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Steve's Language Learning Tips, Morning Routine for Language Learning

Morning Routine for Language Learning

So I find that if you can trigger, you know, you get things started by listening in the morning, then you just have to circle back later on. Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Today, I want to talk about my morning routine. What do I do in the morning to get my language learning activities started for the day?

Remember if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe click on the bell for notifications. And if you follow these as podcasts on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or elsewhere, please leave a review. So people often ask me sort of specifically, what do you do, uh, to learn the language? Okay. The morning is a big part of my language learning day.

Uh, if you can get stuff done in the morning, first thing that kind of sets you up for the day, uh, so that even if it's not a very active day, from a language learning point of view, at least you've taken that first step. So typically what I do in the morning, you know, is, is I might, first of all, just kind of review a couple of lessons, uh, on my iPad from the day before in whichever language I'm learning.

And nowadays it's either Arabic or Persian. But then okay, time to get out of bed here. So yeah. I will set up in a room where it's quiet and my wife doesn't have to listen to me, uh, where I will play something that's easy to listen to, like the mini stories for example, even though I've listened to them many times or something that's new and fresh, like a podcast that I've just downloaded.

So I'll put that on and that's now running in the background. Then I go to my muscle booster, a website where I have this seven minute routine. Okay. Which consists of sit ups and pushups and burpees and stretching and, and, uh, you know, side planks. And there's a range of things and they mix them every day.

I don't know what's coming at me next. It's all in 30 second intervals and it's extremely good. But, and so for seven minutes, I will be doing these exercises 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds while this, uh, Arabic or Persian is running in the background. Okay. Then typically, if it's the summer, now I go for a swim in the ocean and the water is like 16, 17, 18 degrees, depending on the day.

So that really wakes you up. I can tell you, uh, 16, I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit. It's in the sixties. I think, uh, Around 60. So then, uh, time for breakfast. So typically I go in, I'll cut up fruit, start preparing. We have muesli, uh, get, uh, you know, I have to make some, uh, I make my espresso coffee, so I grind some coffee beans set the table, uh, and all the while I'm listening.

Okay. If the dishwasher, uh, was full from the night before we had just run the dishes, I'll go in and empty the dishes. Preparing for breakfast and then also cleaning up after breakfast is at least a half hour listening. Most days I will be doing that activity and listening to my language. Okay. Now then maybe and it has been the case that I tend to have my, my Arabic online tutor sessions around 10, 10.30 in the morning. And right now, uh, Mr. Mohammed seems to have disappeared at iTalki so I have, um, Adel Samy. And so that, we'll have an hour there, uh, two times a week. Uh, then very often my wife likes to play golf, so we've got golf set up at 12.30 or 1.

So we charge off to the golf course. If I weren't in the car with my wife, I'd be listening to Arabic or Persian, but you can't, you know, there's a limit, right? There's a limit. I can't do that. Uh, so then when I come home, but I wanted to focus on my morning routine because now I have set myself up for the day.

So when I come home, I need to find another half hour or so maybe an hour to sit down, to go through whatever it was I listened to and save words and phrases or review words, and phrases or read it. So that I basically pick up the pieces from what I started in the morning, but the morning is very important.

First of all, the, the seven minute exercise routine, which is great, um, throwing myself in the water, sure jars the brain cells, and then spending some time, you know, with the language. Every so often I have to, you know, vacuum or clean up or do other activities around the house. There again, I'll be listening.

So a lot of that stuff happens in the morning. Now other people have other things happening in the morning. Like they might be going off to work, but there again, there's an opportunity in a car or on a train or a subway to listen to language. So I find that if you can trigger, you know, or you get things started by listening in the morning, then you just have to circle back later on and go and find those things you're listening to where maybe you're curious about certain words or expressions that you kind of half know, or completely don't know, and you can look them up and start on the process of learning them.

So I just thought I'd mentioned that my approach to the morning is, is to make that, you know, a place to get a start on the day, whether it be through my physical action. If I have later, if I have time also with the exercise, if I come home from the golf and I have time, I might get on my, a stepper or go for a run down at the school yard or do something else, uh, maybe lift some weights or use the TRX uh, you know, a band or something like that. But at least I've got in that seven minutes of exercise in the morning. And also at least I've got in that half an hour or 45 minutes combined listening in the morning to get a start on the day from a language learning point of view. So I hope that was of interest.

And, uh, look forward to your comments.


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So I find that if you can trigger, you know, you get things started by listening in the morning, then you just have to circle back later on. Entonces descubro que si puedes disparar, ya sabes, empiezas escuchando por la mañana, luego solo tienes que regresar más tarde. だから、もしきっかけを作ることができれば、つまり、午前中に聞くことで物事をスタートさせれば、後でまた一周すればいいんだ。 Então eu acho que se você pode acionar, você sabe, você começa as coisas ouvindo de manhã, então você só tem que voltar mais tarde. Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Olá, Steve Kaufmann. Today, I want to talk about my morning routine. Hoje, quero falar sobre a minha rotina matinal. What do I do in the morning to get my language learning activities started for the day? ¿Qué hago por la mañana para empezar el día aprendiendo idiomas? O que eu faço de manhã para começar minhas atividades de aprendizado de idiomas para o dia?

Remember if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe click on the bell for notifications. And if you follow these as podcasts on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or elsewhere, please leave a review. E se seguirem estes podcasts no Spotify ou no Apple Podcasts ou noutro sítio qualquer, deixem um comentário. So people often ask me sort of specifically, what do you do, uh, to learn the language? Así que la gente me pregunta a menudo, más o menos específicamente, ¿qué haces para aprender el idioma? Por isso, as pessoas perguntam-me muitas vezes, mais ou menos especificamente, o que é que faz para aprender a língua? Okay. Está bem. The morning is a big part of my language learning day. A manhã é uma parte importante do meu dia de aprendizagem de línguas.

Uh, if you can get stuff done in the morning, first thing that kind of sets you up for the day, uh, so that even if it's not a very active day, from a language learning point of view, at least you've taken that first step. Si puedes hacer cosas por la mañana, lo primero que tienes que hacer es prepararte para el día, de modo que aunque no sea un día muy activo, desde el punto de vista del aprendizaje de idiomas, al menos has dado el primer paso. Uh, se você pode fazer as coisas de manhã, a primeira coisa que o prepara para o dia, uh, então mesmo que não seja um dia muito ativo, do ponto de vista do aprendizado de idiomas, pelo menos você deu esse primeiro passo. So typically what I do in the morning, you know, is, is I might, first of all, just kind of review a couple of lessons, uh, on my iPad from the day before in whichever language I'm learning. Lo que suelo hacer por las mañanas es, en primer lugar, repasar un par de lecciones del día anterior en el iPad, sea cual sea el idioma que esté aprendiendo. Então, normalmente o que eu faço de manhã, você sabe, é, eu posso, antes de tudo, apenas revisar algumas lições, uh, no meu iPad do dia anterior em qualquer idioma que eu esteja aprendendo.

And nowadays it's either Arabic or Persian. Y hoy en día es árabe o persa. E hoje em dia é árabe ou persa. But then okay, time to get out of bed here. Pero bueno, es hora de salir de la cama. Mas então tudo bem, hora de sair da cama aqui. So yeah. Portanto, sim. I will set up in a room where it's quiet and my wife doesn't have to listen to me, uh, where I will play something that's easy to listen to, like the mini stories for example, even though I've listened to them many times or something that's new and fresh, like a podcast that I've just downloaded. Me instalaré en una habitación donde haya silencio y mi mujer no tenga que escucharme, donde pondré algo que sea fácil de escuchar, como los minicuentos por ejemplo, aunque los haya escuchado muchas veces o algo que sea nuevo y fresco, como un podcast que me acabo de descargar. 静かで妻が私の話を聞く必要のない部屋に設置します。たとえば、ミニ ストーリーなど、聞き取りやすいものを再生します。何度も、またはダウンロードしたばかりのポッドキャストのように、新しくて新鮮なもの。 Eu vou me instalar em uma sala onde é tranquilo e minha esposa não tem que me ouvir, uh, onde eu vou tocar algo que é fácil de ouvir, como as mini-histórias por exemplo, mesmo que eu as tenha ouvido muitas vezes ou algo novo e fresco, como um podcast que acabei de baixar.

So I'll put that on and that's now running in the background. Así que voy a poner eso y que ahora se está ejecutando en segundo plano. Então, vou colocar isso e agora está sendo executado em segundo plano. Then I go to my muscle booster, a website where I have this seven minute routine. Luego voy a mi potenciador muscular, un sitio web donde tengo esta rutina de siete minutos. Então eu vou para o meu reforço muscular, um site onde eu tenho essa rotina de sete minutos. Okay. Está bem. Which consists of sit ups and pushups and burpees and stretching and, and, uh, you know, side planks. Que consiste en abdominales y flexiones y burpees y estiramientos y, uh, ya sabes, planchas laterales. これは、シットアップ、腕立て伏せ、バーピー、ストレッチ、そして、ええと、サイドプランクで構成されています。 Que consiste em abdominais e flexões e burpees e alongamentos e, uh, você sabe, pranchas laterais. And there's a range of things and they mix them every day. E há uma série de coisas e misturam-nas todos os dias.

I don't know what's coming at me next. No sé lo que me espera. Não sei o que me vai acontecer a seguir. It's all in 30 second intervals and it's extremely good. É tudo em intervalos de 30 segundos e é extremamente bom. But, and so for seven minutes, I will be doing these exercises 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds while this, uh, Arabic or Persian is running in the background. Pero, y así durante siete minutos, estaré haciendo estos ejercicios 30 segundos, 30 segundos, 30 segundos mientras este, uh, árabe o persa está corriendo de fondo. Mas, durante sete minutos, estarei a fazer estes exercícios 30 segundos, 30 segundos, 30 segundos, enquanto este, uh, árabe ou persa está a correr em segundo plano. Okay. Está bem. Then typically, if it's the summer, now I go for a swim in the ocean and the water is like 16, 17, 18 degrees, depending on the day. Luego, normalmente, si es verano, ahora voy a nadar al mar y el agua está como a 16, 17, 18 grados, dependiendo del día. Depois, normalmente, se for Verão, vou dar um mergulho no oceano e a água está a 16, 17, 18 graus, dependendo do dia.

So that really wakes you up. Isso desperta-nos realmente. I can tell you, uh, 16, I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit. Posso dizer-vos, 16, não sei quanto é em Fahrenheit. It's in the sixties. Estamos nos anos sessenta. I think, uh, Around 60. Acho que, uh, por volta dos 60. So then, uh, time for breakfast. Então, está na hora do pequeno-almoço. So typically I go in, I'll cut up fruit, start preparing. Así que normalmente entro, corto fruta y empiezo a prepararla. Por isso, normalmente, vou lá, corto fruta e começo a preparar-me. We have muesli, uh, get, uh, you know, I have to make some, uh, I make my espresso coffee, so I grind some coffee beans set the table, uh, and all the while I'm listening. Tenemos muesli, uh, toma, uh, ya sabes, tengo que hacer un poco, uh, preparo mi café expreso, así que muelo algunos granos de café, pongo la mesa, uh, y todo el tiempo estoy escuchando. Temos muesli, uh, pegue, uh, você sabe, eu tenho que fazer um pouco, uh, eu faço meu café expresso, então eu moo alguns grãos de café para pôr a mesa, uh, e o tempo todo estou ouvindo.

Okay. Está bem. If the dishwasher, uh, was full from the night before we had just run the dishes, I'll go in and empty the dishes. Si el lavavajillas, eh, estaba lleno de la noche anterior acabamos de ejecutar los platos, voy a entrar y vaciar los platos. Se a lava-louças, uh, estava cheia desde a noite anterior, eu entro e esvazio os pratos. Preparing for breakfast and then also cleaning up after breakfast is at least a half hour listening. Preparar el desayuno y limpiar después de desayunar requiere al menos media hora de escucha. Preparar o pequeno-almoço e limpar depois do pequeno-almoço é, pelo menos, meia hora de escuta. Most days I will be doing that activity and listening to my language. La mayoría de los días realizaré esa actividad y escucharé mi idioma. Na maior parte dos dias, estou a fazer essa actividade e a ouvir a minha língua. Okay. Está bem. Now then maybe and it has been the case that I tend to have my, my Arabic online tutor sessions around 10, 10.30 in the morning. Agora, talvez e tem sido o caso que eu costumo ter as minhas, as minhas sessões de tutoria online de árabe por volta das 10, 10.30 da manhã. And right now, uh, Mr. Mohammed seems to have disappeared at iTalki so I have, um, Adel Samy. E, neste momento, o Sr. Mohammed parece ter desaparecido do iTalki, por isso tenho o Adel Samy. And so that, we'll have an hour there, uh, two times a week. Y así, tendremos una hora allí, eh, dos veces a la semana. E assim, teremos uma hora lá, uh, duas vezes por semana. Uh, then very often my wife likes to play golf, so we've got golf set up at 12.30 or 1. Uh, entonces muy a menudo a mi mujer le gusta jugar al golf, así que tenemos el golf preparado a las 12.30 o a la 1. Uh, então, muitas vezes, minha esposa gosta de jogar golfe, então temos golfe configurado às 12h30 ou 1.

So we charge off to the golf course. Así que nos vamos al campo de golf. Então partimos para o campo de golfe. 于是,我们冲向高尔夫球场。 If I weren't in the car with my wife, I'd be listening to Arabic or Persian, but you can't, you know, there's a limit, right? Se não estivesse no carro com a minha mulher, estaria a ouvir árabe ou persa, mas não se pode, sabe, há um limite, certo? There's a limit. Há um limite. I can't do that. Não posso fazer isso. Uh, so then when I come home, but I wanted to focus on my morning routine because now I have set myself up for the day. Uh, entonces cuando llego a casa, pero quería concentrarme en mi rutina matutina porque ahora me he preparado para el día. Uh, então quando eu chego em casa, mas eu queria me concentrar na minha rotina matinal porque agora eu me preparei para o dia.

So when I come home, I need to find another half hour or so maybe an hour to sit down, to go through whatever it was I listened to and save words and phrases or review words, and phrases or read it. Então, quando chego em casa, preciso encontrar mais meia hora ou talvez uma hora para sentar, para repassar o que quer que tenha ouvido e salvar palavras e frases ou revisar palavras e frases ou ler. So that I basically pick up the pieces from what I started in the morning, but the morning is very important. Así que básicamente recojo los pedazos de lo que empecé por la mañana, pero la mañana es muy importante. Então eu basicamente pego as peças do que comecei de manhã, mas a manhã é muito importante.

First of all, the, the seven minute exercise routine, which is great, um, throwing myself in the water, sure jars the brain cells, and then spending some time, you know, with the language. En primer lugar, la rutina de ejercicios de siete minutos, que es estupenda, tirarme al agua, seguro que pone a prueba las neuronas, y luego pasar algún tiempo, ya sabes, con el idioma. Primeiro de tudo, a rotina de exercícios de sete minutos, o que é ótimo, hum, me jogar na água, com certeza sacode as células do cérebro, e depois passar algum tempo, você sabe, com a linguagem. Every so often I have to, you know, vacuum or clean up or do other activities around the house. De vez en cuando tengo que, ya sabes, pasar la aspiradora o limpiar o hacer otras actividades en casa. De vez em quando eu tenho que, você sabe, aspirar ou limpar ou fazer outras atividades em casa. There again, I'll be listening. Mais uma vez, estarei a ouvir.

So a lot of that stuff happens in the morning. Por isso, muitas dessas coisas acontecem de manhã. Now other people have other things happening in the morning. Agora, outras pessoas têm outras coisas a acontecer de manhã. Like they might be going off to work, but there again, there's an opportunity in a car or on a train or a subway to listen to language. Puede que se vayan a trabajar, pero en el coche, en el tren o en el metro tienen la oportunidad de escuchar el idioma. Como se eles estivessem indo trabalhar, mas lá novamente, há uma oportunidade em um carro ou trem ou metrô para ouvir a linguagem. So I find that if you can trigger, you know, or you get things started by listening in the morning, then you just have to circle back later on and go and find those things you're listening to where maybe you're curious about certain words or expressions that you kind of half know, or completely don't know, and you can look them up and start on the process of learning them. Así que creo que si puedes empezar escuchando por la mañana, luego sólo tienes que volver más tarde y encontrar esas cosas que estás escuchando en las que tienes curiosidad por ciertas palabras o expresiones que conoces a medias o que desconoces por completo, y puedes buscarlas y empezar el proceso de aprenderlas. Então eu acho que se você pode acionar, você sabe, ou você começa as coisas ouvindo de manhã, então você só tem que voltar mais tarde e ir e encontrar as coisas que você está ouvindo onde talvez você esteja curioso certas palavras ou expressões que você meio que conhece ou não conhece completamente, e você pode procurá-las e começar o processo de aprendê-las.

So I just thought I'd mentioned that my approach to the morning is, is to make that, you know, a place to get a start on the day, whether it be through my physical action. Así que pensé que había mencionado que mi enfoque de la mañana es, es hacer que, ya sabes, un lugar para conseguir un comienzo en el día, ya sea a través de mi acción física. If I have later, if I have time also with the exercise, if I come home from the golf and I have time, I might get on my, a stepper or go for a run down at the school yard or do something else, uh, maybe lift some weights or use the TRX uh, you know, a band or something like that. Si tengo más tarde, si tengo tiempo también con el ejercicio, si llego a casa del golf y tengo tiempo, yo podría conseguir en mi, un stepper o ir a correr por el patio de la escuela o hacer algo más, uh, tal vez levantar algunas pesas o usar el TRX uh, ya sabes, una banda o algo así. Se eu tiver mais tarde, se eu tiver tempo também com o exercício, se eu chegar em casa do golfe e tiver tempo, eu posso subir no meu, um stepper ou dar uma corrida no pátio da escola ou fazer outra coisa, uh , talvez levantar alguns pesos ou usar o TRX uh, você sabe, uma banda ou algo assim. But at least I've got in that seven minutes of exercise in the morning. Mas, pelo menos, fiz aqueles sete minutos de exercício de manhã. And also at least I've got in that half an hour or 45 minutes combined listening in the morning to get a start on the day from a language learning point of view. Además, por la mañana tengo media hora o 45 minutos de escucha combinada para empezar el día desde el punto de vista del aprendizaje de idiomas. それに、少なくとも朝は30分か45分、リスニングを合わせて、語学学習の観点から一日のスタートを切ることができる。 E também pelo menos eu tenho essa meia hora ou 45 minutos combinados ouvindo de manhã para começar o dia do ponto de vista do aprendizado de idiomas. So I hope that was of interest. Espero que tenha sido de interesse.

And, uh, look forward to your comments. そして、ええと、あなたのコメントを楽しみにしています。 E, uh, estamos ansiosos para seus comentários.