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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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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 pron...
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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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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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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 Pron...
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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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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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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 voca...
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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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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 f...
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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...
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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 bas...
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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 ArabicLearn Arabic with these resources To learn Arabic, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation and the alphabet, a frequency dictionary to fo...
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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 vo...
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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 example...
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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 voca...
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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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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 grow...
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Learn KoreanLearn Korean with these resources To learn Korean, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to form your base voca...
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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...
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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 vo...
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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), th...
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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...
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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 lea...
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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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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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The Chinese (Mandarin) Pronunciation Trainer ResourcesHi! If you're seeing this, you've probably purchased my Chinese (Mandarin) Pronunciation Trainer (if not, you can get it at the store). I'm going to be usi...
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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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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 German...
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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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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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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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The Leitner Game ScheduleWelcome! For those of you who want to make a Spaced Repetition System with paper flashcards, I have a schedule here for you to print out! Download it...
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New Features! Fluency Levels, Task Duration, & Optimized Home + Reviews ScreensWell we've been quite busy to say the least since the world got turned on its head! It's been a bittersweet journey for us as we manage the hardships of...
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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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Learn ChineseLearn Mandarin Chinese with these resources To learn Mandarin Chinese, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to...
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My Story and Development of Fluent Forever MethodI am an opera singer, and part of my craft involves singing in Italian, French, German, English, and Russian (and sometimes Czech, Spanish, Hebrew and Lati...
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How to Learn a Language Fast: Say No to TranslationWhen you remove translation from your language learning process, you can learn to think in your target language from the beginning. This idea has made the...
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Learn JapaneseLearn Japanese with these resources: To learn Japanese, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to form your base...
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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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Spelling/Sound FlashcardsThe Gallery – Phase 1: Sounds – Eye Training: Spelling and Sound Flashcards These flashcards are designed to train your eyes to recognize spelling pattern...
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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 i...
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The Russian Pronunciation Trainer ResourcesHi! If you're seeing this, you've probably purchased my Russian Pronunciation Trainer (if not, you can get it at the store). I'm going to be using this pag...
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The Arabic (MSA) Pronunciation Trainer ResourcesHi! If you're seeing this, you've probably purchased my Arabic (MSA) Pronunciation Trainer (if not, you can get it at the store). I'm going to be using thi...
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French Learning Video: French Vowels and SoundsThe first French video is done, and it should be helpful for learners of any language. French is an extremely vowel-heavy language, and the stuff I recomm...
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How to Learn Pronunciation in a Foreign LanguageHow to learn pronunciation in a foreign language This is an unconventional addition from the classical singer world, though it’s an approach bac...
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How Anki Helps You Remember ForeverUsing Anki for Memorizing Anki is a memorization product that works like a dream. It’s about as close as we’ve gotten to the “I know Kung Fu” scene from T...
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Learn Modern HebrewLearn Modern Hebrew with these resources To learn Modern Hebrew, you’re going need a way to learn correct pronunciation, a frequency dictionary to f...
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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...
