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My techniques: Listen to movies in the languages you are learning. Listen to foreign radio while you work. Examples: 101.ru deutschland.fm radio-italiane.it/
by antoineMoPa 7y ago
My techniques: Listen to movies in the languages you are learning. Listen to foreign radio while you work. Examples:
101.ru
deutschland.fm
radio-italiane.it/radio-italia
Listen to a lot of content even if you don't understand. Don't try to pay attention all the time. Your brain will work in the background. Platforms can help with vocabulary and grammar, but without real content to listen, you don't get the full experience (listening skills, cultural contact, fluidity, etc.).
- rococode 7y agoI've also found music to be very helpful for pronunciation. It feels easier to "sing along" to unfamiliar sounds than to "speak along" to unfamiliar words.
- m_ke 7y agoYeah I've been doing that with Spanish and have been tempted to make a music based language learning app where you listen/sing along in the language that you're learning and can pull up the lyrics at any point and see how it translates to your native language. Nice part about music is that it's usually memorable and you're willing to listen to it more than once. You also get to hear a native speaker pronouncing the words and it's not weird to try to sing along. Another option would be to find an app that can connect you with people who speak the language that you're learning and are trying to learn a language that you know. Having a text and phone conversation with them is a great way to learn.
- Grimm1 7y agoOkay that's a good one and something I can do while I'm working on other things just like passive absorption.