hello my dear friends welcome to my channel this is zoe
a lot of friends
have watched my videos speaking in different languages
i got a lot of comments like you give me the
passion and inspiration to learn or re learned a language
i also receive comments like
zoe i feel motivated i feel ready to learn a new language
i already have my target language in mind
but please help where should i start
should i learn with a tudor or go to a language school
if i don't have the budget
can i still learn a language
we know
there are different parts to learning a language
vocabulary grammar reading
writing speaking listening but what should i do first
how do i balance them
or which resources should i use first a book a video
a youtube channel and app should i start watching series
or listening to podcast
so much information i feel lost i just don't know how to start
if you have these questions this video is for you
in this video
i will be sharing with you my experience of
starting to learn a language from scratch by myself
i will be sharing with you what i did step by step
and when i started practicing with a native speaker
i will try to give you a clear idea so that
you are really ready to start your language journey
let me briefly tell you about my language journey
i've learned six foreign languages
through different approaches
first English
a little bit at school like everybody
and i have improved it
by myself then French
i've been to a language institute in france for one year
then arabic i started to learn it with a book by myself
at the same time as i was looking for beginners
course at the university
then i traveled to arabic countries
during summer holidies for intensive courses
German
i learned on my own up to A2 level
then i took courses at Goethe institute in egypt
while i was learning Arabic there
then Turkish and Persain
i started to learn these two languages completely by myself
i didn't go to language schools
because i had more experience in learning other languages
and a clear idea what i had to do step by step
to reach conversational level
this is the part i want to share with you today
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step one do research
just research the language to get the basic idea
for a language like Chinese or Japanese
what is the writing and pronunciation system
how many characters do you need to learn
Arabic how many alphabets
what is the difference
between standard Arabic and other Arabic derelict
which one is the most suitable for you to learn
there are many such videos on youtube or articles on google
the most important thing is to notice the difference
between the language you know
and have a general idea of the difficulties
you are gonna encounter
for example the four tones in Chinese would be difficult for you
certain arabic letters would be difficult to pronounce
grammatical gender would be a challenge
for chinese speaker
it all depends on your native language
and the languages you know
some people may say that
it will put people off and they don't even want to start
but you can't do something because it's easy
especially if you want to reach a level of fluency
and not just a few words of greeting
if you know Mandarin
we have an expression
doing something with pain and dry
this is exactly how i feel about learning a language
so don't rush to learn a language
the research stage is very important to prepare yourself
mentally so that you
don't feel so overwhelmed or lost after
really starting to learn a language
and then quickly giving up because of the hardships
step two prepare the tools
a main learning resource in my case
a structured book with audio
or a youtube channel stick to one resource at first
if you are learning a language
with new alphabets
an alphabet app
or an alphabet book for kids will be very useful like this
like this
an excel table or notebook i will explain later
why i prefer to use excel
a spaced repetition application to review
in my case i use ANKI
a reliable dictionary with audio and a conjugation table
note this is very important for the following steps
in my case i use Reverso for Arabic
German and Turkish
there are translation
there are context sentences and conjugation table
to learn Persian unfortunately there is no audio on google
so i use Forvo
i use the recorder on anki
and there's a site called Persian Verb Conjugator
i will put the link in the description
step three how to choose the resource
if you are learning the seven languages
i know you can find ideas in my videos or in the post
i've published on instagram or here about resources i use
if you want to learn the language outside these seven
here are my criterias to choosing learning materials
with a good quality audio and video
each lesson has a short conversation
grammar points and a word list
personally i
don't really like to start with a few words
or
phrases out of context with an application is too slow for me
but with basic conversations
such as greeting introduce myself
asking others for basic information describing something
to put me
directly in a conversational situation from the very beginning
i used the Deutsch Well Deutsch Lernen platform to learn German on my own
i have finished all the A1, A2 lessons with
Nico's weg
it's a perfect resource
it's just so good there are videos
grammar points
exercises and at the end
the word list with audio if you are learning German
you are just so lucky when i first started learning German
i only use this platform
and a dictionary
then i puts the new words from each lesson into my ANKI deck
What I did is repeating the video and shadowing
review the words and grammar point that's it
nothing more
but if you want to learn a language with new alphabets
you can start with alphabets lessons on youtube or an app
like this one
but
learn the words together
even at the beginning you could memorize with
latin alphabet for example
you learn the letter and in A rabic
so try to say how to say family
lf you don't know how to write in arabic
you can just note it down in
latin alphabet
it will be more fun
and you will be happy to start learning some words
in my opinion
an application like Dulingo is very good
to discover language a little
especially when you don't have much time
but
i just don't use app to learn a language it's just not my style
so i prefer to use a book
rather than just repeat simple words
i only use anki to review when i go out
if i'm at home
i prefer to use anki on my computer
than on my phone to be more focus and far from my smartphone
so the next step is how to organize your studies and know
when to practice with a native speaker
to learn how to create an effective learning study plan
you can watch
this video in which i explain in more detail how to set a goal
how to make short term and long term plan
and how to track your progress
okay when should i start practicing with a native speaker
classic input output question
answer: when you have built the basic structure of a language
in my experience
it's not a question
of like after one month
three months six months
every one's situation and the time they can invest
in learning a language are different
but when you feel that
you already have some basic knowledge of the language
you won't have much difficulty introducing yourself
talking about your daily routine
you won't just stay at the level of greeting
how are you fine thank you and you fine thank you bye
and you know that you will
really practice the new words
the new structures with your language exchange partner
to get to this level you need to have
at least a 100 basic word with high frequency
and a concept with basic grammar in conjugation
past tense present tense future tense
i have an excel spreadsheet in which i classify basic words
pronouns verbs
adjectivs adverbs and nouns for different subject: place time
color food weather
number date
etc
i don't just find a bunch of vocabulary online
copy-paste it's very easy
but i add words in gradually how
do you still remember the main learning resource
i just mentioned
for example i will use this book to learn turkish
today is gonna be the first lesson
first i will follow the lesson
listen to the audio
check in the meaning of each word
check in the grammar and repeating with audio
next step very important i will add
some words from this book to my excel
but while i add new words like
for example
this lesson
good i will add it on adjective sheet, good
but how to say bad
so how to say 1 to 5
add it to the number
how to say old i check it
add it to my list
He is student, so how can I say I
You, he, they
okay check it put it on the list, student
so how to say teacher check it , put it in my list
Ayse is a beautiful girl
"beautiful"adjective, "girl", so how to say boy
put it in the noun sheet
keep testing yourself if you see the word for example
today in a lesson
check at the same time how to say yesterday
and tomorrow and put them in your notebook
no need to do much at once like adding
or the adjective you want that just then anyway
just follow the book
another tip: start making simple sentences from the beginning like
for example we learned how to say young
but it's muhammad
i am young okay how do you say old
he's old
he's not a student
they are teacher now
you are using the words you just learned from the first lesson
you see with just a few words you can already say a lot
then i insert the sheets into my anki
and review them with sentences
one tip don't build a too heavy
anki deck from the beginning you will feel overwhelmed
i don't really like using a prepare set
but prefer to add words gradually with my learning process
from the very beginning
if you want to review a word or test yourself
don't test just the word itself
like how to say young in turkish
but the whole sentence even a very short one
you can relate this sentence to your daily life i bet
you will remember it
so well
this is a very good tip
for example for the word young
i will make a sentence
Hilal is a smart young
turkish girl
my french friend
pierre is very lazy
Hilal
she's my language exchange partner Pierre he's really my friend
sorry Pierre
so recap study the lesson
write down the keywords
make sentences related to your life
put the quality cards in your ANKI
review
another important part
having a concept with basic grammar and conjugation past tense
present tense future tense
for example in the second lesson
the verb showed for the first time is
you can already start doing your first conjugation exercise
that's why conjugation dictionary is very important
don't just write them down
speak out loud
and repeat it again and again
when you feel that you can already talk about yourself
about your daily life
even with simple sentence this is the right time
to start looking for a language exchange partner
who can correct your pronunciation grammar
check your jounal read some sentences or even your journal for you
you can practice conjugation together by
giving each other examples
i have many tips and tricks
for learning a language with an exchange partner
i will make a specific videos to talk about it
and give you more details
i promise guys
from zero to starting to speak with native speaker
this process can be very quick
like one month if you study every day
then you can literally talk about a lot of things
if it takes you three months or more to get there that's fine
i saw a comment from a friend under my post
he says learning a language is a marathon
not a race this message is for you as well
the last thing i want to say is that people always ask
should i study the grammar or not my advice is
not to do it separately like words it's so boring
but it depends some people just like grammar good for them
you can build up the grammar points
progressively with a good learning resource
i mean you learn those grammar points from the conversation
not just from the boring book
here i got a question from Rosegold about grammar
i gotta read it
okay it s a bit far
hi Zoe hope you are well
i was wondering how extensively you should study grammar
i'm learning Korean and
when i first study
i was taking notes of everything from the lesson with example
sentences but i thought i was just
copying the information from a lesson to my notebook with
not much change
so i just stopped writing down the lesson because i was afraid
it was a waste of time and wanted to keep moving forward
basically how do you think
grammar should be studied to be remembered
okay
actually you don't have to write everything down especially
the examples i'm not suggesting you copy this examples
directly from the lesson because it's not from you
you have to use this
grammar to talk about things that relate to you
for example there's a sentence i can write
likewise you would just copy this sentence
or more sentences and you think oh
you have studied a lot
you have written a lot actually
not very effective
i will not just write it in my notebook and repeat
i will try to use it
now i can write some turkish i am very happy
or i can make other sentences i hope i can write more in the future
this phrases come from my heart
i really think like this if i meet a native speaker
i will probably use them
so don't be lazy in this part if you just copy the sentence
passively
you are not really using it it's not effective in fact
okay some people say
you can learn the language by watching series or movies
it's more fun it depends on the learning style of course
but it doesn't work for me
at the beginner level
i just need a very clear and structured program
for the intermediate or advanced level
is a good exercise
and there are always
friends
who
ask how to incorporate language learning into daily life
in my experience
do it less even fifteen minutes a day
before you go to work
really do it every day
i feel more effective studying like this than
working two hours once a week
it's a matter of habit i know
i always repeat this point in all my videos because it's the key
guys consistency
anyway i'm gonna repeat it again and again
and learning a language or anything
else requires concentration you can't say okay
fifteen minutes i go through several words and at the same time
i'm checking my
instagram fifty minutes a small lesson
several new words do it with focus
make sentences try to use them
i feel like i really need to make videos to talk about
how to increase focus
avoid procrasination and stay motivated
i thought your questions
guys i hope to share
more helpful tips on these topics in the future videos
feel free to share your story
your struggles as always
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so see you very soon guys bye