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White guy speaks perfect Japanese from watching anime. Here's how he did it.

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    Cypher
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    Howdy! For about 3 years I've been re-learning German. I'd consider my level to be ~B1. Since /r/German is closed for the time being, is there someone who'd like to discuss thing related to...

    Howdy!

    For about 3 years I've been re-learning German. I'd consider my level to be ~B1. Since /r/German is closed for the time being, is there someone who'd like to discuss thing related to foreign language learning?

    The link is a video about a language learning by (a lot of) input. I know that Matt may be controversial in a Japanese learning circles, nonetheless I think he's making some good points.

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    1. dvc
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      Comprehensible input method is also starting to get traction in classical languages. Latin: Lingua Latina per se Illustrata Minecraftium Ancient and Biblical Greek: Ancient Greek in Action Alpha...

      language learning by (a lot of) input.

      Comprehensible input method is also starting to get traction in classical languages.

      Latin:
      Lingua Latina per se Illustrata
      Minecraftium
      Ancient and Biblical Greek:
      Ancient Greek in Action
      Alpha with Angela
      Biblical Hebrew:
      Aleph with Beth

      I'm interested in learning languages, both process and practice, but currently my priority is improving English (ESL). Fortunately, tildes is full of quality texts, so popping in doesn't have the procrastination vibe.

      6 votes
    2. honzabe
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      Controversial? In what sense? I remember absorbing a lot of his videos a few years back when I was doing a bit of research on how people learn languages and I remember him as a pretty articulate...

      Controversial? In what sense? I remember absorbing a lot of his videos a few years back when I was doing a bit of research on how people learn languages and I remember him as a pretty articulate guy who is really into languages. His videos seemed pretty good to me. I do not remember anything I would perceive as controversial. Is comprehensible input considered controversial?

      I am asking because I was thinking about writing a blog post about my experience learning Spanish without memorizing (not that there is anything wrong with memorization, it's just that some people - like me - do not handle it well). I assumed that comprehensible input is nowadays considered "normal", a concept that does not need to be defended or even explained much - maybe I live in some kind of a bubble?

  2. Kitahara_Kazusa
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    https://youtu.be/OAXEjGkICrs I'd watch this before taking Matt vs Japan seriously. Immersion learning in general isn't necessarily useless but people like Matt try to overstate how useful it is...

    https://youtu.be/OAXEjGkICrs

    I'd watch this before taking Matt vs Japan seriously. Immersion learning in general isn't necessarily useless but people like Matt try to overstate how useful it is for profit.

    5 votes