so i’ve been on and off with my target language for a while and i feel like i’ve tried literally everything so here’s what actually helped vs what everyone recommends but didn’t do much for me personally
things that genuinely helped:
∙ Language Transfer if you don’t know this guy please go look him up right now, it’s free and the way he explains the structure of the language just clicked for me in a way duolingo never did (note: mainly available for certain languages but worth checking if yours is covered)
∙ finding someone who actually speaks the language natively and just refusing to speak your native language with them. uncomfortable at first but actually quite fun at times
∙ Boraspeak / Claude (new update) / ChatGPT (old time friend lol) / Gemini (once) for speaking practice, especially for listening because it’s conversational and you can’t just tune out
things that did not work for me:
∙ TV shows. i watched like two seasons of a show in my target language and just… switched to English subtitles within the first episode every time lowkey because it was too interesting. i don’t think i learned a single thing. if this works for you genuinely tell me your secret. also if there is a way to get dual subtitles like in both languages that would be cool.
∙ just reading vocab lists. absolutely useless for me personally, but this was when I was younger and I hadn’t heard about spaced repetition.
the biggest thing i’d add that nobody mentions is having someone to keep you accountable. like a tutor or just someone who asks you how it’s going every week. i found one on italki and made a massive difference
anyway that’s my experience, curious what’s worked for other people.
im B1, btw, nearing B2 if I take it more seriously in the next few months
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