Help

Nowadays we have plenty of resources to learn languages, from CDs to applications, websites, videos and so forth. Still having these resources is not what it counts but our desire, motivation to learn the language and mostly, time.
1. Duolingo
This application is perfect for people with busy schedules, you can practice everyday, anytime, a lesson takes 2 minutes, helps you with your pronuntiation and in building new vocabulary.
2. Memrise
This application is not as popular as Duolingo, it focuses mostly on vocabulary and pronuntiation, the lessons are short and easy. Memrise also has courses on many other subjects like geography, history, economics, cloud recognition and trivia among many others.
3. Radio
Listening radio stations around the world is an easy thing to do but first you have to search for news radio stations and choose one you like, once you find it you can save it for later and just listen. Now you can say you don't understand much but as you learn more vocabulary and keep a daily contact with your language you will be surprised when you start to pick up words and sentences here and there, and eventually get the gist of what is being talked about. Another very popular option is listening podcasts.
4. YouTube videos
You probably already found a channel you like but I recommend " easy language " this is people in the street being asked : where are you going? what is your profession? what do you like about your city? this is normal people using everyday language. I highly recommend this channel.
5. Music
Besides helping you to get acquainted with culture, music improves your understanding of language, your pronuntiation and introduces you to common expressions.
6. Proverbs
Learn them by heart and surprise everybody.
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7. Basic Verbs Conjugation
It is good to learn by heart the most used verbs and their conjugation, review them in your head, start with the present tense then later on expand your knowledge to present perfect, future and conditional. Some verbs you can start working on are: to be, to want, to have, to speak, to talk, to go, to know, to be able, to think, to forget and to understand.
8. Call your teacher
If you have private classes ask your teacher if it would be ok to chat once in a while in your target language. I used to call my students twice a week in order to review vocabulary and sentence structure, nothing complicated, just chat, your teacher would be able to lead the conversation based on your knowledge of the language.
9. Talk to your pet or to yourself
I talk italian with my cat, sometimes I make up songs for him. Depending on your level you can create your own internal dialogues in your target language.
10. Closed Caption
If you can watch T.V. and read closed captions I highly recommend this exercise, it works better if you read them out aloud to work on your pronuntiation. You will also learn a lot of expressions that usually are not taught in classrooms.
- FAQ Author: ulissses
November 2016
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Comments






![]() | RandWalkerNovember 2017 I listened to a few "Easy Language" in French on YouTube. I think I've finally found something I can listen to and learn to comprehend. |

![]() | vincentSeptember 2017 great |
