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2024.08.11 🇸🇪
yesterday and today's dump and some study strategy thoughts. (Wish I could stop worrying about the method though, I wish I was just more outgoing)
Do need the textbooks to clarify the grammar and language nuances.
But other than that, reading and listening and making something of my own from that should be enough. I think. (consuming something i want to make my own)
(lol kinda like what I'm trying to do in English, but i continue to happily consume and have random ideas bobbing around in my head than to say much.)
Maybe try to "scrapbook" words and sentences.
Better I think to start with the relevant stuff, common phrases or books, shows etc. Then have a dictionary. And then look up grammar when the sentence doesn't make sense. And stick to shorter sentences to start.
Takeaways:
phonology - get a different "mouth feel" for each language up front, imo, practice sounds/pronunciation and also some echo and record practice.
different places - physically study the two different languages in different places (hmm not my desk, i want that to remain neutral, mayyybe the car for one language of podcasts, but...hmm library Korean? cafe Swedish? idk maybe not the library bc i don't want to worry about talking, but they do have study rooms, ill think about my places...)
when thinking/studying one language, don't bother thinking up the same word in the other language you are studying (suppression). It's fine if you know it in both languages off the bat, but if not, this is just an opportunity to practice keeping the languages separate.
Korean Progress
아녕! giving the Korean keyboard a try to hopefully help with ny self-instruction of the language.
Made some good progress; completed the first lesson on Duolingo and Memrise. I really like both apps so far, especially Memrise; the visuals of people actually saying it helps me a lot as well as hearing pronounciation.
Gonna try to keep a log of my progress as I continue on.
-May 28th, 2019
Reblogging for exposure and a reminder to myself to check this out
Hi ;; I made my first youtube video yesterday!! Not the most amazing like other videos but I did work hard on it! I’ll make more and better videos in the future but I hope you guys can support me : D
무ㅜㅛ대ㅜ홈ㄴ됴ㅐ
(I think that’s right. correct me if I’m wrong)
I’ve not posted an update in awhile. Mostly because I lack consistency, so I drop learning Korean every once in awhile. But, good news is I have picked it up again. I’m slowly starting to recognize letters. Double consonants are a bit tricky but I’m getting the hang of it I think. Gonna have to brush up on block formation, too, and hopefully that’ll help. I’ve started looking at the lessons from howtostudykorean.com, and it has helped a lot already.
Also been listening to BTS’s new album, Map of the Soul: 7. In particular I really enjoy On and We are Bulletproof: the Eternal.
안녕하세요. I can say my nationality! 나는 캐나다극!
Masterlist for learning languages
Brick-by-brick language learning challenge
Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across
my tips for a language study plan
topics for new vocabulary
how to find a language partner
my tips for how to practice writing in your target language
Recommendations for Learning Languages & Other Stuff
Learning a language = learning a culture
Vocab list templates: #1, #2, #3
Some easy Fantasy books to read in your target language
Language Learning Tips: #1, #2
6 tips for learning languages
App for organizing your language-learning (and anything else): Trello
Apps i use to learn languages
|
Requests / Asks:
-> you can find all my answered asks by searching for #ask, #ask response or #request
Indo-European Language Families
Improving your vocab
German infinitive & when to use it
English word order
How to find a language learning partner
Changing a game to your target language & "harmful" learning strategies
Can you get away with just using "das" the majority of the time in Germany?
Do you have any tips on how to improve your writing in your target language?
Do you have any resources/methods about how to reach an academic level in the language you’re learning (& how to improve your writing)?
Do you have any linguistic recourses on Ruhrpott-Deutsch?
Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books that I try to update regularly
Cornish Language Resources
Learning
Gerlyver Kernewek - Online Cornish dictionary
Say Something In Cornish - Cornish lessons in podcast format
Tamm ha Tamm - Video series teaching simple conversational Cornish
GoCornish - Interactive Cornish resources for all ages
-> Memrise course (flashcards with audio)
-> Word Tango (puzzle app available in Cornish)
-> Kows ha Flows (listening materials with notes and vocabulary)
Kesva an Taves Kernewek - Cornish Language Board
-> KDL lessons (designed as a correspondence course but suitable for independent study)
-> Classroom resources (worksheets, activities, etc)
-> Skeul an Yeth - Free Cornish textbook
-> Past papers
Desky Kernowek - Cornish lessons in podcast format (Late Cornish)
-> This is an older site with a lot of dead links, but you’ll be pleased to hear their 24 audio lessons, their grammar notes and their in-depth guide to swearing in Cornish are all still fully functional.
Modern Cornish - Written lessons and texts in Late Cornish
Reading and Listening
Radyo an Gernewegva - Radio and TV in Cornish
An Nowodhow - Radio news bulletin in Cornish
Kernewek Bew - Website with a collection of video and audio in Cornish
Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek online shop - Books for sale in and about Cornish
Agan Taves - Books for sale and for free in and about Cornish
An Gannas - Monthly magazine in Cornish
-> Dalleth - The puzzles from An Gannas on their own
Bibel Kernewek - The Bible in Cornish
Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide
Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:
"I just want an identical experience to DL"
Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)
"I want a good audio-based app"
Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)
"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"
Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)
Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)
*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.
"I have a pretty neat library card"
Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)
Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)
"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"
AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)
"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"
AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone
"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"
lingory
"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"
ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)
"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"
Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)
Duolingo Alternatives by Language
Disclaimer: I haven't used or tested all of them. All resources have different strengths, e.g. Drops being designed for vocabulary. They often aren't full alternatives for Duolingo or formal classes. I just wanted to compile resources for all languages on Duolingo to make the switch easier, especially for the less popular languages.
Feel free to also check out my collection of free textbooks
If you want a more detailed resource list for any of these languages (or perhaps one not listed here) you can send me an ask and I can see what I can do.
Arabic
AlifBee
Arabic Unlocked
Beelinguapp
Bluebird
Busuu
Clozemaster
Drops
Infinite Arabic
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Write It! Arabic
Catalan
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mondly
Qlango
Chinese
Bluebird
Beelinguapp
Bunpo
Busuu
Chineasy
Clozemaster
Drops
Du Chinese
Hello Chinese
HeyChina
Immersive Chinese
Infinite Chinese
Ling
Lingodeer
LinGo Play
Lingopie
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Pleco Chinese Dictionary
Qlango
Czech
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Ling
LinGo Play
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Danish
Babbel
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Dutch
Babbel
Bluebird
Busuu
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Say Something in Dutch
Qlango
Esperanto
Clozemaster
Drops
Esperanto12.net
Kurso de Esperanto
LingQ
Qlango
Finnish
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
French
Babbel
Bluebird
Beelinguapp
Bunpo
Busuu
Clozemaster
Collins French Dictionary
Conjuu
Dr French
Drops
HeyFrance
Infinite French
Lilata
Ling
Linga
Lingodeer
LinGo Play
Lingopie
Lingvist
LingQ
Listen Up
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Nextlingua
Oxford French Dictionary
Qlango
TV5MONDE
Xeropan
German
Babbel
Bluebird
Beelinguapp
Bunpo
Busuu
Clozemaster
Collins German Dictionary
Conjuu
Drops
DW Learn German
Infinite German
Ling
Linga
Lingodeer
Lingopie
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Nextlingua
Oxford German Dictionary
Qlango
Xeropan
Greek
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Greek Alphabet Academy
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Write It! Greek
Guaraní
Clozemaster
Guarani Ayvu
Haitian Creole
Bluebird
Mango
Hawaiian
Drops
Mango
ʻŌlelo Online
Hebrew
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Shepha
Write It! Hebrew
High Valyrian
Valyrian Dictionary
Hindi
Bhasha
Bluebird
Beelinguapp
Clozemaster
Drops
Hindwi Dictionary
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Hungarian
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Indonesian
Babbel
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Irish
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Collins Irish Dictionary
Drops
Easy Irish
Ling
Mango
Teanglann
Italian
Babbel
Beelinguapp
Bluebird
Bunpo
Busuu
Clozemaster
Collins Italian Dictionary
Conjuu
Drops
Infinite Italian
Ling
Linga
Lingodeer
Lingopie
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Nextlingua
Oxford Italian Dictionary
Qlango
Japanese
Beelinguapp
Bluebird
Bunpo
Busuu
Clozemaster
Drops
HeyJapan
Hiragana Quest
Infinite Japanese
kawaiiDungeon
Ling
Lingodeer
Lingopie
Lingvist
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Oyomi Japanese Reader
renshuu
Takoboto Japanese Dictionary
Todaii
Qlango
Write It! Japanese
Klingon
boQwl! Klingon Language
Klingon Translator
Write It! Klingon
Korean
Beelinguapp
Bluebird
Bunpo
Busuu
Clozemaster
Drops
Hangul Quest
HeyKorea
Infinite Korean
Ling
LinGo Play
Lingopie
Lingodeer
Lingvist
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Write It! Korean
Latin
Bluebird
Cattus
Clozemaster
Collins Latin Dictionary
Grammaticus Maximus
Latinia
Legentibus
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Perdisco
Qlango
Vice Verba
Navajo
Navajo Language Renaissance
Navajo Language Program
Speak Navajo
Norwegian
Babbel
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Mjolnir Norwegian
Norskappen
Qlango
Polish
Babbel
Bluebird
Busuu
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Portuguese
Babbel
Beelinguapp
Bluebird
Bunpo
Busuu
Clozemaster
Collins Portuguese Dictionary
Drops
Infinite Portuguese
Ling
Lingodeer
Lingopie
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Nextlingua
Qlango
Romanian
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Russian
Babbel
Bluebird
Beelinguapp
Busuu
Clozemaster
Collins Russian Dictionary
Drops
Infinite Russian
Ling
Linga
LinGo Play
Lingopie
Lingodeer
Lingvist
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Nextlingua
Qlango
Write It! Russian
Scottish Gaelic
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Go!Gaelic
Mango
Spanish
Babbel
Beelinguapp
Bluebird
Bunpo
Busuu
Clozemaster
Collins Spanish Dictionary
ConjuGato
Conjuu
Drops
Infinite Spanish
Ling
Linga
Lingodeer
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
Listen Up
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Nextlingua
Say Something in Spanish
SpanishDict
Qlango
Xeropan
Swahili
Bluebird
Bui Bui Swahili App
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Nkenne
Swedish
Babbel
Beelinguapp
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
Lingvist
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Turkish
Babbel
Beelinguapp
Bluebird
Busuu
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
LyricsTraining
Mango
Mondly
Qlango
Ukrainian
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Drops
Ling
LinGo Play
LingQ
Mango
Mondly
Mova Ukrainian
Qlango
Speak Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Collins Vietnamese Dictionary
Drops
Learn Vietnamese with Annie
Ling
Lingodeer
LinGo Play
Mango
Mondly
Welsh
BBc Cymru Fyw
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Say Something in Welsh
Yiddish
Bluebird
Clozemaster
Mango
Proste Yiddish
Roni Gal Learn Yiddish
Vaybertaytsh
Yiddish Book Center
Zulu
Bluebird
Nkenne
Bonus: Polygloss which claims to be available for all languages as long as there is another user also learning the same language
In light of Duolingo laying off its translators, here are my favourite language apps (primarily for Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and te reo Māori).
Multiple Languages
Anki is a flashcard programme and app that's not exclusively for languages. While making your own decks is ideal, you can also download shared decks for most languages.
If you're learning Japanese, specifically, Seth Clydesdale has websites for practicing alongside Genki's 2nd or 3rd editions, and he also provides his own shared Anki decks for Genki.
And if you're learning te reo Māori, specifically, here's a guide on how to make your own deck.
TOFU Learn is an app for learning vocabulary that's very similar to Anki. However, it has particularly excellent shared decks for East Asian languages. I've used it extensively for practicing 汉字. Additionally, if you're learning te reo Māori, there's a shared deck of vocabulary from Māori Made Easy!
Mandarin Chinese
Hello Chinese is a fantastic app for people at the HSK 1-4 levels. While there's a paid version, the only thing paying unlocks is access to podcast lessons, which imo are not really necessary. Without paying you still have access to all the gamified lessons which are laid out much like Duolingo's lessons. However, unlike Duolingo, Hello Chinese actually teaches grammar directly, properly teaches 汉字, and includes native audio practice.
Japanese
Renshuu is a website and app for learning and practicing Japanese. The vast majority of its content is available for free. There's also a Discord community where you can practice alongside others.
Kanji Dojo is a free and open source app for learning and practicing the stroke order of kanji. You can learn progressively by JLPT level or by Japanese grades. There's also the option to learn and practice kana stroke order as well.
Websites to learn languages by reading
Hyplern
Language Crush
Readlang
Vocab Tracker
Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across
(these posts are not my own!)
THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)
Tips:
Some language learning exercises and tips
20 Favorite Language Learning Tips
what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?
tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)
language learning and langblr tips
Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time
Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis
Tips for learning a sign language
Tips for relearning your second first language
How to:
how to self teach a new language
learning a language: how to
learning languages and how to make it fun
how to study languages
how to practice speaking in a foreign language
how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start
how to make a schedule for language learning
How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time
Masterposts:
Language Study Master Post
Swedish Resources Masterpost
French Resouces Masterpost
Italian Resources Masterpost
Resource List for Learning German
Challenges:
Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge
language learning checkerboard challenge
Word lists:
2+ months of language learning prompts
list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels
Other stuff:
bullet journal dedicated to language learning
over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages
TED talks about language (learning)
Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek
.
Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!
Masterlist for learning languages
Brick-by-brick language learning challenge
Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across
my tips for a language study plan
topics for new vocabulary
how to find a language partner
my tips for how to practice writing in your target language
Recommendations for Learning Languages & Other Stuff
Learning a language = learning a culture
Vocab list templates: #1, #2, #3
Some easy Fantasy books to read in your target language
Language Learning Tips: #1, #2
6 tips for learning languages
App for organizing your language-learning (and anything else): Trello
Apps i use to learn languages
|
Requests / Asks:
-> you can find all my answered asks by searching for #ask, #ask response or #request
Indo-European Language Families
Improving your vocab
German infinitive & when to use it
English word order
How to find a language learning partner
Changing a game to your target language & "harmful" learning strategies
Can you get away with just using "das" the majority of the time in Germany?
Do you have any tips on how to improve your writing in your target language?
Do you have any resources/methods about how to reach an academic level in the language you’re learning (& how to improve your writing)?
Do you have any linguistic recourses on Ruhrpott-Deutsch?
duolingo sentence of the week
"wow! a cucumber!"
Gotta get them in there! Got a speaking exam coming up and one of the potential topics is "my favourite things".
[Text reads: 私のいちばんすきなバンドはミューズです。In english: My favourite band is Muse.]
Here is the link! What an amazing idea ❤️
Does anyone have any good books, shows, apps, websites and stuff to learn Tamil???? I specifically want to learn Eelam tamil(the Sri Lankan tamil dialect) but everything I find is manly in nabu tamil. So Help please??
Hello, welcome! This is my journey as dyslexic learning (hopefully) multiple languages! English is my main language but I am semi-fluent in Spanish. First, I am going to brush up on my Spanish when learning German. Next, it will hopefully be French. Etc. Etc. Thank you for reading!
