Pablo Román

Don't learn a foreign language, become a native speaker of that language

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@laesponesa Sé leer los dos y nunca me había dado cuenta 😂

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@kubacki__ Have you tried editing a video? Do you have trouble getting started or is there a specific step that you don't like?

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@FallGuysGame Split-screen multiplayer?

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@lindiebee You need more emoji in your life 😉

[Official AJATT | Khatzumoto @ajatt]

You are literally only learning when you are taking in input. Speak? Write? Say what? Write what? Is this witchcraft? Are you some kind of witch-a$$ motherlover? From what magic Doraemon pocket are you supposed to pull out stuff to say and write?

[Official AJATT | Khatzumoto @ajatt]

"But native speakers learn grammar, too!". Yeah. *After* they can already speak fluently.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@kubacki__ My experience is that if I've learned a language well, I don't need to be exposed to it every single week to maintain it, so I'm hoping to get to 10 languages at B2/C1 level and be able to maintain them. 4 would be Romance languages though.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@kubacki__ Also, I'm trying to keep improving my reading comprehension in Japanese, so try to read literature before bed, but only when I have time.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@kubacki__ I do only input. I have one main language at a single time that's at a beginner/intermediate level and I spend 2h/day on it when I can focus and watch video content. I listen to podcasts when walking/on public transport to maintain my other languages.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

Check out the AMA session we did the other day! https://t.co/sjk5kxPJWl

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

I’m hosting an AMA on everything from Language Learning to VR for Education and Turning a YouTube Channel into a Content Production Company at https://t.co/cPGbNY1aKm
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[JapaneseGaryBen @JapaneseGaryBen]

Don't ask people what a word means.
If you don't understand it it's because you're not ready or haven't found it in the right context yet.

Someone else's answer is a stopgap for knowledge, not real understanding.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

Vídeo en català amb la Laura sobre la meva experiència a Àsia https://t.co/frbmsUeoPP

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@kubacki__ I never make flashcards for anything other than learning a new script. I tried it with Japanese in 2010 but it was just a frustrating experience and a waste of time. It was great to learn Kanji, though.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@kubacki__ Nothing specific in terms of where I want to get. Just keeping up with my current 2h of exposure to Mandarin every day and letting it do its thing.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@lindiebee How is C2 "practically fluent"? 🙄

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@tokini_andy And I wouldn't play it exclusively because I would be missing contact with the actual people and culture that speak the language, unless you make a different game for each language that includes those things.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@tokini_andy I wouldn't play it if it:
- Required me to read before I've listened enough to the language.
- Required me to speak.
- Required me to write.
- Used translation or any other kind of vocab/grammar explanations to make itself comprehensible.

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

At Dreaming Spanish we are testing a new Superbeginner course! If you just started learning Spanish recently or are interested in learning it, please send me a private message! (it's free of course)

[Pablo Román @langdreamer]

@mattvsjapan The vocabulary in the すもも one is a lot less obscure, which I think makes it a better example.