Robin MacPhersonIt's time for a huge progress update with my Mandarin studies! In this video, I have a delightful conversation in Chinese with my friend Jade. This is Part 01 of the chat, where we discuss our experiences being a natural morning person vs. a night owl, as well as trying out other styles.
Am I FINALLY Fluent In Chinese? Testing My Mandarin With A Native Speaker - PART 01Robin MacPherson2023-12-09 | It's time for a huge progress update with my Mandarin studies! In this video, I have a delightful conversation in Chinese with my friend Jade. This is Part 01 of the chat, where we discuss our experiences being a natural morning person vs. a night owl, as well as trying out other styles.
❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterA Delightful Mandarin Conversation About How Projects Shape Our IdentityRobin MacPherson2024-01-22 | In Part 02 of my delightful conversation with my friend Jade, we discuss the impact that projects have on our sense of identity as people, all in Mandarin Chinese! We talk about our personal experiences, including how the idea of personal projects is different in Taiwan, and how that's changing.
❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterDiscovering A New Passion In My 30s: Im Becoming An Animator!Robin MacPherson2024-01-01 | It's 2024 and I'm so excited to share my amazing new journey into animation with you! I'm determined to have a wonderful new year on YouTube with you all - so let's start things off right with a New Year's Day video looking back on 2023, and looking forward to the amazing things that are to come! ☀️
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📼 My first film I mention in this video: youtu.be/RiN1Qdk2o0o ❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ✍🏼 Check out my foreign-language journaling platform! journaly.com ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterA Minimalist Notion Life Planner Thats Easy To Use | Todos, Projects & GoalsRobin MacPherson2023-02-26 | Here's how I'm keeping track of todos, tasks, projects, goals & milestones in 2023! 🎉 Get started with Notion, sign up for free: https://ntn.so/robinmacpherson
For anyone who would like access to a template of my personal life planning system that I showed in this video while I am still working on the complete version for sale, I provided access to my loving Patreon supporters in this post which you can access for just $5: patreon.com/posts/surprise-gift-of-79317251
❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson ✍🏼 Check out Journaly, my foreign-language writing platform: journaly.com 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterThe Joy of Fresh StartsRobin MacPherson2023-01-30 | I've missed you all and publishing videos so much! It's finally time for me to come back to content creation and all my beloved projects, you could say it's time for a Fresh Start :) So here's a video about a variety of different kinds of fresh starts and how they can have a positive impact on our lives. Cheers and let's all have a wonderful 2023!
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Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 1:39 - 1: Challenges 5:21 - 2: Triumphs 8:20 - 3: A Turning Point 11:42 - 4: The Present 14:12 - 5: Conclusion
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❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterCan You Ever TRULY Understand Native Content In A Foreign Language?Robin MacPherson2021-12-03 | It's one thing to become comfortable talking to a native speaker one-on-one in a foreign language, but understanding the highest levels of casual conversation between multiple native speakers is a lot more challenging and can seem very daunting. Can we ever reach a point where we truly understand this type of content or conversation? Let's talk about it in today's episode 😊
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Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:57 - The Question 3:19 - Answer Part 1 7:26 - Answer Part 2
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🍿 Check out the full playlist of my Chinese learning journey! youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W419m3hOsEzSw48 ❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterSpeaking Portuguese For First Time In 4 Years - How Rusty Did It Get?Robin MacPherson2021-10-29 | WOW - I can't believe how quickly and nicely things are coming back together but, shortly after bringing Italian back into my life, Portuguese joins the party at last 🤩 It's been a long time coming so in this video, I decided to show exactly where my Portuguese is today - how rusty it has gotten so we can see all the progress in the coming weeks and months!
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Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:49 - 1: The Paradox 2:51 - 2: How The Affects Language Learners 5:45 - 3: How Can We Counter This? 9:42 - ❤️ 10:44 - 4: Conclusion
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✨ You may have seen the channels of my dear friends @LindieBotes & @SpeakingFluently featured in the conclusion of this video – you should totally check out their content and support them!Its HERE! Multilingual Book Club ROUND 03: Kickoff!Robin MacPherson2021-09-13 | It's finally time to kick off our third round of the Multilingual Book Club! 🥳 This is a nice little video to celebrate the start of this next six-week wonderful journey of reading, writing, learning, and community that we're embarking on together ☕️🌎❤️
0:00 Excited Intro 2:06 New Book Club Webpage! 5:21 Weekly Motivational Emails 6:14 Strategy & New Tracking Sheet 11:40 Lovely Community Note
The announcement video for round 03: youtu.be/bdNi4OyhGY8My SECRET Language Podcast | TrailerRobin MacPherson2021-09-07 | It's here! This is a little promotional trailer thingy for my brand new secret language podcast over on my Patreon page. I'm really excited about it and just wanted to make sure everyone knows it's there in case your interested 😄 And now, back to our regular videos! 🎬
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0:00 - Introduction 1:55 - Core Features & Methodology 5:11 - Area for improvement #1 6:00 - Not just a character app 6:42 - My textbook workflow 8:57 - Creating Custom decks 10:57 - Review system 12:14 - In-App Courses! 13:29 - Area for improvement #2 14:59 - Pricing 16:18 - A few extra points
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After that, you can download the Skritter apps and enjoy two months of Premium Skritter obligation-free! * Please note this offer is for new accounts only.
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To check out my book: How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shopIm Learning Finnish Because It Makes Me Happy 🇫🇮❤️Robin MacPherson2021-08-23 | Why do we learn languages, anyway? In today's video I discuss one important aspect of this through the example of me getting back to learning the Finnish language. It's perhaps not the most practical choice right now, but it makes me happy and is helping me to move past some difficult experiences in my past. I think that's as good a reason as any 😊🌎❤️
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❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson ✍🏼 Try my foreign-language Journaling app, Journaly! journaly.com 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterThe Multilingual Book Club 02 KICKOFF! A Month Of Intensive Reading 📖Robin MacPherson2021-08-01 | IT'S TIME! 🎉 Today is Day 01 of our second round of the Multilingual Book Club! In this video we kick things off, review the format, talk a little about my own plans and wish each other the best of luck for a wonderful month of reading 🔥
Use the topic “multilingual book club 02” on your book club posts over at journaly.com and let’s all help each other with feedback and community! ❤️
In case anyone wants to read the same book as me, I bought my copy from this Taiwanese website that ships internationally :) eslite.com/product/1001116041983146Robin & @LindieBotes Speak In Japanese | How Languages Changed Our LivesRobin MacPherson2021-07-30 | After my recent short documentary on how Japanese completely changed my life (link below), I sat down with the amazing @LindieBotes to finally speak Japanese with a person again after very little practice for the last 7 years due to some very difficult experiences that led me to stop studying the language, a story which I told in the documentary.
It turns out that Lindie has also not spoken Japanese for a long time, and so we thought this was a wonderful opportunity to be incredibly vulnerable with you all and capture our best efforts to have a truly delightful conversation in a language that means so much to both of us, after so much time away from it.
Subtitles are available as Close Captions (CC) in the YouTube player. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did and please go and support Lindie over on her amazing YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/LindieBotes
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I'm very happy to share that I'll be reading my first native-level book in Mandarin Chinese! Additionally, the second round of our Multilingual Book Club is here! 🎉
Use the topic “multilingual book club 02” on your book club posts over at journaly.com and let’s all help each other with feedback and community! ❤️
In case anyone wants to read the same book as me, I bought my copy from this Taiwanese website that ships internationally :) eslite.com/product/1001116041983146
This video is sponsored by Babbel Live ❤️A Guide To Minimalism For Language LearnersRobin MacPherson2021-07-16 | Minimalism: a wonderful recipe for a simple life full of meaning, value, and happiness – but have you ever thought of how this applies to language learning? In this splendid short documentary, I'd like to share my thoughts on embracing the lessons of minimalism within our language learning practice for a richer, happier, and more fulfilling experience doing that thing we love ❤️ 🌎
Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:49 - 1: What Is Minimalism? 2:31 - 2: Why Should You Care? 4:39 - 3: How This Helps Language Learners 9:38 - 4: Conclusion
My playlist of videos about lifestyle & language learning: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuIhQdwUVqqr9uXMmfHJoBCHPbhNhHjbfLearning One Foreign Language Completely Changed My LifeRobin MacPherson2021-07-06 | There's a story I never told you. It's about the language that started all of this for me – a language that's been missing from this channel this whole time. I'm finally telling you that untold story because it's time for me to move on, heal, and get back to the beautiful Japanese language.
I hope you enjoy this short documentary piece that's close to my heart.
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Today I'd like to talk about how language learning has had such a huge and positive impact on my mental health over the last 10+ years that learning foreign languages has been a central passion and part of my life.
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Follow Richard on Instagram at @_speakingfluently !
Watch our absolutely splendid Instagram Live we did on Richard's account: instagram.com/tv/CPS_1bFHsFhLots of Exciting Updates! Languages, Life, Channel, Book Club!Robin MacPherson2021-06-21 | Today I'd love to simply hang out with those of you who've been supporting me and share a variety of updates that I'm really excited about as well as talking about the multilingual book club and discussing how we can move forward in a constructive and positive way 😄
0:00 Intro 1:07 Life 5:24 Languages 11:39 Channel & creativity! 16:18 Book club
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❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson ✍🏼 Try my foreign-language Journaling app, Journaly! journaly.com 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterSTUDY LANGUAGES WITH ME | 1 Hour, No Music, Cozy Vibes | Morning RoutineRobin MacPherson2021-06-19 | Let's have a wonderful and productive 1-hour study session together! For anyone feeling lonely or needing some good company and cozy vibes, I hope this helps to brighten your study sessions ☀️ A timer is included along with two short breaks. There's no music so you can tailor the environment to your preferences 😊
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0:00 Wake up 0:29 Coffee / Short Meditation 2:05 First Session 27:08 First Break 32:34 Second Session 57:44 Second Break / Cool down
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Click Richard's name in the title to jump straight to his YouTube channel, and follow him on Instagram at @speakingfluently !
Watch our absolutely splendid Instagram Live we did on Richard's account: instagram.com/tv/CPS_1bFHsFhLanguage Learning Progress Doesnt Work How You ThinkRobin MacPherson2021-06-12 | Invest in yourself! Use my link and check out the first chapter of any DataCamp course for FREE! bit.ly/3iwpYen 🎈
Lots of learners expect language learning progress to be linear or constant, but this is not the case and can often lead to us feeling demotivated, disappointed, and even doubtful about our progress and ability to reach fluency in our target language. Let's talk about the reality and some really good news in my opinion!
## Sponsorship This video was sponsored by DataCampEXCITING JOURNALY UPDATES | Foreign Language Journaling App | JUNE 2021Robin MacPherson2021-06-10 | WOOHOOO it's time for some very exciting updates on Journaly, the amazing foreign-language journaling platform where you can write in a foreign language and get feedback from native and advanced speakers in the wonderful community!
As always, we talk about new features and improvements as well as some numbers so you can have visibility into how the platform and community are growing 🌳
To see the original Journaly announcement video: youtu.be/5A7gkFULxToOvercoming The Fear Of Speaking A Foreign LanguageRobin MacPherson2021-06-07 | The fear or anxiety around speaking in a new language is something I think all language learners experience to some degree. For many people this can be a true obstacle in reaching our dreams of speaking our target language fluently. In this video, I share my own anxiety about my second conversation in Mandarin Chinese just minutes before I would be speaking, and discuss some thoughts on overcoming this fear we all experience.
My whole journey learning Chinese (playlist): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W419m3hOsEzSw48Improve Your Spoken Fluency In A Foreign Language - Quick Tip #3Robin MacPherson2021-06-02 | Today we have one more really simple tip or technique for improving your spoken fluency! This one is great to do with a tutor, language partner, friend, or romantic partner! I hope you've enjoyed these short and simple tips!
My whole journey learning Chinese (playlist): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W419m3hOsEzSw48Improve Your Spoken Fluency In A Foreign Language - Quick Tip #1Robin MacPherson2021-05-28 | Let's talk about some simple tips that can really boost your progress developing spoken fluency! In this first tip we talk about an awesome method that really helps to focus in on the finer details and nuances of speaking your target language.
My whole journey learning Chinese (playlist): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W419m3hOsEzSw48How To BUILD FLUENCY WITH WRITING In a Foreign Language | Episode 03Robin MacPherson2021-05-24 | It's time to really dig deep into how writing is such a powerful tool for building spoken fluency in a foreign language, which is the next step in the amazing method we've been talking about in this series so far!
In this episode we go through writing a post together and see in real time the fascinating challenges I face, and we see how these are the same ones that come up when we first start speaking a language!
The whole series of me learning Chinese: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuIhQdwUVqqotxScb7W419m3hOsEzSw48An Amazing METHOD to BUILD SPOKEN FLUENCY In A New Language | EPISODE 02Robin MacPherson2021-05-21 | The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/robinmacpherson05211 🎉
Episode 2 of our series on building spoken fluency is here! In this video, I give a detailed overview of an amazing method that I'll be using to build spoken fluency in Mandarin Chinese during the first phase of the series. Here are the timestamps:
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# Sponsorship This video is kindly sponsored by SkillshareHow To Build SPOKEN FLUENCY A Foreign Language | Episode 01Robin MacPherson2021-05-19 | After studying Mandarin Chinese for some time now, it's finally time to start focusing on developing my spoken fluency and becoming a confident speaker of the language. As I always love to do, I'll be documenting this very exciting phase of my Mandarin journey over the next few weeks and months, and sharing lots of tips and methods along the way!
My Series on becoming able to understand native podcasts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuIhQdwUVqqoGeFKxZmyiIu5lGX9OKBfTA Delightful Productivity Tip For Language Learners & PolyglotsRobin MacPherson2021-05-17 | Productivity for language learners and polyglots is fascinating to me! There are so many ways we can go about structuring, organising, and using our time effectively that can have a big impact on not just what we achieve but how happy we are along the way. Today we talk about a great tip that's really helped me manage my time and stay sane while building my new habits!
My Video About My Three-Tier Prioritised Rotation System: youtu.be/ZUCs6_L_6ogAn Important Way To Think About Language Learning PROGRESSRobin MacPherson2021-05-14 | I think that sometimes we can fall into the trap of thinking about progress in our languages only as "new things". This could be learning new vocabulary or grammar, or perhaps studying new resources or having new experiences. The point is that we often discount all the review and spending time consolidating stuff we already learned and sometimes this leads to feeling disappointed with ourselves or not making time for that all-important review process over time.
Today I share my thoughts on this, I hope you enjoy it!
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Let's talk a little about the impact of making only content that either isn't completely honest about our skills or even honest content that only ever shows ourselves in the best possible light.
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❤️ Join my wonderful Patreon community: patreon.com/robinmacpherson ❤️ Follow me on Instagram @ _robinmacpherson ✍🏼 Try my foreign-language Journaling app, Journaly! journaly.com 📖 Check out my book, How To Maintain Languages: robinmacpherson.co/shop 💌 Join my delightful newsletter & access my free downloads: robinmacpherson.co/newsletterHUGE EXCITING JOURNALY UPDATES! 🎈 Language Learning Journaling AppRobin MacPherson2021-05-01 | THIS DAY FINALLY ARRIVED! I am so excited to announce that, along with a couple of exciting new free features, JOURNALY PREMIUM IS LIVE!
I can't wait to see our first premium feature in action with inline post images! Happy language learning and happy journaling everyone!
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WOW I am enjoying this series so much! Today we dive further into my transcription method taking a look at the feedback I got on my Journaly post and processing/working through it. We discuss some amazing takeaways on why this method can be so powerful, especially when combined with Journaly!
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Hashtag: #MULTILINGUALBOOKCLUBThe Road To Understanding Podcasts In A Foreign Language 02: Forming A StrategyRobin MacPherson2021-03-24 | Welcome to episode 02 of this exciting series where I'm documenting my journey to understanding podcasts in Mandarin Chinese! Today we complete the first big step and reflect on the experience so far and next steps as we begin to form a really nice strategy of methods and content!
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The Inspire Mandarin Podcast & episode I studied: inspiremandarin.com/podcast https://overcast.fm/+hP0JHH4xUThe Fastest Language Learning Method MYTHRobin MacPherson2021-03-10 | The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/robinmacpherson03211
People often ask what is the fastest method for learning a language or for improving a particular skill. I also often get comments about how some of my methods are "too slow" or not the fastest way. In this video I'd like to discuss my views on this "myth" of the fastest approach.
This video was sponsored by Skillshare ❤️The Multilingual Book Club KICKOFF! 📖 Our First BookRobin MacPherson2021-03-05 | The day is finally here: it's time to begin our very first book from our new Multilingual Book Club! We'll be reading the amazing book "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and in this video I go over the details of the project!
My older series about reading my first novel in Spanish: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuIhQdwUVqqoJfV_EkHDG5I1jwIyyT9RmThe Road To Understanding Podcasts In A Foreign Language 01: First TranscriptionRobin MacPherson2021-03-03 | How do we become able to understand authentic podcasts in a foreign language? I've gone through that journey in a number of languages and have always found the process to be truly fascinating. I decided to document the whole thing as I begin down the road to understanding podcasts in Mandarin Chinese!