Why you don’t feel progress in language learning | 10+ years of experience tells how to solve it – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.So you've been learning a new language for a while and you don't feel you're
2.I totally understand because I struggle with English for many years as a native Japanese speaker, but I fortunately made it through in the end
3.So based on my several years of experience and also a science thesis, this video will help you to understand why you don't feel progress in your language learning and what to do about it
4.And by knowing these, you will be able to keep yourself on the right track to the goal
5.Let's get to it
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
conversation
B2Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
Example:
"And then I came across aother sentence or a conversation"
repetition
B2The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
Example:
"So I went on learning for a while again. And my journey was all about repetition"
intrigued
A2To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
Example:
"I actually knew nothing about it until very recently, but I was intrigued"
baseball
A2A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
Example:
"of baseball or football is one thing, but playing it is another, right?."
football
A2(general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
Example:
"of baseball or football is one thing, but playing it is another, right?."
playing
A2To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
Example:
"of baseball or football is one thing, but playing it is another, right?."
section
B2A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
Example:
"which leads me to the second topic in this section."
question
B2A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
Example:
"Then the question would be how do we get the brain, right?"
advancing
A2To promote or advantage.
Example:
"language for a while and you don't feel you're advancing?"
anything
A2Someone or something of importance.
Example:
"anything is just fine as far as it's considered as comprehensive input."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| conversation | B2 | Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. |
| repetition | B2 | The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. |
| intrigued | A2 | To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. |
| baseball | A2 | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins. |
| football | A2 | (general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team. |
| playing | A2 | To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. |
| section | B2 | A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something. |
| question | B2 | A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative. |
| advancing | A2 | To promote or advantage. |
| anything | A2 | Someone or something of importance. |
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