【Study Vlog】How do I study languages on a busy day? (subtitles)

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if you are learning a language or several languages like me

the contents of this video will be useful to you

because in this vlog I will show you my daily Study routine

how I manage time to learn different languages at the same time

even though I have to work during the day and

the different strategies I use to learn different languages.

First, I want to say a couple of things.

I'm going to try to show you the real life of a polyglot

but I prefer to say a language lover.

Honestly, this is not a story of language genius.

I just learned a language like this

After three months I can speak fluently

or even after six weeks.

To be honest, I don't believe in this kind of myth

Of course there are always language geniuses

but that's not my case and that's not the case of most people.

I think it's important to show you the reality.

Learning languages takes time, patience and persistence.

There is no magic.

But believe me, if you have healthy beliefs and confidence on yourself

and use proper methods, you can definitely improve your performance

and progress faster.

Secondly, except for Chinese I keep on learning the other six languages I speak

even for English and French.

I can say that I have a proficient and academic level

I still keep learning.

I always note down the new vocabulary and terms encountered in my work

such as from books, articles, papers, lectures

or even videos

for the other four languages.

I have the hierarchy of these languages Arabic, German, Persian

and Turkish.

As you can see from this table, the objective of each language is different

and the time I invest is different as well.

I study languages 4 or 5 hours a day when I have no other activities

like two 3 hours in the morning and two 3 hours

at night.

Don't get me wrong.

I don't just learn languages in my life.

I do spend time with my friends.

I know sometimes I am a bit nerdy and a bit obsessed when it comes

to language learning, but I do normal human beings activities

like a hangout, go to a bar restaurant or watch Netflix,

browse on social media.

During the day I have to do my PhD research

So I organize two language learning sessions

a morning session from 6:30 to 9:30.

I call it priority session

the evening session after 07:00p.m.. I call it flexible session.

I put the most important languages like Arabic and German in the morning

because it's kind of obligatory for this session.

I don't change.

I have to do it in the morning before I go to work so that

I can guarantee that I study at least 2 hours of language per day.

But you don't have to copy me.

You can completely be flexible depending on your situation.

2 hours, one or even half an hour is totally fine.

The most important is to make it part of your routine.

As I say in my second video, the persistence is

the secret of learning a language.

If I study in the evening, sometimes I be very tired

because of my work.

Sometimes I have some random plans with my friends.

That's why I call the evening session a flexible session

for languages like Turkish and Persian.

I just learn by interest.

I do it when I don't have other plans in the evening.

For example, if I have to go out with friends or something,

I can do it another day, but I still try to do it

at least two or three times per week.

Now let's take a look at my daily study routine.

I always listen to podcast or news in Arabic during my washing routine

This episode is with a Lebanese chef talking about Lebanese food

I listen to all kinds of subjects

I repeat some words or phrases

Sometimes I talk to the podcaster😂

It is important to imitate the accent

I do two exercises.

First is the reading exercise.

I'm going to read an article like news on aljazeera

a bit complicated subjects like political or military or cultural topics

so I can learn some new vocabulary.

The second exercise is for listening and speaking.

I'm going to watch a video on YouTube.

It could be a standard Arabic or just Syrian or Lebanese dialect

I'm going to choose a short video like three or four minutes

so I can check all vocabulary and repeat with the video

it is a very good way to practice my pronunciation.

It is important to choose a video with CC subtitles in the language you are learning

After 3 hours

French and English are my languages of work

I always listen to podcast or news while cooking and eating

I cook every day, good food gives me good mood

I'm going to study Turkish tonight so I listen to everything in Turkish: songs, podcasts, news, etc.

Now, after dinner, it's time to study a bit Turkish.

I would just only watch a video on YouTube.

There's a channel I really like called Easy Turkish.

I just watch one video and learn some new vocabulary.

I note down the new words

Normally, I take notes on the computer, it's faster. But sometimes I write them down to practice writing

I repeat sentence by sentence

After this exercise, I will review the vocabulary I learned before

I just finished the video in Turkish.

This is my daily study routine.

Now I'm going to take a break.

I'm going to take a shower and read the books or watch a movie.

See you.