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131 3000 Hours of Immersion - Language Immersion Method - India from Ireland

Oct 8, 2023

India, an enthusiastic learner of German, shares her language journey using the immersion approach. She emphasizes the importance of having fun and watching TV series, movies, and listening to podcasts. India kept track of her progress and had a YouTube channel. The podcast discusses translation challenges, creating fun Anki flashcards, tracking time for language learning, media consumption, and language immersion learning community and resources.

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Quick takeaways

Immersion through extensive input can help develop a better understanding of sounds and pronunciation.

Choosing enjoyable content is crucial for successful language immersion.

Immersion can lead to improved pronunciation and accent through extensive listening.

Deep dives

The importance of immersion and input in language learning

One of the main ideas in the podcast episode is the importance of immersing oneself in the language through as much input as possible. It is recommended to listen and read extensively before starting to speak in order to develop a better understanding of the language's sounds and pronunciation. The speaker shares their personal experience of using podcasting as a method to become fluent in English and emphasizes the significance of input and immersion in their language learning journey.

Introduction

2min

Language Immersion and Personal Journey

24min

Translation Challenges in Subtitles and Dubbing

2min

Creating Fun Anki Flashcards and Using Subs to SRS

3min

Tracking Time for Language Learning

2min

Media Consumption During Language Immersion

24min

Language Immersion Learning Community and Resources

9min

India is a very enthusiastic learner of German from Ireland. She tells us about her language journey in which she mainly used the immersion approach to become fluent in German. The most important part of this whole method of immersion learning is obviosly your immersion. You absolutely need to have fun! India watched a lot of TV series, movies, listened to podcasts, read books and in general had a lot of fun in the process!

➡️Video Version of The Interview (with full shownotes: https://youtu.be/PZFnwsVkYo8?si=8AQd8KIR84fI7O-j

Learn from her experience and become a better language learner! India even kept track of her journey in form of different stats she wrote down and through recording herself in her lovely YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@indih.244