Benny Lewis | Quick look at Benny's level. Better videos soon ベニーの現在のレベルを覗いてみましょう。もっといいビデオはもうすぐです！ @irishpolyglot | Uploaded October 2013 | Updated October 2024, 4 minutes ago.
Sorry that this video is so short! Starting next week, I'll get back into weekly updates until the end of the project with maybe just one break (so 6 more videos up until the week my 3 months runs out), but I hope this teaser snapshot shows you more or less how I'm doing right now!
The reason the video isn't longer is because my Skype recording software crashed after 4 minutes, which is a pity because Yuri asked me interesting questions and we had a real exchange (you only hear her say a couple of words in this video), discussing how my parents visited me here in Valencia.
If you have ideas for how my future Skype calls should go, let me know! Topics? Who I should do it with? If I should just talk randomly and totally spontaneously, or if we should have a theme? [Edit: Actually, I've just had a bunch of ideas - can't wait to show you! I'm going to get off Skype for some of my upcoming videos, even though I'm still in Spain :) ] Either way, I'm hoping that you'll see my ability to express myself improve and get more complex over the coming weeks!
Starting next week, I can record longer videos with much more interaction, but I hope this 2 minute video gives you an OK snapshot of where I am on day 45. Next week I feel like I'll have caught up from the 2 weeks where I was sick one week (see this blog post: fluentin3months.com/perfect-conditions ) and then had to catch up on work and travel collectively for a week, so I'll be ready to show myself as a solid advanced beginner level, and can hopefully launch myself from that point on towards higher goals asap!
At this stage, there are a lot of basic grammar and vocab points I've learned but am still internalizing. For instance, I say "desu" when I should say "imasu" in this video (both meaning "to be", but in different contexts in Japanese) - a basic mistake that I'm aware of and am unlikely to make in future videos. If you have other tips, let me know in the comments. At least you now know what I sound like when I am not reading a script, or referring to Google Translate (like in the Skype call video I uploaded about a month ago).
Also, I'm aware that I'm saying "eeehhh" a lot rather than Japanese fillers. I either do or don't do this every second time in a call depending on if I consciously remind myself to do so, and I forgot to do that in this call, so I'll try to fix it for the next one :)
Please keep comments civil and be a little patient for my next much more interesting video, and have a great Halloween weekend! :)
Sorry that this video is so short! Starting next week, I'll get back into weekly updates until the end of the project with maybe just one break (so 6 more videos up until the week my 3 months runs out), but I hope this teaser snapshot shows you more or less how I'm doing right now!
The reason the video isn't longer is because my Skype recording software crashed after 4 minutes, which is a pity because Yuri asked me interesting questions and we had a real exchange (you only hear her say a couple of words in this video), discussing how my parents visited me here in Valencia.
If you have ideas for how my future Skype calls should go, let me know! Topics? Who I should do it with? If I should just talk randomly and totally spontaneously, or if we should have a theme? [Edit: Actually, I've just had a bunch of ideas - can't wait to show you! I'm going to get off Skype for some of my upcoming videos, even though I'm still in Spain :) ] Either way, I'm hoping that you'll see my ability to express myself improve and get more complex over the coming weeks!
Starting next week, I can record longer videos with much more interaction, but I hope this 2 minute video gives you an OK snapshot of where I am on day 45. Next week I feel like I'll have caught up from the 2 weeks where I was sick one week (see this blog post: fluentin3months.com/perfect-conditions ) and then had to catch up on work and travel collectively for a week, so I'll be ready to show myself as a solid advanced beginner level, and can hopefully launch myself from that point on towards higher goals asap!
At this stage, there are a lot of basic grammar and vocab points I've learned but am still internalizing. For instance, I say "desu" when I should say "imasu" in this video (both meaning "to be", but in different contexts in Japanese) - a basic mistake that I'm aware of and am unlikely to make in future videos. If you have other tips, let me know in the comments. At least you now know what I sound like when I am not reading a script, or referring to Google Translate (like in the Skype call video I uploaded about a month ago).
Also, I'm aware that I'm saying "eeehhh" a lot rather than Japanese fillers. I either do or don't do this every second time in a call depending on if I consciously remind myself to do so, and I forgot to do that in this call, so I'll try to fix it for the next one :)
Please keep comments civil and be a little patient for my next much more interesting video, and have a great Halloween weekend! :)
