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Language Learning Habits (self.languagelearning)

submitted 2 years ago by emeraldheart to c/languagelearning@lemmy.ml

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Hello everyone! 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 I often learned in the other. 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 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 either validation or constructive criticism. Alternatively, you could just share your own language learning methods!

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd recommend that you find some Germans to speak to. There's no good substitute for actual conversation with other human beings when it comes to learning languages.

[–] emeraldheart 2 points 2 years ago

Hmm. I wonder where I can go for that. I'm in a German-learning discord channel but it's HUGE and that's intimidating to me. I'll give it another shot though!

[–] Subito 2 points 2 years ago

I tried Busuu and couldn't get into it. I think your method should be effective on paper.

For me, I'm trying to learn Japanese and use Duolingo and WaniKani (for Kanji). I also have apps for the Hiragana and Katakana but I feel overwhelmed by the size of what has to be learned to even understand a single written sentence.