When I started studying Arabic, I searched youtube for makeup videos in Arabic and there was surprisingly a lot. So I decided to search for videos in Turkish. I came across a few, but I like one channel in particular, Merve Özkaynak. Because I already know the vocabulary in English and the structure of makeup tutorials is always the same, I can pick up on what she is talking about and what is coming next. I listen to the videos once to see what percentage of words I know, and then I'll watch it again with subtitles. I find that just listening to videos of people speaking my target language helps my pronunciation.
In this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3wNnH1NHA8, I was able to understand the colors and transition words as well as her introduction and farewell. There were surprising less loanwords about the topic than I expected. I'm not sure how much I'll talk about makeup and stuff if I go to Turkey, but I talk about it with my friends in English, so I might use these words if I get more Turkish friends or if I end up living in Turkey.
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