So I thought I'd make a videotalkingaboutmylanguagejourney, andalsosharesometipsandtechniquesforlearning a languageasanadultwithoutanylanguageenvironment.
I'vebeenlearningChineseforaboutsixyearsnow, and a lotofpeoplehaveaskedhow I wasabletoreach a relativelyfluentlevel, andhonestlybeingintheclassroomenvironmentreallyhelpedme a lotinthebeginning.
Itwasreallyhelpfultohave a teacherteachmethebasicsandgiveme a foundationinthislanguage, but a lotoftheworkformealsocamefromoutsideoftheclassroom.
先生に基本を教えてもらい、この言語の基礎を身につけることができたのは本当に助かった。
Especiallyinsituationswhereyoudon't have a languageenvironment, andyou'renotsurroundedbythislanguageeveryday, andyoucan't practicethesebasicdailyconversations.
I wouldconstantlytakenoteofthenewwordsandphrasesthat I heardandwritethemdown, and I havesomanynotebooksjustfilledwithmerepeatingthesamethingsoverandover, andwritingeverything I hearddown.
Yourparentsandthepeoplearoundyouwouldconstantlybespeakingthislanguage, soas a baby, youjuststarttopickuponthesoundsandthewords, andyoueventuallystarttospeakitonyourown.
While I waslisteningtotheseTVshowsandmoviesandanythinglikethatinChinese, if I sawsomethingnewthat I wasn't sureofexactlywhatitmeant, insteadofjustdirectlytranslatingit, I wouldlookforitinothercontextsandslowlystarttounderstandthemeaningandhowit's used.
It's alsoreallyimportanttorememberthatlearning a language, nomatterwhatthelanguageis, takes a lotoftimeandpersistence.
また、どんな言語であれ、言語を習得するには多くの時間と忍耐が必要であることを忘れてはならない。
It's takenmeaboutsixyearstolearnChinesewithoutknowinganythingaboutthelanguagepreviously, butonlyinthepastyearhave I startedtoreallykindofconnectthedotsandbecome a littlebitmorefluentinthelanguage.