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Robin MacPherson
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Добавлен 23 май 2010
I just want to make nice and beautiful things that leave people feeling positive ☀️ ☕️ 📷
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A Delightful Mandarin Conversation About How Projects Shape Our Identity
In Part 02 of my delightful conversation with my friend Jade, we discuss the impact that projects have on our sense of identity as people, all in Mandarin Chinese! We talk about our personal experiences, including how the idea of personal projects is different in Taiwan, and how that's changing.
I hope you enjoy it!
// == Timestamps ==//
0:00 - Intro
2:02 - Conversation Begins
//== Links ==//
Part 01 of this conversation:
ruclips.net/video/fb9I4AqmDqM/видео.html
📖 Full Study Guide accompanying this video:
www.patreon.com/posts/study-guide-001-94370464
📖 Transcript only:
www.patreon.com/posts/transcript-001-1-94370361
📺 Playlist documenting my entire Mandarin Journey:
ruclips.net/p/PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W...
I hope you enjoy it!
// == Timestamps ==//
0:00 - Intro
2:02 - Conversation Begins
//== Links ==//
Part 01 of this conversation:
ruclips.net/video/fb9I4AqmDqM/видео.html
📖 Full Study Guide accompanying this video:
www.patreon.com/posts/study-guide-001-94370464
📖 Transcript only:
www.patreon.com/posts/transcript-001-1-94370361
📺 Playlist documenting my entire Mandarin Journey:
ruclips.net/p/PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W...
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Видео
Discovering A New Passion In My 30s: I'm Becoming An Animator!
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.7 месяцев назад
It's 2024 and I'm so excited to share my amazing new journey into animation with you! I'm determined to have a wonderful new year on RUclips with you all - so let's start things off right with a New Year's Day video looking back on 2023, and looking forward to the amazing things that are to come! ☀️ // Timestamps // 0:00 - Intro 0:51 - Chapter 01: A Look Back on 2023 4:24 - Chapter 02: My Origi...
Am I FINALLY Fluent In Chinese? Testing My Mandarin With A Native Speaker - PART 01
Просмотров 4 тыс.8 месяцев назад
It's time for a huge progress update with my Mandarin studies! In this video, I have a delightful conversation in Chinese with my friend Jade. This is Part 01 of the chat, where we discuss our experiences being a natural morning person vs. a night owl, as well as trying out other styles. I hope you enjoy it! // Timestamps // 0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Conversation Begins 5:48 - Topic 1 // Links // Fu...
☀️ A Life, Channel & Language Learning Update 🌲
Просмотров 10 тыс.Год назад
I think it's time for a nice chat and a little update on my life, channel, and language learning! // Links // 📼 My first film I mention in this video: ruclips.net/video/RiN1Qdk2o0o/видео.html ❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: www.patreon.com/robinmacpherson ✍🏼 Check out my foreign-language journaling platform! journaly.com ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson Check out my book, H...
A Minimalist Notion Life Planner That's Easy To Use | Todos, Projects & Goals
Просмотров 11 тыс.Год назад
Here's how I'm keeping track of todos, tasks, projects, goals & milestones in 2023! 🎉 Get started with Notion, sign up for free: ntn.so/robinmacpherson For anyone who would like access to a template of my personal life planning system that I showed in this video while I am still working on the complete version for sale, I provided access to my loving Patreon supporters in this post which you ca...
The Joy of Fresh Starts
Просмотров 11 тыс.Год назад
I've missed you all and publishing videos so much! It's finally time for me to come back to content creation and all my beloved projects, you could say it's time for a Fresh Start :) So here's a video about a variety of different kinds of fresh starts and how they can have a positive impact on our lives. Cheers and let's all have a wonderful 2023! // Timestamps // 0:00 - Introduction 1:38 - Cha...
For Anyone Who Ever Felt Like A Failure
Просмотров 23 тыс.Год назад
Hello RUclips, it's been a while! Actually, it's been a really long time and I've missed you all terribly... But I'm back! And I think it's time for a little story about failure, or is it about triumph? Let's find out! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 1:39 - 1: Challenges 5:21 - 2: Triumphs 8:20 - 3: A Turning Point 11:42 - 4: The Present 14:12 - 5: Conclusion // Links // ❤️ Join my wonderful Patr...
Can You Ever TRULY Understand Native Content In A Foreign Language?
Просмотров 14 тыс.2 года назад
It's one thing to become comfortable talking to a native speaker one-on-one in a foreign language, but understanding the highest levels of casual conversation between multiple native speakers is a lot more challenging and can seem very daunting. Can we ever reach a point where we truly understand this type of content or conversation? Let's talk about it in today's episode 😊 // Timestamps // 0:0...
Overcoming Procrastination & Burnout In Language Learning
Просмотров 11 тыс.2 года назад
We all deal with procrastination and some level of motivational dip at times throughout our lives, so how can we counter these events? I tackle this question from two different angles - I hope you enjoy them and find them to be helpful! The full podcast episode can be found at: www.patreon.com/posts/secret-language-58460491 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:57 - The Question 3:19 - Answer Part 1 7:26 ...
Spoken Language Fluency: Don't Forget These Important Elements
Просмотров 12 тыс.2 года назад
I had a great question on my Secret Language Podcast that led me to discuss what I think might be some of the most forgotten or overlooked elements of developing well-rounded, spoken fluency in a foreign language. // Links // ❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: www.patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: www.rob...
How Much Chinese Can A Polyglot Learn In 3 Years Studying Alone?
Просмотров 12 тыс.2 года назад
It's finally time for a Mandarin Chinese language learning progress update! I can't believe it's already been around 3 years since I began learning Mandarin Chinese, what a journey! Let's find out how much I've managed to learn in that time alongside all my work and projects and other languages! // Links // 🍿 Check out the full playlist of my Chinese learning journey! ruclips.net/p/PLuIhQdwUVqq...
Speaking Portuguese For First Time In 4 Years - How Rusty Did It Get?
Просмотров 4,5 тыс.2 года назад
WOW - I can't believe how quickly and nicely things are coming back together but, shortly after bringing Italian back into my life, Portuguese joins the party at last 🤩 It's been a long time coming so in this video, I decided to show exactly where my Portuguese is today - how rusty it has gotten so we can see all the progress in the coming weeks and months! // Links // ❤️ Join my wonderful Patr...
Can You Develop A Perfect/Native Accent In A Foreign Language? Should You Want To?
Просмотров 13 тыс.2 года назад
Today's video is a delightful excerpt from Episode 03 of my Secret Language Podcast that I create over at patreon.com/robinmacpherson. I answer a great question about the importance of developing a great or even native accent, and also discuss an interesting point about how I actually embrace having an accent. After watching, maybe you will too! // Links // ❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon communit...
The Language Learner's Paradox of Choice
Просмотров 23 тыс.2 года назад
The language learning landscape has been changing. For many of us there is now an immense amount of choice and so many options to choose from when it comes to resources and information - but is this as good a thing as it seems? Psychologist, Barry Schwartz, would caution us to be wary of a powerful paradox that lies within all the newfound choice in the developed world, and I'd like to discuss ...
It's HERE! Multilingual Book Club ROUND 03: Kickoff!
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.2 года назад
It's finally time to kick off our third round of the Multilingual Book Club! 🥳 This is a nice little video to celebrate the start of this next six-week wonderful journey of reading, writing, learning, and community that we're embarking on together ☕️🌎❤️ 0:00 Excited Intro 2:06 New Book Club Webpage! 5:21 Weekly Motivational Emails 6:14 Strategy & New Tracking Sheet 11:40 Lovely Community Note /...
My SECRET Language Podcast | Trailer
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.2 года назад
My SECRET Language Podcast | Trailer
Skritter: An Essential Language Learning App For Chinese & Japanese? | REVIEW
Просмотров 6 тыс.2 года назад
Skritter: An Essential Language Learning App For Chinese & Japanese? | REVIEW
ANNOUNCING Multilingual Book Club ROUND 3 🎉 Discovering Alessandro Baricco! 🎈
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.2 года назад
ANNOUNCING Multilingual Book Club ROUND 3 🎉 Discovering Alessandro Baricco! 🎈
I'm Learning Finnish Because It Makes Me Happy 🇫🇮❤️
Просмотров 11 тыс.3 года назад
I'm Learning Finnish Because It Makes Me Happy 🇫🇮❤️
I'm Getting Back To My Italian Studies! 🇮🇹 ❤️
Просмотров 6 тыс.3 года назад
I'm Getting Back To My Italian Studies! 🇮🇹 ❤️
The Multilingual Book Club 02 KICKOFF! A Month Of Intensive Reading 📖
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.3 года назад
The Multilingual Book Club 02 KICKOFF! A Month Of Intensive Reading 📖
Robin & @LindieBotes Speak In Japanese | How Languages Changed Our Lives
Просмотров 11 тыс.3 года назад
Robin & @LindieBotes Speak In Japanese | How Languages Changed Our Lives
Reading My First Chinese Book! | Multilingual Book Club 02
Просмотров 5 тыс.3 года назад
Reading My First Chinese Book! | Multilingual Book Club 02
A Guide To Minimalism For Language Learners
Просмотров 29 тыс.3 года назад
A Guide To Minimalism For Language Learners
Learning One Foreign Language Completely Changed My Life
Просмотров 24 тыс.3 года назад
Learning One Foreign Language Completely Changed My Life
My SECOND Conversation In Mandarin Chinese Ever! Discussing Habits w/ Joyce | EN SUBTITLES ✅
Просмотров 8 тыс.3 года назад
My SECOND Conversation In Mandarin Chinese Ever! Discussing Habits w/ Joyce | EN SUBTITLES ✅
How Language Learning Saved My Mental Health Through The Toughest Times
Просмотров 9 тыс.3 года назад
How Language Learning Saved My Mental Health Through The Toughest Times
An Absolutely SPLENDID Polyglot Q&A With @SpeakingFluently | Personal Stories, Experiences, LANGUAGES
Просмотров 6 тыс.3 года назад
An Absolutely SPLENDID Polyglot Q&A With @SpeakingFluently | Personal Stories, Experiences, LANGUAGES
Lots of Exciting Updates! Languages, Life, Channel, Book Club!
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.3 года назад
Lots of Exciting Updates! Languages, Life, Channel, Book Club!
STUDY LANGUAGES WITH ME | 1 Hour, No Music, Cozy Vibes | Morning Routine
Просмотров 8 тыс.3 года назад
STUDY LANGUAGES WITH ME | 1 Hour, No Music, Cozy Vibes | Morning Routine
I’m new to your channel as of about six months ago. Super excited to see your new content! Your aesthetics are sublime and always dialed in.
Thanks so much Roland! I ended to having a very tough time after this video was posted, making several huge efforts to come back and unfortunate life circumstances just seemed to make it impossible. But I’m excited to share that I’ve just made some huge life changes to remove those obstacles and you’ll be seeing me finally come back to regular publishing at some point in September!
You're just great 👍
It really depends, French and Italian have a very strong "accent' in German and English, very hard to understand. But there are French and Italian who mastered it, so it's possible. The melody and the word stress they use is so off that it's really hard to follow during meetings. Especially if you are not able to pronounce Key sounds in the foreign language it will never be pleasant to converse with that person, which is really sad. So I would really motivate people to put more emphasis on pronunciation and intonation. It makes all the difference, even if you make grammar mistakes.
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Omg stfu with "the secret" you garbage RUclipsrs.
Du pratar bra svenska. Min man, som också är engelsman fick gå på SFI när vi bodde hemma under åtta år, men nu är vi tillbaka i England igen. Läs böcker på svenska och försök träna så mycket som möjligt
Im currently learning korean and japanese at the same time, and i have studied korean for two years and got to an intermediate level, so this year i started studying japanese because ive always loved it but here comes the tricky part. I have a full-time job and work 8 hours a day, so i can only dedicate 1 to 2 hours a day to language learning. What i did is i decided to focus on japanese and havent really stayed in touch with korean that much, other than korean music. Now my fear is, do you think I'll forget or lose my korean skills over time? I also fear that I'll end up mixing up those two languages, since they have some similarities.
Just found this channel while trying to learn a second language (polish), and I can't help but wonder like where abouts you live or have lived because your accent is like half English/half American. Like at 2:33 when you say "I love it" you sound English, then American again after a few sentences. PS I hope everything goes well with changing up your channel 😁😁😁
I with i new this early. I have been learning Chinese for years now. Without going anywhere
Excuse me how are you so strikingly pretty
Great video 🎉🎉
Learning a new language is one of the best journeys one can go. I personally prefer learning something new in my target language and then explaining the thing I learned to myself by recording my voice. The power of this is incredible. And it's very similar the concept you explained. Thanks for the video Robin!
If extensive reading= 98% comprehension. Wondering if it is similar to watching/listening content. Should i do back to spending way more time on DS super beginner and beginner than struggling through intermediate level?
I'm a Spanish speaking person who lived in Italy for a year. Within two weeks of learning Italian, I was able to get by. A year later, my Italian went like a native Italian person. I moved to Canada and it took me 6 months to be able to get by in English, 10 years later I still have a Spanish accent no matter how hard I try to get rid of it. The lesson learned is you can reach a native accent if your primary language is from the same family. So Italian, Portuguese and French I can easily master them, but in English, German and Nordic languages I can't reach the level of a native speaker.
I'm wondering if watching shows while reading subtitles have the same impact scientifically. I never here reading conversation bring this up.
I know this video is old but where did you get this? I’m in the UK and it’s so hard to get anything Assimil. It all seems to be online now whereas I prefer the physical book
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native accent is soo essential, you must gain perfection in each language you acquire.
Ninety per cent is very high!
I disagree with this in Chinese because you have get the sound/ pronunciation right in Chinese or it will mean something completely different….
I'm stuck on double-verb endings and i for sure won't give up but it's wearing me out. I want to be fluent but it feels like a world away. Lucky for me I have a hard time letting go. I feel like I have to finish everything I start.
Quiet as it's kept, this is probably one of the most fundamental lessons in language learning. I'm learning Spanish as a native English speaker. The biggest mistake I made was focusing only on speaking, or mistaking speaking a few words in the language with being fluent. This is because it sounds good, in a vacuum, to people who are not native Spanish speakers (or whatever your target language is). It sounds really good when you're by yourself, and you've never heard yourself speak those words before. You get this excitement and almost overconfidence to, as Robin put it, “aggressively” seek out any Spanish-speaking person to test what you think is good Spanish. And for the moments that YOU are speaking, and they show how impressed they are while YOU are speaking, you feel even more confidence. All of that falls apart when they speak at a normal native pace, and even worse when the person you're speaking to only speaks Spanish and no English, thereby taking any linguistic training wheels away. It is more important to listen and understand than to be understood. They are both critical, for you have to communicate sooner or later. But if you notice, in all languages, there is universal understanding. The one who speaks a lot, constantly interrupting the person talking to them to make their voice heard, are considered foolish and idiotic. The ones who speak the least, using carefully chosen words, but the words chosen are showing that they fully understood every nuance of what was said (and even what wasn't said), in all cultures they are considered amongst the wisest of all society. In my faith in Yeshua, biblically this is described as “Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath”. When you have conversations in any language, if you do not understand the person talking to you, and you focus only on getting your point across, whether meaning to or on accident, you give an air that you are more important than the person you are speaking to, and you show that you really don't have the fluency you thought you had. The underlying theme that he is describing is not simply learning as an introvert, but really is sharpening your understanding, listening alot, focusing on the highest frequency words that you know are common words phrases that are specific to both you and the environments you will find yourself in, and then, like a Sniper, listening to real world speakers and seeing if you understand them fully in passing like you would your native tongue. When you reach that point, you are truly becoming fluent, and conversations are truly conversations, not short presentations of the Spanish you think you understand.
I speak English and Portuguese,and i am learnig German and Spanish
I think the most important part i learned was around 13:10 mark.
I think you should record another video saying if assimil worked for you, it would be pretty nice!
Oh I'm happy for you Robin!!! It's your third video I've seen and you're so amazing man. Subscribe you. Thanks🎉
How many hrs a week did you spend on learning the language? As this is pretty impressive....
2:42 not every language has such a wealth of materials available for learners, which can lead people to feel frustrated exactly!!! that's my issue with farsi at the moment. it's just so difficult to find decent A1-A2 content, and there's definitely not enough of it
Hello, Robin! I'm enjoying watching your videos. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much André! I will share a secret with you that I just moved back to England a few days ago and am preparing for a big relaunch of my channel! So you’ll be seeing LOTS more videos from my soon 😄 I really appreciate your comment and sharing your support!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms Greetings from Brazil!
Why do I feel like you are bragging?
I have never intended to brag in any of my videos, I always try very hard to make sure it never comes across like that. I’m sorry if it seemed that way here, it certainly wasn’t intended to be bragging at all.
I can't believe that you are lonely. You are loved by probably millions of people. You lead such a busy life. I don't see how you have time to be lonely!
Hi Tim! Thank you for your nice comments ✨ Actually, I have spent most of the days of my adult life completely by myself. The last few years in particular have been very, very lonely for me. But I just moved back to England, today is my first day! And I am starting a big new chapter of my life, and one of my top priorities is to finally stop being so isolated and lonely and to be surrounded by love in my personal life and my surroundings ❤️ but thank you for this reminder that I am loved, I really appreciate it! I can’t wait to share my new chapter with you and everyone else, I’ve been dying to create content all this time, but was living through some very difficult circumstances in my life. I’m sure everything will finally get better now ☀️
Your videos are some of the best on language learning. You have such creative ways to learn, and you express your methods well! Thanks a mil for your vids!
Aw I’m so happy to read this comment! It’s been very hard for me not being able to create recently, so really, thanks for sharing a ray of sunshine into my day! Since we’re here, I’ll share a little secret that I’m actually moving back to the UK in… 2 days! And I’ll just say that pretty soon I’ll be truly truly back to creating on RUclips (full-time ✨) I absolutely cannot wait to be creating videos every week again and engaging with all of you! I hope you’ll love the new content and my special “channel relaunch” - I’m so excited about it!
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms We can’t wait! Hope your move is easy and we are on pins and needles for your upcoming vids. Until then, we have all of your previous ones, which are such a treasure trove! Ciao!
I'm learning Japanese, but I've been having a hard time. Looking back at how hard I've worked to get to where I am now and comparing that to how much farther I have to go for nothing more than personal enjoyment and potentially job cred in the future is extremely disheartening. Today, I hope to keep trucking along with my kanji flash cards ... if I have time around my other coursework.
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Too verbose. I checked out somewhere in the middle
thank you veery much this is veery helpful.
Looking at this with “only” 602 views and 3 likes and how far you have come now! 👏
Das war mega cool 😄👍🏻
*In summary* It's a 3-step process: 1. *To read the first chapter of a book all the way through* without really stopping or pausing for a dictionary in order to see how much could I understand just off of reading it all the way thought, (this approach is commonly named extensive reading -just read without a dictionary and try to guess the meaning of things and just hope that thought lots of exposure and lots of repetition of key vocabulary, you'll eventually sort of acquire lots of words-) 2. *To go back and do an intensive approach on that first chapter* , you'll ended up with a really solid understanding of the context (characters, what was going on, setting up the story, environments, etc.). Then, when you read the chapter two the magic will take place. _To take some notes (who's the main characters, what are their backstories that you know so far, where did they come from) that will help sort of a map you can refer back to all the way throughout the story_ 3. *Then move on and sort of every now again come back and maybe review those notes* (use a highlighter to highlight words that repeated) *Important Tip* : Whatever you, do intensive or extensive approach or some kind of combination, at least take the time to take an intensive study approach to the first chapter. *Thank you so much Robin*
Wonderful summary, I’m so glad this was helpful for you! ✨
@@RobinMacPhersonFilms thanks a lot for sharing all your knowledge and experience
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thank you, I am learning Estonian through a Russian channel, very tough to understand, but very helpful. Motivation comes and goes...
Learning a language is living it! I speak fluent German and Italian I find your method very helpful for me to refresh my German because I live in Italy and don't use it very often
Thank you so much for that great advice❤
Eu estou surpresa com o seu português. I always watch your videos in English. Congrats!
im learning english and i want to learn germany .. i watched this video without translation and i understand everything..actually this video makes me happy cuz now i know that i can learn both languages at the same time.. thanks man im glad that i found ur video and ur channel ♥
It's perfect for me. I don't like talking to people much, but I do love languages
I was hoping someone would post songs in different languages that would include greetings and simple phrases for ordering and useful questions but seems theirs nothing on utub
I am going to have quite a bit of content coming out about learning languages with music later this year, along with posting covers in different languages, as I’ve been studying languages with songs so much the last few years 😊 Stay tuned 😊
I am using Lingopie. They have subtitles and if I don’t know a word, I can click on it and it tells me. I’ve learned a lot reading things over and over. I believe this program has comprehensible input no matter what ur level is. Just a thought
Long hair was better.
偶然このビデオを視聴しました。聴いていたら,日本語への愛について日本語で話されていたことに感銘を受けました。また日本語の学習を再開されるとのことで,このビデオは2年前のもののようですから,その後日本語をまだ続けておられるとすれば,さらに上達されたことと想像しています。Robinさんの最近のビデオも視聴してみます。また,日本語で話されているビデオがあれば良いのですが。私は日本の研究者で,英語は論文読みなどで使いますが,会話は苦手なので,高齢ではありますが,最近,会話の上達を目指して練習を始めました。ロビンさんの日本語に負けないように頑張りたいと思います。Thank you so much for your wonderful story about Japan and the Japanese language.