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Any Language Learners Out There? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by emeraldheart@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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Hello everyone! I'm learning German and I'm trying to make sure my language learning habits are the best they can be. I was using Duolingo and Busuu, but that was taking a lot of time away from immersion/fun and what I learned in one app I often learned in the other, so it felt redundant. So now I just use Busuu for grammar learning.

Any new German words I come across I then enter into Anki for memorization, which I practice once or twice a day.

After these two activities, I try to fill my day as much as possible with German media; this includes German podcasts, music, games translated into German, and YouTube videos.

I want to know... Is this an effective method? I'm always a bit of a perfectionist, so I'm looking for feedback or constructive criticism. Alternatively, you could just share your own language learning methods!

I'd also love to know if there are any great instances for people learning languages! I tried looking, but none of them seemed active :(

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[–] rknuu@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not so much on German, but I'm working on learning Japanese. I find that the drill based apps (duolingo) works well for raw memorization and word recognizing, but they really have limited impact with long form media unless you're already deeply immersed with other speakers or media.

I stared to supplement with things like todai and satori reader which provide translations for news and articles/books. I find that this gives an extra push to really help understand the language.

YouTube is good to supplement, but make sure you don't go too deep and end up frustrating yourself 😉