Hello everybody!

嗨

Today's topic is...

今天的主題是

Five...

五步驟

Five steps to learning a new language.

學習新語言的方法

Number one: If your language has a new writing system, you have to start with the alphabet.

第一步

Why? Well...

你想學的語言若是有不同的書寫系統，要從字母開始學起

If you're learning a language like Japanese or Chinese, and you rely on the Romaji and the Pinyin, you are going to run into a lot of problems later down the line.

為甚麼呢？

Obviously this depends on your goals for the language.

如果你學日文或中文時

(If) You just want to be conversational and never be able to read?

依賴羅馬拼音和漢語拼音

Go ahead, don't learn the script.

到最後你會碰到很多問題

But my suggestion is to first start learning the script of the language, because... you'll be able to pronounce things a lot easier because you're not relying on an English rendering of the language.

當然，這也是看你學語言的目標是甚麼

Tip number two: learn greetings and vocabulary

你只要能溝通就好，無法閱讀也沒差？

After I finish learning the alphabet, I move into basic greetings and vocabulary.

那就那樣做吧，不用學字母

This sound obvious but... it's so easy to learn this in any language.

但我會建議先從那語言的字母著手

And as soon as you're over that little hurdle you'll feel really good about yourself, and you can start talking to people.

因為…當你沒有倚賴拼音時

I also suggest you learn the 100 most used words in the language.

發音會比較好學

You're gonna hear these words a lot, they're gonna pop up in movies, on the radio, in music, in books.

第二步

So if you know the basic greetings and vocabulary and a bit of grammar, as well as a hundred most useful or must common words, you're already at a very good place.

在學完字母後，我開始學基礎對話和單字

Step number three: grammar

這可能誰都知道，但是…

That brings me to grammar, my favorite.

學語言時這很容易上手

I'm so in love with grammar, I think I learn more... grammar structures than I do vocabulary.

你一跨越這學習的難關後，會開始變得有自信

Learning grammar structure, write it down hundreds of times, and pop in new vocabulary words.

會開始和人對話

That way you'll learn how to use the structure... and you're learning new words at the same time.

我也建議你把那語言最常見的 100 個單字背下來

Number four: practice.

你會很常聽到那些字

You need to get a language partner, and you need to make sure you're using the language every day.

那些字會出現在電影、廣播、音樂、書裏頭

If you don't use this language, at least for a week... I mean if you learn for a while and you stop for a week, you're gonna forget so much.

所以你如果知道了基礎對話、基礎單字、一點文法

So even if you have to force yourself just to do a five or ten minutes a day, do that, because it will stimulate your short and long-term memory, and you'll remember things a lot better.

再加上最常見的 100 個單字

So put in that effort to do a little bit each day, and you will not disappoint yourself.

就已經很不錯了

And... I bet you guys can guess what number five is.

第三步

Keep track of your progress.

也就是文法

Not even gonna go into detail because I think I've spoken about this so many times.

我的最愛

Surround yourself with the culture, with books, with music.

我超愛文法

Ah, uh...

我知道的文法結構可能比我知道字彙還多

Uhm

把文法結構學好

Right over here, these are some Japanese books that I got in Japan.

不斷重複寫下來

So, if you just started learning a language, and you don't know how to read this, get the book anyway.

加配上新的字彙

It'll push you to learn.

這樣你就能學會如何使用那個結構

And what I do while I read... the best example is probably this Korean book I use, 심플하게 산다 (I Live Simply).

同時也學會使用新的字

While I read, I will mark the words I don't know, and I'll write the English translation above them.

第四步

Uh, If you don't like writing in your book, get a notebook and do that, but, don't be put off by the fact that you've only been learning a language for a short amount of time, and you're like... "Ooh, I can't buy a book and read this."

練習

No!

你需要有個練習語言的夥伴

Challenge yourself, buy the book, and work through it slowly.

也一定要每天都用這個語言

It's, it's a nice challenge.

如果你不用它

And, I mean, there's no right or wrong way to, you know, start learning languages.

只需要一個禮拜

These are just tips that have worked for me, and I hope you have some tips that you can share as well.

我是說，你學了一陣子然後停擺一個禮拜

So let me know in the comments,

你將會忘記很多東西

And, see you guys next time.

就算是你需要強迫自己一天花五分鐘、十分鐘學習，你也要做

Bye!

因為這會增強你短期和長期的記憶力