#online learner

[edilylearning]

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[rigelmejo]

Something that always annoys me is the idea only 1 language learning method works. Which is not true. While it may be possible that, for a particular individual, only a few out of many study methods may work well enough for That Individual to make progress and stay motivated... that doesn't mean all the other study methods won't work for anyone else out there, or that those few methods will work for every other given person.

Obviously if you've been studying a while, then you already figured out what kinds of things work for you and don't. If you're a beginner, just wading into studying?

I would suggest you simply look for study methods that: 1. Teach you new things regularly, 2. Review and practice things you've learned, 3. Include studying things you need for your particular goals (for example if your goal is to read X book then the study materials at some point should involve reading practice and some words the book contains, if your goal is to talk about Y then the study materials should include some information about pronunciation and words you'll need to be able to say).

As you can imagine, a TON of study materials will meet these requirements. And you can study a given skill in a LOT of ways.

(Reading is my focus lol so just for reading, a beginner might: do vocabulary study with lists or conversations with native speakers or watching shows and looking words up or listening to dialogues with a transcript like in a textbook or graded readers or a picture book with word labels in the target language or a video game with labelled objects in target language, all of those things as long as your vocabulary is improving or reading practice is happening would help you make progress). So to improve reading skill as a beginner: you could study with a textbook, a podcast with transcript, a classroom or tutor with words written down in target language (like TPRS), a video game, a TV show and a translate app on your phone, a friend you talk with (who either writes words down or you look up words you hear with a translate app), a friend you text with, srs flashcards like anki (provided there's text) etc. As long as there's new words, and/or you're practicing reading, the study method may work. If it works will come down to if you can stay motivated doing it regularly, and make sure you regularly learn some new things and review/practice things you've already studied.

So consider those things when you see people selling a study method as a product (especially when it's costing you money). Consider if it teaches you NEW things, and are those new things related to your goals, and how MUCH new stuff will it teach you before you finish it? Consider if it provides review or practice, or if you can use it's materials to review on your own making up your own method, or if you'll need to do separate review/practice.

So examples:

LingQ. Can it teach you many new words? Yes, thousands, since you can import any texts you want when you get done with their provided material (I have no idea how much their beginner material covers though in terms of words... I would hope 1000-3000 words but that can be researched). Is your goal reading? It's suited to reading, so you will practice and review often with it. Cost? I think it was $12 a month when I last had it, and the price may have increased. Is it worth it? Depends on a learner's needs. I found it was wasting my money, so I chose to use free tools like Pleco and Readibu apps - since those apps are suited for Chinese learners and have better translations, Pleco has better paid graded reader material if I was going to spend money, and both Pleco and Readibu let me import texts so I can learn thousands of new words just like LingQ but free. Now that I'm not a beginner, I often use Microsoft Edge to read chinese... since I can still click-translate words easily (all my web browsers have that tool free), and Edge's TTS voice is helpful for pronunciation and sounds quite good. I read webnovels online so Edge works well. But it's translations aren't as good as Pleco or Readibu, so if I still needed translations more I would use them. So... is LingQ a good study method? Its certainly a study method marketed to buy. Well... the method is suited to improving reading skill, at least. It costs money, which is a negative, but it does offer a lot. However: everything it does regarding reading can be done free with other apps or sites or web browsers on their own. So if paying money motivates you to read... sure. LingQ does have a few word tracking features a learner may find worth the money, keeping in mind the actual read-to-learn method can be done free without lingq. (Also... while LingQ is a valid option for improving reading, if the learners goal is speaking then it would be important to think of what study activities the learner will do OUTSIDE of LingQ to improve speaking... because I've seen how LingQ is marketed as "how to learn a language" but it's only focused on some skills. It has vocabulary and grammar in some sense, since you'll read a lot and encounter new words and structures. But it doesnt have speaking or writing practice at least last time I was on it. Those activities would need to be worked on, on your own).

You can do that kind of cost/benefit contemplating with any study method material you see being sold. Amother example: there's a beginner Mandarin course called Mandarin Blueprint. It teaches like 800 words. Thats all. It may be worthwhile for a beginner... who still needs to learn 800 common words. But if you already know a few hundred words, the benefit of the course is less, you'll need to find a new material to teach you more new stuff soon. And the price was like a few hundred for the course... which for me personally was too much to spend, when I had already learned 800 hanzi from a book that cost me 12 dollars and 2000 words from a free user made memrise deck. The course claimed to get a person speaking, competent, but anyone not a beginner would say speaking basically with 800 words is nowhere near the level of working in Chinese or just doing a lot of daily life stuff, or reading/listening to media. (Although for the motivated beginner if you're learning 800 words on your own like I was, its definitely close to the point of jumping to learn more words and start reading kids and teenager books, and watching easier shows if you're willing to look new words up). So to me... Mandarin Blueprint felt like overselling some basic beginner materials. (Again when I know several other things that teach beginner stuff either more in depth so HSK test prep classes, and college courses, or that teach beginner stuff to the same depth as Mandarin Blueprint but free).

Some study materials aren't going to act like they teach everything. I've seen chinese courses just for learning to speak tones better and general pronunciation - probably worthwhile if your goal is to improve speaking and a teacher could help improve the issues your having. But a learner needs to be aware for that course that they'll need to study vocabulary on their own, its JUST a pronunciation improvement course.

[blackbackedjackal]

Sometimes I think about how long some of you all have been following me and I'm like wow, ya'll really like watching this clown.

[222anderson]

i just drove around the church parking lot everybody applaud me

[jorisjurgen]

Rematching comfort media (george trombley's Japanese From Zero lessons) bc I'm rusty and want to get active with the language again, and bc I'm feeling stressed out and need to relax so bad...

(I just feel really warm inside when i rewatch his videos. I hope i get to 250th+ episode again this time :) )

[writergracethepanda]

Does anyone who follow me speak French? I want to work on aspects of French that I won't necessarily learn in school that will help with my fluency, as well as some language I use in everyday life.

I specifically want to learn how to be gender inclusive in French, specifically how to address my non-binary friends.

Any advice or resources would be appreciated!

[wewontbesleeping]

ok decided i'm going to learn french starting in the spring. i'm sooo nervous.

[anthonycrowley]

sigh taking a class on excel and i’m boredddd i’m bored this is boring i am so bored

[meddwlyngymraeg]

Vocabulary (geirfa)

Coelio -> to believe (verb)

coelion -> belief (noun)

Wnaeth y cyflwynedd, actores a cantores Lisa Jên bostio ar Twitter am rywbeth ei bod hi dweud dyw hi ddim yn gallu ‘coelio’n lwc’, or that she couldn’t believe her luck. Learned a new word today!

‘Methu coelio’n lwc!’ Can’t believe our luck!

Note: ‘n here. I’d assume it was short for ‘ein’? Our luck?

‘Wnes i ddim yn gallu coelio fy lwc pan wnes i ddod o hyd iddi hi. Ro’n i wedi bod ei chwylio amdani hi am hir!’ I couldn’t believe my luck when I found her. I had been searching for her for ages!

‘Doedd fy nghoelion ddim wedi cael torri.’ My belief was not shattered. (Idk, dramatic sentence. Couldn’t think of much else to use belief in really)

Another word for believe is ‘credu’, though I don’t know if you can use the two in interchangeable ways.

‘Dw i ddim un credu bod neb wedi ei weud e wrthi hi.’ I don’t believe that anyone has told her [about it].

[vengeful4ever]

okay so here's the thing. I am so burnt out. idk if that shows on here. but I very obviously am irl. I'm going to kill my school with hammers. becuase I don't have a formal diagnosis for any of my various issues. I can't get accommodations unless i pretty much beg for them. so it's real hard out here. but also. everyone else is burnt out. like why is the school system like that. I'm so tried and stressed all the time that I haven't been doing any of my hobbies for months now. like school isn't so important that it should consume ur life. I can't relax without feeling guilty about my school work that I'm not doing. even if I'm ahead in work, I always think that I could be more ahead. anyways I think the school system school be changed deeply and school work should all be done in school and if it needs to be done outside of class time then it shouldn't be assigned becuase I am not spending my school holidays working on a maths task that I do not care about.

[lathrine]

YKNOW i guess there's some good that comes from staring down the barrel of unemployment.

for example: all the government related shit i've needed to do for two-four years all takes place midafternoon on a wednesday. i could potentially get my driver's license and take the mandatory class for WA's first time home owner's assistance!

[collgeruledzebra]

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[anthyies]

finally at the point where i can try beating the can’t drive allegations but all the drivers test places in the area are NOT cooperating with me

[rigelmejo]

Friendly tips for tracking stuff if you absolutely need minimal distraction or effort (aka what I do, which may or may not work for you... i'll be honest I think I'm just finicky and lazy and that's why I ended up with such specific ways of doing things to keep myself from avoiding the tasks)

Do you want to sentence mine/save vocabulary or phrases to study later? Are you too lazy to make anki cards or an excel spreadsheet? What I do: pick your translation look up tool of choice (Pleco is great for chinese, Yomiwa app works for japanese) or go even lazier and use 1 translation app for all languages (Google Translate is what I use). Look up words quickly in that app (I use Google Translate the majority of the time because 1. I can look up with pinyin typing, my voice, hanzi write if needed, or copy paste, which makes things easier 2. If I'm reading in a web browser on my phone and press-click to get the option "translate" then a Google Translate app pop up comes up on screen - I think you can set any translator app to do this though so I suggest setting that up if you don't use GT). Once you look up a word/phrase/sentence, star/favorite/save it. Google Translate lets you just click the star in upper right. Pleco has a plus button in upper right to add to a saved collection (Pleco has a built in SRS flashcards feature if you DO want to study your saved stuff later in flashcards). I save words I look up to Google Translate by pressing the star, then later when I feel like studying or reviewing I will open Google Translate click the upper left star and see all my saved words. A long list of stuff I saved is the simplest method of "study material I made" - easier than writing for me, than making anki flashcards, than something else. Also if you use a general translation app like Google Translate/DeepL etc, you can save sentences and phrases (versus say Pleco where you have to look up individual words then could save example sentences). I do recommend Pleco or a language specific app for the language youre studying if possible though, often those more specific apps have better translations and better study features. But for the simplest process (if you read online a lot or watch a lot of shows, listen to audio) just look up the word/phrase/sentence translation, save in the translation app, and view the saved list later to review.

Tracking time? Pick the tool you use most. I use my phone because I always have it with me. I have a Note pinned to my Home screen, my daily "to do list" note that I update whenever I have something new to do that I might forget. I put a "X language X activity:" on this list at the top. When I do the activity for a half hour or hour I add .5 or 1 to whatever number was there before. Alternatively, if you have a journal or notepad you often carry, put a count on the front page, or on a sticky note you use as a bookmark for the current page you're using, and you can do tally lines per hour instead of constantly changing the number - I just change the number because with a digital note its easy. I have tried to use time tracker apps and the thing is I am TOO lazy to open a new app, press a timer, then press tp end the timer, then close the app, thats extra steps to whatever I was going to do! Its easier for me to just do a thing, then open my note and add to a number.

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