Learning with transcriptions

Rut
Jun 16, 2024
2 min read

How do many Asian students learn a language fast? I am not talking about perfect pronunciation, whose importance is greatly overlooked in Asia.

Answer: they learn with movies. No, not like you and me. They start from scratch, but their first sentence is from a movie. Within eight months, they translate two Hollywood movies.

Yes, that's right. Unbelievable. Can you learn the same way? Sure! Do you need eight months free of time for that? No. Simply make it your daily routine. Set apart 10 minutes every day and transcribe movies you like.

In this video, I am showing you

where you can learn the 10-finger-writing system for Hebrew so you can write faster on the keyboard. I mean, I am in love with handwriting since your brains absorbs more information while using your hand, but... writing fluently on the keyboard is a very handy skill, Program 1: https://typing.dlvhdr.me/ Program 2: https://www.typingpoint.com/hebrew
how to easily transcribe videos from YouTube
how to study with the final transcription

What does not work

This method is not about getting the subtitles out of the video the fastest way possible and then try to study an automatically generated transcript. Why not? The process of elaborating this transcript is part of the learning process:

you need to look very well at each word and letter, this will enhance your reading skills as well as your spelling.
you need to copy the sentences, this way you study different forms of using a verb, and since you write it down slowly, you have triggered your memory much more than would if you just read it.