Whats the best way to deep dive into learning a language without apps?

Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨kaspa@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

I’m open to the suggestion of textbooks but I find it really intense just focusing on it or my interest goes down eventually, maybe textbooks with a combo of something else too, any suggestions?

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throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Move to a new country.

Source: That’s how I learned English.

(You asked for “best” way, not “the best practical way” 😉)

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- abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Technically the truth. I learned to talk with a proper Irish accent within a couple months. 15 years later there’s nothing left of that, but for a brief moment in history I was cool.
  
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gramie@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Try Language Transfer. I can’t recommend it highly enough. It is just a set of MP3 files that you listen to. The teacher explains something to the student, and the student tries it out.

It sounds silly, but it works really well, and it is the best language resource I’ve ever used.

You can use them through SoundCloud (downloadable MP3s), YouTube, or with the simple but very effective app.

It’s all free, although you are welcome to support the project with donations. I have been making a monthly donation for several years now.

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Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
If there’s a local community / cultural center, they probably offer classes or even immersion. My local mutual aid society has Spanish-immersion craft night once a week.

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cattywampas@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Watch TV in that language.

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- nomecks@lemmy.wtf ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Children’s shows
  
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  - griff@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    soap operas, religious programming
    
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- griff@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  especially if captions/subtitles are available
  
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ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Comprehensible input! Start with simple content in that language you’re trying to learn, without any use of languages you understand. And then try and actively understand what you’re hearing, and work out how it all fits together!

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It might be best to start with some basic grammar, phonetics, and vocab, especially with some languages, but comprehensible input is really the only right answer here.
  
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Libra@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ve been on the internet for a long time and met lots of people from around the world, and one thing I hear a lot is that many of them learned English by watching American TV. Some of those folks speak better English than I do as a native, so maybe there’s something to it? Though they mostly did it as kids and for years and years, so maybe that’s not practical.

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- kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨38⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  This is the Comprehensible Input method
  
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yesman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You can find podcasts called “slow news” or something like that where they present the days news in the language your learning but take care to speak slowly and enunciate.

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- NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Good suggestion! Searching for “slow news (language)” worked for me.
  
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Regna@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Tv, short form media, game shows or even ridiculous things like kids shows. Is there e.g. a similar show to Taskmaster (or some similar show in your more familiar language) in that language. You will not understand all the entendres but will see a different kind of language structure that isn’t as linear as news, series or movies might have.

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griff@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
comics & graphic novels

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