How to Learn a Foreign Language Like a Child Does!

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Title	:	How to Learn a Foreign Language Like a Child Does!
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I overheard my 3 year old nephew reenacting a you tube story with his toy dragon At the end he said “and don’t forget to like and subscribe” 😅
Comment from : Carolina Cadabra

Be humble
Comment from : adsffdaaf

I have a question, it better to watch shows and movies with subtitles and if yes, should they be in my target language or in my native language?
Comment from : Olivia B

The only thing is is kids love cartoons so they soak it up like a sponge Of course the method will work for adults but not to the same degree
Comment from : Rick King

How children learn languages so fast? They don't actually They learn slower than adults with the only difference that children are not influenced by other small factors such as LIFE for example that adults have to deal with everyday It takes a child 6 years to reach B2 Give any adult 1 year of full time immersion and teacher assistant and can get to a far more advanced level as a child or at least in my own perspective
Comment from : Juan Spada

Watching my 5 kids' language development has always been my favorite I love language, and watching them memorize things like this, and correct themselves is so fun A couple of days ago, my 4 year old said to me that "If I say, 'I don't not want it,' that would mean I do want it!" I live seeing kids figure things out like that :) My kids all love audiobooks, and my 9 year old has a bigger vocabulary than i do, because he uses English words all the time that he learned in context from some audiobook
Comment from : HeatherJean

This is one of the smartest tips, the very best advice I've ever heard on learning a second language
Comment from : Deborah Pacheco

my best friend and I are starting to learn Dutch togetherbrbrI'm 15, and they're 16brbrgonna see how far we get with this kinda stuff, and learn all these tips to learn it quicker and easier! wish us luck!
Comment from : silly!!1!

thanks, helps a lot
Comment from : Frac Ai

I’m here because I’m learning Korean before I move to Korea in a few months and absolutely nothing is sticking So I’m looking for a new method Might have Train to Busan on repeat for the next few weeks lol
Comment from : Elizabeth B

7:11 so is the Rattlin' Bog a Children's song now?
Comment from : rate eightx

3:20 I feel like if I was memorising lists of months as a child it would've been more useful, Because I legit don't think I actually knew the order of the months of the year until I was like 15 or something
Comment from : rate eightx

4:27 "I read a book called, 10 Ways to Destroy Your Child's Imagination" I didn't stop laughing for about 5 minutes after hearing this part 😂😂 It just killed me 😂
Comment from : MacAndCheese Master

as a 13 year old, i do a bunch of this stuff when learning icelandic, i always find the best way to learn a language is hearing and seeing as much of it as possible
Comment from : srečica

Kids' books can be great, but they often have some strange quirks, often they go for something that will sound magical to a child, but doesn't necessarily make any sense to an adult Comics can be a good source of input, they generally have fairly consistent logic, even if that logic is a little fantastical, I played the video game XIII when I was young, and found out it was based on Belgian, French-language comics (which straight up stole the plot of the Bourne Identity, but that's another matter lol), and they're actually a decent read, the plot is developed enough that it will keep you interested but it's not too challenging to read, and it's a LOT less intimidating for beginners when the text is broken up across the page instead of opening a book to a wall of text
Comment from : Not a Name

I pretty much always have octonauts playing in the background of my day to day life in spanish and if im bored ill watch encanto for the quabillionth time in spanish and you absolutly start to see the difference in your understanding
Comment from : draco dragon

Great vid and great point about not worrying whether or not certain words are useful or not! The amount of time you spend worrying or strategizing on what to learn, could have just been spent learning it Good channel Subbed
Comment from : doonspriggan

Michel thomas method
Comment from : -

This is the only video that explain in detail way how to learn a language like a kid
Comment from : Cristobal

I remember playing word games a lot as a young child, such as wordsearches and seeing how many words I could make using just the letters from one long word I was read to a lot and also read books by myself I have fond memories of 'Roger Red-Hat' and 'Jennifer Yellow-Hat' etc Not to mention writing short stories Once upon a time
Comment from : Brad

I remember my childhood only watching cartoons and playing video games with English language
Comment from : Azwrath Frost

Thanks! I will learn some songs! but not lists
Comment from : john anderson

Love this video So true! My kid grew up bilingual and she makes mistakes and brings words from one language to another but in the end she gets it right I don't really correct her, I just make sure that she hears the right word more often when I hear her make a mistake frequently I'm not a native English speaker and my kid learned English in daycare from her New Zealandic teachers I spoke with her occasionally out of fun as a baby And they said, she was by far the kid who had the least issues with understanding them, sentence structure and pronunciation We've lived 3 mo in Sweden now and she also does well with the language Now that we don't have English daycare anymore, I will speak English with her No, I don't give a crap about whether or not I'm perfect I did my CIII test and I see languages like sewing Sewing helps me to save money and do something cool everyday! Am I a master seamstress/fashion designer? Nope But I'm still capable of making my own clothes and I don't give a rat's buttocks about the level a pro seamstress is at And mostly, I don't need her permission to teach my kid some decent sewing However, my problem is, I want to really level up my English and I'm at the point that I'm just not getting better I can say everything I want in English, but I want to do it in a more sophisticated way If you have any tips on that, I would love to hear about your approach
Comment from : Undine Almani

Here's something I picked up, as an Australian you sound very different from most other English speakers, as a kid I watched a lot of American movies, shows, and other stuff, cause it was aired here I soon picked up on the different ways they pronounced words and so in my everyday speech now I will sometimes say it in an American or even British accent, cause of the exposure I had to it as a kid
Comment from : Stardust Fury

They low key don’t learn that fast It takes us years and years of total immersion to pick up our first language (to a level that an adult would consider fluent if you weren’t a child but an adult learner)
Comment from : 峯芽苗

"2-16 year olds"brme who's 16 in October: time to become fluent in every language
Comment from : AshEmpire

But kids do memorize the names of the months I remember doing it in school
Comment from : Spencer Eccles

Hi thank you it was very good br1- almost all thing kids do help them learning br2- stop memorizing words but books or songs or that you like and enjoy br3- it's very necessary to repeat them read that book over and over again and kid books is very good and full of words we may haven't heard before brkids may don't understand the meaning and don't search for words that is useful for them they just learn all of that and it's not waste of time it may be useful for u one day [however when we use something we like so we don't think about waste of time i guess ]brdid i understand it well?
Comment from : Mohammad Reza

Eee no children (from 0 - around 25 although it wanes off gradually so it's not a clear cut thing) do have a magic fairydust which is sensitivity to acetylocholine and epinephrine combined with their brains being constantly bathed in them (that's why they're so easily stimulated by external factors) Adults need to force themselves into that state through intense focus and stressors
Comment from : Sk0lzky

omg, i did the same thing as a kid!! i can’t remember what book it was, but my mom said i would “read” the same book, no matter what book i actually had i’m still pretty good at picking up stuff that rhymes and memorizing from repetition, always have been why have i not been listening to audiobooks on repeat in korean? what a revelation lol
Comment from : Britt Lyn

Eh I was required, as a child, to memorize lists of things; vocabulary, poetry, geography, authors, grammar rules, etc, etc, etc It vastly improved my abilities in these areas It's imperative to do, both as a child and an adult language learner It's just that adults have a choice and they are generally too lazy to do it
Comment from : Spanish YouTube

i was 15, and 6 months before i became 16, i started learning japanese, i regret not starting earlier
Comment from : Cubing Nub

I've been rewatching my little pony in Spanish, it's been fun
Comment from : Red5rainbow

Kids don't memorise consciously, they memorise stuff by watching or reading the same thing over and over again
Comment from : Smrt fašizmu

Even so, grammar gonna be a pain Very naughty one too
Comment from : Θαλής Μήδης

I learned 3 languages in school formally, reading, writing, and speaking I learned 2 more at home because it's what my grandparents and my parents spoke Now I'm trying to learn another language and I'm noticing that with the 2 languages I speak at home I learned them basically by just hearing my family speak it and them telling me how to say things for years and years and years I wasn't taught grammar, I can't write or make a blog in those languages but I speak fine and native speakers understand me I'm trying this approach in my 6th new target language and see where it gets me in 6 months I'm also trying the gold list method for every phrase or sentence I would like to say in the target language I just hope the translator is correct LOL
Comment from : The Natural Yogi

Because children can watch the same tv shows 50 times and i am amazed how focus they are when they watvh tv
Comment from : ariana00

"2-16 year old"brMe, an almost 12 year old: let start learning French ASAP and as much as I can
Comment from : Ana Dantas

Thanks, my friend Cheers!
Comment from : The Historian

Imma talk gibberish to my future child so my child can only speak gibberish
Comment from : Fire J

But 16 too old to catch language as fast as kids I was 15 when I came to the US and I’m not even fluent I mean I understand everything but I still have some accent and some of the things are kinda hard to explain without thinking I’m actually 24 now language is super easy to learn fast for those who are under 12 maybe under 10 16 is too grown they an’t children 😂
Comment from : Jesus is God

When I was around 6 or 7 I would watch Frozen over and over and over I was obsessed and I still remember most of the lyrics to “let it go” after not seeing the movie in years lol I’m saving my money to get a manga I like in German (the language I want to learn) and I plan on reading it over and over too
Comment from : eck

One thing that I realized is that children learn their languages because this is the only language they know, for them, there are no other languages, only their native one, and I guess that we struggle to learn a second language because we have our native language in the middle of the path blocking the new language to flow
Comment from : Unknown Brazilian

kids don't translate man
Comment from : Avon

Know any kids books in Norwegian?
Comment from : Brian The Lion

Heyo mr guy! I’m danish and when I was learning english as a younger child I would learn how to pronounce, speak by videos, and with roblox (stupid ik) I would learn how to spell, It wasnt hard considering It was just using the same letters as from the danish alphabet but minus the 3 special letters we have (æ, ø, å) That way it was easier to type, I would figure out what “know” meant because other people used it more than “i no” so I knew I was making some mistake But now I want to learn japanese, I can do the same listening seeing expressions and all, but My issue is How will I be able to SPELL japanese? They are using completely different letters, I have to learn the japanese alphabet before getting to yk speak it, and with the scripts in 3, hiragana, katakana, and kanji (sorry I spelt some wrong) it’s gonna be really hard for me Especially when Kanji is the hardest How am I gonna get to learn the alphabet? Is there any way? Any tips or something? I have very strong will to do this so I need help on this
Comment from : food food

My son would also like to know how kids learn languages so fastbrWe spent a whole year in Germany when he was six He went to a German schoolbrHe learnt zero German
Comment from : ailblentyn

Kids are amazing learners, but they begin at age 3 months At that age their brain learns to distinguish between two categories: language and non-language sounds If a child hears two languages, he will distinguish three categories and is becoming bilingual Kids learn to understand spoken language long before they can speak, and long before reading or writing Even though the processing power of the human brain peaks at age 14 years, the infant's ability to learn language will never be matched later
Comment from : My Sisters Keeper

Spongebob is a great show to learn languages It's dubbed in many languages, and it's still entertaining as an adult The first 4 seasons are the best
Comment from : Black Dahlia

I have a pretty perfectionistic personality, sometimes bordering on obsessive thought-patterns, so my languages are always improving, because I hate making mistakes and usually remember them and subsequently correct them in my mind as they happen I live in Denmark and my partner is Danish, but my native language is Faroese, so I speak Danish pretty much all of the time He usually corrects any mistakes I make in pronunciation, but my grammar skills are above that of most native Danes, simply because I really focus a lot on using "proper" DanishbrbrI think my English is pretty close to a native level as well, if I may say so myself lol :PbrbrWhat really helped me with my English was actually playing World of Warcraft in my teen years xD
Comment from : Lemonz1989

Alright I’m gunna try to watch one Disney movie a week in Italian and see what happens
Comment from : Daisy

I love this guy approach to truth
Comment from : RUFUS BUSBY

I need alll the repetition in my language learning
Comment from : Jahi Palmer

fun fact, kids don't learn fast
Comment from : Neilcourtwalker

I am twelve and learning Japanese 😊Good luck in Swedish
Comment from : Amelia Post

Title is highly misleading, it implies kids learn languages better than adults which is a very stupid concept
Comment from : Ivan Koh

Who is Michelle Thomas and what is her "method"?
Comment from : Anastasia Hopkinson

Pleaseseparateyoureditedsequences Otherwiselisteningtoyouisasdifficultasreadingthis
Comment from : Anastasia Hopkinson

Learned a lot of English by just consuming Minecraft let’s play every day
Comment from : Senes

Dude, thank you so much for recommending troll hunters Just started watching it in Spanish and it’s perfect Honestly a pretty damn great show
Comment from : Esther Summerson

I get motivation to learn my target language from your videos, thank you !
Comment from : Victor Grom

Im twelve but this still helped me
Comment from : Karai

Me, a 13-year-old whose native language is German, but fluently speaks English as well: "Russian, I'm coming for you"
Comment from : Anna Rundell

“2-16”brbrYay I’m still 11:)
Comment from : gigi xx

But I can’t even read 1 sentence in French and understand
Comment from : おっとおっと

bYour son/b ??? I thought you are 20 years old
Comment from : rev

I was able to roughly recreate the process when I was 18 by moving to my family's village in greecebrbrI went from nothing to maybe a B2 level in 25 months I did it not with vocab lists but by existing and doing all of my tasks exclusively in the new language (conversing at meals, family outings, playing with neighborhood kids, etc) By acquiring almost all new vocab exclusively in context, I memorized it without an insane amount of effort It was my life for an entire summer Unfortunately, adults with jobs and kids don't have the luxury to set aside life for such a task, so I always encourage others to seek out immersion opportunities early on if they're serious about language learning
Comment from : Chris G

Adding on to acting like a child, a great tip that helps a lot is to watch kids’ shows in your target language I watched Arthur in French when I was learning it and following along with the plots were effortless
Comment from : LaLégende27

Totally disagree! Learning the core 2000 will drastically improve comprehension! I'm studying japanese(going for n2, maybe n1 as a challenge) and I watch japanese stuff to help my comprehension I constantly recognize words I've learned from my vocab learning Besides that not engaging with kanji will make reading almost impossible It just won't work on itself You need to practice toward your goal and for me that's basically everything I also find that engaging in all parts of a language overlaps with the other parts
Comment from : zerothehero123

Me who under sixteen
Comment from : Malakhaj

I'm 11 and learning Japanese and ive been learning for a couple months and i know atleast 10 kanji all hiragana and about half katakana
Comment from : Flame & Freeze

“It sounds useless” I lost it😂 Edit: 10:09
Comment from : PandaTree

Just one question should I watch shows in my target language as for the subtitles, or should I have them turned off or in my native language?
Comment from : Kyle-San

Troll Hunters - I have watched it in Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, and English It is AMAZING!
Comment from : Jamal Ahmad Malik

"don't remorize random words" brbrM8 that depends on the goal, my goal for Vietnamese is to understand music and translate live, it's just about starting to come togetherbrbrIf your goal is to speak to someone to work in the language I think days of the week, numbers and stuff related to the job would be best brbrIf it's just an interest go with what you're interested in
Comment from : Sneak 1

I can't find out which is his accent
Comment from : A B E L Rodriguez

I am learning to write and read Japanese and putting most of my focus on that so that I can read stories and build up my vocab through that and videos
Comment from : Reene person

ANYONE CAN LEARN LANGUAGES JUST BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF IF YOU'RE ANXIOUS TRY FAKING A CONVERSATION ON PHONE IN THAT LANGUAGE
Comment from : JISOO TURTULE RABIT KIM

Im 15 and I watch Chinese children shows with my little sisters who are 3 and 4 Its like they repeat the words they like It's entertaining to be honest
Comment from : o r p h a e

This is one of your best videos Lamont, very good advice here I need to quit wasting so much time on DuoLingo and start focusing more on books and video I'm close (I think) to breaking through to a level in which I can finally start enjoying "real" content You video on Bookmate was great as wellI think the hardest part of learning a language is getting over that initial hump and getting to a point where you can start consuming content that doesn't bore you to death Maybe that would make a good YouTube video, "How to break through a language"just a suggestion Keep up the great work!
Comment from : Jason Fredensborg

An audiobook read by David Tennant?brThat's good stuff
Comment from : Mercure250

Think about how many songs you heard as a child, over and over again, especially on TV in commercials You did not understand all the words, but you can not help but retain them since they are saved in your subconscious mind I am using songs in Norwegian to help me learn It is fun, not boring
Comment from : Tammy Black

Heh I’m a kid lol
Comment from : Pete Swanson

As many people already stated in the comments, i also learned english mainly from youtube (pewdiepie etc), i have started to watch youtube around 2013 and already had a solid understanding of english (I estimate around A2-B1), if i assume i watched youtube for around two hours a day ( very reasonable for a 15-20 years old) since 2013 that’s accumulates to around 5000 hours, i dont consider myself fluent mainly because i only know everyday- english and i wasn’t exposed to more advanced english like you encounter in business scenarios or any professional scenario and such, and i thought about it before starting to learn a new language - maybe i should get fluent in english before learning a third language but i came to conclusion that if i already can read and listen to english and understand 90-100 of it, it would be a waste of time to become fluent because i will need to spend so many hours just to understand 10 more So im fine not being fluent :)
Comment from : Netanel shen

You kind of look like Bill Skarsgard
Comment from : fawneei

repeat repeat over over over
Comment from : Rafael Motafer

This is so interesting I started learning English around 17-18 and got my C2 certificate by age 22 Now I want to learn another language and I don't even remember how I did it the first time around lmao
Comment from : Gala

I'm in the UK, so far have found Disney+ only has Beauty and the Beast (quel surprise) dubbed in French lol And the subtitles don't match the dub Très ennuyeux
Comment from : R

That's the exact reason I use Duolingo; despite the fact that I've unlocked all the levels or lessons in it (yes you can do that) the first or second day after I dowloaded it I know it's so easy and I'm probably in a more advanced level than it but to get a crown you have to repeat the same lesson so many timesrather irkingly so many But it's that repeating I want, my knowledge in french may exceed it but that same knowledge is slow, non-efficient and it'd rather take me so long to say a legitimate sentence It's like Dingluo is polishing that knowledge brbrDoes this mean that I recommend the app for sb who is starting out in a language, NO NOT AT ALL In my opinion, rather tarting by a proper grammar book, which should also contain exercises or you want benefit a teenzy bit from it, is much much better than starting from scratch by Duolingo, or maybe you can use it as a practice tool, in that case only, I'd reaaaally recommend it
Comment from : Hamida Zayed