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The Most Awesome Word List You Have Ever SeenStep 1 of learning a new language is to learn how to pronounce the sounds in your target language really, really well. Once you are comfortable with pronu...
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Fluent Forever Book: The GalleryThis is a guide to the flashcards that will teach you your language. This page is designed as a supplement to my book. To that end, I'm going to show you s...
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Fluent Forever Book: Chapter 3Pronunciation and Ear Training We'll break this up into two chunks: The Pronunciation video series, and a discussion about Minimal Pair testing. The Pronun...
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Learn Languages Fast: Free ResourcesBelow are my top recommended resources for language learning. Hopefully this serve as a helpful complement to the Fluent Forever book and our other paid to...
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Using Anki Online: Chapter 2Here is a collection of tutorials on Anki. Watch these videos or follow the step by step instructions that follow them (and then browse around the Gallery...
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Fluent Forever Book: Appendix 5The 625 Word List and Associated Resources The 625 Word List (Printable, in Thematic Order) The 625 Word List (Printable, in Alphabetical Order...
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Fluent Forever Audiobook Resources and GuideAudiobook Resources & Guide Below are resources and links mentioned throughout the audiobook, organized for you chapter by chapter. We've compiled all...
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No Progress With Duolingo? Here’s What the Owl Gets WrongIf you’ve been using Duolingo to learn languages, you may have noticed that you’re learning words and completing a bunch of modules/skills... but you don’...
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How to Search Multiple Websites Fast for Word ResearchI've talked about using iMacros in the past. Basically, you click a button, a dialogue pops up and asks you "Which word do you want to look up?" and in 4 s...
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Simple Word FlashcardsThe Gallery Phase 2: Simple Words – Picture Word Cards These flashcards are designed to teach you basic vocabulary. You'll use these to form a vocabulary f...
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Setting up Google Images for Language LearningGoogle Images is a wonderful resource for vocabulary and grammar study. There are three basic ways you can use it: The Default Version (for images), the...
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Learn FrenchLearn French with these resources To learn French, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to form your base vocabu...
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A Guide to Language Learning With an italki TeacherAt this point, I’ve spent the last 3 years learning Japanese and Spanish almost exclusively with iTalki tutors. It’s been working really, really well; I’ve...
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Ear Training FlashcardsPhase 1: Sounds – Ear Training: Minimal Pair Flashcards These flashcards are designed to train your ears to hear new sounds. Basically, if you want to lear...
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Learn SpanishLearn Spanish with these resources To learn Spanish, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to form your base vo...
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Pictures of Pronouns and How to Learn ThemIn my list of basic words to learn, I suggest learning subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) using pictures. Instead of "'Ich' is the G...
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A Revised Plan on How to Learn Japanese or ChineseJapanese has been my pet project for nearly 2 years. Those of you who have been following the blog closely have seen me update my model flashcard decks, ad...
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Fluent Forever Video ResourcesVideo Tutorials Youtube videos are a great way to demonstrate some of these concepts - you can see exactly what I’m suggesting, hear pronunciation examples...
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Learn GermanLearn German with these Resources To learn German, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to form your base vocabu...
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New Word Form FlashcardsThe Gallery – Phase 3: Abstract Words and Grammar Cards for New Word Forms Once you've built a foundation with several hundred simple vocabulary cards, you...
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Audio Only Flashcards: Is It Safe Studying and Driving?So...I drove to an appointment today and studied my Spanish flashcards without actually looking at my phone. Then I yelled something like "Holy crap it WOR...
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Learn ItalianLearn Italian with these Resources To learn Italian, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to form your base voca...
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3 Flashcard Types to Speed Up Flashcard CreationToday, I wanted to show you three new types of flashcards that I've been using lately to learn Spanish, along with a new flashcard model for Anki that will...
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Spelling/Sound FlashcardsThe Gallery – Phase 1: Sounds – Eye Training: Spelling and Sound Flashcards These flashcards are designed to train your eyes to recognize spelling patterns...
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The Assimil Language Method: Some ThoughtsRecently, a reader asked me whether I had heard of the Assimil method, and whether I'd recommend it or not. I had never really looked into them, and now th...
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This Is How You Learn A New Language And Never Forget ItIf Gabriel Wyner’s own experience learning seven languages teaches us anything, it’s that there is no specific age to learn a new language.
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The Key to Learning PronunciationAs rumor has it, you can't learn to have a good accent if you're above the age of 7, or 12, or some other age that you've most definitely already exceeded...
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New Word FlashcardsThe Gallery – Phase 3: Abstract Words and Grammar Cards for New Words Once you've built a foundation with several hundred simple vocabulary cards, you can...
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Japanese and Chinese LogogramsHow to modify my methods for Chinese and Japanese Both of those languages use logograms (characters that represent meaning, rather than sound). This intr...
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On Hacking Fluent ForeverToday, I'm going to talk about the first major revision to the methods presented in Fluent Forever. I've been wanting to share this stuff fo...
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A Toolkit on How to Learn Verb ConjugationsI've gotten a lot of emails asking for help with grammar. Most of those emails had questions about learning verb conjugations, so I thought it might be han...
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Word Order FlashcardsThe Gallery – Phase 3: Abstract Words and Grammar Cards for Learning Word Order Once you've built a foundation with several hundred simple vocabulary cards...
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Three Shows in Spanish On Netflix You Need to Watch Right AwayCable TV cords are long gone. Online streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu have changed the way we view entertainment now. As the market grows...
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Learn EnglishLearn English with these Resources Until I translate the site, if you’re reading this, you’re at least an intermediate student. To learn English up to flu...
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How Long Does Making Flashcards Take?Today I got a chance to try and answer the question - 'How long does making new cards in Anki take?' I've tested this out in English before, timing how lo...
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Dealing With Homophones and Non Phonetic LanguagesI keep addressing this question in various forum/comment discussions, but I should discuss it here, because it addresses a lot of issues in a lot of langua...
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Is There A More Efficient Way to Learn Vocabulary?In most grammar classes and textbooks, you learn words in groups. You might learn about animals on one day and fruits the next. This is comfortable, both f...
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Images for the Days of the Entire WeekI asked Sandra Salsbury (the main artist for the Most Awesome Lists) if I could commission her to create images that could be used to learn the 7 days of t...
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Preposition Images for Fluent Forever Word ListJust a short post that should prove useful if you've had trouble finding good pictures for prepositions (on, over, between) or directions (up, down, top, b...
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The German Pronunciation Trainer ResourcesHi! If you're seeing this, you've probably purchased my German Pronunciation Trainer (if not, you can get it at the store). I'm going to be using this page...
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The Spanish (Latin American) Pronunciation Trainer ResourcesHi! If you're seeing this, you've probably purchased my Spanish (Latin American) Pronunciation Trainer (if not, you can get it at the store). I'm going to...
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The Fluent Forever Difference & Why We Made a Language AppA tech journalist recently asked me how Fluent Forever was different from existing products like Duolingo or Rosetta, and I realized that I didn't have a s...
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Learn RussianLearn Russian with these Resources To learn Russian, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to form your base voca...
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New Features! Explore, Image Upload, Reminders, & MoreSince our April launch, we continue to release a new update at a steady bi-monthly cadence with critical bug fixes and your most-requested new features. H...
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How to Learn French Pronunciation (Video Transcript)(Want to see new videos automatically? Subscribe to my YouTube Channel!) Hi, this is Gabe from Towerofbabelfish.com We're going to look at French pronu...
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Learn PortugueseLearn Portuguese with these resources To learn Portuguese, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to form your b...
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Learn TagalogLearn Tagalog with these resources Tagalog is the lingua franca of the Philippines and the fourth most spoken language in the US, behind English, Spanis...
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The French Pronunciation Trainer ResourcesHi! If you're seeing this, you've probably purchased my French Pronunciation Trainer (if not, you can get it at the store). I'm going to be using this page...
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The Korean Pronunciation Trainer ResourcesHi! If you're seeing this, you've probably purchased my Korean Pronunciation Trainer (if not, you can get it at the store). I'm going to be using this page...
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Fluent Forever Tutoring: How Does it Work?The fourth step of the Fluent Forever Four-Step Method is “Practice your speech to fluency with native tutors," and you may have noticed that on our websit...
