3 language learning hacks that fit your daily life

recently I have been trying to improve my German as I have just had my German exam at college and I was really focused on doing well. however language learning is not all focusing and studying, here are 3 language learning hacks that can easily fit into your downtime

If like me you love a good book, then you might consider swapping the English version of your fav book to an edition in the language you are looking to learn. I have been reading German books since sixth year and I have noticed a big difference in my German reading and it also aids spelling and grammar

Reset your phone 📱

if you are confident using your mobile phone, a really good way to help with your word recognition and fluency is to go into settings and change your preferred language to the one you are learning. to begin with, it will be slightly confusing because nothing will be in your first language but you will soon notice where certain buttons used to be on the English version and start to recognise the words for things such as “like” ”comment” ”save” ”edit” and “done” as well as the days of the week and the months of the year.

Music

who doesn’t love a good tune? although today’s modern pop music market is largely populated by British and American artists, there are some foreign bangers out there so instead of putting on the “top 10” While chilling why don’t you research artists from the countries where your new language is spoken and listen to their music to practice your listening skills and broaden your knowledge of the culture of the country? if you really want to train your ear, you can also read the lyrics while listening to the music whether that’s by just having the lyrics in front of you while listening or by finding a lyric video of the song on YouTube

by doing this occasionally and not just passively listening to the music, you learn to associate words with sounds and you can still take this further by translating the lyrics after you have read and listened so that you also learn the meaning of words in context alongside the pronunciation and the spelling.

in conclusion, you don’t have to stop studying your language in order to take downtime. these methods of passive learning have been proven to be beneficial to language learners.

eemmcgrath💜🦖