The College Info Geek Podcast: Study Tips& Advice for Students   /     How to Learn a Foreign Language Independently (Ep. 182)

A classroom isn't always the best place to learn a language. We talk about how to study foreign languages on your own time.

Full show notes

Things mentioned in this episode:

• iTalki (If you take a lesson with this, both you and Martin get $10 in lesson credits. Happy learning!)
• LanguageLearning subreddit's language learning resources
• Anki (iOS | Android)
• Forvo (iOS | Android)
• Duolingo (iOS | Android)
• Rosetta Stone
• LanguagePod101
• Lang-8
• WeSpeke (iOS | Android)
• MindSnacks (iOS)
• Heads Up! (iOS | Android)
• TextFugu
• Eto Eto
• WaniKani
• Poe's law
• How to Make the Most of Your Language Class (Ep. 162)
• La Disparition (Original French Edition), by Georges Perec
• La Disparition / A Void (English Edition), by Georges Perec
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
• How I'm Using Twitter To Learn Japanese
• Mr. Ando of the Woods
• International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
• Fluent Forever, by Gabriel Wyner
• Fluent Forever (Gabriel Wyner's website)
• Benny Lewis
• Fluent in 3 Months, by Benny Lewis
• Fluent in 3 months (Benny Lewis's website)
• Reading Faster: The Science Behind What Works... and What Doesn't (Ep. 93)
• Meetup (iOS | Android)
• Ethereum
• CoinDesk
• Forbes
• How to Remember More of What You Learn with Spaced Repetition
• Spacing effect
• Powlyglot - How to Boost Your Vocabulary with OVA
• The Art of Language Invention, by David J. Peterson

Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.

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Timestamps:

• 0:02:41 - Being fluent in a language
• 0:06:39 - Learning the specific sounds of a language
• 0:13:56 - Having something that motivates you and some resource examples
• 0:17:16 - Speaking a language from day one and having conversations
• 0:22:46 - Defining your language goals and the importance of pronunciation
• 0:26:46 - Progressing on learning a language after pronunciation
• 0:33:39 - Creating something in your target language
• 0:36:25 - Being evaluated by native speakers and noticing mistakes
• 0:44:45 - Hiring people to teach you and other ways to practice speaking
• 0:49:52 - Maintaining several languages
• 0:55:16 - Using different resources instead of focusing on a single one
• 1:01:02 - What is Anki and how do you use it?
• 1:09:59 - Recap and conclusion

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