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Tiggy
@willy
Sharing my language learning best practices and would love to hear from others on this! 1. Deprioritize apps that don’t focus on speaking and listening. Apps like Duolingo and Babbel are great for learning to read and write but are pretty useless for speaking
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Tiggy
@willy
2. Learn some core “trick” phrases so I can start speaking ASAP E.g. in Spanish, if you learn "I want" (quiero), you can add any infinitive verb afterwards (e.g. to eat) to express a desire and so don’t need to learn to conjugate verbs in different tenses to express yourself!
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Locha ⚡️
@locha
what apps do you recommend?
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Ferran 🐒
@ferran
I agree with the apps, but Babbel has Babbel+ Live with small group live lessons that are quite good for the initial levels and to practice speaking!
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annoushka
@annoushka.eth
100% agree with your emphasis on practicing speaking – in the end (in most cases) that’s what you mainly need the language for. I’d add: – learning phrases > learning words – talk to yourself all the time – content translated to the language you learn is easier to comprehend vs originally in that language
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Will
@will-333
Anki is my go-to app for building vocabulary with spaced repetition (flashcards). There are plenty of shared libraries available for download that come with full audio pronunciation + usage in sentences.
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Keanu Cage 🔵🎩🤘🏻
@keanucage
One hundred percent agree with this. I honestly have had great success with Pimsleur. Every time I’m out walking my dog I do a lesson and force myself to only give commands in my TL. It got me so much more comfortable for when I actually have to speak my TL in real scenarios
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