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Patreon Q&A - April 30th, 2022
🕑 Added 2022-04-30 17:01:01 +0000 UTCTIMESTAMPS:
0:21 - What is the piece of language learning advice that Matt has given in the past but he most disagrees with now?
2:44 - What traits do people who learn a language relatively faster than others have in common?
9:02 - In Stage 3, what's the best way to make use of an iTalki teacher?
12:17 - Is it a good idea to have monolingual definitions of the back of Anki cards even if you don't fully understand them?
13:59 - Is this a good language learning routine?
15:02 - Please give me recommendations for Japanese podcasts
18:42 - What is the "ideal" approach to learning a language?
20:22 - If I just immerse and don't do anything else, will I still get fluent?
21:59 - Should I pronounce my Anki cards out loud while reviewing?
26:14 - What should I do after finishing the JP1K deck?
26:43 - I keep forgetting all my Anki cards, what should I do?
30:51 - Stephen Krashen recommends consuming material created for learners in the beginning; does Refold recommend this?
31:43 - I'm a pure beginner. Should I immerse or memorize words?
32:45 - What is a language learning technique that Matt would want to try in the future?
33:04 - Will someone with a background in music have an easier time picking up on things like pitch accent?
35:02 - How do I know what words are worth mining?
39:14 - How would it be possible to gain a perfect accent without reading?
44:58 - Where can I find Japanese content to listen to?
Comments
Hayden
Hey Matt I believe I am at Stage 4 of the Refold roadmap in Japanese and consider myself having basic fluency. The problem is I am reading dominant and when I watch Netflix or shows in Japanese without subtitles my comprehension drops drastically and with subtitles I can reasonably say that I have around 85% - 99% comprehension depending on the difficulty of the material. My question is should I just leave subtitles on and never focus on improving my listening ability or should I turn the subtitles off in hopes that my listening would get better? I guess basically what I’m trying to ask is what am I missing out on from turning off subtitles when I watch stuff in Japanese? I mean in like a long term sense, what would be the cons of leaving subtitles on vs subtitles off for a reading dominant learner? Do you personally turn subtitles on? I also just want to point out that I barely speak Japanese in real life anymore and I don’t plan on going to Japan. I only use Japanese to consume Japanese materials like video games, YouTube videos and shows so that’s why I’m thinking to just leave subtitles on since I don’t really need the listening abilities, I guess.
Anton de la Fuente
Assume someone took the all-listening approach to learn Japanese and successfully achieved a native-like accent. If they wanted to learn how to read, how would you recommend they do so?
