A very bad thing is that English language became a profit only business and a crapton of books sold is just a piece of useless junk. Guys, learn languages from spoken word ... it's free.
@iiMPR3SSiiON - You have a point here. I think the answer lies in being able to discern what are really beneficial and what are just scam, or not scam but ineffective. A lot of info nowadays are free, one just has to know where to look.
A very bad thing is that English language became a profit only business and a crapton of books sold is just a piece of useless junk. Guys, learn languages from spoken word ... it's free.
Parties? Come on! You mean alcohol drinking seances with no purpose and a ton of sexualy oriented jokes on women? I'd rather be "different" than attend such a thing. I was on a couple of parties like this and I just wanted to leave immediately, it didn't give me anything. To be honest, I can speak freely to anyone in English only when I am NOT TIRED.If I am, there is no way I can put up a sentence or two together in any language :)
@iiMPR3SSiiON - We share that in common, hahaha. I'd rather have some alone time than be with people. But I guess it would be different if everyone in the party were language learners, hahaha. I think I would enjoy that. =)
@Imyirtseshem - Yes, most of the time. It's just that I consider myself a geek, and most of the time when I'm with people I get quite nervous and I begin to have some verbal diarrhea about geeky stuff like learning languages or literature, and not all people are interested in that, hahaha. To avoid the awkwardness of it all I avoid the people themselves, hehehe. I am still trying to change that aspect of myself, hopefully for the better. =)
@MrWeather333 I'm sorry, what's your native language? My first language is English, but my second is Spanish. At first I thought your native language, but now I'm not sure.
many people may find others somewhat intimidating for no real reason. To overcome this, you really have to make an effort to be outgoing, even if what you display isn't really how you feel. For instance, smiling, it makes others feel more comfortable and they may even act differently, or more easy going around you than previously, this in turn, may make it easier for you to speak to them. People are just people, they don't need to be scary :)
@csayumi8 - There are different methods actually but I mostly learn through books and listen to CDs. That's why I sound like a textbook sometimes, haha! When I am not that fluent in a language yet I avoid watching movies and listening to the language, which is a bad choice because you should really train your ears early on. Maybe it's just me but I easily get frustrated when I can't understand anything. =)
@ihcahieh i bought some accent training books today, which are "Pronounce It Perfectly in English with Audio CDs" "Mastering the American Accent with Audio CDs" "The American Accent Guide, 2nd Edition, A Complete and Comprehensive Course on the Pronunciation and Speaking Style of American English for Individuals ... book and nearly 8 hrs of MP3 audio", hopefully it will work for me...
@csayumi8 - Sorry for the late reply! Anyway good luck to you. There is no problem in learning American English because there are a lot of resources, almost all books and CDs for sale are teaching American English. As for British and Australian I am really finding it hard to find resources. Maybe I should just watch TV shows and movies. =)
Echale ganas!!! Todos tenemos problemas, es como reacionamos que nos define!!!! Live your life man!!!!! It's scary, but is being scared worth it? Is all this pain worth the results your getting????? Que estes bien amigo! He estado viendo tus videos y alli andas aprendiendo!
My attempt to learn languages is influenced by learning new things and talking to people. It is all about talking to people for me. How do you learn or stay motivated if you aren't very social.
@flashatizer - I see your point. Sometimes it's a real hurdle. I am just taking it slow. I've been listening to a lot of podcasts lately instead of reading books. Hopefully my next step would be chatting with YT contacts via Skype. I am keeping my fingers crossed. =)
Your english is perfect such as all of your languages.
Maybe I partially share the same problem with you and Cody... I tend to be shy when in large groups of people but I'm more open and I can talk about nearly anything with few of my closest friends.
I also have something in common with Loki cause from time to time as I learn languages and meet some native speakers who are really kind and friendly I tend to be very social.
@Luke94NY - Thanks again! All of us introverts should meet and see how we all get along, but I think that won't be a problem since we all share a common interest, hehe. =)
@dayron25 - Hi! Yes, I was trying British on the first one, American on the second one, and then Filipino English on the third one. I don't know if it is proper to say that the last one is "Filipino" it is just that when I speak that way there is not much effort to approximate any other accent.
@kovu93 - True. The sad thing is, I always feel that I'm lacking something when I can't speak a certain language well, at least in conversation. And it is really in conversation that one can improve his/her speaking skills. =P
I'm somewhat similar. One issue with socializing is there's often no framework for the conversation. It's open from the start and often goes on too long. It's why the internet tends to offer more opportunity for communicating on more limited terms.
Since you love books, joining a book club that has a very regular meeting schedule would let you have conversation focused on a pre-defined topic, generally limited to that topic. Something to consider.
@5Language - Hey thanks man! Thanks for all the comments, they really motivate me to make more videos, haha. In fact I'm making the one for French right now. Will upload tomorrow. =)
I was shy a long time ago but now I completely changed because of languages. When I started to learn spanish, I met awesome people who can speak to you about anything, they are always there to support you whatever you do, I felt very good and I kept speaking to different type of persons and I ended up progressing. You have to try to just speak to sb you trust and maybe he'll show you his friends etc etc good luck my friend !
@loki2504 - Thanks Félix. I guess my problem is I worry too much about what people would say about me, or I fear that they would be judgmental. I'm such a pessimist! Hahaha. But having seen a lot of people here in Youtube I've realized that there are also a lot of people who are just friendly and willing to help! Thanks for this suggestion, I will really try it. =P
First of all: I like your English, it sounds quite polished.
Second: I am like you in being antisocial. In fact, over the years I have been categorized as autistic.
Is this bad for language learning? Not necesarily. For instance, this summer I decided to become a truly fluent reader of Latin. Because I am capable of spending a great deal of time by myself, I achieved my goal towards the end of the season. I woke up reading and Latin, read all day, and when to sleep reading in Latin.
@alkantre - Hi Peter and thank you! It's just sometimes I feel some kind of void and I feel some sort of imbalance because when I learn a language I always tend to be better at reading and writing than speaking and listening. Or maybe I just worry too much, given that there are more opportunities for exposure to written than spoken language. Re: Latin, learning it expands vocabulary, right? Hope it goes the other way around, since I've spent lotsa time learning her daughter languages, haha! =P
@ihcahieh I think you speak all of your languages remarkably well, so you don't need to worry. I think reading alot is actually the best language practice.
LATIN. Yes, recently I have had experiences listening to friends speaking Spanish, to find I understand certain words they use in Spanish because of my Latin. But certainly, it is a two way street. For instance, I learned IDONEO in Spanish from an erudite speaker. Later it made it extremely easy to learn IDONEUS in Latin.
@alkantre - Is Idoneo an invented language like Esperanto? I am looking forward to reading Latin again but I just can't find time. If only we could buy time, hahaha.
@ihcahieh You may be thinking of IDO, a language which is derived from Esperanto.
But IDONEO is a Spanish adjective. It means: "que reune todas las condiciones necesarias para una cosa". It comes directly from Latin IDONEUS.
I actually bought time for Latin last summer. How? I decided not to teach summer school. That was $4,ooo I didn't earn. But I gained the fluency level I wanted in reading in Latin, because I had time for it. You see, I'm a true fantatic!
I think I'm somewhere in the middle, in a way. I don't particularly like multi-sided conversations and prefer one-on-one interactions, and also relaxed interactions within small groups of people that know each other (and me). I'm not a 'life of the party' kind of person. But, I do love talking to strangers and love talking to people in general, and I feed off it; it's exhilarating. I just prefer one-on-one or very small groups.
@getreallanguage - You are like my mother then, she could hit it off right away with a stranger and the next thing I know they are chatting like they've known each other for years. Too bad what I inherited from her was her sense of humor, not her being an extrovert. And then I got my silence from my father, hahaha. Maybe it's for my own good. =P
@getreallanguage - Hehehe, and that is a good thing because your videos are really interesting! In my case I have been here in Youtube since 2006, but it took me four years to post my first vid, hahaha. It has been a very long wait, really. =P
Yea, I kinda have a similar problem, maybe not as severe, but I am also a little anti-social and introverted. I get a lot more enjoyment when I am alone at home reading and learning versus going to a party or something.
@Codylangaugesblog - Hi Cody, and thanks! I guess this is a similarity we both share. In my case it's not only at home. Most of the time in the office when we have a lot of idle time I prefer reading than chatting with a colleague. And in parties I often bring a book too. If the lighting is good then I just read despite the loud music, haha. It just seems to be that my time would be better off spent learning something new than meeting someone or hearing gossip... hehehe. =)
I have a similar "problem", in that I do not enjoy large social gatherings, nor being put in front of a group of strangers and told to "mingle". We introverts, meaning that we feel energized by ideas more than social interactions (which we often find draining). Extroverts are not "better" since they often have the opposite problem: finding ideas tiring, and only enjoying chatting with others, so you are lucky that you can story hard and feel it energizing rather than tiring!
@FluentCzech - I'm just glad that I've finally shared this fact about me to the world. It's just sometimes people have a lot of expectations which could be quite overwhelming to the language learner. And it could be a bit confusing. For example when I speak with my Argentinian colleague in Spanish and I pause mid-sentence I often wonder if my language proficiency or my being an introvert is to blame. Anyway, thanks for your insight, I find it very useful as an explanation to this "problem". =)
You have a beautiful accent.
canadaisthenorth 3 months ago
@canadaisthenorth - Thanks! =)
ihcahieh 3 months ago
A very bad thing is that English language became a profit only business and a crapton of books sold is just a piece of useless junk. Guys, learn languages from spoken word ... it's free.
iiMPR3SSiiON 4 months ago
@iiMPR3SSiiON - You have a point here. I think the answer lies in being able to discern what are really beneficial and what are just scam, or not scam but ineffective. A lot of info nowadays are free, one just has to know where to look.
ihcahieh 3 months ago
A very bad thing is that English language became a profit only business and a crapton of books sold is just a piece of useless junk. Guys, learn languages from spoken word ... it's free.
iiMPR3SSiiON 4 months ago
Parties? Come on! You mean alcohol drinking seances with no purpose and a ton of sexualy oriented jokes on women? I'd rather be "different" than attend such a thing. I was on a couple of parties like this and I just wanted to leave immediately, it didn't give me anything. To be honest, I can speak freely to anyone in English only when I am NOT TIRED.If I am, there is no way I can put up a sentence or two together in any language :)
iiMPR3SSiiON 4 months ago
@iiMPR3SSiiON - We share that in common, hahaha. I'd rather have some alone time than be with people. But I guess it would be different if everyone in the party were language learners, hahaha. I think I would enjoy that. =)
ihcahieh 4 months ago
@Imyirtseshem - Hey, thanks for the advice! Sometimes it just feels depressing but it's nice to know that I am not alone in this dilemma. =)
ihcahieh 5 months ago
@Imyirtseshem - Yes, most of the time. It's just that I consider myself a geek, and most of the time when I'm with people I get quite nervous and I begin to have some verbal diarrhea about geeky stuff like learning languages or literature, and not all people are interested in that, hahaha. To avoid the awkwardness of it all I avoid the people themselves, hehehe. I am still trying to change that aspect of myself, hopefully for the better. =)
ihcahieh 5 months ago
Hablas con un accento inglaterra
MrWeather333 7 months ago
@MrWeather333 I'm sorry, what's your native language? My first language is English, but my second is Spanish. At first I thought your native language, but now I'm not sure.
MrWeather333 7 months ago
@MrWeather333 - Hi, my native language is TAGALOG. =)
ihcahieh 7 months ago
I love it when you say that you hate people sometimes.....I understand the feeling.GReat vid bro.
documento6789 8 months ago
@documento6789 - Haha, not as much as I hate myself, lol. Thanks for the comment. =)
ihcahieh 8 months ago
many people may find others somewhat intimidating for no real reason. To overcome this, you really have to make an effort to be outgoing, even if what you display isn't really how you feel. For instance, smiling, it makes others feel more comfortable and they may even act differently, or more easy going around you than previously, this in turn, may make it easier for you to speak to them. People are just people, they don't need to be scary :)
dogboy0912 8 months ago
@dogboy0912 - You make an excellent point. Thanks for this tip. =)
ihcahieh 8 months ago
thank you very much , i like this video......can you talk more about your learning method....
csayumi8 8 months ago
@csayumi8 - There are different methods actually but I mostly learn through books and listen to CDs. That's why I sound like a textbook sometimes, haha! When I am not that fluent in a language yet I avoid watching movies and listening to the language, which is a bad choice because you should really train your ears early on. Maybe it's just me but I easily get frustrated when I can't understand anything. =)
ihcahieh 8 months ago
why you have uk accent?
csayumi8 8 months ago
@csayumi8 - Hi, I am just trying a UK accent. My natural English accent when I speak it without effort is different, more Filipino sounding. =)
About methods, I have uploaded two videos. Kindly search for them in my video list. =)
ihcahieh 8 months ago
@ihcahieh i bought some accent training books today, which are "Pronounce It Perfectly in English with Audio CDs" "Mastering the American Accent with Audio CDs" "The American Accent Guide, 2nd Edition, A Complete and Comprehensive Course on the Pronunciation and Speaking Style of American English for Individuals ... book and nearly 8 hrs of MP3 audio", hopefully it will work for me...
csayumi8 8 months ago
@csayumi8 - Sorry for the late reply! Anyway good luck to you. There is no problem in learning American English because there are a lot of resources, almost all books and CDs for sale are teaching American English. As for British and Australian I am really finding it hard to find resources. Maybe I should just watch TV shows and movies. =)
ihcahieh 8 months ago
Echale ganas!!! Todos tenemos problemas, es como reacionamos que nos define!!!! Live your life man!!!!! It's scary, but is being scared worth it? Is all this pain worth the results your getting????? Que estes bien amigo! He estado viendo tus videos y alli andas aprendiendo!
RyuPiu 8 months ago
@RyuPiu - Thanks for the tip. Slowly but surely I will be able to do that. In time. =)
ihcahieh 8 months ago
I appreciate your honesty.
rfwelsh 9 months ago
@rfwelsh - Thanks for the comment. I'm just being frank, hehe. =)
ihcahieh 9 months ago
making videos helps you a lot, so i don't think you are that shy, or antisocial.keep doing it! bye :)
MelancholyInLove 11 months ago
@MelancholyInLove -- True, although I haven't been doing a lot of language videos lately. I should really make one again. =)
ihcahieh 11 months ago
Astig ka po kuya! ^^,
eldrich93 11 months ago
@eldrich93 - Salamat! =)
ihcahieh 11 months ago
hi bro can you teach me japanese? is it hard?
arozka11 1 year ago
My attempt to learn languages is influenced by learning new things and talking to people. It is all about talking to people for me. How do you learn or stay motivated if you aren't very social.
flashatizer 1 year ago
@flashatizer - I see your point. Sometimes it's a real hurdle. I am just taking it slow. I've been listening to a lot of podcasts lately instead of reading books. Hopefully my next step would be chatting with YT contacts via Skype. I am keeping my fingers crossed. =)
ihcahieh 1 year ago
@ihcahieh It may take time but the fact that you post videos on youtube means you are trying! :) Best of luck!
flashatizer 1 year ago
Your english is perfect such as all of your languages.
Maybe I partially share the same problem with you and Cody... I tend to be shy when in large groups of people but I'm more open and I can talk about nearly anything with few of my closest friends.
I also have something in common with Loki cause from time to time as I learn languages and meet some native speakers who are really kind and friendly I tend to be very social.
Luke94NY 1 year ago
@Luke94NY - Thanks again! All of us introverts should meet and see how we all get along, but I think that won't be a problem since we all share a common interest, hehe. =)
ihcahieh 1 year ago
@ihcahieh Hehe. Maybe we should.
Luke94NY 1 year ago
is it me or did your accent change from the first part of the video to the middle?
dayron25 1 year ago
@dayron25 - Hi! Yes, I was trying British on the first one, American on the second one, and then Filipino English on the third one. I don't know if it is proper to say that the last one is "Filipino" it is just that when I speak that way there is not much effort to approximate any other accent.
ihcahieh 1 year ago
Si a usted le pide a Jesús que le ayude creo que verás que las cosas irán mejor para usted.
MrFremdsprache 1 year ago
great video! i agree with you. i am antisocial too. so learning languages and talking to other in another language is hard at times.
kovu93 1 year ago
@kovu93 - True. The sad thing is, I always feel that I'm lacking something when I can't speak a certain language well, at least in conversation. And it is really in conversation that one can improve his/her speaking skills. =P
ihcahieh 1 year ago
I'm somewhat similar. One issue with socializing is there's often no framework for the conversation. It's open from the start and often goes on too long. It's why the internet tends to offer more opportunity for communicating on more limited terms.
Since you love books, joining a book club that has a very regular meeting schedule would let you have conversation focused on a pre-defined topic, generally limited to that topic. Something to consider.
gposhto 1 year ago
@gposhto - This is a good suggestion. I'll try to look for Book Clubs here in Manila. I just hope I could squeeze it in my schedule, hehe. =P
ihcahieh 1 year ago
You're awesome dude!
5Language 1 year ago
@5Language - Hey thanks man! Thanks for all the comments, they really motivate me to make more videos, haha. In fact I'm making the one for French right now. Will upload tomorrow. =)
ihcahieh 1 year ago
interesting video sir. You don't seem antisocial when you are on Youtube. lol
RyuPiu 1 year ago
@RyuPiu - Haha, I guess Youtube really is the answer to my problem. Hehehe. =P
ihcahieh 1 year ago
@ihcahieh Maybe it is. :)
RyuPiu 1 year ago
I was shy a long time ago but now I completely changed because of languages. When I started to learn spanish, I met awesome people who can speak to you about anything, they are always there to support you whatever you do, I felt very good and I kept speaking to different type of persons and I ended up progressing. You have to try to just speak to sb you trust and maybe he'll show you his friends etc etc good luck my friend !
loki2504 1 year ago
@loki2504 - Thanks Félix. I guess my problem is I worry too much about what people would say about me, or I fear that they would be judgmental. I'm such a pessimist! Hahaha. But having seen a lot of people here in Youtube I've realized that there are also a lot of people who are just friendly and willing to help! Thanks for this suggestion, I will really try it. =P
ihcahieh 1 year ago
First of all: I like your English, it sounds quite polished.
Second: I am like you in being antisocial. In fact, over the years I have been categorized as autistic.
Is this bad for language learning? Not necesarily. For instance, this summer I decided to become a truly fluent reader of Latin. Because I am capable of spending a great deal of time by myself, I achieved my goal towards the end of the season. I woke up reading and Latin, read all day, and when to sleep reading in Latin.
alkantre 1 year ago
@alkantre - Hi Peter and thank you! It's just sometimes I feel some kind of void and I feel some sort of imbalance because when I learn a language I always tend to be better at reading and writing than speaking and listening. Or maybe I just worry too much, given that there are more opportunities for exposure to written than spoken language. Re: Latin, learning it expands vocabulary, right? Hope it goes the other way around, since I've spent lotsa time learning her daughter languages, haha! =P
ihcahieh 1 year ago
@ihcahieh I think you speak all of your languages remarkably well, so you don't need to worry. I think reading alot is actually the best language practice.
LATIN. Yes, recently I have had experiences listening to friends speaking Spanish, to find I understand certain words they use in Spanish because of my Latin. But certainly, it is a two way street. For instance, I learned IDONEO in Spanish from an erudite speaker. Later it made it extremely easy to learn IDONEUS in Latin.
alkantre 1 year ago
@alkantre - Is Idoneo an invented language like Esperanto? I am looking forward to reading Latin again but I just can't find time. If only we could buy time, hahaha.
ihcahieh 1 year ago
@ihcahieh You may be thinking of IDO, a language which is derived from Esperanto.
But IDONEO is a Spanish adjective. It means: "que reune todas las condiciones necesarias para una cosa". It comes directly from Latin IDONEUS.
I actually bought time for Latin last summer. How? I decided not to teach summer school. That was $4,ooo I didn't earn. But I gained the fluency level I wanted in reading in Latin, because I had time for it. You see, I'm a true fantatic!
alkantre 1 year ago
@alkantre - Haha, I thought IDONEO wa a language, lol. Yeah, talk about opportunity costs! It's always a trade-off. =P
ihcahieh 1 year ago
I think I'm somewhere in the middle, in a way. I don't particularly like multi-sided conversations and prefer one-on-one interactions, and also relaxed interactions within small groups of people that know each other (and me). I'm not a 'life of the party' kind of person. But, I do love talking to strangers and love talking to people in general, and I feed off it; it's exhilarating. I just prefer one-on-one or very small groups.
getreallanguage 1 year ago
@getreallanguage - You are like my mother then, she could hit it off right away with a stranger and the next thing I know they are chatting like they've known each other for years. Too bad what I inherited from her was her sense of humor, not her being an extrovert. And then I got my silence from my father, hahaha. Maybe it's for my own good. =P
ihcahieh 1 year ago
@ihcahieh I'm just a chatterbox at heart, like my mother. I guess that's part of the reason I record youtube videos. I have too much I want to say!
getreallanguage 1 year ago
@getreallanguage - Hehehe, and that is a good thing because your videos are really interesting! In my case I have been here in Youtube since 2006, but it took me four years to post my first vid, hahaha. It has been a very long wait, really. =P
ihcahieh 1 year ago
Your English is really good!
Yea, I kinda have a similar problem, maybe not as severe, but I am also a little anti-social and introverted. I get a lot more enjoyment when I am alone at home reading and learning versus going to a party or something.
Codylangaugesblog 1 year ago
@Codylangaugesblog - Hi Cody, and thanks! I guess this is a similarity we both share. In my case it's not only at home. Most of the time in the office when we have a lot of idle time I prefer reading than chatting with a colleague. And in parties I often bring a book too. If the lighting is good then I just read despite the loud music, haha. It just seems to be that my time would be better off spent learning something new than meeting someone or hearing gossip... hehehe. =)
ihcahieh 1 year ago
I have a similar "problem", in that I do not enjoy large social gatherings, nor being put in front of a group of strangers and told to "mingle". We introverts, meaning that we feel energized by ideas more than social interactions (which we often find draining). Extroverts are not "better" since they often have the opposite problem: finding ideas tiring, and only enjoying chatting with others, so you are lucky that you can story hard and feel it energizing rather than tiring!
FluentCzech 1 year ago
@FluentCzech - I'm just glad that I've finally shared this fact about me to the world. It's just sometimes people have a lot of expectations which could be quite overwhelming to the language learner. And it could be a bit confusing. For example when I speak with my Argentinian colleague in Spanish and I pause mid-sentence I often wonder if my language proficiency or my being an introvert is to blame. Anyway, thanks for your insight, I find it very useful as an explanation to this "problem". =)
ihcahieh 1 year ago