Those Benefits You Don’t Know To Learn Languages-Part 2

hsnu1295 2020-04-08 3 Comments

Introduce myself

English

Hey guys, I am Kevin, and I am fond of learning languages. Now I can speak 5 languages, Spanish, English, Mandarin, Japanese and a little French.

Spanish

Sé que no lo pueden creer. Para ti fue difícil aprender un idioma nuevo, pero para mi hay unas maneras de hacer un esfuerzo para mejorarme.

Japanese

多分あなたは私の方法が一体何ですかが知りたいですよね。では、始めましょう。

French

Je suis trés heaureax de partager mon expérience d’apprentissage ici. Je suis désolé parce que je ne parler bien français, donc je ne peux plus parler maintenant.

Mandarin

我用中文來總結，是的以上就是我會的5種語言，學習語言是有方法的，只要你有心想學一門外語，網路上其實有非常多的資源可以用，但最重要的還是要有毅力，持之以恆囉！

As above, I am fond of learning languages. Now I can speak 5 languages, Spanish, English, Mandarin, Japanese and a little French. You may think how it could be possible to know so many languages at once. You may think that being bilingual is such a hard thing, not to mention being a polyglot. Well, I am here to tell you that it is possible for me, then it is possible for you as well.

9 advantages you should know

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6.Enjoy more videos with different languages

Haha I love this part very well. As a polyglot, you will never feel bored cause…you have various kinds of series and movies to enjoy. What’s more, depends on your mood, you can choose which country’s drama you are gonna watch.

Needless to say, watching videos is one of the best ways to learn a language. You can mimic what people do and repeat what they say(This way is called “Shadowing”). It would be very interesting. Here, I wanna provide some video resources.

Video Source(without subtitle)

Spanish Video：Optimovision

French Video：Xoperi

7.Make your English better

It is easier for me to learn Japanese because there are a lot similarities with Chinese. Likewise, French, Spanish and English have a lot in common. That is why I choose to learn Spanish with English instead of my mother tongue Mandarin. In this way, I studied both languages at the same time. By the way, do you know there are numerous English words about finance coming from French Below is the chart talking about the formation of English. French and Latin languages are in majorities.

English from other country-Percentage

8.Cultivate a keep-learning habit

To learn a language well, the most important thing is persistence. Likewise, it can be used in learning everything. After learning languages, I find out I become more concentrated and insistent in studying. I am willing to spare approximately 30 minutes every day to learn a language.

9.Know why people have different English accents

This is a funny observation. However, I am not making fun of those people who have different English accents. I have my own accent as well, so here I am not going to judge anything, but to tell you what I found out from my real life experience.

When I start to learn French, I realized why french people always put a “er” sound after one English word, for example, “Impossible(err)”.

There is another story. Compared with English, Chinese is a totally different system, and it was pretty easy for me to do the alphabet spelling part in IELTs test. However, for my Spanish friends they couldn’t distinguish the difference between “b” and “p”, “t” and “d” easily…cause in Spanish their pronunciation are nearly the same.

Let’s watch this video below talking about how struggle it is for Spanish people to pronounce some English words.