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up to the intermediate level here are

some tips to help you make that leap and

advance your language learning progress

tip number one 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 tip number two listening the

most effective way to build your

listening comprehension is by building a

strong vocabulary the more vocabulary 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’re 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 tip number

three speaking add speaking elements to

your language routine try shadowing

podcasts repeating along while you

listen match the native speakers

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

tip number four writing an easy way to

start writing more often is by keeping a

one-sentence

Journal right one sentence in a journal

every day it doesn’t 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 tip number five

reading reading is a skill you can

improve by yourself there’s no need to

rush it doesn’t matter if you read one

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’s an audio

version read along with the narrator

it’ll 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 technology meets technique

the 7 tested timeless ways to learn a

language what’s the best way to learn a

language when you first started learning

the language you probably thought about

this there are a ton of study methods

but did they all work and are they worth

your time in today’s episode you’re

going to learn number one the 7 tested

learning techniques and number 2 the

technologies that you can use for each

one

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let’s jump into today’s topic technology

meets technique the seven tested

timeless ways to learn a language so for

each of the seven you get a learning

technique and the technology this

technology will help you learn how to

apply the technique these learning

methods and tools will help you get

fluent faster guaranteed all right

the first learning technique here is

having talking points and the technology

for it vocabulary lists so one big

problem most beginners have is you run

out of things to say your vocabulary is

limited you can’t talk about your

interests and you can’t last long in a

conversation and the solution talking

points or topics to talk about like

whether food or hobbies just imagine a

conversation you start with greetings

you move on to what you did over the

weekend weekend

that’s one talking point you went to a

restaurant that’s another talking point

you can explore if you know all the

words and phrases for these points you

can speak more of the language so how do

you build a list of talking points use

our free vocab lists our vocab lists

give you all of the relevant words and

phrases for specific topics sports

travel food hobbies holidays daily

routines if you want to talk about food

pull up the relevant vocab lists and

you’ll quickly learn all the necessary

words phrases and questions now you can

use food as a talking point in a

conversation then you can jump over to

weather or sports the more talking

points you have the more you’ll be able

to speak number two shadowing a powerful

way to speak more of the language the

technology here is the line by line

dialogue shadowing is simply repeating

what you hear you can apply this

technique with any resource that has

audio but if you’re using our lessons

listen to a lesson dialogue read along

and try to read out loud and shadow the

native speaker this is a proven

technique that will seriously improve

your speaking and the line-by-line

dialogue tool makes it easy for you to

listen and shadow one line at a

I’m this way you’re not overwhelmed by a

fast native level conversation okay

technique number three building your own

language profile the technology you’ll

want for this is the word bank first

what’s a language profile a language

profile is your personal list of words

and phrases that are relevant to you

what do I mean by that let’s say you’re

20 years old you’ll want to talk about

school your life your goals your weekend

plans you’ll want to learn slang and if

you’re 40 you don’t want to talk about

school right you may want to talk about

your kids

your work and vacations so a language

learning profile is a list of words and

phrases relevant to you your age where

you’re from your culture your interests

and your passions if you’re passionate

about baseball then your profile would

have a list of words and phrases about

the sport so how do you build a profile

if you’re using our site use the word

bank this is your personal collection of

words when you come across new words or

phrases in our lessons or vocab lists

you can save them to the word Bank and

the result is you have a collection of

words and phrases that match your

interests and lifestyle your language

learning profile number four spaced

repetition learning a great way to learn

new words fast the technology that helps

you apply this method is flashcards but

first what spaced repetition learning

imagine you’re sitting in front of a

teacher they’re quizzing you on

vocabulary by showing you flashcards

with the word on the front and the

answer on the back if you don’t know a

word you’ll see it again today and

tomorrow

and again and again until you get it

right but if you get it right you’ll see

it maybe in four days then seven days

then in 14 days that’s how spaced

repetition works you review words over a

spaced amount of time so you never

forget them this is a powerful method

for memorizing new vocab and phrases but

you don’t have to sort words and force

yourself to review it later dates that’s

where the technology comes in the

flashcards if you’re using our website

just head over to our space repetition

of flashcards to take advantage of this

learning method

the fifth technique focus on the high

frequency words or the most common words

first the technology the mm core word

lists a list of the mm must know words

and phrases so why is this technique

powerful well the fact is there are tons

of words out there that you don’t need

to know if you’re a beginner you need to

learn hello and how are you and not

random words like aardvark and cement

and with the mm core word list you get

2,000 carefully selected words and

phrases broken down by category and this

is more than enough for conversational

fluency you can learn the top 100 words

first then the top 200 300 and so on

until you know them all remember you can

use flashcards or the word bank to study

them number six

learning with timely relevant and

cultural lessons the technology the free

daily dose of language app for the

iPhone iPad and Android let’s say today

is a holiday like Valentine’s Day or

something seasonal like the start of

spring something everyone knows and

talks about can you talk about it in

your target language the truth is most

learners can’t they’re not getting

timely relevant lessons from their

textbooks or apps but with a daily dose

of language app you get timely lessons

holiday lessons and cultural lessons to

improve your language and if you can

talk to a native speaker about a holiday

or a cultural point you’re making some

serious language progress

what makes this tool so powerful is that

it also keeps you on track with daily

reminders you can download our daily

dose of language app for free on the

site or search for it on the App Store

or Google Play

all right the 7th technique is getting

feedback from a native the technology

one-on-one learning with your Premium

Plus teacher so without a doubt getting

feedback and corrections is the best

language practice you can get if you

have a Premium Plus plan you can send

questions have casual exchanges or just

practice with your teacher

they’ll send corrections and feedback so

that you’re always improving your

teacher will also send you a

assignments and they’ll hold you

accountable you can also record yourself

and your teacher will do a voice

analysis they’ll tell you just how close

you are to a native speaker and how to

improve here are our top five review

tactics number one listen to examples

over and over again by listening closely

and often you start to pick up the

rhythm of a language as well as correct

pronunciation from a native speaker use

our line by line feature that lets you

both listen and read along use this tool

to practice as much as possible

number two use our voice recording tool

to master perfect pronunciation record

yourself and compare it against the

native speaker if you sound different

then repeat after the native speaker

until you’re able to match them use our

voice recording feature which makes

recording super easy

number three master your recorded

conversations record conversations and

go over them again and again master

entire conversations and repeat them

line by line use any of the dialogues

available for download on our website

these come with transcripts of the

entire conversation number four use

mobile devices to reinforce previously

learned conversations constant review is

the best way to progress in your

language studies download the recorded

dialogue to your mobile device and

incorporate it into your music playlist

quick reviews throughout the day

effectively reinforce what you’ve

learned number five

read with line by line notes read along

with a native speaker to really master

pronunciation and natural intonation you

should start slow at first then slowly

increase your speed your pronunciation

will become more natural you will also

see that your ability to understand

fluent speakers will greatly increase 21

ways to break your routine and master a

language you’re going to learn one the

importance of taking a break two how to

update your language learning routine

and 321

ways to break your learning routine if

you’ve ever felt like you’re not making

any learning progress or are in a rut

then this is for you

it’s time to break your routine you’ll

find out how in just a second

21 ways to break your routine and master

a language so have you ever felt like

you were in a language learning rut you

have a routine going you’re studying but

you’re not really pushing the needle on

your progress so what should you do

let’s jump into the first part part 1

the importance of taking a break so

before you quit learning languages

completely you should just take a day or

two off why well there’s a good reason

why many cultures rest for one or two

days out of the week it’s why we go on

vacations why we take days off we need

time to recharge our batteries because

language learning is work it’s nonstop

dedication to one of many goals you have

in your life right you have other things

in mind bills relationships work school

vacations so first if you feel like

you’re in a rut take a break for a day

or two do something else and let your

brain rest the next step

update your current language learning

routine part 2 how to update your

language learning routine what do I mean

by that I mean do something completely

different with your language learning do

something you enjoy and there are two

ways you can update your routine first

do something new within the specific

skill you’re working on for example if

you like reading and want to continue

reading change the resource put down the

textbook and try a comic or our easy

extensive reading books on the website

the second way is to change it up

completely if you’re focusing on grammar

stop that and switch over to something

else like practicing your listening with

audio lessons or podcasts the point here

is you break a routine you’re tired of

and you do something else something you

enjoy but you’re still learning the

language

the result is you don’t burn out you

have something new to look forward to

and you’re still taking action on your

language goal so right now you might be

thinking okay I want to break my routine

what else can I do

let’s get into the third part 21 ways to

break your learning routine

key here is to do something new and fun

or at least something that’s easy enough

so that you’re not overwhelmed and for

that you need some new resources and

study tools so here are 21 examples but

if you have more approaches leave a

comment these are just suggestions and

you need to find out what works for you

okay if you’re focusing on vocabulary

set small goals learn just five words a

day that’s it

sign up for our free word of the day

emails you learn one new word a day

every day learn words and phrases with

our free vocabulary lists these cover

all kinds of topics seasons holidays and

common phrases use spaced repetition

flashcards to drill words or if you’re

listening to music or watching a show or

a youtube video make it a goal to write

down five words you don’t know for

grammar listen to our audio lessons with

every lesson conversation you’ll learn

the grammar rules for the lines used in

the conversation it’s a lot easier to

hear grammar in action than to read

about the rule look up example sentences

using that specific grammar rule again

it’s better to learn from multiple

examples and see the rules in action get

a grammar workbook and drill through the

problems for speaking try and talk to

yourself say what you’re doing out loud

read out loud you can do this with any

reading resource including our lessons

shadow which you hear if you’ve heard

this tactic before there’s a good reason

why you’re hearing about it again

because it works and if you’re not doing

it you’re missing out for listening this

is the easiest skill to practice just

watch a YouTube lesson you can also look

up songs and TV show clips listen to our

audio lessons on the site immerse

yourself download our dialogue tracks

that give you just the conversation in

the language and play them on repeat for

writing make it a goal to write one or

two sentences about your day or simply

copy out text from elsewhere whether our

lesson or a social media post you saw

you can also write down all the new

words you learn today finally for

reading it’s a bit tough to find an

easier more fun routine but try these

read along as you listen to the audio

so you’ll need a resource that gives you

text and audio the audio will make it

easier for you to follow along you can

easily do this with our audio lessons

try kids books or comics in your target

language try our extensive reading

practice books these are easy one line

of page books that are designed to get

you reading fast or find a book about a

topic you’re interested in or a book you

read before in your native language then

try reading it in your target language

again the point is if you feel that

you’re in a language learning rut the

best thing to do is take a break and

then do something new something easier

something that’s fun

now what’s fun is really up to you as a

person you just learned a whole bunch of

ways to learn but if you have more

approaches please leave a comment these

are just suggestions and you need to

find out what works for you here are the

top five shortcuts to learning a

language number one create a study

schedule and set some goals many

language learners are unorganized

creating a schedule allows you to free

up time to study consistently goals give

you motivation and something to strive

for

number two make it fun if you learn how

to make your study time enjoyable

chances are you’ll be more inclined to

study watch a TV show with subtitles or

listen to some music number three find a

language partner this is the best way to

improve your conversation skills it will

help you gain fluency even faster and

increase confidence when speaking number

four use word lists to build up a solid

vocabulary this is a great way to build

up your fluency one word at a time

luckily we have all the word lists you

need with a range of topics from food to

love choose whichever language you want

to study and go number five don’t be

afraid to make mistakes

nothing helps you improve more than

correcting your own errors you’re more

likely to remember it correctly the next

time around everyone makes mistakes

don’t be afraid to learn from them when

learning a new language we sometimes

have a hard time with things like

procrastination discouragement or

failure but don’t panic with a good

strategy you’ll be able to overcome

these difficulties are you ready to

discover the four habits of successful

learners number one optimise your time

when learning a language it’s important

to dedicate time peer studies regularly

even if sometimes it’s difficult you’re

busy with school work family or friends

but you can spread out your learning

throughout the day study whenever you

have small gaps of time in your busy

schedule this can be when you’re on the

Metro on your lunch break or while

you’re exercising our podcast learning

format fits perfectly into your tight

schedule

number two consistency with your chosen

method there are a lot of options when

it comes to courses and learning

materials switching from one method to

another can confuse you and disrupt your

progress focusing on one learning method

will make a difference our method has

been created and optimized by real

teachers so you can stick to it with

confidence number three use your

language background many languages share

some commonalities you can find words

that look or sound similar or even share

the same grammar structure a little bit

of language background will give you an

edge while learning number four study

continuously people are excited when

they start learning a new language the

enthusiasm usually lasts until the first

roadblock this can lead to

discouragement and procrastination but

don’t burn yourself out learning a

language is a marathon not a sprint

don’t try to learn it all at once break

things down into more digestible chunks

learning step by step might feel slow

but it’s an efficient way to learn a

language with patience motivation and

good resources you’ll master the

language remember you can’t learn a

language overnight but with motivation

and these daily lessons you’ll be on the

road to fluency these are four methods

to help you think in a new language

number one surround yourself with your

target language this way you’ll be

completely immersed in the language

without realizing it

you’ll learn pronunciation sentence

structures grammar and new vocabulary

play music in the background while

you’re cooking or have a radio station

on while you study just use one of our

endless podcasts available to you these

are easy to listen to in the background

while doing other things number two

learn through observation this is how we

all learned our native languages as kids

words will develop their own meanings

that relate better to your target

language rather than meanings that are

translated directly number three

speak out loud to yourself even if

you’re a little embarrassed it forces

you to listen to how you speak it makes

it much easier to spot simple grammar

mistakes

number four practice daily if you

practice everything for only one day you

won’t retain the information you learned

the brain can realistically only focus

for about 30 minutes so studying a

little every day allows you to absorb

better learning a language using PDF

lessons is convenient efficient and can

help you cut your studying time nearly

in half many people give up on their

dream of learning a second language

because traditional classroom

instruction is too much of a hassle

between getting to class studying on

someone else’s schedule and just the

sheer expense of the books and tuition

traditional learning can be tough many

people simply give up online classes are

an option but sometimes limited data

plans can derail the dream of learning a

new language fortunately there is a

solution learning language using PDF

lesson notes let’s take a closer look at

how studying language lessons in PDF

format can help you reach your dream in

about half the time of normal video or

audio lessons first print all lessons

and PDF tools and take them with you

anywhere

sometimes a tiny smartphone screen just

isn’t adequate especial

when you’re trying to learn something

new the great thing about PDF lessons is

that they can be quickly printed and

taken anywhere after you download them

in fact printing out lessons in PDF

format can actually save you time when

compared to going through the material

on a smartphone with a small screen even

with the extra printing time second

they’re a great study tool to boost

retention and mastery studying video or

audio lessons online is a great way to

learn a language because students can

play and rewind sections as many times

as needed until the lesson is mastered

but when you review the same lessons

again in PDF format an incredible thing

happens your retention dramatically

improves thanks to time spaced

repetition seeing the information again

in written format helps reinforce the

information in your mind and improves

both retention and recall the benefits

of learning a language using PDF lessons

quickly add up to significant time

savings for you your data plan and your

dream of learning a new language third

all lessons in PDF format include

in-depth instructor notes we have

thousands of HD video and audio lessons

and each one includes a pdf version with

a line-by-line transcript so you can

read along with the lesson as it appears

online in addition to the line-by-line

transcript all lessons include in-depth

instructor notes with more information

sample sentences explanations and

translations the additional information

and notes help you learn faster and with

greater mastery than using the video or

audio lessons alone and when paired with

language learning video games video and

audio lessons or other study aids our

PDF lessons help you reach your dream of

learning a new language faster and

easier than many traditional classroom

settings fourth you can download the

world’s largest online collection of

lessons by real instructors planning on

going on vacation and don’t know if

you’ll have reliable internet service if

you’re learning through PDF lessons it’s

not a problem

once you download lessons in PDF format

to your smartphone PC or favorite media

device they are yours to use and keep

forever

one

downloaded you can either print out or

access your lessons in PDF format

regardless of internet access when you

consistently learn through PDF lessons

the time savings and benefits quickly

compound from quicker access to faster

learning PDF lessons can potentially

reduce total study time required to

learn a concept our PDF lessons include

instructor notes and supplemental

resources that help you learn faster and

with less effort three reasons having a

native speaker partner can improve your

language fluency first knowing a native

speaker helps you better understand the

culture knowing a native speaker gets

you connected with the culture in ways

that no lessons or textbooks ever could

native speakers are better informed

about the latest slang expressions and

no interesting places to eat and hang

out having a friend or partner who is a

native speaker can dramatically improve

your understanding of the language in

addition to language you can learn about

cultural practices gestures and

relationships second having a native

speaker partner increases your exposure

to the language practice makes perfect

is a well-known expression that is

certainly true for language learning

when you have a friend romantic partner

or study buddy you speak to them through

text messages phone calls and basic

interaction these are all opportunities

for you to practice the language making

an effort to practice will help your

vocabulary quickly expand beyond simple

greetings flirtatious words and basic

comments to deeper more meaningful

conversations third a supportive partner

is the best study aid you can find we

all make mistakes

especially when trying to learn a new

language but if you have a supportive

partner they can gently point out your

mistakes and help you find better ways

to express yourself and if your native

speaker study partner is also your

romantic partner your motivation will

likely be even higher than someone who

does not have a romantic relationship

with a native speaker now let’s look at

three ways our language learning program

helps you learn even faster if you have

a native speaker partner first all

resources and materials are available in

English and in your target language

studying with a partner is special

because it’s an opportunity for both of

you to learn a new language that’s why

every single lesson transcript

vocabulary lists and

resource on our website is available in

English and in your target language you

can learn from each other second lessons

are designed to help you understand and

engage with culture on our website our

focus is to help our students learn

practical vocabulary and phrases that

are actually used in everyday

conversation this means that from your

very first lesson you can start applying

what you learn immediately so if you

want to go out to a restaurant play

games or attend a social function with

your partner you’ll have the vocabulary

and phrases necessary to have a great

time

third access to special resources

dedicated to romantic phrases if your

study partner is your romantic partner

we have resources to help you

communicate your feelings correctly our

language learning program has special

sections and tools to teach you love

words phrases and cultural insights of

course

please remember that simply being in a

relationship is no substitute for

studying communication is key to every

relationship whether romantic or not if

you fail to continue expanding your

vocabulary and you stop learning the

language on your own your relationships

may suffer or fizzle out three easy

methods for learning a language in your

car you can put them to use right away

with the help of our language learning

program first you can listen to fun

audio lessons by real teachers listening

to lessons while in the car allows you

to focus on the road as you listen and

learn in every one of our three to

15-minute lessons our teachers teach you

conversations new phrases and cultural

points audio is the only learning medium

that lets you learn and drive safely at

the same time so take advantage of all

our audio lessons available second you

can set your lessons on autoplay and go

hands-free our autoplay feature lets you

keep your hands on the wheel without

even reaching for your device just set

your lessons to autoplay one by one with

our innovative language 101 app and

never have to interrupt your focus on

driving to switch to a new lesson third

you can repeat out loud and speak from

your very first lesson you want to speak

a new language to write well you’ll

start learning conversations minutes

into your lessons all you have to do is

listen and repeat out loud

our teachers take you step-by-step

through all of the words phrases

translations and grammar points you’re

even prompted to speak out loud and

repeat the results you understand at all

and can speak your new language turn

your commute into language learning time

and have fun at the same time learning

doesn’t have to be a big commitment like

signing up for a college class it can be

fun and easy in fact it’s as easy as

pressing play our language learning

programs will do the work for you and

with the exposure you get while driving

on your daily commute you’ll be speaking

and understanding real-life language

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