I'm trying to learn Thai by using the Automatic Language Growth method, which is based on inputting as much from the target language as possible.
The method approaches language learning like children learn a language, so no complicated grammar or vocabulary learning at the start, only comprehensible input through videos and audio.
This means I am inputting at least 30min - 60min of Thai content daily through podcasts and video, but my goal is to increase this number to several hours.
I still learn vocabulary (which is not recommended by the ALG method) because I have the urge to understand faster and have also read that some folks do it this way and have had good results.
# What made you want to build this particular habit?
I am going to Thailand for the 4th time, this time for 3 months, and I want to be able to communicate with locals and not be that foreigner who always comes to a country and does not know more than hello and goodbye.
Language opens a door to a whole new dimension of the culture and the society of a country, which why I want to open this door.
# How is it going? Harder/easier than possible? Anything surprising?
It's going alright, I was sick a week and broke my habits, but besides that I am managing to build a routine.
# What benefits (and drawbacks) have you experienced so far?
I am able to understand just a little word from native content, which really surprised me. Another benefit is, I have learned how many layers not only the Thai language but also Sanskrit has, which opened up a whole new dimension for me which I think is really fascinating.
Drawbacks daily when I forget vocab I learned the last day xD
Yes, priority is input as much before output. But the input has to be ideally comprehensible. Here's the ALG method explained www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vg2E…
Take this video for example youtu.be/aNdYdSpL6zE you will quickly understand the meaning of "What is?" "This is" and T-Shirt and Shoes in Thai.
Here's another guy who learned Japanese with a variation of the method explaining how he did it www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG9k…
And I watch a bunch of Thai Native Yt Content I'm trying to make a TV Channel so I dont have to think about what to watch you can copy this repo and look at it github.com/futurefounder/thai…
# Habit: Language learning
I'm trying to learn Thai by using the Automatic Language Growth method, which is based on inputting as much from the target language as possible.
The method approaches language learning like children learn a language, so no complicated grammar or vocabulary learning at the start, only comprehensible input through videos and audio.
This means I am inputting at least 30min - 60min of Thai content daily through podcasts and video, but my goal is to increase this number to several hours.
I still learn vocabulary (which is not recommended by the ALG method) because I have the urge to understand faster and have also read that some folks do it this way and have had good results.
# What made you want to build this particular habit?
I am going to Thailand for the 4th time, this time for 3 months, and I want to be able to communicate with locals and not be that foreigner who always comes to a country and does not know more than hello and goodbye.
Language opens a door to a whole new dimension of the culture and the society of a country, which why I want to open this door.
# How is it going? Harder/easier than possible? Anything surprising?
It's going alright, I was sick a week and broke my habits, but besides that I am managing to build a routine.
# What benefits (and drawbacks) have you experienced so far?
I am able to understand just a little word from native content, which really surprised me. Another benefit is, I have learned how many layers not only the Thai language but also Sanskrit has, which opened up a whole new dimension for me which I think is really fascinating.
Drawbacks daily when I forget vocab I learned the last day xD
This sounds interesting. So you just consume a lot of Thai spoken content?
Yes, priority is input as much before output. But the input has to be ideally comprehensible. Here's the ALG method explained
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vg2E…
Take this video for example youtu.be/aNdYdSpL6zE you will quickly understand the meaning of "What is?" "This is" and T-Shirt and Shoes in Thai.
Here's another guy who learned Japanese with a variation of the method explaining how he did it www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG9k…
It makes language learning actually fun
And I watch a bunch of Thai Native Yt Content I'm trying to make a TV Channel so I dont have to think about what to watch you can copy this repo and look at it github.com/futurefounder/thai…