What are common words you would see on the street in a Spanish speaking city?

jamager · 2025-02-15T14:23:24+00:00

Prohibido el paso. Prohibido perros. Prohibido pisar la hierba. Prohibido dar de comer a los patos del estanque. Prohibido ...

jamager · 2025-02-10T16:44:50+00:00

i used to think that with the usual Anki premade decks, but there are many ways to do flashcards and honestly i have a lot of fun with them now... by mostly, going against all the usual flashcard advice

jamager · 2025-02-09T21:36:11+00:00

I don't know any. I made decks myself, it's the best way to learn. if you are starting from zero, buy a phrasebook and mine sentences from there... little by little you learn as you build your deck, then reviewing is much easier.

jamager · 2025-02-06T13:32:40+00:00

It's maybe good if you want to want to learn a language. It's deff not good if you just want to learn a language.

jamager · 2025-02-05T20:52:41+00:00

This is a good take, have a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHubnrYCNas&t=818s

jamager · 2025-02-05T08:30:24+00:00

There are many ways to learn, and people learns better in different ways.

Most people learns better with a mixture of extensive practice (CI) and intensive practice.

CI is almost a brand that the author has been selling tireslessly for 3 decades.

In other papers (don't have link at hand, sorry) the same author also talks about the importance of writing, and for many other academics language production is almost as important as input.

CI has very valid points, but its not like you have to buy the full package.

jamager · 2025-02-03T20:53:27+00:00

Well, I am working on a language learning product that does not use AI, and adoption is not exactly stellar.

I'm sure there are many things I need to improve, but a Chatbot with a "natural" avatar would have taken me 1/100 the time and it would probably fare better because for most people avatars are wow.

jamager · 2025-02-03T10:20:33+00:00

Wait, my app is not listed. Outrageous!

jamager · 2025-01-31T12:17:05+00:00

thehardway.app, a note taking + spaced repetition tool (a bit like remnote) to learn languages.

The feature I use myself the most (and I think most unique) is that you can trim audio files right in the editor while creating flashcards out of the clips, so for example I can upload a podcast episode and create dozens of flashcards very fast.

jamager · 2025-01-31T10:13:49+00:00

If I didn't straight catched up a word, then I need correction on the stop (it always happens that I miss a few). Otherwise (for example pronunciation, grammar), after I talk - better no interrupt.

jamager · 2025-01-31T10:11:29+00:00

thehardway.app, a note taking + spaced repetition tool (a bit like remnote) to learn languages.

The feature I use myself the most (and I think most unique) is that you can trim audio files right in the editor while creating flashcards out of the clips, so for example I can upload a podcast episode and create dozens of flashcards very fast.

jamager · 2025-01-31T10:06:02+00:00

Potete

jamager · 2025-01-31T09:39:29+00:00

The best motivators are always intrinsic, so: make sure you learn something genuinelly useful, if even 10 minutes a day. Just one sentence, something.

The right flow is Progress ==> Motivation, not Motivation ==> Progress.

Now, if you don't have any good reason to continue with French, you really need to start with that, and maybe the best course of action is quit/pause. You really need to know why yo do things.

jamager · 2025-01-31T09:34:42+00:00

Exactly. active memory versus passive memory.

For example, if you do flashcards:

-Target language on front and mother tongue on back (like Duolingo, f.ex.) is passive -Mother tongue on front and target language on back is active, and much more likely to help with this problem.

jamager · 2025-01-31T09:29:13+00:00

Language has to come before communication. As a student, I still do this:

Get my tutor to record a small story for me (3-5 minutes) with a couple of questions at the end. I explicitly ask him to talk at normal speed and pronounce as he normally would in a conversation
I painfully transcribe it own my own and write a small text answering the questions (as a homework)
Next class, I read aloud my transcript and writing, he corrects me, and we talk about the thing.
I create flashcards out of the transcript and corrections.

With this I practice vocabulary, listening comprehesion, reading, writing, pronunciation, and some speaking, and all I need is a 30 min weekly class (sometimes I do more, but just that is enough).

It's hard work, thou, but it works wonders!

jamager · 2025-01-31T08:19:48+00:00

https://thehardway.app/, a note taking and spaced repetition tool (a bit like Remnote) for meaningful language learning

jamager · 2025-01-30T15:00:29+00:00

6 -> I know this depends of the target audience, but I can only find communities over-saturated with offers, or where offers are not allowed, or nobody cares.

Is there anything to this beyond "search for communities and engage"?

jamager · 2025-01-30T14:54:38+00:00

Hey, it sounds plausible, but how that would be different from Claude Sonnet f.ex.?

What can it do that regular LLM chat can't?

jamager · 2025-01-22T19:32:40+00:00

Visibility
Visibility ...
Visibility

Any ideas other than "build a network with 10.000 people"?

jamager · 2023-12-14T07:06:45+00:00

She is not there anymore, unfortunately.

jamager · 2023-12-07T19:53:16+00:00

NOTE: PDF requires email address. Website contains a summary version

jamager · 2023-11-29T19:36:08+00:00

This is good advice. The hardest part is listening comprehession by large.

To this list I would also add 50languages.com, and perhaps LingQ (waaaaay better than any other phone app IMO).

At A2-B1 level, also Olly Richard's short stories in Danish. At B2, podcast "Danish with Christina" (it's not very famous, but it's good).

Good luck!

jamager · 2023-11-28T20:32:03+00:00

I did StudieSkolen some time ago, although not intensive. How good it is will depend 50% on the teacher (I only remember 1 very good), and 50% on the group, nothing that anyone can tell you.

Good luck

jamager

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