How to write in a foreign language (even as a beginner)

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Title	:	How to write in a foreign language (even as a beginner)
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so many good ideas I'm going to recommend to my students! just a warning though, I've seen a lot of beginners write down vocab without noticing they had make mistakes in the spelling, make sure to quadruple check when you write down stuff that you will use as reference later!
Comment from : ACEKID (au Japon)

I loved your video ❤ now that I learned English my next goal language is Italian 🇮🇹brQuesta parte è tradotta ma spero di poter scrivere e parlare presto in italiano❤❤
Comment from : user097

I love the idea of using an old diary I really wanted to get started writing quickly but as I am such a beginner I didn't know where to start Thanks for the advice :)
Comment from : Jos Cole

Inspiring!
Comment from : Southern-Soul

This is so useful! Thank you so much for sharing❤
Comment from : yanzier

Hi!! You look exactly like Tanya Boguslavskaya, and I’m wondering if it’s you, the videos have actually helped me with my Russian journey as an intermediate learner, using your examples in this video too ☺️ thank you
Comment from : Nyrak

This is a great idea and something I will start to incorporate into my language studies!
Comment from : Trish McCallister

The traveling post-it note is a great idea, thank you 😊brI will also use the planner idea as well
Comment from : Batgirl P

I'm a Koine Greek learner, and I have to applaud you for learning Modern Greek, it seems so hard to me in comparison to any other languages I have studied, including Ancient Greek!
Comment from : δοῦλος Χριστοῦ

Спасибо за видео Я зимой активно учила английский, но теперь мотивация пропала и я ищу практики, которые помогут мне хотя бы поддерживать мой уровень как он есть Думаю этот способ будет интересен
Comment from : Lord Funny Cola

Hi Tanya! just found your channel and you're giving so many good tips You're very inspiring and I'll surely try out your ideas Thank you!
Comment from : Tanya Chenette

Is ‘thrifted’ a verb in English? 🤭
Comment from : Frank Davis

So I am a native portuguese language speaker brI use the coments to training 😂brI begin with poetry, but i did it sometimes in the past with writing music i almost good with this after a year brbrA taste:brbr" The Daisy and the DandybrDancing through the darkbrDoves and neat dandelionsbrThe loved one rolling the random dice brFor deity's sake - beneath my own daily brDriving this double destinybrDivine Chaos! Do you truly demandsbrMy dear dandy to die? "brbrI already can understand everything you said But when i put my head to read a book Omg!brbrMy inner child want to read fast as i do in portugue and the readings become so boring I try once with pride and prejudice and i didn't do it After i catch Harry potter that i like to re-read somethimes and it becomes more easy 2 words for page i have to consult a dictionary brbrLike:brHandkerchief 😂 brbrEnglish i learned like a turtle One music here, one video over there, one scientific research and after 10 years i'm here brbrBut i'm trying now Italian and Russian brbrSo thank you for this video I will do the tips for " take for week" It is help
Comment from : Emilly Dark Pena

hi! I love this video so much! I do have some tips to say, so please bear with me I was forced to learn Turkish when I was 14 to 15 years old because I moved to Turkiye and had to study in Turkish schools One tip I learned was to imitate native speakers' styles although sometimes it may contain slang, cussing words or even street language, I try my best in speech and writing to sound like them So right now when I speak for the first time with a Turkish person, they would not guess I am not Turkish hahaha even when I listen to Turkish content, I don't need to look up all the slang and the street language they may be using because I already have some knowledge about it another tip I kind of developed was to be active as much as possible in it it works even if you are learning a language that you can't pick up from your surroundings I don't mean listening to Turkish all the time or reading or studying from your textbook no I mean when you think, think Turkish when you speak, add Turkish vocab to it code swech all the time especially mixing new and old vocab very important! I know that we need to learn new vocab when we learn a language, but remembering it is more important I think you have mentioned it in the video, repeating your writings I completely agree mixing old and new info in your writing really helps remembering the words I now have to look up the words that I have never used or learned in a convo, but if I have used it a million times in the past, I can remember it in a heartbeat MOVIES!! god, they help so much I don't like Turkish drama, especially the acting sucks but I had to be active in the language so I tried when I found the right content, OH MY GOD I was happy I could fly One recommendation would be the Turkish adaptation ÖĞRETMEN nice work really what helped me in that drama was the convos between the characters were kind of realistic in a way that I could take the words and use the structure as a template you can do it with other dramas too, but this one really stood out to mebrbrI know I wrote a lot here hope it helped!
Comment from : Mina

I'm glad that the algorithm lead me to you I'm very much like you when it comes to learning languages I absorb languages mainly through media/contents (youtube, films, music, etc) At some point I reach the point I can listen and read quite ok without having to reach for translator or dictionary, but hell, speaking and esp writing are really my biggest problems brIn short, super excited while watching your video and I am urged dive in my languages learning immediately after this
Comment from : ticoiiiiii

Thanks a lot,i love learning languages and im currently learning 4 so this is really going to help me improve and im really excited to become fluent in each one 🇪🇬🇰🇷🇺🇸🇫🇷❤
Comment from : Chessmaster_random

Hello! I love writing and I don't have problem witch it I've started gratitude journal on English and I think that the writing is very important I noticed that when I reading a lot my writing as better than before My English is still far from perfect and many people tell me that I shouldn't learn language, because I don't any talent of it But still I don't give up I don't speak fluently but when I started recovering od myself I noticed that is better and more confident I need to start write more on Spanish and your notebook was great! I really like to see how another people learn language and I do the same You are my inspiration :) and I've learn from you so much
Comment from : Anna Deptuła

I really like your idea on using a planner to write in a different language It's also a nice way for me to use the unused pages of a 17-month planner when I switch to a new planner due to the overlapping months The idea of using example text on low energy days is nice too I think this can be even more effective if you were to study and memorize the text and try to write it down without looking at the text Repetition is important if you do this though
Comment from : cmxian

where do you get those grammar books? they look like the ones I had in school
Comment from : Carolina Carreira

Thank you for your video 🤩🔥
Comment from : george micelli

Langotalk is a great site too AI provides you with prompts to write or speak, or even answer and complete grammatical questions or comprehension activities in a certain language I use it for Polish and Brazilian Portuguese and will eventually use it for other languages it offers It's like chatting to another person in your chosen language I also think italki is valuable for tutoring
Comment from : Ana F

this is so much more difficult with chinese, particularly as i'd originally studied traditional characters now i've shifted to simplified, which makes it easier overall but the ability to write even simple phrases from memory is just so much harder than other languages with phonetic alphabets 🥲 maybe i'll cheat by typing in notes app however, great video and great tips thanks for sharing
Comment from : byproducts

Thank you I will try this out I tried keeping a diary to improve my language skills and to force myself to think in the language But I only kept it up for 4 entries Using a post-it note to jot down good phrases, grammar, vocab that you want to reinforce through writing is such a good idea!
Comment from : A B

omfg YOUR HANDWRITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment from : xx_notetoself_xx

Complimenti!
Comment from : Allegra G

Как всегда, отличная работа
Comment from : Anne Garza

Wow!! Good luck with your greek's, must be really difficult, Iam from greece and trying to learn swedishit's really difficult already to me the swedish pronunciation etc so, i cannot imagine how difficult seems the completely differnt alphabet of greeks letters 😅Very interesting video !! Have a beautiful week !
Comment from : Mvnsfx MakeUp Art

Writing and speaking are my favorite activities in a foreign language It’s difficult because I’m still a beginner in Korean, but eventually I’ll get there!
Comment from : Joneジョナス

One of the most helpful language learning videos I have seen recently! So many new ideas instead of the same old ones that get repeated often from different YTers
Comment from : Abby Rosario

I was wondering how do you manage to study languages simultaneously? If you have a system or any tips, I would appreciate it I maintain my languages by writing down lot on my journal, trying to read books and listening podcasts on those languages (English and German) I would say I’m fluent in English, but I need to work on my German and I’m semi-beginner in Hebrew
Comment from : Nathalia Costa

very good tips I am really lazy/scared when it comes to writing in my target languages… but I found this video inspiring, so I am going to keep trying
Comment from : Laura Granda-Mateu

Loving this channel for great resources and good ideas for language learning! :) Thank you for always sharing your resources!
Comment from : 0MusicSpeaks0

You are misunderstanding something The reason why you cannot output Italian is not because you didn't output enough It's because you didn't acquire the language You may have received copious amounts of input, but that doesn't guarantee acquisition It sets up the situation so that there is a higher probability that acquisition will occur but it doesn't have to No one can really explain why certain things are acquired by the subconscious instantly while others are not It's not only that it has to be comprehensible
Comment from : Ayako Saito

Wenn man Niveau B1 oder B2 hat, kann man ein Tagebuch schon schreiben Das ist sehr hilfreich um eine Sprache zu lernen!
Comment from : Кейна Карра

I stumbled upon your channel by accident and saw that you offer very useful tips for those who study foreign languages
Comment from : KosFalcon

@Tanya Benavente, 08:23 min mark Your point on using limited writing time--BUT WRITING NEVERTHELESS!--is an excellent idea that I need to adopt It seems to me that this would encourage students to expand their writing practice, as interest and mastery increases, very naturally over time Great commitments sometimes need baby steps, at first Cheers!
Comment from : collegesuccess

What type of tablet are you using in this video?
Comment from : Ed McKnight

The thing that most often crashes my writing in Greek is the spelling I've never been good at spelling in my Native Language (English) Any tips on not letting spelling sink your writing?brbrAlso, is writing or speaking a more important/useful form of output?
Comment from : InnerProp

You are inspiring me to work on Greek more I have been trying to learn Greek since 1989 Some times I focus on it more and sometimes lessbrbrI picked up Spanish a couple of years ago and I focused on Greek in the first quarter and Spanish in this quarter Now I want to switch backbrbrHow do you balance learning multiple languages?
Comment from : InnerProp

What app is that at the start? The one in which you are reading from ??
Comment from : Milksky

heya I’m a student in high school, and this is amazing! every one of the points is spot on and you truly presented them in such a short and concise way!
Comment from : Vibin’

I learn English and I understand everything very well, but my writing/speaking skills sucks I can't fully express myself and make so many mistakesbrI hope these advices will help me to improve my writing skillsbrThanks for video ❤️
Comment from : darina

Deepl is the best translation programme for me nearly last two year I'm using in everywhere I live in Belgium its vas very useful for me to learn French language
Comment from : dxxx

such a great idea! thanks for sharing!
Comment from : Nguyen Ngan

Quali sono i libri italiani che usa per studiare italiano?
Comment from : Tiểu Màn Thầu - 小馒头

What is the Italian book, that appeared the first??
Comment from : Books&Languages

How do you decide which study materials to use?
Comment from : Winter Melon

Hello, thank you so much for this video ! I have been learning Dutch for over a year now and I feel a bit stuck and your video came at the right time : I'm now making a "writing idea jar" with ideas of things to write about and I'll be writing about a random topic related to my life and interests to write about at least 3 times a week, we'll see how it goes ;)
Comment from : Mélodie Yang - Mélodie Knows It

Wait what? Channel in English? It is wonderful!!
Comment from : Larisa Ambartsumian

Aren't you from ruzzia?
Comment from : Goan Sichishig

Hi , I love your videos I'm from Greece and if you want any advice on the greek language, i would love to help you!
Comment from : elenslife

One of the reasons I LOVE learning new languages is because I have new way to express myself in a journal
Comment from : devora

How many hours a day do you spend learning? You look like more than A1 in Greek from what I can see
Comment from : InnerProp

Hi your video is very interesting I learn English Spanish and Italian and I also practice writing to improve my language skills Your idea of a weekly topic is great! I see on your video you use a tablet and a tool where you read write and edit content may I ask you which one is? Thank you ❤❤❤
Comment from : Parma It

This is a very informative and useful video! I've been struggling with writing and speaking Japanese despite learning it for 2 years I can already read it pretty efficiently especially if I'm familiar with the vocabulary and grammar but producing the language is my stumbling block After this video I've been inspired to start fresh and begin writing even if it's going to be about something mundane with the most simple grammar but that's what I need right now to get myself out of the slump Thank you for the video!
Comment from : KiiaS

greek doesn't have cursive writing?
Comment from : velutsolis

You have a really nice name!! For an Author ❤😊
Comment from : Juan Moreno

Dictation exercises are a really good way to practice writing Great video!
Comment from : Luna

I need to start writing more I tried to start a journal in Korean, but only did one entry due to my lack of grammar knowledge that made my sentences so basic However I've learned that I shouldn't feel like I'm insufficient Small sentences can slowly become more complex with time as more vocabulary and grammar are learned I'll definitely try the "topic of the week" idea! Sounds like it could be really interesting and help me with my studies
Comment from : Awkbe

I have a question though Why greek? As a native greek speaker i cant understand why anyone would want to learn this language
Comment from : Stella stella

Learning how to write and read in German is gonna be fun, I have dyslexia and just now got into reading after figuring out a trick to stop my brain from adding the surrounding words to the word I’m reading (that’s mainly how dyslexia is like it’s not floating words like movie’s make it out to be 😂) so now I got to teach that to myself all over again 🥲
Comment from : ☆ Shaydi ☆

I've been writing more in foreign languages recently and It turnes out a really fun and helpful thing So thank you for sharing your experience it's motivating
Comment from : Sajedeh

I was gifted a Hobonichi 5-year journal for Christmas back in 2021, so I've been using it every day for writing in Scottish Gaelic It's been really great because I can see how far my skills have progressed since starting it I focus mainly on journalling and on using words I already know, if I want to write about something and don't know the right word I'll use the English word but in a different colored pen so I can identify gaps in my vocabulary Or if I need to write a non-Gaelic word on general I'll switch colors, which is funny to see an entry of Gaelic text written in fountain pen in Uncial script and suddently the words BURGER KING are right in the middle 😂
Comment from : OZ does Art

I'm learning English, Espanol, french, Italian, Korean, japanese,chinese, germany, Cantonese and Hebrew
Comment from : Ariane castro

Thanks for sharing! I think I will give writing a diary a try in my target language!
Comment from : PopDasKorn

I wanna learn thai and korean but it look so hard
Comment from : Luan Vpsn

Clap Français : Learn french with movies

That's a very interesting and complete video @Tanya, full of really nice and easy to apply tips I'll share it with my students, thanks a lot !
Comment from : Clap Français : Learn french with movies

i've been learning japanese for a few months but i'm really inconsistent (adhd lol) However, lately i've been trying to get back into it and a way i practice my writing is writing down any phrases i recognize from songs i like (in hiragana/katakana, idk many kanji yet)
Comment from : saturn

I try to write as much as I can in Afrikaans and it really helps me with the sentence structure :))
Comment from : J F

I'm Brazilian and learned English by myself For the past year I've been studying Korean (also by myself) I've managed to pick up the alphabet (Hangeul) pretty easily and can write it without much trouble as well, but I can't say the same as for speaking Although the sounds are pretty straightforward and not that difficult to enunciate, I'm still very self conscious of that for whatever reason Plus I'm a big introvert, so scheduling calls with foreigners to try and have a conversation is a big no for me So I'm not sure what I can do to fix that for now If anyone in the comments has any tips, please let me know
Comment from : tfny

OMG how is your Greek handwriting so much better than like 90 of the Greek population 😂 Impressive, well done!!
Comment from : andreas m

Nice content and tips Well, I am a Portuguese native speaker and I studied Spanish when I was a teenager Nowadays I am learning English (and I wanna learning Latin as soon as possible) One thing that helps me a lot is studying more about English sounds, syllables, splitting and stressing syllables, , connected speech, morphology in general My reading, speaking, listening and writing become faster in about two months For me the hardest issue is those English vowel sounds
Comment from : Millennial

I like your honest approach to language advice, admitting flaws and problems the rest of us are struggling with too
Comment from : Sam

this is such a helpful video and your experience in language learning really shows through using the old planner is so clever, such a creative and practical solution!! thank you for sharing your process with us🫶💗
Comment from : stummyhort

The best tool for improvement of writing skills is deepl write Unfortunately it's available only for English and German
Comment from : Alexander Anisimov

Thanks Tanya, Hi from Istanbul
Comment from : F C

wordreference's greek dictionary is pretty good
Comment from : RF Fan

Thank you so much
Comment from : Hà Học Bình Nhi

i needed this video so much omgbrbri’m learning 2 languages right now (spanish for 4 years, korean for 8 months) and technically chinese but i’m just getting the basic knowledge before i actually start learning chinese brbri can comprehend so much korean and spanish but i can never use it to the level i can comprehend, ci’ll definitely try these tips
Comment from : em

What is your native language? Your accent is so pretty! OO
Comment from : Kimberly Griffin

I'm learning Japanese so writing is a struggle since I need to look up almost every kanji in the dictionary every 2 seconds But I love to write in French (my native language), so I really wish one day I can be able to journaling in Japanese without having to overthink about a spelling (or having to write everything in hiragana)
Comment from : Alex TraductionFR

What textbook are you using for Greek? Like dictionaries there are not a lot of good textbooks for Modern Greek
Comment from : William Stonehill

“My writing time is reserved just for that, for writing” I like that approach I feel like it takes the pressure off, the excess expectations of learning a language, while still being a useful way to absorb that language Taking the pressure off helps to make it something you want to do every day, rather than a chore
Comment from : Phoebe Baker

Do you recommend any textbooks in particular for Greek?
Comment from : Charlie G

Very useful video! What was the name of the app where you can upload your writing to get corrections from native speakers?
Comment from : Iqra

ой, а я то думаю, почему голос такой знакомый, а потом смотрю на имя и появляется твоё лицо… пазл сложился :)))
Comment from : Svetica

This video is gold thank you for putting this out there!
Comment from : Hasib Nox

I love your sayings “you can not produce language unless u also consume it” brIt simply feels so true but it takes time for me to realize that simple fact I used to force myself to write output while didn’t provide input to my brain and I felt 😢
Comment from : veron

i only wanna read korean so that i can read more webcomics and binge them cuz the english translations take too long, but also to buy food from asian market and maybe so i can do korean karaoke too
Comment from : Shipuku 🐸