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⌈ Secret Post #3226 ⌋

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[Animal Crossing]


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[Steven Universe]


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[Excess Baggage]


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[Sue Perkins]


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[Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans]


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Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm trying to learn... well, a few languages. Anyone have any good language learning resources? I'm trying to learn Norwegian in particular, which is a little more unusual and I don't think there are as many resources out there as there are, say, Spanish. But what kind of recommendations do you have? Whether free online, or if you've had good experiences with something you've paid money for.

I'm also trying to learn two dead languages: Latin, which isn't too hard to find resources for (though I think I might invest in a summer school somewhere, recommendations please if anyone has them) and... Old Norse. Which I can hardly find anything for. If anyone has any dead language tips, I'd appreciate them too! :)

What languages do you guys study, and how do you do it?

Re: Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

I used to study French on Duolingo, but I fell out of it when I was without computer access for awhile.

Re: Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

Duolingo! I think they've gotten Norwegian on there now for English speakers.

Can't help you with Latin or Old Norse, other than the fact that you might want to look at Icelandic as that is the closest you're going to get to it with languages that are still in use. Norwegian may help you there as well, though Icelandic is much closer.

Re: Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

I actually stumbled upon an Icelandic resource on Reddit just so. I'm on my iPad, so I haven't check it out myself (as copying links are a pain in the ass sometimes):


The University of Reykjavik offers a free full Icelandic language course on their site, if anyone's interested in trying to learn! The structure is very simple and easy to pick up. Granted, I haven't made it terribly far, but it's a great resource.

http://en.ru.is/icelandic-courses/

Re: Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the rec, I've started Norwegian on Duolingo! As a free program it's awesome... though I'm having some trouble understanding the Robot voice, especially when I'm trying to learn how to pronounce sounds or sound natural. But it's definitely better than nothing!

I did figure that Icelandic was the best way to go for Old Norse, but there just seem to be so few opportunities to learn it because it's such a... tiny? language.

Re: Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

For live languages, try as many resources as you can find. Use several kinds. Don't forget about watching/reading media written in that language you want (for a beginner, find a TV show with English subtitles). You need to get used to the language. Also, apps are great to start and fun but they can only take you so far - and that's not far at all. Get actual book courses and grammars. I haven't tried it, but people praise Italki as a way to practice with natives.

Re: Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[philstar22]

I'm doing pretty well learning Spanish with Duolingo.

Re: Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

duolingo really works if you stick to it and put the effort in. i've been using it for german for a year and i've learned a ton.

Re: Best way to learn languages when you aren't in college anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

Ditto Duolingo, especially since you can get it as an app Iphone.

Also, search for language learning apps. From itunes, I would recommend the free app Learn ___ by MindSnacks as it is excellent for vocabulary. They teach Spanish, French, Italian, Madarin Chinese, German, Japanese and Porgugese. And it is a LOT of vocabulary: 50 lists of 10-20 words each.

The app has 8 different games that gradually unlock for you to play. They're simple, but challenging, fun and addictive, as it really motivates you by requiring you to get a "mastery" of all the words in the list before you can get the next list as well as mini goals and leveling up.

Plus: for languages that have different writing systems you can chose which one you want. Example: for Japanese you can have the Japanese words show up in romaji, kana, or kanji. I also really like that you can go into a review mode for any particular set of words.