I’d like to have books to study out of and maybe some types of slideshows. Something with a clear outline of the path ahead would be nice.

  • yenahmik
    181·
    1 day ago

    Comprehensible input is far and away the best way to learn a language. If the language you want to learn is Spanish, I highly recommend Dreaming Spanish. I believe there is also a French version.

    If you want a different language than above, search “Comprehensible Input [target language]” and you should be able to find lists of resources in your target language.

    • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      7·
      23 hours ago

      To jump onto your comment as a current Spanish learner, dreaming Spanish is pretty good. Language Transfer however is, in my opinion, the beat single tool for learning Spanish.

      I think it is best coupled with some other methods, like dreaming Spanish, but I have learnt more from Language Transfer than anywhere else.

      Obligatory never use Duolingo, it is fucking trash!

      • yenahmik
        2·
        15 hours ago

        I guess it depends on your goals and the timeline you have. I did Dreaming Spanish pretty intensively (1-2hrs a day) for 10 months. My goal was to be able to understand native Spanish speakers and hopefully communicate back to them. I absolutely achieved my goal in that when I went to a place with native speakers I could at least get the gist of what they were saying almost always, even in somewhat complex situations. However, I was basically able to speak on the level of a toddler and had to rely on Google translate to get what I needed to say across.

        If you want to speak the language faster, then there are certainly ways to do it that may work better, but you will have to do more translation work that is mentally taxing. In the long run, if your goal is fluency, I believe CI should be prioritized initially and then you can go in and learn grammar rules and such later (much like how you learn your native language through input for the first 5 years of life then you go to school and learn the rules there).

    • Ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago

      Lengualytics is a really good tool for comprehensible input in any language. Basically it’s a collection of comprehensible input videos found and submitted by other users, and ranked according to language, dialect and difficulty level.

      • yenahmik
        3·
        15 hours ago

        Fascinating. I’d never heard of that resource. Unfortunately the language I’m currently trying to learn isn’t supported. Looks really useful for the languages offered though.

      • yenahmik
        3·
        15 hours ago

        I’m currently trying to learn Hungarian, and was able to find content using this method. I’m sure there are just as many resources for Polish and there are for Hungarian (maybe even more?).