I learned Spanish watching Spiderman 50 times

What a video! Congrats! Thanks for sharing ❤🎉

Language learning and obsessive behaviour all wrapped up into one? Yes I love it!

I believe the ultimate piece of media for learning a language is The Sims. There is a LOT of repetition with a LOT of commonly used words. Seriously, it's almost like the game was made for language enthusiastics lol. You can learn so many mundane words from personality traits to objects just from the create a sim and build/buy mode alone. Names of foods, every day interactions, different events, animals, days of the week, etc. I've been using it to expand my Italian vocabulary and it's honestly helping me so much. Even if the game is flawed and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, I highly recommend it for educational purposes. It's free to play but an extremely underrated way to learn new languages.

This makes me think that older videogames might actually be ideal for language learning because they tend to have overly repetitive dialogue to a level where when people think of the game they'll immediately recite some piece of dialogue. The one downside is that the context might be difficult to decipher compared to a sitcom or a cartoon.

This is the level of language debauchery that I aspire to accomplish. Well done! Another benefit to add: with input like this, you tend to try to pronounce things the way you heard them instead of how you THINK they’re pronounced based on how the words are written. Massive perk.

I actually feel like this would be a really fun challenge to try. I've always been someone who likes re-reading and re-watching things, so as long as I chose a good piece of content, it'd be a fun experiment. Also, just wanted to add that the editing in this video was even more excellent than usual. I especially liked the morphing logo.

I read the entire Harry Potter series in English to each of my kids - all seven books, three times, three years apart, so I knew the stories really well. I already spoke Russian, but found the Harry Potter audiobook series in Russian - and when I listened to the series I knew so well from having read it aloud three times (not to mention pre-reading and also listening to two different audiobook versions in English) I found it made my Russian vocabulary expand dramatically. I knew the stories and when I heard unfamiliar words I knew what they were from context and from knowing the stories so well. I started listening to audiobooks in Russian of books I already knew in English to reinforce and expand my vocabulary. I think this would easily serve in other languages as well.

Literally just got Disney plus for their multiple languages this morning. Think I'll watch the original Star Wars trilogy 50x now

Only 7 minutes in and you’re already giving me Matt Vs Japan “why you still don’t understand your target language” level quality when it comes to explaining to me truths I’ve known for a while and yet still needed explained to realize. Bravo, you knocked it out of the park with this one, I can already tell

I watched this video months ago and just wanted to come back to say thanks, you seriously changed my life. I did a variation of this with Spirited Away in Japanese, put the audio on my phone and mostly listened to it while walking my dog every day for two months. Listening comprehension was always my weakest skill but after doing this I've made exponential progress. Thanks!

This is basically how I learnt English as an Italian native speaker. Over the years, I always watched almost all yt videos in English and listened to a lot of music. Interestingly, most of the sentences I say or think about always have some intonation that I've heard somewhere, especially from something recent I've been listening to. This helps much better than any school would

Amazing. Don't think I'll rewatch the same movie 50 times, but maybe 10-20 times for 3-5 different movies would be quite fun.

As someone who speaks German, English, and had some French as well as Latin in school it is remarkable how much I Spanish I can understand without ever learning the language at all. There has to be something said for language families :).

Forgive me if I missed it but 1. How often did you watch the movie? Once per day? Twice or more per day? X times every other day? Or just no set schedule? 2. Did you watch it with subtitles on? If so in Spanish or a language you already understand? Thank you. P.S. I’ve seen both Rango and Into the Spiderverse and they’re great movies 🦎🕷

The show Arcane is also a great example of a show to watch 50 times

I've been trying to improve my Spanish by learning the lyrics to popular songs. For example "Dime Cómo Quieres". One reason this works for me is that I enjoy watching the same music video day after day. Also, within the song, a lot of lyrics repeat, so I get the repetition I need, because I am not a quick language learner!!

🤣. Had the same experience watching this young adult recounting in Mandarin how much it sucked to work in a Chinese factory as a kid. Ended up being able to identify a ton of words because I was intrigued by the whole situation. After awhile I'm thinking " I actually know what she's saying without a translation" 🤔

I decided to try and learn Spanish this year and I just finished day 1/50 of this challenge. I’m starting a routine of Pimsleur (listening, reading, and speaking) and Anki of the 1000 most common words (taking my time of course) in the morning, and then watching content for about two hours with Spanish subtitles (starting with this movie). That gives me about 3 or so hours daily, not including listening to Spanish music in the car. I’ll be doing this heavy input for about 6 months before spending the second half of the year really solidifying the language. My goal is to reach B2 by the end of the year and ultimately get to C1 before moving on to a new language. Wish me luck!

¡Este tipo está loco!

This is similar to how I've learned English. In Germany, we start learning English in school when we are teenagers, but their teaching methods never really resonated with me. About a year ago, I started watching my favorite shows like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and the MCU, all of which I had seen many times, but in English this time. After a few months of rewatching old favorites, I felt ready to move on to new material. I think learning through shows is easier in a way, because after a few episodes, you get to know the writing style, the characters, and so on.