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You have to get started. 始めるしかないのです。

Once you get started, you'll continue.

Hi, Steve Kaufmann here again, and today I want to talk to you about my advice

for a first time language learner.

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So, uh, the reason I want to talk about this. それで、えーと、この話をしたい理由は。

I have a brother, an older brother, and he lives in Windsor,

Ontario, not far from Toronto. トロントからほど近いオンタリオ州。

I went to visit him. お見舞いに行ってきました。

He's kind of, you know, bedbound, bedridden.

Uh, so I want to go there and I wanted to go there and cheer him up and give えー、だから私はそこに行って、彼を応援してあげたいし、与えてあげたいと思いました。

him things to do because he's in the bed. 彼はベッドの中にいるのだから。

Like he, he does exercises to try get, you know, strengthen his muscles, but for a 彼は、筋肉を強化するためにエクササイズをするのですが、そのために

variety of reasons that I won't get into, it's going to be a bit of a chore for him. バラエティに富んでいる。

He's going to, it's going to take him a while before he gradually このままでは、しばらくは

gets, you know, more mobile. は、その、より機動的になる。

So I said, okay, you know, kind of get the brain moving as well. そこで私は、よし、ちょっと脳も動かしてみよう、と。

So I bought him an iPad and I said, first of all, you should do Scrabble because だから、iPadを買ってあげて、まず、スクラブルをやりなさいと言ったんです。 所以我给他买了一台 iPad，我说，首先，你应该做拼字游戏，因为

as kids we used to love playing Scrabble. 子供のころはスクラブルが大好きでした。

And the great thing about doing Scrabble on the iPad, which my wife does, I don't そして、iPadでスクラブルをすることの素晴らしい点は、妻がやっていることですが、私はやっていません。

do it, is that the other person like you're playing against the computer, というのは、相手がコンピューターと対戦しているようなものだからです、 做，是不是和你一样的人在和电脑对战，

the computer puts a word out right away. コンピュータがすぐに言葉を出してくれる。

So you don't have to wait. だから、待つ必要はないのです。

The worst thing in Scrabble to me was I was fairly quick at putting out a word. 私がスクラブルで一番嫌だったのは、単語を出すのがかなり早かったことです。

And then if were, if I had one opponent, opponent, or two opponents, it would そして、もし対戦相手が1人だったら、あるいは2人だったら......。

take forever before I had I turn again. 私は再びターンするまでに時間がかかった。

Whereas if you play with the computer it's instant, which is kind of fun. 一方、コンピューターとプレーすれば即座に終わる。

So I got my brother onto Scrabble and I also said you should learn a language, だから私は弟にスクラブルをやらせたし、言語を学ぶべきだとも言った、

which language do you want to learn? どの言語を学びたい？

Spanish.

Okay.

Get on LingQ and learn Spanish.

So, okay whatever he wasn't tremendously motivated. だから、まあ何でもいいんだけど......彼はものすごくやる気があったわけじゃないんだ。 Итак, хорошо, что бы он ни был чрезвычайно мотивирован.

But at some level, he would like to learn Spanish. しかし、あるレベルではスペイン語を学びたいと考えている。

He does speak French, you know, grew up in Montreal.

And, uh, so, uh, anyway, he calls me the other day and he says, Steve, I

have a real problem in using LingQ.

Okay.

So I thought maybe it was something with our functionality and so forth. だから、機能性などに問題があるのかもしれないと思ったんだ。 Так что я подумал, может быть, это что-то с нашей функциональностью и так далее.

And he said, uh, no, it's like all these words, I forget them. И он сказал, э, нет, это как все эти слова, я их забываю.

So the Spanish words, as soon as I learn something, look it up, I've forgotten it.

And I thought to myself, you know, how many people uh, become И я подумал про себя, ты знаешь, сколько людей становится

disappointed or frustrated because they can't remember things. разочарованы или расстроены, потому что они ничего не помнят.

Uh, to me, it's obvious that I'm not going to remember. ええと、僕にとっては、覚えていないのは明らかなんだ。 Для меня очевидно, что я не вспомню.

I have to see the words, um, 10 times, and then there are words that I Я должен увидеть слова, гм, 10 раз, а потом есть слова, которые я

know, and then I'll, then I'll forget them again in Persian or Arabic.

Uh, so I thought to myself, you know, there are so many people who at some それで思ったんだ。

level would like to learn a language. 語学を学びたい。

And, you know, they just never get anywhere. そしてね、彼らはどこにも行けないんだ。 И знаете, они просто никуда не денутся.

So these are not the keeners, the people who know what they want to do in language

who say understand LingQ or who like LingQ or don't like LingQ, but they LingQを理解していると言う人、LingQが好きな人、LingQが嫌いな人、でも彼らは

know that they want to learn language and they know what they have to do. 彼らは語学を学びたいと思っているし、何をしなければならないかもわかっている。

But the vast majority of people don't.

The vast majority of people may even go to a bookstore and buy a book on

language learning and never do much.

So I would like to suggest three bits of advice for someone who is not kind そこで私は、優しくない人へのアドバイスを3つ提案したい。

of, uh, an experienced language or may be trying to learn their first language. 経験豊富な言語、あるいは母国語を学ぼうとしているかもしれない。

The first thing is just get started. まずは始めることだ。

There are expressions that exist in many languages. 多くの言語に存在する表現があります。

The gist of which is the first step is the job half done. その要点は、最初の一歩は仕事の半分を終えたということだ。

You know, it doesn't matter whether it's, you know, I'm right 僕が正しいかどうかは関係ない。

now, I'm power washing my deck. 今、デッキを洗ってるんだ。

Okay.

You have to get started once you get started, you'll continue.

I got to finish the deck, but as long as I look at it and don't do デッキを完成させなければならない。

anything it's not going to happen. そんなことは起こらない。

So the first thing is if you'll just get started. だから、まずは始めてみることだ。

Just get started. とにかく始めることだ。

And I thought again with my brother, I finally got him to get started.

Okay.

Get started.

The second thing is try to create a habit. もうひとつは、習慣を作ることだ。

I mean, we all know that if we haven't been exercising for a while

and then we go to the gym, the first two or three sessions are difficult.

But if we are able to create a habit where we go to the gym regularly, three

times a week, four times a week, We start to feel unhappy if we haven't

had that exercise because we've created a habit at different levels, both

psychologically and physically, we've developed this, this, uh, this dependence, 心理的にも肉体的にも、私たちはこのような、ああ、このような依存性を発達させてきた、

this need for that regular activity. この定期的な活動の必要性。

And I feel that way about my language learning. そして、語学学習に対してもそのように思っています。

If I let too many days go by where I, you know, spent time with the language

that I'm learning, it bothers me. 私が学んでいることは、私を悩ませる。

So I have that habit for better or for worse, but if you can, create a habit だから私は良くも悪くもそういう習慣を持っている。

that will drive you to keep going.

So first of all, get started, second of all, try to create

a habit to do certain things.

That's why we have so many things at LingQ, like, you know, maintaining

your streak or following your statistics because sometimes you

need that, you know, a little nudge all the time to keep you going. そう、常にちょっとした後押しが必要なんだ。

Because if you put in the time, you will improve. 時間をかければ上達するからだ。

That, that gets back to the statement that I heard from this director of the それは、私がこのディレクターから聞いた発言に戻る。

San Diego University Language Department who said there's only two things that サンディエゴ大学言語学部は、次の2つしかないと言った。

matter in language learning: the attitude of the learner and the time you put in. 言語学習において重要なのは、学習者の姿勢と、あなたが費やした時間です。

You've got to put in the time. 時間をかけなければならない。

You've got to keep going. 続けるしかない。

So whatever it takes to develop a habit so that you keep going.

The third thing is, and if I expand from, you know, the attitude of the learner

and the time you put in to this formula from Kato Lomb or Lomb Kato Hungarian 加藤ロンブスまたは加藤ロンブス・ハンガリーンのこのフォーミュラに費やした時間

polyglot, uh, she had this equation, which basically was sort of the time ポリグロット（多言語話者）である彼女は、この方程式を持っていた。

you put in and the attitude divided by negativity, frustration, inhibition, そして、ネガティブ、フラストレーション、抑制によって分断された態度、

fear, all of the negative stuff. 恐怖、ネガティブなものすべてだ。

So you have to put in the time, you have to have a positive

attitude, you have to want to learn.

You have to think you can learn, but you have to minimize the negative stuff. 学べると思わなければならないが、ネガティブなことは最小限にしなければならない。

So if you forget, that's normal, don't expect to remember. だから、もし忘れてしまっても、それは普通のこと。

Recognize that if you keep putting the time, putting the time in, if you keep 時間をかけて、時間をかけて、時間をかけて、時間をかけて、時間をかけて、時間をかけて、時間をかけて、時間をかけて。

a positive attitude, you will learn.

And I think very often the beginner language learner thinks that they have

to learn these rules and if they don't remember the rules, then they won't learn

the language or they've been at it for several months and they still can't speak.

And so they, this negativity comes in. そうして、彼らはネガティブな感情を抱くようになる。

I still can't do anything.

I'm no good.

And yet, you know, the, the beginner language learner has to understand

that with enough exposure to the language, if you can develop a habit... 十分な言語への接触があれば、習慣を身につけることができる...ということです。

first of all, you have to get started and then you develop this habit that

you are regularly listening and reading to and do whatever you'd like to do. 普段から聴いたり読んだりしていることを、好きなようにやってみよう。

If it's Duolingo, I'm not going to, you know, personally, I prefer Duolingoであれば、私は、個人的には、好みですが

working with LingQ, but as I've said many times, you know, people should

do what they want to do so that they enjoy it, but stay with it.

Keep doing it.

And when you encounter difficulties and I think...

I keep saying it, and yet it's so important for beginner language

learners to realize you get it wrong, it doesn't matter. 間違っても、それは問題ではない。

You can't remember, it doesn't matter.

You don't understand, it doesn't matter.

Nothing matters except the fact that you maintain a positive attitude, ポジティブな姿勢を維持すること以外は、何も重要ではない、

believe that you will eventually get there and keep on putting in the time.

And in order to keep on putting in the time, you may have to set up some

routine that helps you create this habit.

So this is kind of what I told my brother and I thought to myself, you

know, it's not just my brother, it's many people who never, who at some

level would like to be, uh, fluent in another language would like to be good

language learners think they aren't good language learners and therefore

they end up not achieving very much.

So I hope that's helpful to those of you, and maybe people listened to me

are all good language learners, but maybe some of your friends are not. はみんな優秀な語学学習者だが、そうでない友人もいるかもしれない。

So I hope that's helpful. だから、参考になればと思う。

Yeah.

And oh, and I think I'll leave you with two videos, uh, from, uh, before where I

talk about being a lazy language learner.

And I also talk about the three keys to language learning success.

Thanks for listening.

Bye for now.