What's up, it's Damon!
It's Jo and it's Damon and Jo.
Today we're here to talk to you about...
Jo: What you think? What the video is called?
Damon: What you think? What'd you click on?
Damon: So here's the deal.
Damon: You know that we make videos in French, Portugese, English, sometimes Spanish.
Damon: We're trying to expand to Italian and German and you're like...
Both: How?!
Jo: How do you speak so many languages?
Damon: "Damon and Jo, how do you keep your languages 100?"
Jo: Or like 90...
Damon: or 90.
Jo: "Are you guys doing language classes?"
Jo: No!
Damon: I haven't taken a language class...
Damon: Two years! You, it's been longer!
Jo: I have not taken a language class, in like 5 years.
Damon: 1) I don't wanna spend money on an archaic textbook
2) I don't want homework
and 3) your class is boring
Damon: So here we are Damon and Jo to show you how to learn a language from your home.
Jo: I'm excited!
Damon: Where are they watching this video, Jo?
Jo: Youtube.com!
Damon: Did you know that there are tons of youtuber's in different countries who have millions of followers...
Damon: who speak different languages?
Jo: Just the other day, I'm like...
wow, I kinda wanna listen to some Italian because it's been a while
so I googled, "Top Italian Youtubers" and guess what?
lists of people that are actually entertaining
Damon: Those youtubers might put subtitles on their videos, in English
so you can hear in Spanish and watch what they're saying in English
Jo: Sometimes when I'm bored, I go back and watch the videos that you submitted subtitles for.
Both: Y'all so smart!
Jo: and so the next part is, is that
you can actually find these famous youtubers and follow them on Twitter
anytime you do your morning scroll, 'cause I know you be doing those morning scrolls to get out of bed...
Damon: I do it every morning.
Jo: You can see different languages without even having to look for them
Damon: 140 characters...
Jo: a short bite-sized content
Damon: What's even better is that you can change your trending topics, to a different country
so instead of seeing the United States, or wherever you're watching this video from
I can change it to France, and I can see all the hashtags that are trending in French.
Jo: This is like a really good video right now...
I'm proud of us!
Jo: Next!
Damon: Another super easy way to learn a language without doing much is to
change your phone or your Facebook or your email
into a different language
Just looking at my phone now
Did i know how to say Lockscreen?
Jo: Déverrouiller?
Damon: Déverrouiller.
Did i have to pay for that? No.
Jo: It's free, it's all in the palm of your hands, people!
So the next tip is something that is super, super, super like
Why didn't anybody ever think about this before?
That's how i feel about this tip.
Damon: Now listen, I'm sure you've heard of audible.com
And really, how can we apply this to language learning?
And now we're like: IT'S EASY!
This morning i'm brushing my teeth,
and I'm-
Jo: Good!
Damon: Great!
Damon: Brushing my teeth, and i was listening to this book by Paula Hawkins
It's a book in English that i've seen it's like "the latest book"
Okay, it's called "La Fille du train"
I forgot what it was called in English
It's about this woman, who sees, this couple from her train everyday
And then all of a sudden, something happens.
I listened to portion of it this morning
Jo: So it's like a, left with a cliffhanger?
Damon: WHAT?
Jo: That's why we're like, breezin' through this video so that you can get back into your audiobook.
Damon: That's why we're talking so fast.
Damon: Or i was just listening to this one it was about self help and motivation,
and i'm just like writing on our blog and all of a sudden, i'm like
YES, YES
And so it's really good.
Jo: So if you start seeing, like, really really well-written articles from this point on, it's all thanks to audible
Basically if you're trying to get on the podcast wavelength like we are,
you need to click on the description box below, and go to:
Damon: That's the link!
Jo: You're listening to books, you sound so educated!
Damon: Sign up for foreign magazines, or foreign newsletters.
You have that one magazine, called Biba
Jo: Yeah, every time we travel or anytime i see a foreign magazine i buy it
So i open the magazine, and within the first three pages i already had a list of vocab that i had not learn before.
Damon: Almost every magazine you read here in the states has a foreign version, so you have Vogue
in french, and it's a perfect way to keep your attention, and also learning the language
Jo: And get some style tips!
I really like cooking foreign meals, with recipes that are in different languages, so
maybe it's time to cook pasta, with an italian recipe
or maybe it's time to cook Brigadeiro with a Brazillian recipe
You'll start learning about basic products that you probably use everyday,
but what that is in the language that you're trying to-
Damon: Yeah, i mean, again, i'm going to let you talk this one
'cause I, somehow i think it's okay to just leave the oven on, after i'm done cooking.
Jo: He always does this!
Damon: But, i'm telling you, like when you read a cookbook in a foreign language that you start learning, that like
Oh, wait! Sauté, we use that word in English, that's a french word!
Jo: Or like Al Dente pasta, what does that mean, to the tooth.
So you start looking these things up,
Damon: Really?
Jo: Yes! Al dente, cause it's like to the tooth
Damon: Cause you're like, you really gotta use your teeth
Jo: It's good
Jo: You need your teeth to eat the pastas!
Damon: Y'all know you're addicted to TV.
Jo: Odds are you have a favourite TV show, you have a favourite Netflix series,
and the best part is you can probably find those equivalent in foreign languages, people!
We recommend, like, cooking shows, House Hunters, The Voice,
these things that you don't really need to have a high level of language to follow along.
Jo: like smiles and expressions, always translates.
You always watch that French House Hunters show
You know what i love more than House Hunters? House Hunters International.
But you know what i love even more that House Hunters International?
Jo: House Hunters International in French.
Damon: Exactly!
So it's called Recherche Appartement ou Maison
Jo: It's weird i never watch TV, but when i do, it's usually cartoons, and i watch different language versions of cartoons i already know.
So i'll watch an episode of Hey Arnold!
(french accent) Hey Arnold! in French, because i know what happened in English in that episode
Damon: It's not like you're completely lost, if you were to watch a crime scandalous series
Damon: You're not gonna-
Jo: I don't even understand that in English, i honestly don't.
Damon: I really hope you're not scared of looking dumb.
Jo: Because when you're trying to learn a language, number one rule is that you cannot be afraid of looking or sounding like a crazy person.
Damon: Here's the thing, how do we learn language as a baby?
We babble, we don't have a choice of translating to our native language, you just have to do it!
Jo: Sometimes, i'm in the bathroom, i just have a full blown conversation with myself in Italian,
and i'm like Damon is going to think i'm crazy, or like somebody is in the shower with me
Just me, being crazy!
Damon: Next tip
Jo: One time i was at the gym, you know how in the gym there is like a bunch of TVs?
I happen to stand in the middle of the Spanish speaking television, and the English speaking television.
So i'm like, running on the treadmill, and then i look up
and i'm seeing the same exact news story, the headlines were like polar opposites, for the same story.
That is like, absolutely crazy. You start looking at the news from a different country, or a different language,
you start realising that the thought processes are often different,
Damon: Totally!
Jo: which is a big piece of learning a language.
Damon: Why is it that you can memorise every song lyric to the latest rap hit, but you can't remember languages?
Jo: Because you're not making the languages make sense in a rap lyric form!
Damon: Exactly, bring the rap bit to it,
You gotta have a rhythm behind your language learning, memorising lyrics in a foreign language
is an awesome way, to get it flowing
Jo: The bonus to this is that you get to show off at parties if you're with your foreign friends.
Damon: And it's just, like fun.
Jo: And it's fun.
Damon: And it's not like i'm doing, "exercises five through A, i need three sentences by tomorrow."
Like, nobody wants-
That's not how you learn a language
Jo: Think we just exhausted all of our language tips
Damon: I think i gotta get back to "La Fille du Train"
Jo: We're going to leave you with that, hopefully you learnt something, we're not trying to sound like textbooks up in here!
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Damon: Clearly, it is a better idea to go travel and study in the country but sometimes, it's just not possible.
Jo: Sometimes you just gotta chill, like stay your booty at home.
Damon: But it's not an excuse.
Jo: But it's not an excuse.
Damon: Don't get too comfortable.
Jo: Like get out of bed, everybody!
Damon: Can you at least get out of bed please!
Jo: That's it, we'll see you later.
Both: Love you, Bye!