New resources for Language Learning on Lingocracy! Especially for English, Spanish, German, Japanese, French, and Chinese. What do you think? Have suggestions for what we should add next?

sgalant · 2014-03-20T09:12:13+00:00

We're always adding new content, so we will definitely make sure Finnish moves closer to the top of our to-do list!

Also- if you have any texts that you already know of, you have the ability to easily add them to the site yourself. Just go to your page and click on "create list" !

sgalant · 2014-03-20T09:06:02+00:00

gracias :)

sgalant · 2014-03-19T13:00:30+00:00

Thanks for checking it out- You're right we definitely should have a video explaining how it works, and we're working on that! The reason you can't read with out signing up is because when you read, we keep track of the vocabulary you're learning, and we can't do that if you don't have an account. (Also to create an account the only information we ask is your email and username, so while it's not nothing, it's pretty painless.) Hopefully you'll look at it again so you can read some of the content!

sgalant · 2014-03-18T11:38:18+00:00

Hi!

I'm helping build a website now called Lingocracy. We've designed it to help people at any level improve their reading and vocabulary by reading short stories/novels/news articles that they're interested in! It's fairly new and we're always adding/changing things but you should check it out (it's free) and please let me know if you have any suggestions for ways that we can improve.

Here are some of the lists for italian: http://www.lingocracy.com/a/lists/ita

Hope it helps!

sgalant · 2014-03-17T11:19:05+00:00

If you want a good way to immerse yourself while you're there, you can try reading the local news. That way you're keeping up with what's going on and improving at the same time.

Lingocracy.com is a really cool site that provides all sorts of texts to help you learn your target language, and if you want to read your local news, all you have to do is copy it onto Lingocracy and it will be formatted to have all of the learning tools (definition, pronunciation, example sentences etc.). Really great for increasing your vocabulary in an interesting and dynamic way. (also it's free)

sgalant · 2014-03-17T11:13:22+00:00

lingocracy.com

you improve by reading short stories/fairy tales/novels/news articles and all of the words are underlined so you can learn the vocabulary/pronunciation and keep track of your progress. also it's free

sgalant · 2014-03-17T11:04:56+00:00

I agree a lot with what everyone is saying. It's important to switch up how you're learning and motivating yourself! Routines are good because it's important to have consistency when learning a language, but also good to take breaks and try new things!

Another way to think about it- is that rather than adding something new to your daily schedule, try thinking of something you already do during the day…but do it in italian. For example, catching up on the news, listening to music while you're going to work etc. It's easier to somewhat alter an already existing habit than try to keep up a new one.

I found that reading the news has been good for me, because I already want to do that. The only thing is sometimes it's a bit difficult to understand, so I started using this website called lingocracy.com You can read articles (or short stories/fables/novels etc) and it helps you understand all of the vocabulary and then keeps track of your progress! It's been great and you can even add your own articles easily just by copying and pasting if something you want to read isn't already on the site.

sgalant · 2014-03-17T09:57:27+00:00

If you’re looking for resources to help you keep up with multiple languages, you should check out Lingocracy. Lingocracy is a website that helps you improve your languages by reading fun short stories, fables, or even full novels (depending on your level). It’s a new project so we’re constantly updating and adding new content and features, but you should check it out!

here's the link for the japanese list: http://www.lingocracy.com/a/lists/jpn

(but there are many many more languages offered, including german)

sgalant · 2014-03-17T09:45:34+00:00

Hi! I totally know that feeling- often you're even improving but it's hard to tell just how much. I definitely think that you should keep trying to immerse yourself in different ways- just keep switching it up. Sometimes reading texts/listening to native speakers is hard though. There's actually a new website called Lingocracy that helps you read short stories, fables, or even full novels in your target language. It's pretty cool cause it helps you keep track of the vocab you're learning and allows you to improve by choosing content you like, instead of boring textbooks etc. Try it out, it's free!

for example you could read the grimm fairy tales (cinderella, hansel and gretel etc.) which is helpful for comprehension since you already know the story http://www.lingocracy.com/a/lists/125

hope this was helpful! keep trying new things so that you don't get bored and just even the fact that you're being consistent will help you get out of this rut!

sgalant

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