looking for input on extensive video watching

[MorkTheFiddle]

I am keen on having input from the collective brain trust here as to the best way to use target language video, possibly dissuading me from my present doubts.

Leosmith published a good post about this topic on HTLAL: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26634

[Cavesa]

Any opinion on gender differences with effectiveness ?

I get the impression girls can sit through a lot of video input and also work out what's going on far easier.

One of the our best examples of people using video with great success, and both intensively and extensively, is Garyb, who happens to be a man. And if you look into the logs and discussions, you'll find various examples of women struggling at first too.

[golyplot]

I don't know how successful you'd consider me to be, but I learn languages primarily through extensive listening, and I'm male as well.

[Flickserve]

Any opinion on gender differences with effectiveness ?

I get the impression girls can sit through a lot of video input and also work out what's going on far easier.

One of the our best examples of people using video with great success, and both intensively and extensively, is Garyb, who happens to be a man. And if you look into the logs and discussions, you'll find various examples of women struggling at first too.

Too small a sample size

Everybody will struggle at the beginning. It's how they can sit through it and stick with it.

BTW, I found Peppa Pig in Mandarin tough going. Many people felt I am intermediate in Mandarin but I don't know how to snort in Mandarin.

[Cavesa]

Any opinion on gender differences with effectiveness ?

I get the impression girls can sit through a lot of video input and also work out what's going on far easier.

One of the our best examples of people using video with great success, and both intensively and extensively, is Garyb, who happens to be a man. And if you look into the logs and discussions, you'll find various examples of women struggling at first too.

Too small a sample size

Everybody will struggle at the beginning. It's how they can sit through it and stick with it.

BTW, I found Peppa Pig in Mandarin tough going. Many people felt I am intermediate in Mandarin but I don't know how to snort in Mandarin.

Too small sample to publish an article about it (but let's not pretend that most langauge teaching oriented "scientific" articles have a respectable sample ). But definitely sufficient to show that a man doesn't need to worry too much about this or feel at a disadvantage, I'd say.

[Cenwalh]

...but I don't know how to snort in Mandarin.

The snorting is different?

[Sayonaroo]

I recommend checking out this person's language log for info about using anki, authotkey, gaming mouse, and subs2srs
https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... 15&t=10015

[Elexi]

On the topic of Peppa Pig in language learning, this was interesting:

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... AI_ALEXIOU