Are you using YouTube in learning French? This blog will help you how to learn languages on YouTube.
How to learn languages on YouTube (secret tool)
- Read It Later – For various reasons, Read It Later is an excellent reading app. It has a lot of reading material, making it easier to find interesting topics.
- Reading – If you’re looking for a French reading app, Readlang is one of the best. It also has a wide variety of content in a variety of languages, including the French language.
- Semantica – Another excellent reading comprehension training tool is Semantica. The text’s difficulty is intended to aid in reading comprehension.
How to make learning languages fun
Do you understand what a “Language Reactor” is? It is a Google Chrome plugin, not an app or website, that will enhance your life and make language learning more enjoyable and effective.
But what exactly is an extension? A browser extension is a small piece of software that improves and tailors the user experience. Because it is a Google Chrome extension, it will only work on your Chrome browser. If you don’t already have Chrome, I recommend downloading it right away (just Google, Download Chrome)
What is a Language Reactor?
Using the Language Reactor plugin for Netflix, YouTube, and Turtle TV, you can expand your vocabulary and decode words while watching your favorite movies or television shows. Real-time translation is used for everything. You’ll love using it, especially if you’re learning one, two, or more languages!
Keep in mind that it is an independent extension developed by passionate language learners for language learners all over the world, assisting us in learning new and fascinating study techniques. It’s not a Netflix or YouTube channel extension.
Did you know… – Language Reactor supports nearly 30 languages! All of their languages are represented on their Netflix and YouTube channels.
How to learn languages on YouTube with Language Reactor
If you want to watch a French YouTube video on your favorite track and your first language is English, you’ll see subtitles in French and English, with French appearing first.
How to put the double subtitles on YouTube
You can choose when to watch your show with and without double subtitles; the feature does not have to be enabled all the time. To access the video’s complete subtitle list, click the three lines icon in the top right corner of your screen.
Set the video player to “Subtitles/closed captions (c)” so that LR knows which language to translate. Once you’ve completed all of this, your screen should look like the one below (it just takes three clicks). You can highlight words and read their translations by displaying subtitles.
You can also browse various dictionaries, see examples of how to use them, and hear the pronunciation. You can listen to the subtitles as often as possible by pressing the play button. By selecting the entire sentence, you can listen to the speaker say each subtitle at the time it was spoken.
Study tips
If you’re unsure about how to best use the extension for language learning, I recommend trying the following.
Starting with each phrase:
- Stop reading the text and listen to the audio several times by pressing the keyboard key. Pay close attention to the sounds and figure out what they mean.
- Play the audio while reading the original language text. Hopefully, you’ve grasped some of the significance by this point.
- Consult the translation to get the complete picture. Play the sounds again.
- If you don’t understand a word, look it up in the pop-up dictionary but don’t obsess over every word’s definition.
- Play the audio a few more times. You should be familiar with the term and its meaning now that you’ve heard it.
- Take the next sub (‘d’ key).
As a proficient learner, for each subtitle:
- Listen to the audio without reading the text by pressing the key on your keyboard. I hope you understood at least half of what I said.
- Play the audio while reading the default language text. It would be best if you had a good understanding by this point.
- Consult the translation to grasp the whole meaning. Look up any remaining words you don’t know in the dictionary that appears.
- Play the audio again.
- Continue with the following sub (‘d’ key).
At the highest levels:
- Listen to the audio without reading the text by pressing the ‘s’ key on your keyboard. You should understand 80% or more of what they’re saying.
- If necessary, use the pop-up dictionary or the translation to look up any unfamiliar words.
- Play the audio again.
- Continue with the following sub (‘d’ key).
Don’t spend too much time focusing on complex or unfamiliar grammar rules. Continue through the subs. It is already advantageous to have been exposed to the new structure and to be able to associate some meaning with it. If you need to understand something, you’ll see it again and learn more about how it works soon.
Language Reactor review: Should you download it?
This is an AMAZING alternative practice strategy if you get bored with school books and apps and spend too much time learning like me! Let’s look at the benefits and drawbacks of adding the Chrome extension.
Pro
- Free download
- Easy setup and navigation
- Instant and accurate word translation
- Word usage examples
- Access to a dictionary
Cons
- Need YouTube subtitles to work
- Only available on Chrome (at the moment)
- Only available on desktop
Try it out, browse around, and see whether it fits with your study habits or is something you could incorporate into your routine, is what I’d advise. Additionally, it is entirely free! If you don’t like it, uninstall it.
Language Reactor can translate a video with automatically generated subtitles into various languages. In other words, you could learn whatever language you wished and speak it well! Try it out, download it, and then let me know your thoughts.