Today's video is gonna be about my method that I use for learning languages through songs.

今天的影片是要告訴大家我是如何透過歌曲學習語言的方法

Now if you're new to this channel,

如果你是第一次觀看這個頻道的人，

I produce a new video every Monday and every Friday

我將會在每周一和周五上傳新的影片

about ways that you can learn languages more effectively.

關於如何用更有效率的方法來學習語言

So if that's interesting to you feel free to click on the subscribe button down below.

所以如果你覺得有興趣，可以隨時點擊下方的訂閱按鈕哦！

Now on this channel, my three main goals are to make language learning fast, fun and easy,

在這個頻道，我的三個主要目標就是讓學習語言變的快速、有趣又簡單

and I think learning languages through songs accomplishes all three of those goals.

而我覺得透過歌曲學習語言完整實現了這三個目標

So my first tip for learning languages with songs and this probably comes as no surprise is just

所以我第一個用歌曲學習語言的方法不外乎就是

listening to the song a lot.

多聽幾次這首歌

So listen while you're in the car listen while you're cooking cleaning

不管是當你在車上或者是當你正在煮菜、打掃，

listen while you have any amount of free time,

又或者是任何你有空的時間都可以聽

and my favorite method for that is the Spotify app on my iPad.

而我最喜歡的方法就是用我 iPad 上的 Spotify 程式

They have pretty much every song you can imagine,

在這裡你能想到的歌曲它都有，

and they have all kinds of languages.

而且還有各種種類的語言

So no matter what languages you're learning you they probably have songs in that language.

所以不管你學的語言是什麼，這個程式應該都有那個語言的歌曲

A Spotify app for the iPad and for the computer is really nice, it's completely free.

iPad 版或電腦版的 Spotify 都非常好用，而且還完全免費

The app for your phone is a little bit more limited unless you want the paid subscription,

只是手機版的程式有一些限制除非你願意額外付費訂閱，

but on the iPad and on the computer, it's great.

但是在 iPad 或電腦版上的都很好

You just have to listen to a short advertisement,

你只需要聽一小段的廣告，

and then you get to listen to whatever music you want.

然後就可以聆聽任何你想要的歌曲

My next tip is to print off a physical lyrics sheets with a glossary on the side,

我的第二個方法是把歌詞印出來，再把字彙寫在旁邊，

and that's exactly what I did. Here you see, I have the lyrics printed off,

而這就是我所做的。在這裡你看得到我把歌詞印出來，

and I just found the lyrics to this song and Ultimate-guitar.com.

這是我在Ultimate-guitar.com上找到的歌詞

After I printed it off, I just went through and read the whole song,

印完歌詞後，我會繼續讀過整首歌曲，

and I found a bunch of words that I was not familiar with,

然後我會發現一連串不懂的字，

so I wrote those songs (words) over here on the side.

所以我把這些字寫在旁邊

And then when I finished that and went on to wordreference.com,

而當我完成後我會前往 wordreference.com

and I looked up the definitions.

去查尋這些單字的意思

And this is a really helpful thing to reference the first few times you hear the song.

在你前幾次聽歌曲的時候，參考這個網站是很有幫助的

You just read through the lyrics as you listen to the song one or two times,

當你把歌曲聽幾次之後，你就把歌詞都讀過了，

and then it just takes a few times listening to the song before you know all the words and all their meanings.

多聽幾次你就知道所有的單字和其意義了

That's a really easy way to boost your vocabulary,

這是一個提升你的字彙能力的簡單方法

and it's going to stop you from getting totally lost in the song every time you listen to it.

也能讓你不會在每次聆聽時不懂歌曲在唱什麼

So it's gonna make your time more productive.

這樣也能夠讓你更有效率的學習

Now Google translates and word reference can only take you so far when you're translating words word for word,

當你在逐字逐句翻譯時，Google 翻譯跟單字參考都是有限的，

and anyone who speaks Spanish knows

而任何會說西班牙語的人都知道

that this translation that Google Translate gave me is really wrong and really funny.

這個 Google 給我的翻譯實在是錯得可笑

That's why my second piece of advice for learning languages with songs is

這就是為什麼用歌曲學語言的第二個建議是要

to ask advice from native speakers on apps like Reddit and HiNative.

在應用程式上向母語人士詢問意見，像是 Reddit 和 HiNative

A lot of times music uses certain phrases and words that are very colloquial

很多時候歌曲會用到非常口語的片語或單字，

they use a lot of slang, so that's why HiNative is a great resource for this.

他們會用很多俚語，因此這就是為什麼 HiNative 是一個非常好的資源

HiNative is an app that allows you to ask bite-sized translation related questions to native speakers,

HiNative 能夠讓你在上面向母語人士問任何有關翻譯的疑難雜症，

and you can see here I asked a question about

你可以看到我在這裡問了一個有關

a line from the song that I'm learning.

這段我正在學的歌詞

And I just asked what does this mean because it uses some

我詢問它的意思是因為它用到一些

slang vocabulary words that I'm just not familiar with,

我不熟悉的俚語字彙，

and then a native speaker of Canadian French came on and she told me what that means,

而這位來自法裔的加拿大母語人士便前來告訴我俚語的意思，

and you can see

由此可見

that there's probably a good reason I had no idea what this means because it was a little bit vulgar,

我對俚語的意思一無所知的原因是因為它有點粗俗，

and they don't teach you that kind of stuff in the classroom,

而這些東西是學校不會教你的，

but people online that are native speakers, and they're experts in the dialect.

但這些線上的母語人士都是這些方言的專家

They'll help you understand what's going on in that song, so this is an invaluable resource.

他們會幫助你了解這首歌含意，所以這是一個寶貴的資源

And Reddit is also a great place where you can go and ask questions.

而 Reddit 也是一個很好的平台可以讓你發問問題

Just go to the subreddit of whatever language you're learning,

你只要進去 Reddit 的分類版面找到任何你想學的語言，

post your question,

在上面提出你的問題，

and you'll get at least one or two answers within the next hour as long as it's one of the more major languages of the world.

只要它是世界上的主要語言之一，你就能在短時間內得到一些答案

My third tip is to practice these songs while practicing with an actual instrument .

我的第三個方法則是跟著樂器一起練習這些歌曲

Now if you already play an instrument you probably do this all the time,

要是你已經有在玩樂器，你一定經常在做這件事

so this is just a natural extension and another way for you to incorporate your language into your daily routine.

所以這也只是另一個延伸的方法，將你所要學的語言融入你日常生活

And if you don't play an instrument yet,

而要是你還不會任何樂器，

it's actually really easy to get started.

現在開始學其實也不難

You can get a cheap ukulele on Amazon or on eBay for like twenty to thirty dollars,

你可以在 Amazon 或 eBay 上花＄20〜30 買一支便宜的烏克莉莉，

and there's all kinds of tutorials on YouTube that will tell you how to play that instrument.

而在 YouTube 上也有各式各樣的教學影片會教你如何演奏那些樂器

Then all you have to do is just look up the chords for that instrument on ultimate-guitar.com,

之後你只需要在 ultimate-guitar.com上找這個樂器的樂譜，

and you instantly have a new and exciting way of practicing your language.

你就可以馬上得到一個新奇的方法來練習你所學的語言

This is why I get most of my lyrics off of ultimate-guitar.com,

這就是為什麼我常常在 ultimate-guitar.com 上找歌詞，

because they actually give you the chords to go along with the lyrics.

因為它能給你樂譜搭配歌詞

And then it's extremely easy.

再來就非常簡單

You just to pick up the guitar, or sit down at the piano and play through whatever song you want to learn.

你只需拿起吉他或坐在鋼琴前，彈奏任何你想要學的歌曲

Just one more suggestion on the instrument front before we get to my last tip is

再給上最後一個方法前，我還有一個關於樂器的建議：

this instrument called a strum stick and you've probably never seen anything like this before.

這個樂器是一種三弦樂器，你可能從未看過這種樂器

It's really interesting but I promise this is the easiest instrument you will ever play in your entire life.

它很有趣，但我保證它絕對是你這輩子最容易學的樂器了

This is a pretty nice model, and it was a little bit more expensive at about a hundred dollars,

像我手上這支就很好了，只是它有一點貴，大約要＄100

but you can get cheaper versions too.

但你也能買到更便宜的

There's only three strings on this instruments,

這個樂器上只有三條弦，

and they leave out a bunch of frets making it way simpler to play,

而且省去了一串銅條讓它能更容易去上手

and it makes it so that you can't even play wrong notes for the key that you're playing in.

如此一來也不可能在你彈奏的時候彈錯音

It's really easy for beginners strum stick players

這對於初學者來說非常簡單

to just use one finger in just this one string,

你只需要將一隻手指放在一條弦上面

and you can actually make some pretty cool music.

就可以彈出很酷的旋律了

Watch me play La Vie En Rose with just one finger on this strum stick.

看我在這個樂器上用一隻手指彈奏 La Vie En Rose。

Once you have your strum stick for a few days,

一旦你熟悉這個樂器後，

you can move past the one finger technique and move into very simple chords

你只要動一隻手指就能彈出簡單旋律，

that never take more than two fingers.

且絕不會用到超過二隻來彈奏

And believe it or not, you can actually play some pretty complicated stuff on this strum stick,

信不信由你，其實你可以在這個樂器上彈奏複雜的歌曲，

so it's a lot of fun even for advanced musicians.

所以即使是對於進階的樂手也還是會有非常多的樂趣

Okay, sorry for that side rant about strum sticks.

不好意思，在介紹這個樂器上離題太多了

I'm just really passionate about spreading music,

我真的很熱衷於推廣音樂，

so I'm not gonna say any more about that.

只是我現在必須先停止這個話題

But if you are interested in this strum stick then you can check out my link right here,

但要是你對這個樂器還是很有興趣，你可以點擊這邊的連結，

because I think I'm going to start posting more videos on that subject on another channel.

因為我想我會開始上傳更多有關這類主題的影片在另一個頻道上

And my last tip is to listen to those songs in slow motion.

而我的最後一個方法是調慢歌曲的播放速度，

And I have two main ways of doing this.

我主要的兩個方式為：

The first and the simplest way is on YouTube

第一個最簡單的就是使用 YouTube

and the second way that is more complex but more customizable is with Audacity.

第二個方法比較複雜但又可以依據喜好調整的則是使用 Audacity

Now the first method I want to show you is how to slow down in songs on YouTube,

關於第一個方法我想要告訴你如何在 YouTube 上調慢歌曲速度，

and I just covered this a week or two ago in my pronunciation video,

而在一兩個禮拜前我才在我有關發音的影片中討論到，

so I'm not gonna spend too much time on it.

所以我不會花太多時間在這上面

But this is a really nice way to slow down videos on YouTube

但這真的是一個很好的方法，去放慢 YouTube 上影片的速度，

so that you can hear exactly how the singers are pronouncing their words,

所以你可以清楚地聽到歌手們是如何發音的

and I'm gonna first play this song at regular speed,

而第一次我會先用正常速度播放這首歌，

so you can really listen to how she pronounces these R.

所以你可以清楚聽到她發這些 R 的音

Because she has a really interesting way of pronouncing these R's in the song.

因為她在這首歌裡 R 的發音非常特別

And see how she has those really uvular trilled Rs and that's really interesting.

你可以發現她這些 R 的發音有一種小舌的卷舌音，真的非常特別

So I'm gonna slow this down a little bit and just get a better listen.

所以現在我要放慢一點歌曲的速度來聽得更仔細

You can really hear her trilling those Rs when she slows it down.

放慢速度後你就能聽清楚她 R 的捲舌音

And you want to be careful because if you slow it down too much,

你必須要小心因為要是放得太慢，

then you'll really get really distorted sound.

你真的會聽到真的很扭曲的聲音

So it's funny, you can really hear her doing that vibrato in there.

所以這真的很有趣，你在這裡真的可以聽到她的顫音

Now YouTube is good because it's nice and simple.

YouTube 真的是簡單又很好的選擇，

You just go to this little thing here, and then you can adjust the speed.

你只需點開設定就能調整影片的速度了

But Audacity is more powerful, and you'll just go to audacityteam.org,

但 Audacity 又更強大了，你只需進入 audacityteam.org，

and you have to download this software.

下載這個軟體

But it's free and it's really nice, and I can actually show you an example right now,

這個軟體不只好用而且還免費，我現在就可以展示給你看，

because Audacity is what I'm using to record the audio as we speak.

因為 Audacity 正是我拿來錄製影片聲音的軟體

So I can't show you in a real example because I'm recording it right now.

所以我現在沒辦法拿出真正的範例因為我正在錄製聲音

But what you would do is you would go up here and you would import your favorite song,

但你所要做的就是打開選單，匯入你喜歡的歌曲，

using open you just open an mp3 version of the song,

打開 mp3 檔的音樂，

then you would highlight it, highlight the portion that you want to slow down or highlight the whole song

然後把你想要調慢的部分或是整首歌選取起來，

then you'll go to Effect, and you would go to Change Speed.

點開「效果」的選項，再點選變更速度

And I'm in the middle of recording right now, so you can't change the speed.

因為我正在錄音所以沒辦法變更速度

But if you just had a paused Mp3 then you could change the speed of it,

但要是暫停後，你就能更改速度了

and you can slow it down to 90% or 95%, 80% if you want.

你可以調慢至 90% 或 95% 甚至是 80% 都可以

you but you want to find a good balance of where to slow it down,

但調慢歌曲時你必須要找到一個好的平衡點，

because, like over here, if you slow it down to 75%

因為像這裡，要是你調慢至 75%

that's not too bad.

是還可以接受的

But once you slow it down to 50 that's really distorted.

但一旦調慢至 50% 後聲音就會被扭曲了

So you want to keep it around 90, 95 maybe

所以建議維持在 90% 或 95%，

75 is kind of pushing the edges of it.

而 75% 大概就是極限了

But if you slow it down to 90% you can still listen to that song and enjoy.

要是調慢至 90%，你還是能享受這首歌曲

It's just as a slower version of the song,

只是就變成慢版的而已，

and there's not too much distortion at that point.

也不會有太多扭曲的聲音

So this is just a really nice way of being able to slow down a song and really zoom in and get a good idea

所以這真的是一個不僅能調慢歌曲速度，還能真正深入

get a good idea of exactly what the singer is doing and how they're pronouncing the words.

並且瞭接歌手發音的好方法

So I really hope you guys take the initiative to start using music to learn languages,

所以希望大家開始你的第一步來使用音樂學習語言，

because I think that's gonna be a big factor in helping you become more fluent in your language.

因為我認為這是能讓你的語言變得更流利的重要因素

And before I go,

在我離開前，

I'm gonna leave you with a video of myself practicing Esperanto on the piano.

我會留下一段關於我在鋼琴上練習世界語的影片