languagelearning
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How many hours a day do you spend on your target language?
I usually spend 1-2 hours. Any more than that and I get too tired. At my pace it takes about a year and a half to 2 years to get to where I can read and listen. But I reckon it could be cut down if I was spending more time a day.
I heard that training diplomats spend 8 hours a day on the language they're learning: a full time job. Imagine that. I'd be completely exhausted and my brain would be buzzing by the end. You reckon you could do that?
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how do you learn a language using music/videos?
we all know it's popular to use music and videos to learn a language.
do you start off by having some intermediate knowledge of a language before you start using music/videos to learn and then write down any new terms? what is your process?
I am trying to use videos to learn cantonese but there is a lot I am struggling to understand.
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Reading material for learners?
I'm using Duolingo to improve my Mandarin and learn to read, and to learn Spanish.
Does anyone have some recommendations of texts for learners to practice reading?
My wife suggested me to use kids books, but I'd like a more motivating content than teddy bear's adventures...
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My Best Tips for Language Learning as a 14-Year-Old Male
play.google.com Learn By Subtitles - Apps on Google PlayLearn & improve your spoken language using movie subtitles.
I recommend this app to learn languages, especially the Romance languages. You type in the movie/TV show name in Simple Mode and read through the subtitles and match the foreign language to English. This really helps me learn languages, especially Spanish. I use Harry Potter as my main source.
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Those of you who are learning two or more languages, what's your study schedule like?
I'm trying to come up with a decent study routine between two languages. I would love to hear what languages you guys are learning, and how are you organizing your time between them. What has been working for you?
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Anyone using Anki here?
Just as the post title says, is there anyone using Anki here? Would there be enough interest in making a separate
Language Learning Anki
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Could we make a list of language subs for the sidebar?
https://lemmy.world/c/nahuatl
https://lemmy.world/c/german
https://lemmy.world/c/geschichtsmaimais
https://lemmy.world/c/french
https://lemmy.world/c/farsi
https://lemmy.world/c/spanish
https://lemmy.world/c/chinese
https://lemmy.world/c/sichuanese
https://lemmy.world/c/lanzhouhua
https://lemmy.world/c/wenyanwen
https://lemmy.world/c/cantonese
https://lemmy.world/c/zhongwen
https://lemmy.world/c/writestreak
https://lemmy.world/c/writestreakcn
https://lemmy.world/c/writestreakjp
https://lemmy.world/c/writestreakvn
https://lemmy.world/c/writestreakes
https://lemmy.world/c/writestreakar
https://lemmy.world/c/japanese
https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]
https://lemmy.world/c/tibetanlanguage
https://lemmy.world/c/language_exchange
To be clear, I made the communities after /c/chinese to copy the subs from reddit I liked. Please let me know if anyone wants to mod. > c/[email protected]
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I created a community for the Nahuatl language
lemmy.world Nahuatl - Lemmy.worldA community for discussing the language and texts of Nahuatl in all of its modern and classical varieties. Community icon: aztec by Andre Buand from Noun Project [https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/aztec/]
https://lemmy.world/c/nahuatl
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What are your top resources for learning languages?
I have learned different languages on and off through the years. Here are 3 of my top resources.
Farsi: Persian learning (Majid) German: learn German with anja, learn German with herr antrim Cantonese: 5 minute Cantonese