Good evening! Before starting I should tell you that this video is only gonna be in French
Hello, this is Lindie and today I'm making a video in French! (duh)
I know I make lots of mistakes in French and I'm sorry about that
(sorry for the screen blackout, there should have been a title here lol) but anyways today I started watching a series on Netflix in French called The Circle France. It's not really my style of series
but it makes me laugh a lot and I like seeing the hashtags that the people use in the show
I watched quite a lot of episodes and I feel like my French maaaaay have gotten a tiiiiiny bit better
Because when I listen to a language I feel like I speak a bit faster and more fluently
I think there's an important relationship between listening and speaking a foreign language
The connection between speaking and listening is important because babies always listen to a language that their parents speak all the time
and only after that do they start speaking. We should use a similar approach when we learn a language
Sorry argh my French is the literal w o r s t
(sorry for weird audio) ok I asked this question on Instagram (@lindiebotes btw)
Someone said... the more we listen the more we are able to speak better, it's like how babies learn a language when they are young - they listen to their parents repeat phrases over and over.
it's so important to repeat phrases and always listen to the same words and phrases (until you get it of course)
I have to say that when I was in high school
I used to know the phrase "beau-gosse" to describe a handsome guy cause there was this French movie with the same title (really lame movie btw)
I learnt that word but after it I never used it and forgot it
and today when I watched The Circle I heard the word again
and while hearing it over and over it finally solidified in my memory
therefore it's important to constantly be hearing the language you are learning :D
*frustration intensifies*
many people think that when we learn a language we have to memorize tons of words
and we have to write out stuff all the time
but it's equally important to hear the language as much as possible bc when we learn a word
I keep wanting to say palabra (Spanish for word) instead of mot (French for word) lol noob
When we hear a word all the time it's easier to memorize it
So the girl who sent this message is right, it's key to know how to repeat/mimic sounds
so when I watch a French series I sometimes
pause the series and repeat exactly what the people are saying (in the same intonation and at the same speed)
it's a good method to improve my pronunciation
ok another person said
When you listen to audio or watch videos, you learn/improve your pronunciation and that gives you a better grasp of how a language is used by natives
it's important to know how native speakers use a language
because when we use a language only from books for example, we end up sounding like a textbook
and that's not really how natives sound
so the more we listen the more phrases we can learn that are useful to daily life, stuff like slang etc
ok there are so many responses
"I think it's easier to speak once you've heard a lot of French" that's true bc we can repeat phrases that we've heard
I mean it's the same thing as learning a song, right?
the more we listen to a song, the faster we memorize the lyrics
Someone else says they always use the example of kids - yes
you have to start listening before speaking and while trying to reproduce sounds you eventually become able to speak - yep!
i assure you (doing so) will be very natural. It's because we use what we learn in context. Like a child.
This is the main point! of the whole video! woooo
(sorry for weird audio I'm not a pro) if there isn't context
eg like when we only learn words from some textbook
or a vocab book, and if you're just looking at lists of words, there isn't any context (that helps you remember how and when the word is used)
and we can't improve our language fast like that
it's really important to practice a language in a natural context with native speakers
and when we have to speak it's harder - cause when we listen sometimes there are subtitles (real life doesn't have subtitles lol)
and you can be like 'ok I know this and this word so I can generally infer the meaning of this' but you can't do that when you are the one speaking
if you don't know the words yourself it's hard to speak (wow I'm really just stating basic facts here lol sorry)
ok I would love to hear your opinion on the topic
is there a connection between listening to a language and speaking it better as a result?
I just finished editing this video but my friend sent something on twitter (@lindiebee)
She says it depends from which angle you loom at the issue. You can't speak a language without hearing it (except sign language), but you can listen (&understand) to a language without having spoken it
It's true. I forgot to talk about this
There are some people I know - they can understand a language super well when it's spoken but struggle to speak it back
because they always study from books. They can read and understand but when it comes to speaking it's difficult
I think it's beacuse they don't practice speaking enough (me too with Chinese lol)
I also understand more French than I can speak (raise yo hands if you da same)
cause it just be like dat sometimes - it's easier to listen to a language.
And thank you for watching this video and see you next time!
Thank you, today! "Today?!" I mean "goodbye"
I have to sleep. Byeee!