12 BEST FREE LANGUAGE APPS AND WEBSITES
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- Here are TWELVE FREE language learning apps and websites for LEARNING LANGUAGES in 2020!
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iTalki. You can get $10 credit applied to your account when you make your first purchase, or you can just check it out for free using this link, which also helps me out by allowing me to take more language lessons:
www.italki.com/i/CHfEEb?hl=en-us
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The apps, browser extensions and websites included here are (ordered from 1-12):
1. Mango Languages (mangolanguages.com/)
2. Pod101 (Innovative Languages - Google the language you are studying + pod101)
3. Bab.la (bab.la/)
4. iTalki (www.italki.com/i/CHfEEb?hl=en-us)
5. 50 Languages (www.50languages.com)
6. Music Speed Changer (musicspeedchanger.com/)
7. Chrome or Firefox extension for slowing down or speeding up videos in your target language: Video Speed Controller
8. Google Docs
9. CZcams
10. Bookmate (a great e-reading platform for free, www.bookmate.com)
11. Anki (Spaced repetition for learning vocabulary fast, apps.ankiweb.net/)
12. Forvo (The best pronunciation guide for foreign languages, www.forvo.com)
If you are ready to move on from Duolingo and use something that might actually work but you're not ready to pay for something like Busuu, Babbel or Glossika, then these free language learning apps may be for you.
There are apps here to read and write in your target language, help you perfect your accent, help you to understand your language, and help you to remember the words and speak them. If you are learning a foreign language, there is almost certainly something on this list that can help you. - Jak na to + styl
Hey guys!
Thanks for the comments. If you've not yet created an iTalki account and you want to (even if you're going to use it for free), please use this link:
www.italki.com/i/CHfEEb?hl=en-us
Salut, je suis Québécois, si tu es intéressé par les émissions de télé en français, je peux t'en conseiller beaucoup de mon pays.
There are a few tips for how to learn French
Decide exactly why you wish to speak French
Try to use French in your everyday life
Decide which process works for you best.
(I learned about these and more from Magic language method website )
Mosalingua is very good, it’s an app I’m not sure if there’s a website, and it’s free, but there are not many languages. It’s definitely worth to check it out though.
Days of French 'n' Swedish I signed up to italki using your link but I’m not sure how to go about the $10 off to get a free lesson in the language I’d want to practice in.? I think it still requires me it make a payment to get the $10 off a lesson, I’m not sure I understand the “free” concept. Thank you very much.
@@aqsam9104 Hey aqsa - sorry, I only just saw this.
Yeah, it's not that element of iTalki that is free. When you put $20 in your account, iTalki should give you another $10 on top of that.
The free part of iTalki that I mentioned in the video is that you can search for language partners completely free.
that first joke was legendary
Thank you!
it is... I have learned with duolingo french(I had a streak of 80 days) and in my first encounter with a french person she asked me,
"comment tu t'appelle" and I had no IDEA what she was saying.
@@doshi050050 I mean to be fair to Duo (I love to rag on it haha), most apps/programs would have the same problem. Even though I did a lot wrong in my Swedish learning journey, I can definitely say that I was never completely lost in real conversations, because I just had so many of them.
@@doshi050050 Because s is missing, « Comment tu t'appelles ? » ;) More seriously french ortographe (syntax) is really hard, even for us french people.
@@ThePopolong XD
"I said french not spanish" kkkkkkkkkkkakkk
Uma brasileira foi detectada.
dieAlemusik so brasileiro ri assim ahahahahah
this is why I love languages- how the fuck did brazilian people come up with ‘kkkkkk’ ? how the fuck does that translate to ‘hahahha’ ? lmaoooo!
O Brasil vai dominar o mundo kakakakskkskakakk
Imagino se eles pensam se é um comentário racista quando vêem KKK
I woke up this morning in so much pain. Opening my eyes seemed impossible. It was like my eyes were beat shut...bruises up and down my arms and legs. Additionally, my wife was not beside me. I tried to call out for her but my mouth was in this aching pain. When I mustered the strength to sit up I was struck with instant fear. Through my peripheral vision, I saw the Duolingo bird sitting in the chair beside my bed- wooden baseball bat in hand. Please send help. By the time you read this, it might be too late.
I was quite scares until the end of the text! 10/10 storytelling
@@andreferrer9350 LOL
😂😂😁😁
Wow I agreed
Had me in the first half ngl
He missed the chance at the beginning to say
“Uh, sorry I don’t speak Italian”
I don't get it. Is that a reference to something?
Days of French 'n' Swedish yeah, it’s from a spongebob episode
It's not that I'm not willing to spend money on some apps
But I live in Syria and we have bans and sanctions
Like I can't buy anything online and I can't have a bank account or anything
I'm learning German by the way wish me luck
It's freakin' hard 🤣
This channel has so many great stories in German I would suggest you try it out czcams.com/channels/8Km0txKTlSPYIJF9HwPZMA.html
Yeah for sure, I don't disagree with you man, and that's what this video is for. But like, I look at my CZcams analytics and literally 90% of my audience is from rich first world countries, and people over here (in "the West") tend to make dumb decisions about how to spend their money, e.g. $1000 on a new phone? Sure. $4 a month on a program that will actually help you learn a language? No way! Better put Duolingo on the phone instead!
It's those people I'm talking to, not people in the Middle East.
@@daysandwords I know it's crazy how irrational we are with money. Spending $7 a day on shitty school lunch (when we still had school) was nothing but when thinking about buying useful upgrades for apps then it's the most expensive thing ever.
@@larry_the
Danke schön ❤️
@@daysandwords
Yeah it's okay mate I get you
I'm russian, native russian speaker and I've understood 80% of this video. A started learning english a few years ago and at the beginning I just learned only grammar rules and tenses. And when I attempted to watch english video or any other content I just wasn't able to understand any information. And, a few months ago, I accidentally found this channel and begin watching it. I'm very happy, that I found it. There are many very interesting video witch help me practice my english aurally. Thank you very much for your videos!
I only see about four mistakes in your comment, so your english is pretty good.
*I started
К этому времени наверное уже 100% видео. Хорошая работа
Witch means a woman that does magic
"Which" is the word you wanted to use.
You're great btw keep going
Oh, I'm russian too👋🏻You're English as other commenters wrote is good enough. I've been learning this language for 2 years like you and I'm proud of myself that I can understand almost everything that the author said. Moreover I don't translate his speech into my tongue language and it makes me happy and confident. Despite the fact that it didn't take so long to improve my listening skills I'm glad 👍🏻🤧
Anyway, good luck with further studies ✨
I need this because I am 15 and literally only have $20.35
lucky. i have 0
@Josiah Welch you gonna pay him?
HAHAHAHAHA im 11 and i have 120$
@@Nurabarezi ok
Least you have money, im 14 and dont even have a wallet😂
You say Duolingo doesn't work, but it accomplishes what it sets out to do. Just because it isn't the ONLY tool you need to become fluent in a language doesn't mean it is a BAD tool.
It's still bad though. Huge waste of time for adults. I would recommend it to kids since they need colourful pictures and games go learn
@@kattodoggo3868 I mean, I've learned a lot from Duolingo and I'm literally mentally disabled, I think people just judge it too harshly and either expect great results from the start or don't bother at all with memorization & commitment.
I agree. DuoLingo’s purpose isn’t to make someone fluent, it’s to get someone started in learning a language.
Exactly, I don't think anybody expects to be holding university lectures in a language they learned strictly through Duolingo. Currently I'm focusing all my language efforts on German, but every morning I do couple Spanish, French and Russian lessons on Duolingo. I've never did any other language content in Spanish besides Duolingo and after an year, I can understand Spanish memes from my friends, I can talk about basic stuff, I can get around in Spanish countries as a tourist and not feel as a total moron when I go out with Spanish only groups. I could never have a fluent conversation, but it's effective to gain the basics, so you can build on it through more fun content such as series, movies and simpler books... And most of all, it's fun, which is subjective, but I had much better time with it than with Busuu, Rosetta or Speakly, since I was actually looking forward to it, not as a chore... And consistency is always king.
duo looks like a game and feels like a game, my old mother plays learning english like she would play in mobile games. I use it to get used to the new language and later to spend some down time when i need to relax, but not waste my time entirely.
That is such genius move! To have have CZcams account in the target language!
I dedicated that account to Language learning and it's just the best thing ever, no destructions with so many useless recommendations of cat videos.
It wouldn't work for me, because I have CZcams Premium and I wouldn't like to go back to a new account with free CZcams, but with lots of ads 😬😂 And paying for both is out of the question 😬
Bruno Bismarck just use an ad blocker extension on chrome if that’s a huge problem for you.
I dedicated this account for learning Dutch, but then it's full with other non-sense videos.. 😂
@@trevorjames7490 hey Trevor, I started to learn dutch a lil while ago but since I'm new to it I don't know a lot of interesting channels, could you recommend me some? Maybe if they have stuff like that the German"funk" produce if you know them, would be very appreciated, thank you.
Did 100 Russian lessons on Mango back in college. Got me out of a semester and I already knew all the material in the class I took. Saying Mango is amazing is an understatement.
The Duolingo stories are a rollercoaster of emotions
Ya
Great video!!
I just wanted to recommend two programs I consider very useful:
-Quizlet, for learning vocabulary.
-Tandem, for practicing with native speakers.
It's only been a week, but my 8yo has found Duolingo a fun way to introduce himself to Chinese Mandarin, and my daughter has found learning French to be a fun experience. Even my wife, who doesn't typically like gamified learning, has found it a fun experience learning Latin. As for an introduction to learning a language, Duolingo has made it a fun experience and look forward to moving to other forms of learning languages and apps.
it’s great, but unfortunately not always accurate…. i’m glad you find it fun though, although if you’re serious about the language, you can learn using it along side other apps
As someone said that he cant pay ( he is in syria), i live in Lebanon, we have now (with corona) a big inflation, i think like 550%. So buying something online is VERY expensive even before the inflation, so all the tools i will be using, will be 100% free. trust me, if i had money, i would have paid for some stuff . also im 15 and are barely middle class. i use duolinguo, it has been about a month, i want to follow your tips about reading books and watching youtube. but i will do that maybe next 2 weeks or month because i am still beginner, but i did a notebook which i wrote all the words and tips i learned and stuff. Learnig italian btw
Edit : i practise about 2.5 hours everyday (1.5 hours learning new things and 1 hour practiing old stuff)
I'm starting to learn German for our History class at school and I only use CZcams and Google since Duolingo isn't working for me. With just watching videos from German learning channels, I could say that my German improved drastically. Sending good lucks to everyone whose learning a language during this quarantine. :>
specifically for Japanese i use lingodeer rather than Duolingo (seeing a lot of people using Duolingo). It's consistent in using word that have been learn previously in a sentence. It can switch between kanji and hiragana or any other combinations in the top right corner. Well, for beginners like me it's very useful.
Heaps cool, many thanks
I think Beelinguapp and Lingodeer are also pretty good. Lingodeer helps you practice grammar rules and Beelinguapp is for reading practice, the app shows the the text in your target language, reads it to you and then gives you the translation!
Someone told me Lingodeer wasn't free anymore...? Beelingual... hmm, I had mixed feelings about it.
Amazing stuff - love the video speed controller thing. Merci!
Interesting tips, especially the CZcams one. I was music videos in different languages (not actively learning any of them, or even interested to learn some) and the recommended videos are super diverse sometimes 😅 it works even if you just watched one video 😝
OMG! Thanks you so muck!
That's exacty the kind of stuff I was looking for to be efficient in my learning!
I couldn't have said it better myself, I hear people praise Anki as the most important language learning tool since sliced bread, but it's sooo clunky. I tried it for my japanese for a few days; but suddenly making flashcards, importing/exporting vocab decks and learning the program felt like a chore in of itself. And for whatever reason, the words on screen never stuck no matter how many times I went over them.
Now I make physical flashcards and use the Leitner system instead; and it works like magic. For whatever reason, physically writing down the vocab, and purposefully choosing the words I feel are useful for me to learn (rather than downloading a pre-made "5000 common words" list) makes it easy to learn and ascertain my 15 new words every day.
Thank you for revealing better language apps n tools. This is my first time watching and i enjoyed the video. I tried learning Spanish and hindi on duo lingo and there were so many bugs in the Hindi course which was extremely frustrating and Im still not fluent in Spanish. Thanks so much for all of your suggestions. 🌈🌈😊
Dude, amazing tips, thank you!
Thank you for these tips. I didn't know there was an app to let viewers change the speed at which videos are being played. I must try it. I think it sounds as if it would be of use for writing from dictation practice for shorthand learners as well as being of use to language students.
It's also just useful in general. Because you can give shortcuts to speed up/slow down/resume normal speed, it's super useful for finding the best bits of videos or just picking a speed you like. I use it literally dozens of times a day.
Hey Lamont, I've recently found your channel and I love all the content you're sharing. Thank you for everything. I've been studying Spanish for a year now and I'm happy with my progress but I'm still not at the fluency I want yet. I've been considering starting a new language in a couple months, so if you were to start learning a new language today, how would you go about doing it? You mention a number of apps/programs in other videos but I'd like to hear which two- four apps/programs you'd use for a new language you have zero prior knowledge about. Paid or free. busuu? ouino? duolingo??
You're right I should do this, thank you.
@@daysandwords Maybe you can have info about free and paid resources in the same video that you're gonna make?
Très utile comme d'habitude. Merci beaucoup!
I’m fairly early on in my journeys to learn French and Mandarin and I am using Duolingo pretty successfully so far, however what I’m also doing along side it is some of what was suggested in this video…I watch movies and programs in these languages and I listen to music in them too, looking at the lyrics in the target language if it’s a video. In addition I joined a worldwide pen pal site and have pen pals whose first language is either French or Chinese and a small amount (so far but will grow) of our correspondence is in those languages. With my Chinese pen pal we exchange audio files so that she can critique my grasping of the tonal elements of the language.
Very helpful video, thank you very much.
50languages was a gem of a suggestion. thank you so much for that.
Hey there - thanks for watching and for your comment!
Transparent languages also does library stuff. So check your local library for free access
Currently I’m learning Korean and I’ve been using Memrise, Mango, and a Coursea course to learn the language. Originally I learned Spanish from a class for 4 years in high school and was able to get at a B1/B2 level. I have thought of taking a college course for korean but those are astronomically over priced $500 + book per quarter. I’m willing to pay for an app like Memrise because I found the vocab fun to learn and with the native speakers saying the words I now have a reference rather than a robot voice. My problem with mango is that it’s to quick of a pace for myself. I learned a few phrases but then it teaches grammar too quickly.
Dude! You missed hellotalk. I'd actually switch out the free part of italki for hellotalk. Hellotalk is a language exchange app, free built in translations, good layout for corrections etc, it's excellent!
Honestly I don't rate HelloTalk. I've found almost no one replies.
@@daysandwords Maybe it depends on your target language. When I was studying Spanish I couldn't get the stop shut up haha, I received messages from maybe 10 new people each day, I can imagine less common languages might not be the same though.
just found your channel and went through a couple of vids and subscribed! as an audio nerd I noticed something you can improve on: I found both in the 5 apps video and this one, your mic was clipping at times (the gain is too high making it distort when you speak louder) you can lower your mic gain in your recording phase and raise it later in post without any artefacts (you could also possibly use a compressor on it which would help making the volume of speech more consistent and not bump or go too low between different dynamics, but that is an extra step) however since you videos seems to be mainly conversation based I hope you give audio some more love :)
Dude... just... there is so much to say here that I aint got time for.
For velocity you can drag a CZcams link into mpv. It's less sketchy
i dont know this was popped up on my recommend (i'm not even learning french or swedish) but i do installed duolingo (i already learn about 1 month on that app) thanks for the info . i bookmark this vid.
nah, Duolingo is a great app and it's free. it's got a helpful community, stories, podcasts. seeing as I don't have that much time to learn languages, it really helps me to stay in touch with the vocabulary. I always recommend Duolingo and I'm not gonna stop anytime soon. ♥️
Learning Spanish and I really like the reword app for flash cards.
Looove the information thank you I need to learn many 💪🏼💛💛💛✌🏼
Nice video!! Im currently studying Spanish.
What are your thoughts about my daily routine:
5 min drops
10 min reading an article on el Pais
30 min memrise (special class decks, made by Baselang.com)
60 min busuu
(pro version)
15-30 min tandem (having conversations with people)
I’ll add a few lessons (Italki) per week as well, but i’m pretty new to that. On top of that, I’m planning to rewatch La Case de Papel in order to improve my listening.
Would you recommend any changes as its pretty time consuming?
Thanks!
Oo a fellow drops user! And nope that looks good to me!
you can use less apps and and use that money to pay for a real teacher
I watched a video recently of a guy with some ridiculous streak who couldn't understand a basic conversation in a movie. My only thought was "How can you study any language everyday for 3-4 years and not understand basic conversation?"
That is when I deleted Duolingo.
Yeah. I understand almost everything in Swedish.
@@daysandwords Which programs and how long have you studied? I'm just learning French so I can talk trash to a French Soldier friend of mine. The French really know how to cuss.
@@Nethezbet "So I can talk thrash to a French Soldier friend of mine", nooo, for real X) ?! Beware, we (Frenchies) are quite creative people when it comes to thrash talking, that's a real challenge here ^^ !
who was it?
Tack för tippsen! Jag och frugan lär oss just nu Norska (bl.a) på några gratissidor, och nu har vi desto fler :)
I've been using the CZcams accounts for a while, wherever I start dabbling in a new language, even if only for a day I make a new account and use Google translate to watch videos im interested in. Allows me to expose myself to the language straight from the beginning
great video....informative
If you find a good deck Anki is awesome. I don't know about the other languages, but Japanese has a good one. I use the Core 2000 set and I am learning a lot. It has vocabulary, it uses that word in a sentence, it is written in Japanese. But once you flip the card it also has hiragana if you can't read the Kanji or Katakana. Every card has audio. They flip the way they quiz you because sometimes it is just the audio and you have to guess what it is, so it helps you with listening skills. I also like it that it has pictures.
Sorry I'm commenting on an old video but I dont think the translating feature on Bookmate is free anymore it says "You need a subscription to translate words" their is not a lot about the website so I cant tell if its just like this now, or if I'm doing something wrong. ):
Great review. There are many sites and app to learn languages. Have you found any new website or app that is more efficient?
I have Rosetta stone which can get you pretty far in a language as far as grammar goes however it doesn't have a lot of vocabulary so I also used duolingo and an app called hellotalk that let's you speak to people in the language you're learning and I also made sure to look into colloquial speech and watching shows in the language. It's boring but watching shows ment for little kids helps since it's repetitive and they tend to speak slow so it helps you get used to hearing it. I also use google translate a lot, it's extremely useful for when you don't know a word or forget how to spell one, it's not good to use for a lot of full sentences if you want it to be accurate but there's a lot of ways you can use it that can be really helpful.
I like study blue because its free and you can also record an audio . so it can be used to practice hearing the word or phrase in the language being learned
Thanks for the tips.
No problem!
Thanks a ton for the insight on Mango and 101. Great apps for free. A winner!
When you got to the speed controller I wondered why anyone would want to put netflix on higher than 2 times speed... then I realized you meant slow down.
I actually practice speeding up my videos and catching a few words then slowing them down and catching soooo much more than I would have had I just watched the vid on 1x
Yes I also find it useful for that. For example, Hugo from InnerFrench... no need to watch him at 1.0x because he speaks slowly anyway. I watch him at 1.35x or something.
Thanks for all those recommendations, I will definitely use Forvo as I find English pronounciation very difficult.
Good luck for Anki. I remember having a lot of trouble using it at first, but now I am addicted to it. I use it everyday to study English and Japanese.
About iTalki, I never considered using it, but you're making me reconsidering it.
I'm also wondering. Have you ever used HelloTalk? If so, what are your opinions about it?
Oh and be careful, at the beggining you should say "allons-y"instead of "vas-y" . (And personally, I think it's more natural to say "c'est parti" instead)
PS: I sent you a message on Facebook a few days ago, but since I'm not sure you're active on it I'll write it here (minus the typos and spelling mistakes lol):
Hey ! J'ai découvert ta chaîne CZcams et je la trouve très intéressante. Personnellement, j'apprends l'anglais et le japonais, et ta chaîne m'a donné de précieux conseils. Je ne connais pas bien ton niveau, donc j'ai essayé d'écrire ce message en français facile. J'espère que tu n'aura pas de soucis à le comprendre. Si tu veux parler ou si tu as des question concernant le français, n'hésite pas. I'd be glad to help!
Merci.
OK, first, the Vas y thing - "Vas y" is actually something we say in English for this context sometimes, though not very often. Basically, I'm not necessarily even speaking "French" at that moment. A lot of Australians also say "Trezz bien" (pronouncing the S, and we know that it's wrong, it's kind of joke to deliberately mispronounce French).
"Allons y" and "c'est parti" are not part of the English vernacular so we would regard that as a bit pretentious (at least when not on a language learning channel).
But either way it's a deliberate "misuse" on my part, I've said it in a few videos, it's basically an in-joke with a few people, who said that if I say it then French people will correct me and I replied that when you make legitimate mistakes in videos, almost no one corrects them, but when you say that Duolingo isn't good (basically a fact) then you get corrected by every man and his dog. So the joke was to see how much I would have to say "vas y" before someone "corrected it" and the answer is about 60,000 views and at least 200 comments haha.
Also it's a reference to the stock music that I use; I often use a track which the artist named "Vas y".
Yeah sorry I don't really check Facebook much. En tous cas, je peux tout comprendre, et si tu veux, tu peux toujours écrire en français.
@@daysandwords hahaha oups je me suis fait avoir i guess. c'est marrant parce que j'ai jamais entendu un anglophone dire "vas-y" du coup je le saurais maintenant. mais du coup merci pour ta réponse ! si tu veux continuer à communiquer je peux t'envoyer mon identifiant discord par mail (si t'as un compte discord bien entendu) j'utilise pas vraiment youtube pour communiquer. ou sinon on peux continuer à échanger par mail (ou pas lol) bon courage pour la suite en tout cas !
Gostei muito do canal ,parabéns
Which apps are best for english speaker looking to improve their English
It would be awesome if you could find and interview public speaking champions that are champions in multiple languages(at least his native language and another language).
Great video!
My school is probably so happy that someone is using the library card they gave all of us.
good video , Appreciate it
Anki is great when you have learned how to use it. It takes time to learn to use it - my recommendation: Start with a premade deck and wait with learning how to make your own decks. Use that for a week or two for a an hour or two each day, and you will be amazed at everything you have learned!
Because I'm part Cherokee and I am a proud Native. I want to learn the language. It's just that it's so hard since I have no where to learn. Once I get a job and stuff (if my mother allows me to) I'll be able to learn it and be one of the many people to keep out language alive. I want to teach it to so many people too.
That sounds like a noble goal. Best wishes!
I’m trying to learn Swedish. I’m having a hard time and have been trying to learn for 8 months on duolingo. It sucks. So to help force myself learn the language better I’ve restarted my phone to be entirely in Swedish and have been trying to find a different app or website to help me learn Swedish
Useful sites and apps thanks
Could you please make a review and interview of Language Transfer??!
I had a good experience with Duo Lingo, I got pretty fluent in German and Norwegian in it, than I stopped practicing because no one speaks German/Norwegian in the us much.
Another great free option is Language Transfer - great for building up vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
Your french account is Pomme and Laurie Darmon and France Inter and I love that
Thank you so much!!! I discovered your videos today and love them:))
do you have any recommendations or videos of recommendations for textbooks to help with learning French or is it better to use media and communication with natives as a more effective way?
Have you found Inner French yet? Excellent free podcast and CZcams channel.
Days of French 'n' Swedish I haven’t but I definitely will! Thank you
CZcams in French suggestion is great. I was following Duolingo until very recently and I watched your previous video about Busuu. Do you suggest watching videos with subtitles?
Not really. If you're a native or very high level English speaker, you don't need subtitles for French. Listen, listen again, listen a lot, and then listen some more.
i really recommend to watch videos with the subtitles (in your target language), if you only listen to the videos, then you will be missing a lot as Steve Kaufmann says in this video: czcams.com/video/HS7k41esv_A/video.html (it's in spanish, but it has autogenerated subtitles in english); learning a language is mainly about listening and reading, then, if you did it the right way, you will speak and write because you have already learned how and when to use the words.
Find strategies that you enjoy, it's the key for learning anything, its not this or that app, its about the way you learn, we all learn in different ways, so if you feel that something is working for you then use it!
I'm curious what you think of memrise?
I have a bit of an awkward question, but this had happened to me relatively recently (a few weeks ago) and I'm not sure I've still fully recovered from it. How do you move forward learning a language when, during a conversation with someone in your TL, a native speaker thoroughly insulted every aspect of your abilities, shattered your confidence with communicating, and basically told you to stop trying to learn it?
Also, separately but related, how detrimental is it when you've already accrued a lot of internal mistakes in your TL and you aren't sure how to fix them because you had started outputting too early? Should I follow Matt vs Japan's advice of going silent for a long period of time in order to fix language foundation?
Thanks.
OK, so, firstly, sorry to hear that!
I am not really sure about you personally (as in, how you motivate yourself etc.) but I think it's best to realise that this person is clearly a dickhead in all aspects of life. I've come across these people before. "I do everything better than you. You play the trumpet? Ha! My brother is way better than you!" In reality these people feel small and insignificant inside. They don't realise that this is why they're doing it, but there is possibly something in their language learning history that means they are bitter about the process. By telling you to stop learning it, they are really talking to their past selves (who haven't changed and won't change).
I would try to find a really nice and kind teacher on iTalki or something (people are gonna call me sexist, but you've got a way better chance with a female) and just tell her the history of your learning and whatever, and they'll build you back up. This is simplified but I don't have time for a full essay on it right now.
2nd question:
Matt vs Japan recommends a silent period for this. But I think you can also just try to pay more attention to what natives say. e.g. I don't have this problem much because when I hear natives say something I am always like "Oh, I've been saying that wrong..."
So for you, the prescription is: lots of input, lots of encouragement.
BTW, what language?
@@daysandwords The language is French, but it is the first language that I ever seriously attempted. I know you obviously study French as well, but for me, this language would be more akin to your experiences with Swedish, as that was the language you had said you made tons of mistakes in because you didn't know how to learn a language yet. That's my position with French, I've spent almost a year learning it, but a lot of that time was not used efficiently and I could've been much more proficient had I used MvJ's method from the beginning. Unfortunately, I only really started watching his (and as of a few days ago, your) videos more recently where they, along with that negative experience, told me that what I was doing before was not working (or, at least, not working as well as it could).
As for that guy, what really got to me was why he said he was dissuading me (to put it in nice terms) from continuing: "I don't want low-IQ retards like yourself soiling my language." Now, I know I shouldn't put much stock into the opinions of random people on the internet, but that really got to me. I guess it felt like betrayal, even though I never met this person before. I understand, to an extent, being protective of your language, even I get annoyed at common grammar and spelling mistakes people make in English, but this felt exceptionally harsh and personal. I think I prefer speaking with Belgians, when it comes to French anyway; every Belgian I've spoken with has been really encouraging.
I had started learning another language because of that experience and I plan to pursue it along with French. At first I thought I would never interact with French again, but I would later watch a video in French and come to realize that I understood just about everything and came to the conclusion that it wouldn't make sense to stop now, even if there's a risk that I'll have a repeat of that event again, I simply know too much at this point to make quitting seem feasible, even if part of me resents the language a little bit now that I feel "stuck" with it, as unfair to francophones everywhere as that is.
I like Mango because even in the US, with Québec bordering the country, it's difficult to find something focused on that style of French. Mango gives the option of French or French-Canadian. Also two options for Spanish, Memrise does this also.
I think it has a few options for Spanish, doesn't it? Like 3 or 4...
More things are starting to acknowledge at least European Spanish vs Latin American Spanish, but I'd like to see like Mexican, Argentinian etc.
@@daysandwords I just see Spanish Castilian and Spanish Latin American. Maybe my library pays for a limited number of languages.
@@lisadioguardi5742 I would say that I just misremembered - I very much doubt that the library only has access to some. But yeah I think as South America becomes more "developing" rather than "third world" we will see more Mexican / Colombian / Argentinian etc. One can dream anyway.
Mango actually does the same thing as Glossika, they are free for all the minority languages they offer, even if you don't have a library account with access. I used their Shanghainese course, it's very basic and I don't like their method (way too output heavy). But for a language like that, you take what you can get tbh.
Brooooo, where have you been all of my life! Your a legendary aussie polyglot! Straya mate!
Haha, thanks.
I'm not actually a polyglot, I only speak Swedish well, and French a bit (and if I were trying to "rack up points" then I could say I can understand Norwegian and Danish if the latter is written down... but that's obviously only from Swedish).
does anyone know how can you get a library card if there's not any in your country
go to italki - find a friend in the country you need - get them to make up an address with and zip code - bingo!
Could anyone please help me find one website? It was meant for learning vocabulary. The site was split into 4 parts and each time a word appeared in the middle you had to choose the correct image out of the four appearing in each part. I remember it having a lot of languages. I've been looking for it for a long time and I'm getting desperate.
It sounds like Glossika or Rosetta Stone... but I doubt it since neither of those are free.
Can you please do a video LANGON I want you to discuss what it is and also discuss it with the camera translator app please discuss that
are all these apps are free of cost can we pro type of french.
Thanks! Great helpful video!
Anyway the music is too distracting or rather maybe too loud. However I understand this is one year old video so I guess you figured it out long time ago.
Actually I just figured out that everyone has their opinion and will share it so I might as well just keep doing what I do.
First of all, thanks for providing these free resources it’s very helpful.
I think you do give duolingo too much of a hard time though in my view. I think it’s a good resource and I got me to a very good level of french. Of course I mixed in a lot of other resources like Audio books podcasts etc but still don’t get why you give it such a bad press.
It's pretty much just because they can't ever get enough bad press in my mind: they've asserted themselves as the number 1 name in language learning and it's crap because it's rubbish.
How long ago did you do your French? They also helped me with Swedish but that was before the series of cash grab updates that made the thing stupidly slow.
My French is OK and I tried it in French again like 2 months ago and it pissed me off so much, it just sucks and yet they have crowned themselves "THE BEST WAY TO LEARN *insert name of language*". It's a farse IMO.
Days of French 'n' Swedish I’ve been doing french since July 2019 until present. I think of course it’s not enough on its own but I still think it’s a really good resource. I suppose if you are saying that it’s a slower way to learn and there are faster methods - I suppose that could be a fair point
Guys there is a hidden gem called hellotalk , it lets you speak with native speakers of your target language , that want to learn your own native language , so it's useful for both sides and there are a TON of people there and it's absolutely free . Definitely one of the major keys of helping me study languages .
Honestly I've never had the chance to try it.
lol the shouting at the cockatoos at the end. mood.
What about lingodeer? I'm now learning japanese and mandarin on lingodeer
Curious..Music Speed Changer, is that for downloaded music or streamed music like from Spotify?
It's just a music playing and recording app, like the one that comes default on your phone only I find it easier to use and definitely better for language stuff. So it's for downloaded or recorded music.
Hey i have watched some of your video's on duolingo and i dont know if i should continue with my turkish lessons should i continue to use duolingo or something else?
I would give TurkishPod101 a go. Try to listen to the Turkish parts a LOT more than the explanations in English.
Hey, you can change the speed on CZcams in 5% increments (which is very gradual steps) with the built in controls. It’s only available on the web desktop version though, not on mobile app (which only does the 25% increments). I’ve done this while trying to learn to sing songs in my target language to great effect. I start at 65-70% of speed to really get the pronunciation and accent down, then I increase 5% daily until I get to 100%. I think you could do this with mimicking dialogues too.
Ha, I only just found that - but I still prefer mine because of the shortcuts. Like going back by 1, 2, 3, 4 or any numbers of seconds has a shortcut.
The problem with going too slowly is that it does that stretch thing that messes up the quality. I sometimes do it just for a single syllable or something but not so much for pronunciation. I use it most when transcribing.
@@daysandwords FYI, on CZcams desktop, the J and L keys jump back/forward 10 seconds. The left and right arrow keys jump 5 seconds.
But I agree, the addon is very handy. It's more customizable and works on other sites that don't give you those controls normally. Thanks for the recommendation!
Das ist super meine freunde. Danke
Hey, Lamont! Quick question about languagepod101.
I'm trying to sign up for that $1 deal you talked about for newcomers but I can't seem to pay it. Do they only accept credit cards? 'cause I don't have one. Is there any other way to pay for it?
They accept debit cards too
i didn’t know abt mango before this and it’s free with my library!! my library has wonky access to rosetta stone i tried to use but it kept messing up and mango is WAY better omg
Hi! Could you pls post the link to the ebook service you've mentioned? Would be greatly appreciated 🙇
I think it was Bookmate but this is super old and I would now recommend Storytel which has both audiobooks and ebooks and is freakin' amazing.
Oh Bookmate was free to upload your own books which I guess is something.
@@daysandwords thnx, will look them up :)
I find it weird that noone talks about Memrise. It's really amazing and it was the best app of 2018 on PlayStore
Omg i use memrise. In my opinion its very good and useful. It is a really underrated app.
I have memrise but I can't continue using it cuz they want me to pay and I'm just a kid with no money
It's because user created courses aren't on the app anymore, which sucks because the website is the only place I can learn Ladino
Looks like they don’t offer Greek 😕
@@hyperion3145 I have the same account for the site and the app and whatever user created course I start on the computer is autmatically usable in the app too.
does anyone know what music starts playing in the background around 5:25?
All my music is stock music from Soundstripe.com.
If you want music for any project, I do recommend it, and using the code "LAMONT" gets you 10% off, plus it helps me out. :-)
Have you checked out the app tandem?
Thank you so much for this! I really needed it. I'm trying to learn Icelandic but my parents think it's a waste of time (and money). It's really hard to find any apps that support Icelandic, though (it isn't exactly a big language, so it makes sense). Does anyone maybe know of any good ones?
idk why but i've invested a lot of times trying Anki (along with other resources) but it never worked at all for me, like really, 0 progression. i'm switching completely to naturally enjoy YT, movies, songs, and google (sometimes duolingo or lingodeer if i'm being lazy) and the progress has been a LOT better than before. After watching this i might try some of it, they look interesting
Great vid, find it weird about making friends on italki, I don't really hear about that happening much and I feel like you have to be reasonably good at the language to use it?
Hm, I don't think so. I wasn't that great at French and I made friends on there. But it no longer has the free exchange partner function, which is lame.
I tried signing up for mangolanguages and they didnt accept any of the libraries in my area lol
I would be willing to spend money to learn a language if I actually had money.. but I'm a secondary school student (I believe that's high school) who isn't old enough for a job yet but I'm half Dutch and I want to learn my Mum's native language. Thanks a lot for this video, it's really helped me.
There is also a site called Pushkin Institute only for learning russian and it's very good, you can learn all the levels (A1-C2) for free.
Wow, very cool!
The problem with Pushkin Institute is the entry test... It's very hard and long