The way you talk about reading in a new language and your love for some of these stories - I've never related to something more 🥹 I learned English through reading just like you did and Harry Potter was a big part of that journey for me as well so I think during next readwithko challenge I'll be reading Harry Potter in Japanese 😂 Your journey is so inspiring because instead of settling for less exciting reads "at your level" you went for what spoke to you personally and it brought you where you are now. This is the mindset I want to cultivate more from now on ☺️

Thank you so much for your examples! I’ve started looking for the green series of books thanks to you. I am half way through one now, and have never felt so motivated! It’s such a relief to move on from graded readers ❤. Finally reading interesting things has made my N3 study way more exciting too! Thank you again for all that you do!!

I have a few of the green books on my TBR as well so it was super helpful to hear your experience on how hard or easy they were to read. Gonna start with 星の王子さま soon (but the blue version) 😊

❤ bravo🎉

I really love this kind of videos, it helps me to start reading in Chinese and it's really motivating ! It was much easier to begin with English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian as I'm French ! I started with the first book of Harry Potter in each of these languages but for Chinese I'm beginning with The Little Prince as it's recommended for the level I have (HSK4). I remember when I started reading in English I wanted to read fantasy or sci-fi books as it's what I read the most in French so after the 3 first books of Harry Potter I randomly picked up The Bear and the Nightingale and it was so hard lmao I took like 4 or 5 months to read it because the vocabulary is so hard, it's a fantasy using russian myths, so I didn't know well the mythology behind it, there was a lot of russian words and the vocabulary about nature, plants and animals was so specific (there were whole paragraphs I couldn't understand lmao) when I told that to my friends they said that I was crazy but I really liked what I read and don't regret it even though it has been a bit painful 😂

Hi! I love watching your videos. They're always really motivating and give lots of great, practical advice. And even though I'm not learning Japanese, my main goal of language learning (or my main motivation, I should say) is to read books too! But I was wondering how (or if) you tend to study the new vocabulary you come across when you read? Do you add them to a flashcard deck or do you treat it entirely as extensive reading and hope enough exposure will eventually make it stick? (Sorry if you have already explained this elsewhere and I missed it).

Je me souviens à l’époque de tes achievment, et de la vitesse à laquelle tu accomplissais tes objectifs ! C’était fou ! ❤

I started off reading manga because it was less of a time commitment, but when I tried to transition to children's books/novels it was a struggle. I get really overwhelmed with the size of japanese books and it takes me at minimum 3 months to finish one. The main problem isn't even that I don't understand what I'm reading and have to pause every page, it's more just a lack of motivation and really slow progress. If you maybe had a similar problem, how did you get over it?

Thank you for sharing! I would be interested in seing more about how you are using Notion - I am just getting into it now, and it is always cool to see new ideas. If you want to share, off course! I was happy to see Le petit prince on your list - it is my favorite book to read on foreign languages, and I have a collection of 30-40 languages by now (I can’t read all of them yet, but I always try to get it in the new languages I study)

Merci pour partager ton expérience ! 君の名は est le 1er livre que j'ai acheté après avoir déménagé au Japon, mais malheureusement je ne l'ai pas encore terminé. Cependant, il y a deux jours, j'ai fini mon 1er œuvre - un fameux conte qui s'appelle 走れメロス qui se fait lire en école secondaire au Japon. Malgré toutes les difficultés, c'est une grosse réussite dont je suis vraiment fier. Et ta vidéo me donne plus de l'inspiration de continuer. J'ai hâte d'atteindre 10 livres dans pas si longtemps et puis irai encore plus loin dans le temps que s'en vient.

I'm not a fan of Harry Potter, just liked it when I read it and that's it, bit now I need THAT book 😂 Thank you for the tips ❤

Merci beaucoup pour ta vidéo !! (Je me permets de t’écrire en français car j’ai vu que tu étais francophone 😊) J’ai essayé comme toi à plusieurs reprises de lire des livres mais n’ai jamais réussi à en voir le bout, cette fois je veux vraiment y arriver et ta vidéo m’a motivé! J’avais une petite question, quels crayons utilises-tu pour surligner les mots sans que ça traverse les pages?

I find your videos so relaxing to watch at the end of the day, you have such a calming presence. And your videos give me motivation to study languages :)

Thank you very much for sharing your notes. Super.

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Plz how u stay motivated all the day 🥹🥹

So cute! I wonder what language kee chan seems to understand more when talking with him!!

Bonjour ! Merci pour ces vidéos très inspirantes (je n'en suis qu'au JLPTN5) !!! J'aimerai savoir si c'est possible, comment tu fais pour faire un "audit" de ressource, comme tu le dis dans la vidéo. Il est vrai que lorsque je regarde les vidéos youtube, les personnes recommandent des livres, mais je ne sais pas savoir ce qui me correspond. Merci :) Hello ! Thank you for these very inspiring videos :) (I'm currently learning for JLPT N5). I'd like to know, if possible, how you "audit" your future textbooks. Thank you ! またね！

You should definitely do a guide about resource auditing!!

i love your videos sm!! please never stop uploading!!

I enjoy watching your study vlogs and updates on your progress on all the languages you're learning. It gives me inspiration to work harder in the languages i'm learning!

❤ Do you find that your reading and immersion helps or improves your speaking? What ways do you work on your spoken Japanese at an advanced level? Thank you so much for your videos! I look forward to them every week 😊

I have two questions I was hoping you would answer 1.how do you put emphasis on words is いきたいいい okay for example? 2. How do you say give me (object) in Japanese? Formal and informal

cc je suis nouveau sur ta chaine, tu me motives à poursuivre le jap, je travail pour le n5 j'espère un jour atteindre ton niveau !

That astrophysics’ interview sounded really difficult 🥹 … you continue to inspire me ♥️ Thank you for your videos!

I look forward to every video! I’m always surprised to hear you mention any mental health struggles. Your life seems so organized, happy and perfect. Which just shows us how we never know what someone may be dealing with. (Always be kind!) PS… Nice hair cut too!

I don't know why but I just really enjoy listening to people with accents when the speak english.

Great, thanks ❤

When you were doing the transcribing for Russian, for how long can you typically listen to an audio snippet and how many times do you usually listen to a snippet? I tried this as well for Korean and found I can only listen to like a 5-10 sec snippet then have to listen to it multiple times for me to be able to write it 😅

Could you please tell me what song is playing at minute 16:05?

are you french?

Your notes are so cute 😍 also I love the idea of adding a review chart, definitely going to use it in my next grammar notebook!

omg i was relate your vlogs studying the language too as german language its hard but you make me inspired thankyou

I was waiting for your video ! Yours are always so inspiring to watch ! Personally, for English and Spanish, Italian and Portuguese I just plan to continue read books, watch videos and practice with people (with a huge focus on prononciation for Portuguese) and I want to deeply focus on Chinese, finishing my HSK4 resource and starting the HSK5 one, reading one children album and starting to read the Little Prince and continue imersing myself watching videos and chinese TV emissions ☺

Please tell me how to find such gorgeous screen saver as on your TV behind ❤

Please tell me how to put such gorgeous screen saver as on your TV behind ❤

I love you video and your channel! Inspire me ❤😊

so nice! As always Does anybody know similar content or websites as in 16:40 (free to learn Chinese) but in Japanese? Some kind of easy-to-understand things as I see in the video (I already know Comprehensible Japanese). Any Japanese KZfaqr also, with an easy-to-understand pace or content? not even sure how to start searching hehehe Thank you all

Wow so motivating 😊

Omggg I love the Kii chan content. She is the prettiest and most sweet cat ever! Please continue all the kitty content. Your vlogs are so relaxing. Random question you don’t have to answer ever: but Japan compared to Singapore, what are the differences in lifestyle for you between the two?

Вау!! Привет с Сахалина😮 Вы невероятная, есть сразу два сложнейших языка - это героизм И я , учу только английский😢а так хотелось бы ещё японский или китайский😂но глядя на вас понимаю, что нужно брать и учить😂 В общем надо попробовать объединить изучение двух

To read in french, is there an app like the one you use to read in chinese that you know?

Smart girl! Le chat a une bonne tête.

The cutest little family everrrrrr! Can't wait to finish my exams to get back to language studying ❤

Girl the thumbnail looks amazing 😊It’s so pretty!!

J'adore vos vidéos! J'apprends le mandarin et c'est vraiment juste super motivant de vous voir consistante dans vos uploads de vidéos, merci beaucoup pour tout le travail!

Got my inspiration for studying today ! Thanks <3

Loving all the cat content!!!

спасибо за вдохновляющее видео <3 очень мотивирует самой сесть за учебу

As a beginner in Russian, do you look up/note down every new word that you come across during your immersion session?