hello hello hellooooo! (or bonjour bonjour bonjouuuur, I must say!)
okay, i’ve had a few messages about learning French soooo I’ve created this masterpost on studying foreign languages! I’ve been learning the French language since I was four and I am now studying French at Higher level and hope this post helps a lot of you!
please note!!!!!!: like any other skill, it takes a lot of dedication and effort to learn a language. it won’t be easy but if you practice a little everyday you will be totally fine!! i’m here if anyone needs a hand x
reasons to learn another wonderful language
∙ you make lovely friends when u go abroad
∙ it’s like speaking a secret language cause you might be the only one in your friendship group/family that know the language
∙ you can curse under your breath without ur parents knowing??? hahaha bonus
∙ uhhhh it’s fun?
∙ u can get a better job
∙ it makes u feel pretty awesome when you go abroad and understand things
∙ improves your first language (grammar etc. etc. etc.)
∙ gain respect for someone elses culture
∙ u can move/live abroad
∙ the opportunity to do more things abroad with ur extra language skill
∙ there are loads more reasons but it would take up the whole post:)))
so u wanna teach yourself??
∙ bbc languages - choose from 40 languages to self-teach
∙ duolingo - good ole’ duolingo is an amazing smartphone app (and u can use it on ur laptop etc) that lets you teach yourself a language
∙ languages online - more grammar based work on languages that you can do yourself
∙ babbel - online lessons on learning a foreign language - there are 14 to choose from (you get a trial but after that i think you have to pay)
∙ hellotalk - an amazing app on your phone that allows you to speak to people in your target language and you can help them learn English etc. it’s a win win situation guys
∙ 101languages – amazing site. just visit it. okay thank u!
∙ polyglot club – meet people just like u who are wanting to learn language!! fun right???
∙ youtube – there are loaaaaads of channels on youtube which help you to learn a language. check out some of these :)))
∙ digital dialects – games based activities for over 70+ languages to choose from to begin learning
∙ forvo – basically this is a dictionary but it pronounces the words for u
∙ lyrics training – this is mainly European languages but you are to fill in the gaps from songs :))
∙ babadum – one of my favourite websites! You can pick and choose which languages you learn, it’s great
∙ livemocha – you can learn and teach people languages
∙ memrise – a fun way to learn vocab
specific languages
- spanish
∙ udemy – learn spanish (beginners)
∙ spanishdict
∙ mi vida loca – spanish course for beginners – it’s pretty good!
∙ spanish with paul (youtuber)
∙ fluencia
∙ spanish radio stations
- french
∙ bonjour – learn french using this site!! it’s brilllll
∙ francolab
∙ français interactif
∙ vogue – read the French edition of Vogue for reading practice
∙ comme le francais (youtuber) – I watch these videos regularly! They are so helpful with grammar and vocab
∙ ls french
∙ french radio stations
- german
∙ deutsch lernen- online lessons on German
∙ der die das – phone app which helps you learn noun genders
∙ mission berlin - german adventure game which helps with vocab
∙ german connection – kids vocab games
∙ germanpod101
∙ german (duolingo) – everyoneeee knows duolingo, its basically a handy little app that lets u learn loads of languages
- russian
∙ russian lessons – videos and activities on learning all things russian
∙ dictionary (russian)
∙ quizlet – revision, games, flashcards and tests on russian
∙ master russian - various activities/topics in russian
∙ bbc: a guide to russian – website to teach you the basics of russian
∙ learn russian
- chinese
∙ mandarin lessons –audio clips provided to help u learn chinese??
∙ bbc: learn chinese – website to teach you the basics of chinese/mandarin?? (sorry I don’t speak it)
∙ chinese tools
∙ digital dialects (Chinese) – vocab games
∙ hello world – games to help you learn mandarin
- arabic
∙ my easy arabic - learn basic Arabic (including alphabet and vocab)
∙ salaam arabic – beginner or intermediate levels of learning :)))
∙ madinah arabic – online courses in Arabic! They also offer a free 1-hour tutoring session via. Skype
∙ Haliae’s Arabic masterpost - @rockinspired.tumblr.com
other language masterposts
∙ areistotle - omg i am in love with basically all her masterposts but this is her ‘foreign language learning’ one, it is fab-u-lous!
∙ z-co - this is a masterpost and a half!!
∙ romancing the languages – variety of language resources can be found here!!
∙ language adventurer – maaaaaassiiiiiive language resources masterpost :)))))) I loooove this!
∙ les langues sont ma vie – masterpost of helpful websites to use when studying languages! it is huuuuuge
extras??? Who doesn’t love those??
· aesthetically pleasing notes- rewrite notes as revision and make them pretty. it makes them easier to read/come back to
· listen to the radio (in your target language) – to listen to French, I personally listen to Ado FM (it has the right balance between English and French music/speech)
· take a break – learning a language takes time remember!! u r constantly learning so chill out sometimes :))
∙ word reference – rather than using Google Translate, try using this app because it tends to be more accurate and requires you to put in a little bit more effort. like a dictionary, only its electronic??? if that makes sense
[ If you need a study buddy or just someone to talk to, give me a message or ask and I’ll help u out!! ]
