French language
Fluent Forever Video Resources
Video Tutorials Youtube videos are a great way to demonstrate some of these concepts - you can see exactly what I’m suggesting, hear pronunciation examples, etc. I intend to expand…
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base vocabulary list
How To Learn Pronunciation in a Foreign Language
How to learn pronunciation in a foreign language This is an unconventional addition from the classical singer world, though it’s an approach backed up by some wonderful teachers. Speaking…
How to Learn a Language Fast: Say No to Translation
How To Learn a Language Fast: Say No To Translation
When you remove translation from your language learning process, you can learn to think in your target language from the beginning. This idea has made the Middlebury Language Schools so…
Google
Translated Google Image Links for Language Learning
Share This Article Facebook-f Twitter Youtube Instagram I've talked about this tool a few times so far. Basically, you do a Google Images search in your target language, you switch to Basic Mode (which…
Fluent Forever app plans
Learn Grammar and Abstract Words Without Translation
We’ve covered grammar a few times in the past, but as I’m in the middle of writing the grammar chapter in my book, this might be a nice opportunity to go through grammar in some depth.
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macros
How To Use iMacros to Automate Your Word Research
When I learn a new word, I look it up in 4 places:
- Google Images on Steroids (Hungarian site, basic mode, inside of Google Translate) [I talk about setting this up here]
- Forvo.com for audio recording (Skipping to Hungarian entry directly)
- A decent Hungarian-English Dictionary (I use Sztaki szótár)
- A decent Hungarian-Hungarian Dictionary (I use Wikiszótár, inside of Google Translate)
This gives me everything I need to make my cards quickly, but it’s a pain in the butt to enter my word into Anki, then do it 4 more times into the search fields, especially when #1 and #4 (the sites I’ve preloaded into Google translate) don’t let you enter things into their search fields directly (it kills the Google translate part).
I found a solution last night.
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Speaking Practice
Foreign Language Dictionary Reviews
This is some early bookstore research for a bunch of foreign language dictionary reviews. I went to two large bookstores (The enormous Half Price Books and the equally enormous Barnes…
French sounds video
How To Learn a Language’s Sound System with Anki
I've been fielding questions about my methods for Hungarian and how they might work for a less phonetic language like French, with multiple ways of spelling a single sound. Today,…
language learning
Hungarian Pronunciation and Concrete Vocabulary
Using the deck I made on Dec 21, it took me 9 days at <20 minutes/day to basically learn the sounds of Hungarian and the Hungarian alphabet. Total time spent:…
language learning
A 7-Minute Language Quiz for Non-German Speakers
It's not *much* of a surprise, but the cutting edge of research in terms of ear training seems to be audio tests with minimal pairs (Bit/Bat, Sit/Sat, Bit/Sit) and immediate…