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A place to talk about language learning
This is fun! My streak is down to 3 days :))
One of the things I like to use ChatGPT for in my language learning is to create "graded readers".
They have vocabulary and grammar at various learner levels, and you can have it create them on any topic you want, in basically any language you want.
I have a couple ways that I use them.
I put them in my language learning Obsidian vault where I can then create new vocabulary notes for any new words that I encounter, and then I import them into LingQ where I can read through them using a popup dictionary and automatic translation tools.
And they're WAY more interesting than the sorts of generic graded readers you can find online.
They have vocabulary and grammar at various learner levels, and you can have it create them on any topic you want, in basically any language you want.
I have a couple ways that I use them.
I put them in my language learning Obsidian vault where I can then create new vocabulary notes for any new words that I encounter, and then I import them into LingQ where I can read through them using a popup dictionary and automatic translation tools.
And they're WAY more interesting than the sorts of generic graded readers you can find online.
How many languages do you speak?
Me: 3
Portuguese, Spanish and English
Me: 3
Portuguese, Spanish and English
next week I’m going to do an English class for the students at the school I graduated from in my small town in Ukraine.
not that I’m even remotely qualified to teach English in any way lol but I think I can encourage them to stick with learning English and other foreign languages and talk about the opportunities it can bring (even within the country, since based on new legislation, proficiency in English will be required for many government and leadership positions) 🌎❤️
I’m also speaking to 11th graders, and I hope they’re nice, because we were such assholes in 11th grade! 😶🌫️😂
not that I’m even remotely qualified to teach English in any way lol but I think I can encourage them to stick with learning English and other foreign languages and talk about the opportunities it can bring (even within the country, since based on new legislation, proficiency in English will be required for many government and leadership positions) 🌎❤️
I’m also speaking to 11th graders, and I hope they’re nice, because we were such assholes in 11th grade! 😶🌫️😂
8 languages at once is a bit much, but personal challenges like this are a great deal of fun!
https://youtu.be/qv381JklIu8?si=gM0pYl3K3LaqkBS4
https://youtu.be/qv381JklIu8?si=gM0pYl3K3LaqkBS4
I don't study to memorize, I study for exposure.
The more you're exposed to a word or grammar structure, the more you're going to remember it.
You can drill yourself, take a quiz the next day, ace it, and then try quizzing yourself in a month.
You'll have lost most of it, unless you managed to maintain exposure to those words.
I start my language learning process by deliberate and systematic exposure.
I make vocabulary lists (AI is *great* for speeding that up), and then I go word-by-word and create a definition note in my Obsidian vault. I'll also use song lyrics and graded reader stories (again, AI is great for those) to start learning words in context and seeing grammar structures.
Then I just consume content in the language using various language learning tools I've accumulated.
Which exposes me to the words more and more in various contexts, both spoken and written.
The more you're exposed to a word or grammar structure, the more you're going to remember it.
You can drill yourself, take a quiz the next day, ace it, and then try quizzing yourself in a month.
You'll have lost most of it, unless you managed to maintain exposure to those words.
I start my language learning process by deliberate and systematic exposure.
I make vocabulary lists (AI is *great* for speeding that up), and then I go word-by-word and create a definition note in my Obsidian vault. I'll also use song lyrics and graded reader stories (again, AI is great for those) to start learning words in context and seeing grammar structures.
Then I just consume content in the language using various language learning tools I've accumulated.
Which exposes me to the words more and more in various contexts, both spoken and written.
I started learning Chinese a year and a half ago, but it's always helpful to go back to videos like this to see if there's anything new I want to try adding to my own language learning routine - especially now that I'm working on buckling down to break through the intermediate plateau in Mandarin and get restarted on learning Korean.
https://youtu.be/2VrGcijvDCY?si=nTrsk6xQPjgwhq6K
https://youtu.be/2VrGcijvDCY?si=nTrsk6xQPjgwhq6K
Lyric videos are GREAT for language study.
And it's really fun once you finally manage to sing a song in your target language!
https://youtu.be/QSGnDDTnTzI?si=RNioByivKXx_8fp2
And it's really fun once you finally manage to sing a song in your target language!
https://youtu.be/QSGnDDTnTzI?si=RNioByivKXx_8fp2
I think everyone should be learning another language on the side. Don't stress about it, don't study too hard, just go with the flow and learn as you go. I took an 8ish year break from learning Japanese and I'm trying to get back into the swing of things 🗾
One of my fave resources for intermediate language learning has become Clozemaster.
You need to know enough of the language that you can start to pick up more words in context. So if you're studying a language with a lot of overlap with your native language, you can probably use it at an earlier stage, but with Chinese, I needed to know about 500-750 words before this tool became more useful to me.
https://www.clozemaster.com/
You need to know enough of the language that you can start to pick up more words in context. So if you're studying a language with a lot of overlap with your native language, you can probably use it at an earlier stage, but with Chinese, I needed to know about 500-750 words before this tool became more useful to me.
https://www.clozemaster.com/
Request membership for languages below. I check for invites daily. Keep content on the topic of language learning!
Hello, hello! Wanted to pop in and let everyone know I've been made a co-moderator of this channel!
I won't be making any huge changes - I'll add a request invite frame shortly to make that process easier. I think curated channels are best, and just throwing the invite link out there is an invitation to spam, which we don't want here.
Language learning is a major special interest of mine. I dabbled with a bunch of different ones for years, but never got very far.
Until last year when I decided to see if I could learn Chinese.
Turns out yes, I could - still am - and I learned I have a knack for learning languages and quickly became obsessed!
So I'll mostly just be sharing language learning resources as I continue my own obsession with learning languages - I'm intermediate with Chinese and beginner in Korean, with plans for more once I've hit intermediate Korean.
What language(s) are you learning right now?
I won't be making any huge changes - I'll add a request invite frame shortly to make that process easier. I think curated channels are best, and just throwing the invite link out there is an invitation to spam, which we don't want here.
Language learning is a major special interest of mine. I dabbled with a bunch of different ones for years, but never got very far.
Until last year when I decided to see if I could learn Chinese.
Turns out yes, I could - still am - and I learned I have a knack for learning languages and quickly became obsessed!
So I'll mostly just be sharing language learning resources as I continue my own obsession with learning languages - I'm intermediate with Chinese and beginner in Korean, with plans for more once I've hit intermediate Korean.
What language(s) are you learning right now?
Novel and fun use of AI for language learning.
Using Suno, the AI music generator to create catchy songs with basic vocabulary in the language you want to learn - in this case, she's a Mandarin Chinese teacher.
https://youtu.be/jYxJU6xXUEQ?si=vybboFSFuSIMwA0I
Using Suno, the AI music generator to create catchy songs with basic vocabulary in the language you want to learn - in this case, she's a Mandarin Chinese teacher.
https://youtu.be/jYxJU6xXUEQ?si=vybboFSFuSIMwA0I
✅ gm
not everyone is capable of understanding spoken language
made a tool that converts text to sign language
shows a video for sign alongside an image
https://tools.nishu.dev/signlanguage
not everyone is capable of understanding spoken language
made a tool that converts text to sign language
shows a video for sign alongside an image
https://tools.nishu.dev/signlanguage
Part of learning a language is learning about the culture of the language, and this is one of my favorite series for practicing listening to and reading Chinese. She travels all over China, talking to residents, with subtitles in both English and Chinese regardless of which language she's speaking.
https://youtu.be/8yk9juBIN08?si=LDzsVkK9-jCVCt3F
https://youtu.be/8yk9juBIN08?si=LDzsVkK9-jCVCt3F
✅ gm
made a tool to learn any language
tools . nishu . dev / learnlanguage
made a tool to learn any language
tools . nishu . dev / learnlanguage
Wanna know what my narcotic-induced hospital purchases in May included?
Year-long subscriptions to two language-learning tools and a lifetime sub to another 🤣
Year-long subscriptions to two language-learning tools and a lifetime sub to another 🤣
Alternate between periods of intensive study and breaks where you're still exposing yourself to the language, but not doing hard study drills.
When you come back to intensive study from a break, you'll be shocked at how much more you're picking up!
When you come back to intensive study from a break, you'll be shocked at how much more you're picking up!
I asked chat GPT to write me a paragraph in Romansch (the 4th language of Switzerland) about the mountains in a poetic way. You can see the Latin base in it.
Romansch (Sursilvan dialect):
Las muntognas stattan sco guardians eterns, sias costas cuvertas cun glatsch e vent. La glina glischa sur ils pizs, ed il suflar dal vent port'istorias veglias da temps daventads. Mintga crap raquinta in misteri, mintga val zuppa in siemi. Quellas altezias n'èn betg mo plazzas da quietezza, mabain ils cor da la natira, battind sin in tempo profund e etern. Il spazi tranter il tschiel e la terra sa schlucca en il silenzi, e l'olma chatta paisch.
English translation in comments as it was too long.
Romansch (Sursilvan dialect):
Las muntognas stattan sco guardians eterns, sias costas cuvertas cun glatsch e vent. La glina glischa sur ils pizs, ed il suflar dal vent port'istorias veglias da temps daventads. Mintga crap raquinta in misteri, mintga val zuppa in siemi. Quellas altezias n'èn betg mo plazzas da quietezza, mabain ils cor da la natira, battind sin in tempo profund e etern. Il spazi tranter il tschiel e la terra sa schlucca en il silenzi, e l'olma chatta paisch.
English translation in comments as it was too long.