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And this gets back to this idea that we deliberately learn

things and I don't believe that.

Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here.

Today I wanna talk about reading and fluency.

Now remember, if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe.

I talk about language learning.

Hopefully encourage people to learn languages, share some of my

experience in learning languages.

So if you enjoy them, please do subscribe.

Click on the bell for notifications.

Uh, if you follow me on a, uh, podcast service, please leave a comment.

I always appreciate it.

So, the reason I'm talking about reading in fluency is because, as you know, if you

follow me on this channel, I very much, you know, support the idea of reading

and listening as sort of the principal means of uh, growing and improving

in a language that we are learning.

So I was asked on, uh, by one of the commenters here, uh, on my YouTube

channel, uh, about my thoughts about, uh, a video put out by a certain Hadar

who has a channel called, um, The Accents Way or something like that, I'll leave

a link in the description box, where she ismore sort of in favor of speaking.

And, uh, suggest that there is a, a sort of, um, if all we're ever doing

is reading, we're avoiding, we're avoiding the challenge of speaking.

And I, I don't see that the one in any way that reading prevents you from speaking.

Uh, and I don't think that while we are reading that we are necessarily

escaping from the obvious benefits of speaking the language whenever

we have an opportunity to speak.

So to what extent is reading connected with the idea of fluency?

Because obviously we all want to achieve fluency.

I, I shouldn't say we all, but.

For many people, a primary goal of language learning is to achieve fluency.

It doesn't have to be the goal.

And I think this is also very important, we learn languages for our own reasons.

If we want to learn just enough of the language to be able to feel

comfortable in Mexico on our next visit, for example, that's legitimate.

You might be disappointed that there are, there is no shortcut to being

comfortable in the language, but at least if you have some knowledge of the

language you can, you know, have some communication with the locals, let's

say in Spanish if you're in Mexico.

So that could be a goal, or the goal could be simply to read books in the language.

That can be a goal.

But I think for most people they would like to achieve fluency.

So what is fluency?

To me, and I said this before and I'll flash up on the

screen, B2 in the European...

common European Framework of, sort of, language proficiency.

And we'll see that B2...

and remember that the Common European Framework, uh, has sort

of six levels and that, you know, A1, A2 is sort of a beginner level.

B1, B2 is the intermediate level.

C1, C2 is the advanced level.

It's possible to look at these and think that there's sort of

an equal distance from A1 to A2, from A2 to B1 from B1 to B2.

I don't see it that way.

I think that from A1 to A2 moves along fairly quickly, uh, and then to get

from A2 to B2 is a very long road.

But that B2 level to my mind represents fluency.

It means that you're able to converse on a variety of subjects,

sort of, call it adult subjects.

Sophisticated subjects, complicated subjects, not nuclear physics, but

some discussion even of politics, philosophy, economics, your feelings,

even though you make mistakes, even though you might not understand certain

things, you might be missing a word here and there, but you are communicate.

You are...

that to me is b2.

That to me is fluency.

It may be a surprise to some people to know that you need

a lot of words to do that.

You need a large passive vocabulary, and I stress all the time the

importance of passive vocabulary.

You cannot have a conversation with someone, an intelligent,

sophisticated conversation if you don't understand what they are saying.

And so you need a lot of words, a lot of passive vocabulary so

that you have a good chance of understanding of what they're saying.

Of understanding what they're saying.

Uh, similarly, if you have a good vocabulary, now you can read

books now, you can watch movies.

You can understand podcasts.

You can do a lot of these things, which will enable you to continue

to improve in the language.

It all requires comprehension.

It all requires a large vocabulary.

So reading, especially if accompanied with listening, is a great way

to increase your vocabulary.

Now, having a large passive vocabulary doesn't mean that you can use those words.

And in the video that I watched that this, this, uh, person Hadar put out,

she seemed to suggest, you know, if you come across a new word or a new

structure in your reading, if you don't immediately try to use it, if

you don't immediately try to nail it down, then you aren't gonna learn it.

And this gets back to this idea that we deliberately learn

things and I don't believe that.

I believe that we gradually get, we start to assimilate and retain and to be able to

retrieve things that we have met several times, hopefully in interesting context.

And all of a sudden we understand more and more of the language, and

if we have opportunity to speak, we end up, uh, starting to activate

some of that passive vocabulary.

So that's, it's, it's more of a fuzzy logic, natural subconscious process

rather than a deliberate process.

So, because you need a large vocabulary to be, sort of, getting

back to that B2 definition.

Therefore, a lot of reading is very important if you want to achieve fluency.

Now, there are techniques that you can use so that you are reading

that to help you retain more of the words that you're coming across.

That's why at LingQ we have a system.

We enable you to save words to a database.

Uh, you can review the words, uh, you can, if the text is very difficult,

you can look at it in sentence mode.

Uh, if you want to try to find content that is at that, what I consider

the sweet spot of 10 to 15% unknown words, some of which may be names, but

that's gonna be at a level where it's not too difficult for you to read.

With the help of the functionality that we have at LingQ, with the help of audio,

it's not gonna be too difficult, but you are exposing yourself to more new words.

Obviously, uh, another technique is to stay within a certain, you know, subject

area, be it economics or politics, or certain writers who tend to use the

same vocabulary so that you have a better chance of coming across these

relatively low frequency words more often.

So these are some of the techniques that you can use to help the,

the reading activity give you that potential to become fluent.

In order to become fluent, you need quite a large vocabulary.

I don't, you don't need an enormous, you don't need to know every

possible word in the diction.

You can also forget some of the very basic words.

That's not a problem.

But you need to have, and I refer to this reserve, you need to have this

large background with the knowledge you know, of, of these words, or at

least with the, the, the having had the experience of, of encountering these

words so that slowly you start to activate them when you have a chance to speak.

The fact, therefore, reading is not an escape from speaking,

it's a preparation for speaking.

If you combine it with listen, then it's an even better preparation for speaking.

And, uh, the idea that somehow many people, uh, and this was the point of

this video, and you, you can have a look at it, she seemed to suggest that

listening to podcast and reading and so forth, this is, you are, uh, escaping

from that obligation to go out and use it.

Yes, it is true that there are many people who have a good passive

understanding of let's say English and who are reluctant to use it.

Of course, you shouldn't be reluctant to use it.

The better your vocabulary, the better your understanding of the language.

The better you read, by and large, the more confidence

you're going to have in speaking.

If you don't have that large passive vocabulary and you miss

a lot of what's going on around you, you will be more reluctant

to speak and to arrive at a flu...

at a level of fluency, that B2 level, you have to combine a lot of input

activity, increasing your vocabulary, increasing your comprehension, and then

finding every opportunity to speak.

And to speak a lot.

To speak well, you have to speak a lot.

I've said that before.

However, lots of reading and listening can also contribute towards pushing

you towards that level, uh, of fluency, which most of us aspire to achieve.

And I'll leave you with a couple of videos that I've done on the subject

of listening and reading and their importance to our language learning.

Thank you for listening.

Bye for now.

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And this gets back to this idea that we deliberately learn そして、このことは、私たちが意図的に学ぶという考え方に帰着する。 这又回到了我们刻意学习的想法 這又回到了我們刻意學習的想法

things and I don't believe that. もので、私はそれを信じていません。 事情,但我不相信。

Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here.

Today I wanna talk about reading and fluency. 今日は読書と流暢さについてお話したいと思います。

Now remember, if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe.

I talk about language learning. 語学学習について話しています。

Hopefully encourage people to learn languages, share some of my 多くの人に語学を学んでもらいたいと思い、また、私自身の体験談を紹介したいと思います。

experience in learning languages. 語学学習の経験がある

So if you enjoy them, please do subscribe. ですから、もし楽しんでいただけたら、ぜひ購読してください。

Click on the bell for notifications. お知らせのベルをクリックします。

Uh, if you follow me on a, uh, podcast service, please leave a comment.

I always appreciate it. いつも感謝しています。

So, the reason I'm talking about reading in fluency is because, as you know, if you では、なぜ流暢に読むという話になったかというと、ご存知のように、もし、あなたが

follow me on this channel, I very much, you know, support the idea of reading このチャンネルをフォローすることで、私はとても、読書のアイデアを支持します。

and listening as sort of the principal means of uh, growing and improving を、成長させ、向上させるための主要な手段の一つである。 並且傾聽是呃,成長和進步的主要手段

in a language that we are learning. を、学習中の言語で表現しています。

So I was asked on, uh, by one of the commenters here, uh, on my YouTube YouTubeのコメント欄で、ある方から質問を受けました。 所以我被問到,呃,這裡的一位評論者,呃,在我的 YouTube 上

channel, uh, about my thoughts about, uh, a video put out by a certain Hadar チャンネルで、あるハダーが出したビデオについて、私の考えを述べます。 频道,呃,关于我对,呃,某个哈达尔发布的视频的想法 頻道,呃,關於我的想法,呃,某個Hadar發布的視頻

who has a channel called, um, The Accents Way or something like that, I'll leave というチャンネルを持っている人がいるのですが、その人は、「The Accents Way」とかいうチャンネルを持っていて、私はそれを見ています。

a link in the description box, where she ismore sort of in favor of speaking. のリンクは、説明欄に記載されています。 描述框中的链接,她更倾向于在其中发言。 描述框中的鏈接,她更喜歡說話。

And, uh, suggest that there is a, a sort of, um, if all we're ever doing そして、もし私たちが今までしてきたことが、ある種のものであることを示唆しています。

is reading, we're avoiding, we're avoiding the challenge of speaking. は読んでいる、避けている、話すという挑戦を避けている。 正在閱讀,我們正在迴避,我們正在迴避說話的挑戰。

And I, I don't see that the one in any way that reading prevents you from speaking. そして、私は、読書があなたが話すことを妨げるものだとは思いません。 而我,我不認為閱讀會阻止你說話。

Uh, and I don't think that while we are reading that we are necessarily ええと、私たちが読んでいる間、私たちは必ずしもそうではないと思います

escaping from the obvious benefits of speaking the language whenever いつでもその言語を話すことの明らかな利点から逃れる 逃避說這種語言的明顯好處

we have an opportunity to speak. 私たちは話す機会があります。

So to what extent is reading connected with the idea of fluency? では、読書と流暢さの考え方はどの程度結びついているのでしょうか。 那麼閱讀與流利度的概念有多大關係呢?

Because obviously we all want to achieve fluency. なぜなら、明らかに私たちは皆、流暢さを実現したいと思っているからです。

I, I shouldn't say we all, but. 私、全員とまでは言いませんが。

For many people, a primary goal of language learning is to achieve fluency. 多くの人にとって、言語学習の第一の目標は、流暢さを獲得することです。

It doesn't have to be the goal. 目標にする必要はない。

And I think this is also very important, we learn languages for our own reasons. そして、これもとても重要なことだと思うのですが、人はそれぞれの理由で言語を学ぶものです。

If we want to learn just enough of the language to be able to feel を感じることができる程度の語学力を身につけたいのであれば、そのようなことはありません。

comfortable in Mexico on our next visit, for example, that's legitimate. 例えば、次の訪問先であるメキシコで快適に過ごすことができる、それが正当なのです。 例如,下次訪問時在墨西哥感到舒適,這是合法的。

You might be disappointed that there are, there is no shortcut to being あることを残念に思うかもしれませんが、そうなるための近道はないのです。

comfortable in the language, but at least if you have some knowledge of the をある程度知っている人であれば、問題なく使えると思います。

language you can, you know, have some communication with the locals, let's 現地の人とコミュニケーションをとることができます。

say in Spanish if you're in Mexico.

So that could be a goal, or the goal could be simply to read books in the language. それが目標かもしれませんし、単にその言語で本を読むことが目標かもしれません。

That can be a goal. それが目標になり得る。

But I think for most people they would like to achieve fluency. しかし、ほとんどの人は流暢な発音を実現したいと思うのではないでしょうか。

So what is fluency?

To me, and I said this before and I'll flash up on the 私にとっては、これは以前にも言ったことですが、フラッシュアップで 對我來說,我之前說過,我會在

screen, B2 in the European... スクリーン、欧州のB2...

common European Framework of, sort of, language proficiency. common European Framework of, sort of, language proficiency. 語言能力的共同歐洲框架。

And we'll see that B2...

and remember that the Common European Framework, uh, has sort そして、欧州共通フレームワークが、ある種のものであることを思い出してください。

of six levels and that, you know, A1, A2 is sort of a beginner level. A1、A2は初級レベルということになりますね。

B1, B2 is the intermediate level.

C1, C2 is the advanced level.

It's possible to look at these and think that there's sort of これを見ると、ある意味、"あるある "だと思うんです。

an equal distance from A1 to A2, from A2 to B1 from B1 to B2. A1からA2まで、A2からB1まで、B1からB2までが等距離である。

I don't see it that way. そんな風には見えませんね。

I think that from A1 to A2 moves along fairly quickly, uh, and then to get A1からA2まではかなり早く進むと思います。 我認為從 A1 到 A2 移動得相當快,呃,然後得到

from A2 to B2 is a very long road. A2からB2までは非常に長い道のりです。

But that B2 level to my mind represents fluency. しかし、私の中ではそのB2レベルは流暢さを表しています。

It means that you're able to converse on a variety of subjects, さまざまなテーマで会話ができるということです、 這意味著您可以就各種主題進行交流,

sort of, call it adult subjects. のようなもので、大人の科目と呼んでください。 有點,稱之為成人科目。

Sophisticated subjects, complicated subjects, not nuclear physics, but 洗練されたテーマ、複雑なテーマ、核物理学ではないけれど 複雜的科目,複雜的科目,不是核物理,而是

some discussion even of politics, philosophy, economics, your feelings, 政治、哲学、経済、自分の気持ちも含めて議論してください、

even though you make mistakes, even though you might not understand certain 間違えても、理解できなくても。 即使你犯了錯誤,即使你可能不明白某些

things, you might be missing a word here and there, but you are communicate. のもので、あちこち言葉が足りないかもしれませんが、コミュニケーションは取れています。

You are...

that to me is b2.

That to me is fluency.

It may be a surprise to some people to know that you need

a lot of words to do that. そのためには、たくさんの言葉が必要です。

You need a large passive vocabulary, and I stress all the time the

importance of passive vocabulary.

You cannot have a conversation with someone, an intelligent, 誰かと会話することはできない、知的な人、

sophisticated conversation if you don't understand what they are saying. 相手の言っていることがわからないと、洗練された会話にならない。 如果您不明白他們在說什麼,可以進行複雜的對話。

And so you need a lot of words, a lot of passive vocabulary so

that you have a good chance of understanding of what they're saying. 相手の言っていることを理解できる可能性が高いからです。

Of understanding what they're saying.

Uh, similarly, if you have a good vocabulary, now you can read えー、同様に、語彙力があれば、今、読めます。

books now, you can watch movies.

You can understand podcasts.

You can do a lot of these things, which will enable you to continue これらのことがたくさんできるようになることで、継続的に

to improve in the language. を、語学の上達のために

It all requires comprehension.

It all requires a large vocabulary.

So reading, especially if accompanied with listening, is a great way だから、読むこと、特に聞くことを伴うと、素晴らしい方法です。

to increase your vocabulary.

Now, having a large passive vocabulary doesn't mean that you can use those words.

And in the video that I watched that this, this, uh, person Hadar put out, そして、この、ハダーという人が出したビデオを見たのですが、その中に、この、ハダーという人が出てきました、

she seemed to suggest, you know, if you come across a new word or a new 彼女は、新しい言葉や新しいことに出会ったら、そのことを提案するようでした。 她似乎在暗示,你知道,如果你遇到一個新詞或一個新詞

structure in your reading, if you don't immediately try to use it, if の構造は、もしあなたがすぐにそれを使おうとしないなら、あなたの読書の中で、もし

you don't immediately try to nail it down, then you aren't gonna learn it. って、すぐに釘付けにしないと、身につかないんです。 你不立即嘗試確定它,那麼你就不會學習它。

And this gets back to this idea that we deliberately learn

things and I don't believe that.

I believe that we gradually get, we start to assimilate and retain and to be able to 私たちは徐々に、同化し、保持し、できるようになり始めると信じています。 我相信我們逐漸得到,我們開始吸收和保留並能夠

retrieve things that we have met several times, hopefully in interesting context. 何度か会ったことのあるものを、できれば面白い文脈で回収してほしい。 檢索我們多次遇到的東西,希望在有趣的上下文中。

And all of a sudden we understand more and more of the language, and そして、突然、私たちはどんどん言葉を理解していくし

if we have opportunity to speak, we end up, uh, starting to activate 私たちが発言する機会があれば、結局は、その、活性化を始めることになる。

some of that passive vocabulary.

So that's, it's, it's more of a fuzzy logic, natural subconscious process だから、それは、もっとファジーロジックで、自然な潜在意識のプロセスなんだ。 所以那是,它更像是一個模糊的邏輯,自然的潛意識過程

rather than a deliberate process. というより、意図的なプロセスである。 而不是一個刻意的過程。

So, because you need a large vocabulary to be, sort of, getting そのため、多くの語彙が必要であるため、ある種の、取得のために

back to that B2 definition. そのB2の定義に立ち返ります。

Therefore, a lot of reading is very important if you want to achieve fluency. したがって、流暢な発音を目指すなら、多読はとても重要です。

Now, there are techniques that you can use so that you are reading 今、あなたが読んでいるように使用することができるテクニックがあります。

that to help you retain more of the words that you're coming across. を使えば、より多くの単語を保持できるようになります。

That's why at LingQ we have a system. だからこそ、LingQではシステムを導入しています。

We enable you to save words to a database.

Uh, you can review the words, uh, you can, if the text is very difficult, ええと、単語を復習することができます、ええと、テキストが非常に難しい場合、することができます、

you can look at it in sentence mode. は、センテンスモードで見ることができます。

Uh, if you want to try to find content that is at that, what I consider もし、そのようなコンテンツを見つけたいのであれば、私が考えるに

the sweet spot of 10 to 15% unknown words, some of which may be names, but 10~15%の未知の単語があり、その中には名前もあるかもしれませんが、そのようなスイートスポットです。 10% 到 15% 的未知詞的最佳位置,其中一些可能是名字,但

that's gonna be at a level where it's not too difficult for you to read. というのは、あなたにとって難しくないレベルで読むことができますよ。

With the help of the functionality that we have at LingQ, with the help of audio, LingQにある機能の助けを借りて、音声の助けを借りて、

it's not gonna be too difficult, but you are exposing yourself to more new words. 難しいことではありませんが、より多くの新しい言葉に触れることになります。

Obviously, uh, another technique is to stay within a certain, you know, subject もちろん、もう一つのテクニックは、ある一定の範囲内にとどまることです。

area, be it economics or politics, or certain writers who tend to use the を使う傾向がある特定の作家が、経済や政治などの分野で活躍しています。

same vocabulary so that you have a better chance of coming across these 同じ語彙を使うことで、より高い確率でこれらの語彙に出会うことができます。

relatively low frequency words more often. 比較的低い頻度の単語をより多く使う。

So these are some of the techniques that you can use to help the, ということで、これらのテクニックをご紹介します、

the reading activity give you that potential to become fluent. リーディングアクティビティは、流暢に話せるようになるための可能性を与えてくれます。

In order to become fluent, you need quite a large vocabulary. 流暢に話せるようになるには、かなりの語彙力が必要です。

I don't, you don't need an enormous, you don't need to know every 私は、あなたは膨大な量を必要としない、あなたはすべてのものを知る必要はありません。

possible word in the diction. ディクションの中で可能な言葉。

You can also forget some of the very basic words. また、ごく基本的な単語を忘れてしまうこともあります。

That's not a problem.

But you need to have, and I refer to this reserve, you need to have this しかし、あなたが持っている必要がある、私はこの予約を参照してください、あなたはこれを持つ必要があります。 但是你需要有,我指的是這個儲備,你需要有這個

large background with the knowledge you know, of, of these words, or at この言葉の、あなたが知っている知識で、大きな背景を、またはで。

least with the, the, the having had the experience of, of encountering these 少なくとも、このような出会いを経験したことで 至少有過,遇到過這些

words so that slowly you start to activate them when you have a chance to speak. というように、徐々に言葉を発する機会が増えていきます。

The fact, therefore, reading is not an escape from speaking, 事実、したがって、読むことは話すことからの逃避ではない、

it's a preparation for speaking. 話すための準備なのです。

If you combine it with listen, then it's an even better preparation for speaking. リスニングと組み合わせれば、さらにスピーキングへの準備になりますね。 Se o combinarmos com a audição, é uma preparação ainda melhor para falar. 如果你把它和聽結合起來,那麼它是一個更好的口語準備。

And, uh, the idea that somehow many people, uh, and this was the point of そして、どういうわけか多くの人が、あー、これがポイントだったんだ、という考え。

this video, and you, you can have a look at it, she seemed to suggest that このビデオを見てください、見てください、彼女は次のことを示唆しているようです。

listening to podcast and reading and so forth, this is, you are, uh, escaping ポッドキャストを聴いたり、本を読んだりすることで、これは、あなたは、あー、逃げているんだ。

from that obligation to go out and use it. その義務から、外に出て使用する。

Yes, it is true that there are many people who have a good passive たしかに、パッシブの良い人が多いのは事実ですが

understanding of let's say English and who are reluctant to use it. を理解し、英語を使うことに抵抗がある人。 理解讓我們說英語和誰不願意使用它。

Of course, you shouldn't be reluctant to use it. もちろん、消極的な使い方をしてはいけない。

The better your vocabulary, the better your understanding of the language. 語彙が増えるほど、言語の理解が深まります。

The better you read, by and large, the more confidence 読書が得意な人ほど、大概、自信があるものです

you're going to have in speaking. を話すことになります。

If you don't have that large passive vocabulary and you miss

a lot of what's going on around you, you will be more reluctant 自分の身の回りで起こっていることをたくさん知っていれば、より消極的になる。

to speak and to arrive at a flu... を話し、インフルエンザにたどり着く...。

at a level of fluency, that B2 level, you have to combine a lot of input

activity, increasing your vocabulary, increasing your comprehension, and then

finding every opportunity to speak. というように、あらゆる機会をとらえて発言しています。

And to speak a lot.

To speak well, you have to speak a lot.

I've said that before.

However, lots of reading and listening can also contribute towards pushing しかし、読書やリスニングをたくさんすることで、その効果を高めることもできます。

you towards that level, uh, of fluency, which most of us aspire to achieve. 私たちの多くが目指している「流暢さ」のレベルに近づくことができます。

And I'll leave you with a couple of videos that I've done on the subject そして、このテーマで行ったいくつかのビデオをご紹介します。

of listening and reading and their importance to our language learning. 聞くこと、読むことの重要性と、私たちの言語学習におけるその重要性。

Thank you for listening.

Bye for now.