Just a flight of thoughts... Recently I've watched a tons of video about motivation in learning foreign languages. And all of them advise to just use a lot of authentic materials such as movies, songs

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Ekaterina

Just a flight of thoughts... Recently I've watched a tons of video about motivation in learning foreign languages. And all of them advise to just use a lot of authentic materials such as movies, songs, newspapers, books etc. which you're fond of. It means that if you like FRIENDS than you should watch it in English without subtitles. And if you're a fan of Palanick then be kind to honor the master by reading his masterpieces in his language. It's so easy to follow this advice. But one day you realize you don't want to do it anymore. You can read a couple of articles on the Internet, watch a new blockbuster without translation and easily understand the song you like. Also you're capable to express your feelings and thoughts in conversations. Actually here is a thing. With conversations. When you speak with yourself in your mind - trying to play a small situations from real life, - you feel so confident and there are so much that you want and CAN say. But when it comes to real talking you s*ck((( It's a so called `language barrier`. When you're like a dog - understand everything, say nothing. And it pisses you off! Well, I distracted a bit. About loosing motivation to learn... When you realize that your level is enough for understanding the most of media-content and talking with people about almost everything, - YOU'RE STUCK then! What should people do to put themselves together and continue learning again? How to cope with this lack of motivation and go on? The answer is might be on the surface but each one of us should find it on his own. It's up to us! P.S. I don't know why I wrote it and what the purpose of it was) I think I'm stuck... Still I have so much to learn though! My next texts are gonna be more positive I believe. P.P.S. If you have something to say on the matter - welcome! I hope I'm not the only one with this mess in my head ;-) P.P.P.S. If you correct the mistakes I've made please explain why should it be that way and not the other. It'll help me to avoid the same mistakes in the future. Thank you in advance! BR, Kate.

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Just a flight of thoughts...

Recently I've watched tons of motivational videos on learning foreign languages. All of them advise only to use authentic materials such as movies, songs, newspapers, books etc. that you're fond of. It means that if you like FRIENDS than you should watch it in English without subtitles. And if you're a fan of Palanick then be kind to honor the master by reading his masterpieces in his language. It's so easy to follow this advice. But one day you realize you don't want to do it anymore. You can read a couple of articles on the Internet, watch a new blockbuster without translation and easily understand the song you like. Also you can express your feelings and thoughts in conversations. Actually here is a thing. With conversations, when you talk to yourself* - acting out a small situation from real life, - you feel so confident and there is so much that you want and CAN say. But when it comes to real talking you freeze. It's a so called `language barrier`. When you're like a dog - understand everything, and say nothing. And it pisses you off!
Well, I detract a bit. About losing your motivation to learn... When you realize that your level is enough for understanding most media-content and talking with people about almost everything, - YOU'RE STUCK then! What should people do to put themselves together and continue learning again? How to cope with this lack of motivation and go on?
The answer is might be on the surface but each one of us should find it on our own. It's up to us!

P.S. I don't know why I wrote it and what the purpose of it was) I think I'm stuck... Still I have so much to learn though!
My next texts are gonna be more positive I believe.

P.P.S. If you have something to say on the matter - welcome! I hope I'm not the only one with this jumble in my head ;-)

P.P.P.S. If you correct the mistakes I've made please explain why should it be that way and not another. It'll help me to avoid the same mistakes in future.

Thank you!**

BR? Kate.

*this is the fixed English expression for the same idea.

**avoid the "in advance" part. The phrase is always "thank you".

very well written!

Well, the issue is simple enough. It's all about Passive and Active vocabulary. When you observe, you improve your Passive Vocabulary. For example, watching movies, TV Shows, reading books and articles etc. On the other hand, when you write, have a conversation, you improve your Active Vocabulary.

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