Good morning I'm Steve Kaufmann today I will talk about.
Language learning but above all how to learn English.
Languages in general ​ ​but especially English, at home.
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Well, language learning doesn't happen much in class.
It happens in the brain.
It happens in our minds this is very important.
So, where are you? That's where you'll learn the language
at home, in the car, or wherever.
This very important
And specially for people who learn English, there's a lot of content.
Of all kinds, that you can search through the internet, and you can use in different ways.
To be able to give the brain the ability to learn.
Because you have to understand that the mind does not learn through rules and explanations.
The brain has great difficulties remembering particular details
that's going to learn and forget and then learn again.
But through all this experience, patterns in the brain will be created
that help us through all we have to do in life.
And that's why those learning English with all the podcasts, Netflix, Youtube
Everything that you do, that can be used to learn English
gives you great advantages.
Compared to me, for example. That I'm learning Persian and Arab
where there's not much of this type of content.
And with all that... podcasts, Youtube, Netflix
newspaper articles, you can read, listen, import to Link
make lessons from these contents.
You have a great advantage (with that).
But we have to understand how the brain works
For example, I was thinking I like to ski.
(when) I go skiing I'm always adjusting, changing my muscle efforts
to be able to ski because there's gravitational pull
That... through years many years of practicing skiing
my body already knows how to apply efforts, to be able to ski
through all of the difficulties on the mountain
But if I were to think every time "oh there's a tree there"
"here's a little more... steep" and every time...
No, this is already... These are already patters in the brain
that can control my movements.
The same thing happens in language learning
​​through a lot of listening a lot of reading
and if you have the chance to use the language, to speak it
if you live in a country where English is spoken for example.
Of course that, when using the language you are also creating patterns
but the errors that you are making that I'm making right now in my Spanish
making mistakes, forgetting words. That's not important.
Because if I had the possibility or the chance of being with Spaniards
for three, five days that would improve every day
Why? The brain is going to adjust
It's going to change a bit to integrate these stimuli
in the formation of patterns that will allow me to speak better.
Well yes, like is the case right now That I haven't spoken Spanish for a long time
Well yes, I'm going to make more mistakes I'm going to forget words.
But it is not a big deal because I understand.
And that is why the first goal in learning must be understanding
because if you have a good level of understanding
which means many words even though it's a passive vocabulary
If you understand well, you are calm you are not afraid
because if you do not understand, this turns very intelligible, very uncomfortable.
But if you understand well, and you have some difficulty expressing yourself
Well this improves very quickly, if you have a very good level of understanding.
That is why studying English at home you have to work on listening and reading.
Well now for example before speaking now in Spanish
I decided that I want to listen to a little Spanish
because it has been a long time since I haven't spoken Spanish.
Well I've searched on google, podcasts in Spanish
well there are a lot of podcasts in Spanish of every kind.
But in English there are even more about the history of greece
about science things, about music, about politics
about everything you want. Podcast... and if for example,
you can't understand. In my case in the Persian language
Persian and Arabic.
I use automatic transcription services that cost ten dollars a month
and I can put the file there and receive a transcript
and with the transcription and the audio I can study the entire podcast on link
to learn all the words and phrases that I don't know.
That's the case with podcasts, but I can import Netflix movies as well.
And if you're not still at a level where you can use this type of content
more advanced, more authentic. Well also on Link or other sites.
There are more simple content with more repetition
at the beginning you have to use content with a lot of repetition
in order to develop...
this system in the brain those patterns...
How does language works? Not with explanations that you'll forget
but (with something) that gives the brain a sense of how this language works
and later you can accumulate vocabulary listening to things
that are more and more important the same for pronunciation.
And to facilitate language learning in your head
you have to choose content that you like
where the voice is pleasant for you because there's all this emotional side...
if you like the content if you like the voice
if you like all of this, you're already more willing to integrate this language in your head
this helps the brain build those patterns.
Or control system, control because of English language...
Well then. I'm not saying it's not worth going to class, to school
Sure it is. There are very good teachers friends, many things that can help you.
But all the explanations from school are worthless
if you do not have enough experience with the language.
And this goes for listening and reading, interesting things for you
voices that are pleasant for you. The brain is little by little
acquiring the language not learning the language.
And with that base all class explanations will become even more effective.
Well in the end, I can recommend two of my own videos in English
that you can listen, import on Link (they're already on Link)
To learn words and phrases if you like my voice
because if you don't like my voice it's better to look for other things
or if you don't like the topics that I'm dealing with.
Ok, good. Good luck. Bye.