foreign languages.
@waelatfah190319 күн бұрын
Thx sara can you make a video about how we can be good at writing in a new language and avoid typo it really bothered me at when i am looking at a word that i have learned and after 2 weeks i made a typo
@SaraFlara17 күн бұрын
I think spelling mistakes are part of the process but I do hope to make a video soon about writing in another language!
@kalosha817619 күн бұрын
hello sara thanks for this video it's very helpful but I have a advice for you People who come to learn English not understand fast English so can you speak a bit Slower ☺
@oscarflorez201119 күн бұрын
Thanks for your video
@jf.rv191219 күн бұрын
I agree. I'm an English learner, and I have tried to improve my English through countless means like Anki, books, classes, lists of words, etc. I have come to a conclusion: I don't like these methods. I used to get bored when I used Anki to study vocabulary. Nowadays, I prefer to watch more videos in English or listen to podcasts. But here is the key: I listen to the same podcast or the same video over and over again. The idea is to be able to understand every single word, its meaning, and its pronunciation. So, I look for videos and podcasts with transcripts, and I feel that I'm getting better.
@SaraFlara19 күн бұрын
@@jf.rv1912 I agree a lot of those methods were boring for me too! I found listening over and over to something, if I like it enough to do so ha, really helps a lot! Im happy to see its worked for you too!^^
@GuilhermeOliveira-xb8sd17 күн бұрын
The exact same happened to me.. I like podcasts as a way to learn English because I think it's the most straightforward way to learn the core vocabulary used by natives in day-to-day conversations other than actually talking to natives I'm very good at understanding what other people say, but my active vocabulary is still quite bad
@enory598315 күн бұрын
I feel the same way. 😅during the video , i was hoping someone talk about those boring method (to me) and there here we go thanks. how many time do you usually watch and listen the same video? i was wondering , because I actually do the same but after listening 2-3 times the same is quite dull to me. have a wonderful day
@jf.rv191215 күн бұрын
Hola,@@enory5983 . I understand your point of view. There are many videos where the narrator talks about the importance of using Anki to learn vocabulary, and it’s difficult to find someone who discusses the boredom that apps like Anki can produce. So, I prefer using podcasts as a way to improve my English.I usually choose podcasts that are 6 to 10 minutes long. For me, the most important thing is that the podcast is about a topic I really like, so I tend to listen to podcasts on interesting subjects. The first thing I do is listen to the podcast without subtitles. Then, I listen with subtitles and try to identify any words I don’t know, looking up their meanings in English (translation is the last option). I can listen to the same podcast at least 20 times 😂, but not in one day. The key for me is how I feel when I listen to the same podcast multiple times. If I feel comfortable with it, I look for another podcast and repeat the process. What do you think about that?
@enory598315 күн бұрын
@@jf.rv1912 I think it’s an interesting alternative to Anki which is pretty boring to me , I can’t do more than 10-15 min with it. Actually I wouldn’t have watched 20 times like you because even though it’s a fun topic after 3 times ,I just can’t 😂. Generally i pratiquely do what you do too (watch one time without subtitles + second time with and look up words + third times without subtitles again) So if I understood you well , you will watch the same video until you understand it 80-90%? Right Thank you 🙏 that’s really interesting to be able to share our way to acquire a language Have a good day
@ComprehensibleInput-px7vz20 күн бұрын
What a lovely, vulnerable, relatable video. Thanks so much for sharing this!
@user-iu6wu3to7p21 күн бұрын
Thank you! I'm a Russian student and i have been learning English since I was six years old. And I still have a lot of difficulties like reading or speaking. Your video is really helpful 💗💗💗
@kolofonia4 күн бұрын
удачи, товарищ!
@Rotwood23 күн бұрын
That's a great method. I had two different processes for the two languages I study. Japanese is a very difficult language to read at first, so I started with manga that had furigana before moving on to manga without furigana and then reading novels. I recommend contemporary manga stories -- I tend to enjoy SFF but SFF manga tends to use more obscure terms and dialogue than a slice-of-life manga would. For Brazilian Portuguese, I've been reading YA novels and Portuguese translations of Japanese novels. Both have a direct writing style that is compelling but isn't overly flowery nor complex (no way am I going to start reading Portuguese with Clarice Lispector). For novels, I've been reading on kindle with a similar method as you - reading, going back to words I don't understand and looking them up using the dictionary function. After reading a chapter, if I have the audiobook in portuguese, I re-read the chapter while listening to the audiobook.
@SaraFlara22 күн бұрын
@@Rotwood reading along to the audiobook is a great idea. I don’t usually use audiobooks but thought of trying this with Korean to build listening comprehension on top!
@SebastianGarcia-qo7wi25 күн бұрын
Omg the process you explain was the same I used when I learned English however when I started to learn Franch I totally forgot how overwhelming reading the first book was. I intended to do an intensive reading of Le petit prince but I ended up learning the hard way that it wasn't a book for beginners nor a book a kid could actually comprehend even though it's a "book for kids". Now I'm trying to pick up my first book in korean. The main reason I started learning korean are the fantasy novels of which I've already read a few in English so I know damn well there's no way I can read them in korean at my current level because of how complex they are. Do you have any books you can recommend me? Also It really surprised me how much I relate to your experience, even learning the same languages.
@SaraFlara22 күн бұрын
@@SebastianGarcia-qo7wi Yea!! Getting started with Korean I forgot how hard it was because with French I was forced to keep going for my grades. For Korean I stick to essay books now because they seem easier to read than fiction. Plus they are set up where you could read each section independent of the others.
@sigolgee25 күн бұрын
This video is very helpful for me to understanding why my first foreign novel reading was hard! The book was for teens, but It was also filled with a lot of embellishing words. When I start to read the next book, I will follow your guidance. Thanks for sharing your tip for us. <3
@SaraFlara22 күн бұрын
@@sigolgee I tried to read a teen novel as well and quickly gave up and switched to non fiction haha. I hope to come back to it eventually!
@MisterGames26 күн бұрын
This is what Barry Farber, 28 languages, said he did, before the internet. He would get a newspaper article or whatnot. Go through one paragraph at a time. Read it and try to understand, highlight the words he didnt, look them up, go onto the next paragraph. He liked it because the more you do it the fewer words you need to highlight so you can look them up, and you have a visual reference how you are improving.
@SaraFlara22 күн бұрын
@@MisterGames Exactly! The more you read eventually the fewer you need to look up! Its cool to hear what people did before the internet!
@depotemkin27 күн бұрын
Good method, i will use it, spasibo
@rockyraccoon12628 күн бұрын
thanks for your video! it shall be helpful on my own language learning journey! :)
@hyesuncc28 күн бұрын
영어원서를 읽고 싶어서 영어공부를 하고 있는 한국인입니다. 알고리즘에 떠서 우연히 보게 됐는데 한국어를 배우고 계신다니 반갑네요. 영상 잘 보고 갑니다!
@Bruh-cg2fk28 күн бұрын
I have never read a book in my fucking life :)
@LUISUNBREAKABLEMUSIC29 күн бұрын
i have read much more books in english than in my native language (spanish
@SaraFlara28 күн бұрын
@@LUISUNBREAKABLEMUSIC Oh that’s so interesting but very cool!
@carc.sync029 күн бұрын
Interesting discussion. Recently, I began taking up German again, after having failed to progress beyond A1-A2 a couple of years ago. Since the closest languages I know to it are English and French, I am having trouble understanding texts due to insufficient knowledge of vocabulary. So far, I have been trying watching old 2000s Japanese animations in German, and the results have been good so far... after all, even when I don't know exactly what they're saying, with the images, I can reconstruct the meaning of what's going on.. more-or-less. With texts, it's been trickier. I tend to prefer fiction to non-fiction because, although I am not a literature person, I feel like fiction is more forgiving: With non-fiction, I feel like I don't enjoy the text unless I have a clearer grasp of what's going on, which means that I feel more pressed to use the dictionary. As for reading fiction, my experience has been that if a text is too easy (say, the fairy tales of the Grimm brothers), I feel like I don't learn anything, but if it's too hard or too psychological or too convoluted, I also feel like I don't learn anything. The sweet spot is hard to find: just hard enough to teach you something, but not too hard to the point where you feel 100% lost. Despite being quite above my current level, I will begin reading the Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown), and see how it goes. Since I watched the movie, and it's an engaging narrative, hopefully, I will make it until the end :D.
@SaraFlara28 күн бұрын
@@carc.sync0 The pictures probably really help a lot. I always feel I learn new words quite well when watching a show due to all the visual clues. With fiction vs non fiction I think we may all have our own preference or one that seems easier. For me I found that there was a lot of descriptive vocabulary in fiction that I didn’t know and non fiction while at times has fancy words they were words I felt came up often in other texts, the news and sometimes in places like documentaries or tv where people tend to use bigger words. But hey if fiction is your sweet spot, go for it!
@hcm999929 күн бұрын
I hear people talking about intensive and extensive reading but I feel they fail to define exactly what those terms mean. Personally I use the terms "fast reading" and "slow reading". For any book or text, first I try to read as fast as possible without consulting the dictionary. I try to guess the meaning of any unknown word from the context. I simply ignore anything that I don't understand. Then I read again the same book or text, but this time consulting the dictionary for every unknown word I meet. The second reading is much slower but I only read the interesting or important parts of the book or text, I skip or ignore everything else. So the second reading may actually be faster than the first reading. They are not separate activities. I don't choose one kind of reading over the other. I use both kinds of reading for the same book. I read any book at least twice.
@SaraFlara28 күн бұрын
@@hcm9999 I like the words you use for it - fast and slow reading haha. But it sounds like a great approach. I feel like rereading a book we always get so much more out of it!
@terrisserose29 күн бұрын
How to find books in your target language for free? In America i use the public library, but the do not have and French books
@SaraFlara29 күн бұрын
@@terrisserose I am not sure if you will have luck finding free books anywhere. I wouldn’t know where to find any, but if money is a concern you could instead find blogs online in French or check out the French news and read articles instead ^^
@joannag139828 күн бұрын
check Abebooks, they have cheap french books
@steveshea614828 күн бұрын
France will have public domain ebooks for free on the internet. Wiki books or some such. They are typically reproductions of library books. Try Google books too. You'll want a dedicated e reader probably. You can also read news articles at Le Monde, France24, etc.
@steveshea614828 күн бұрын
the libraries in the US are generally useless except for English books, unless (possibly) it's at a university or a college. Plus you'll often want to mark them up , so it's much better to have your own paper book if a main purpose of your reading is learning to read in the language.
@SaraFlara28 күн бұрын
@@steveshea6148 oh thanks for sharing I will also have to check this out!
@Belieberoxo9729 күн бұрын
This is the most helpful video I have seen on youtube on how to read in a foreign language, thank you so much!!!!
@SaraFlara29 күн бұрын
@@Belieberoxo97 No problem! I’m so glad you found it helpful^^
@camelbroАй бұрын
My absolute favorite reading resource is Lute, by a mile. It's a Python program and requires a little setup, but it's so incredibly powerful and useful. I can not recommend it enough.
@PRINCESS-zz3wqАй бұрын
Hi i want to learn to speak and read in French and Portuguese.
@SaraFlaraАй бұрын
@@PRINCESS-zz3wq Hi! That’s awesome! Im rooting for you^^
@Leo-54lyАй бұрын
In order to understand anime with a clear recognition of sentence structure despite encountering unknown words, at what level from N5 to N1 do you think is recquired in your case, considering how similar Korean and Japanese are in terms of stentence structure?
@SaraFlaraАй бұрын
Well theoretically JLPT levels reflect fluency, so maybe I can learn Japanese a little faster but everyone more or less needs to reach the same certain level of fluency to understand a tv show. Based on my experience with French and Korean I think you probably need to be high intermediate or above to watch a tv show. Anime I think would be harder because its a cartoon and theres no extra clues from body language. I am only guessing but maybe n2?
@Leo-54lyАй бұрын
@@SaraFlara It seems so. I asked some other people. Those at N3 still found their listening comprehension fragmented. Those at N2 start finding anime understandable at a rate of 70%. I don't know if it would be easier to reach that threshold of understanding with Korean as a foundation. I think the learning after that threshold would be much more enjoyable, easier and faster. I wonder if the direct learning from anime would accelerate this process after mastering the basic vocab and grammer. Thank you for sharing your experience and perspective. Your apprpach is very promising.👍
@matildawolfram4687Ай бұрын
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