Why You Can't Understand Sentences (Even Though You Know All the Words)

Learn Japanese with me for less than a dollar a day: https://mvj.link/dojo One of the most common problems I hear language learners report is “knowing all of the words in a sentence, but still not being able to understand what the sentence means as a whole”. This video is an in-depth exploration of exactly why this happens, and how to go about fixing it. If you are a regular viewer of my content, you can probably guess what the solution is: immersion. But, in this video, I go into the actual mechanisms of HOW immersion helps you improve your ability to understand sentences. Hope you find it useful! LINKS: Garden-path sentence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-... Center embedding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_... Pragmatics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatics Pragmatics article I referenced: https://www.brighthubeducation.com/en... Input hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_h... Where I got the "packed his tools" example sentence:    • Noam Chomsky: Deepest Property of Language   **MY LINKS** 👉 Newsletter: https://www.mattvsjapan.com 👉 Website: https://refold.link/matt 👉 Twitter:   / mattvsjapan   👉 Instagram:   / mattvsjapan_   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:18 - THE PROBLEM 0:50 - Not knowing a word's alternate meaning 2:55 - Failing to determine which meaning is relevant 4:59 - Grammar: sentences are more than just words 7:00 - Not knowing a grammar rule or structure 8:13 - Failing to determine what grammar is at play 10:52 - Not understanding the context 15:39 - THE SOLUTION 17:25 - The mechanism behind immersion 19:32 - How immersion helps you understand sentences 22:44 - Conclusion MUSIC: 1. Fine Toothed Chrome - Sam Barsh 2. Exhibit - OBOY 3. The Night Sky - Falls 4. Smoke and Mirrors - Falls 5. Respect Old Arrangements - Sam Barsh 6. Borealis - Isaac Joel 7. Intermissa - Isaac Joel 8. Gotcha Like Nu - Alkemi$t 9. Beach Pink - Isaac Joel 10. Cafe Electrique - Falls 11. Sandal - OBOY