5 Tips to Reach Intermediate Level in 34 Languages
Are you feeling confident as a beginner-level language learner?
Are you ready to move up to the intermediate level?
Here are some tips to help you make that leap and advance your language learning progress.
Afrikaans Arabic Bulgarian Cantonese
Chinese Czech Danish Dutch English
Filipino Finnish French German Greek
Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian
Japanese Korean Norwegian Persian Polish
Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swahili
Swedish Thai Turkish Urdu Vietnamese
1: Determine Your Skill Level
It’s important to look across your skills in the major language competencies: Listening, speaking, writing, and reading. By taking our level assessment test, you can review your skills in each competency and see your strengths and weaknesses. Keep in mind it's normal to be better in some skills than others.
Premium PLUS users can take our level assessment test and get personalized recommendations and learning pathways based on your results. Once you’ve figured out which skills need work, it’s time to take action.
No matter which of your language skills need to be improved, make sure you choose a method that’s both effective and fun to help maintain your regular learning routine.
2: Listening
The most effective way to build your listening comprehension is by building a strong vocabulary. The more vocabulary you master, the easier it will be to understand the context and details of the conversation.
Songs in the target language are a key listening tool that will teach you common, everyday vocabulary. By learning and memorizing the lyrics, you are building up your vocabulary.
If you really want your listening skills to take off, listen to our podcasts. We have hundreds of hours of audio lessons for you to listen to. Before you know it, you’ll be able to understand shows and movies!
3: Speaking
Add speaking elements to your language routine. Try “shadowing” podcasts, repeating along while you listen.
Match the native speaker's pronunciation and intonation. This is a fantastic way to improve your fluency and accuracy. You can also find a partner for conversation exchange. A partner can help correct your mistakes and teach you more natural ways to phrase your ideas.
4: Writing
An easy way to start writing more often is by keeping a one-sentence journal. Write one sentence in a journal every day. It does not take a lot of time, and is a great habit for beginners to build a routine.
You have to be consistent to make improvements! Ask native speakers to correct your writing to improve even faster! You can submit sentences and phrases to your teacher using Premium PLUS.
5: Reading
Reading is a skill you can improve by yourself.
There's no need to rush. It doesn’t matter if you read 1 or 100 pages at a time. What matters is that you understand what you read.
Write down new words as you read them to practice later. If there is an audio version, read along with the narrator. It will help you read at a slightly faster speed than normal. You can use the audio that comes with each of our lessons.
Bonus Tip: Never Give Up
Where do your language skills currently stand? Where do you want them to be? How do you get there?
Whatever your goal is, make it clear and part of your life. You’ll reach it if you stay focused and positive.
And if you really want your skills to take off, make use of our tools and resources.
They are designed to help you get to the next level in the fastest, easiest and most fun way! Just click the link in the description to sign up for a FREE lifetime account.
Take your language learning to the next level and if you need help setting up goals a schedule and routine, Pick a language below and download the “ULTIMATE GUIDE TO LEARNING A LANGUAGE”:
Afrikaans Arabic Bulgarian Cantonese
Chinese Czech Danish Dutch English
Filipino Finnish French German Greek
Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian
Japanese Korean Norwegian Persian Polish
Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swahili
Swedish Thai Turkish Urdu Vietnamese
1. Listen and read along to understand Japanese better.
2. Record your voice and compare your pronunciation with native Japanese speakers.
3. Download dialog tracks and listen to the Japanese conversations.
4. Repeat the phrases that you hear out loud again and again.
5. Review old lessons to master them completely.
6. Improve your listening skills by reviewing each line of the conversation with the Line-by-Line Audio tool.
7. Stay motivated by tracking your learning progress with the Dashboard.
8. Read lines slowly at first. Then re-read and increase your speed.
9. Set small and measurable learning goals with a deadline.
10. Try harder lessons to challenge yourself and improve faster.
Benefits (& risks) of dating in a foreign language! + tips to make it work
Being able to speak freely with native speakers is an amazing ability in itself, but being able to speak freely to a whole new group of people opens you up to possible new relationships.
Most people don’t realize that spending the time to build relationships in a foreign language can actually help you improve your language skills dramatically.
Afrikaans Arabic Bulgarian Cantonese
Chinese Czech Danish Dutch English
Filipino Finnish French German Greek
Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian
Japanese Korean Norwegian Persian Polish
Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swahili
Swedish Thai Turkish Urdu Vietnamese
1. Benefits of dating in a foreign language
First, It’s motivational
One of the greatest struggles for anyone learning a second language is motivation. Nine times out of ten, learners start out their language learning journey with loads of enthusiasm; only to see it gradually wane over time. Try as they may it’s difficult to maintain the spark they once shared with their new language.
So why not borrow energy from a different part of your life?
When you make relationships with people in your target language all the excitement of a new relationship carries directly over into your learning.
Second, It makes language learning practical
Studying vocabulary and grammar is a vital part of language learning whether you use a podcast, textbook, app, or find yourself in a classroom. However, as great as studying is, a language really only starts to come alive once you start using it in everyday life.
Building relationships with native speakers will give you the chance to talk in your target language often. Furthermore it will be in a way that feels natural. You’ll learn words in the context, which is hugely important.
Third, It's fun.
One of the greatest benefits is that it allows you practice without having it feel like practice.
Often times you’ll find yourself so wrapped up in the conversation that you forget you’re using a foreign language. This takes a lot of the pressure off, and helps you focus on communication over trying to speak absolutely perfectly.
You also get to learn about a whole new culture from your partner or friends so you are not only learning language skills but also about the cultures that surround your target language.
2. The risks of dating in a foreign language
First, It’s easy to miscommunicate
When it comes to relationships, people can easily misunderstand each other. So it can be hard when building relationships in your target language when you or your partner's lack of ability in each other’s respective native tongue can lead to miscommunications that would otherwise be avoidable.
Second, Your language skills could suffer if your relationships don't work out
If all your language practice is wrapped in one person, and your relationship with that person doesn’t work out, then your language learning could take a huge hit. So it's best not to put all your hopes for language growth on one area, relationship or otherwise. You don't want to risk losing motivation, so try to find it in many different areas.
3. An idea for building relationships in a foreign language
Make Games out of getting to know one another
Sometimes opening up in any relationship can be hard. Add in the added struggle of a new language and it can feel impossible to share your true feelings with others.
So instead of trying to take first interactions so seriously and talking about the usual things like the weather or work, try to ask new interesting questions.
Try to figure out what the other person's hobbies are without asking directly. Or what kind of job they have. This will give you a chance to stretch your language skills in a new way and you will probably get some funny answers out of it too. Being comfortable being silly or making language mistakes is a great way to bond with someone even if you have just met.
Relationships in a foreign language have a lot more benefits to offer than it does drawbacks. Don't be scared to open up to people and make mistakes.
And for even more help to build relationships in your target language, check out our complete language learning program. Sign up for your free lifetime account by clicking on the links above.
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This is the perfect time to be grateful about the people around us, especially those that are sacrificing their safety to help us live a normal life.
Here are 12 common ways to say “Thank you” in 34 Languages. Pick your favorite language below & share how grateful you are to your friends and people across the world.
Learning a new language provides a wide range of benefits including personal growth, higher cognitive function, better resistance to age-related deterioration, and the opportunity to meet exciting new people from all over the world. But that’s not all, it’s possible that learning a new language can help you earn more money throughout your life.
Can learning a new language help you make money?
Read 3 ways that learning a language can help increase your income, Choose a language below
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Chinese Czech Danish Dutch English
Filipino Finnish French German Greek
Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian
Japanese Korean Norwegian Persian Polish
Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swahili
Swedish Thai Turkish Urdu Vietnamese
1. Explore bilingual or multilingual job opportunities.
With the rise of multinational corporations doing business all around the globe, the need for bilingual or even multilingual employees has never been higher. Therefore, knowing a second language can be extremely valuable. Having a second language skillset could help you make significantly more money than if you are only fluent in one language. So in a very real way, learning a language online, even for free, can alter your career and earnings trajectory for the better, and it can help put you on the path towards a lifestyle that you want.
2. Explore work you can do from home in your second language.
It is possible to use your knowledge of a second language to work from home. There are many websites that have 100’s of paying translation jobs at any given time. Although the pay may vary significantly between jobs and you probably won’t actually become rich from such work, the translation jobs can boost your salary and improve your lifestyle. And translation jobs aren’t the only way to make money online from home, there are actually a wide range of opportunities out there for people to boost their income using their knowledge of a second language, these include copywriting, Administrative works, and even multilingual IT jobs.
3. Work overseas.
If you love adventure or want to travel the world, you can put your language knowledge to use by taking advantage of bilingual or multilingual opportunities overseas. Put what you’ve learned into the real world, combine your second language skills with the other skills you have, and offer something special to employers.
To start, think about a country where you might like to live someday and begin your language studies with the language spoken in that country. With diligent work you can master a language and secure a position with an overseas company. These are just a few of the ways you can put your knowledge of another language to use and make some extra money with your skills. Overtime, this added income can make a huge difference in your life!
Our language learning program provides a number of free language learning tools and resources as part of our free lifetime account, you can use these to get started with your language learning and begin working towards boosting your income throughout your life.
So if you're ready to finally learn a new language the fast, fun, and easy way, sign up for your free lifetime account by clicking on the links in above. Signing up takes less than 30 seconds, and you’ll start speaking from your very first lesson!