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There's a very useful app called HelloTalk, which matches you with native speakers of the language you're trying to learn.
Also, there are very good Spanish directors whose offerings can definitely be found subbed. Check out Almodóvar and, if you want something really out-there, Jodorowsky.
Play store link: HelloTalk
Currently, I myself really enjoy learning Japanese with an app called HelloTalk which is available for Android and iOs. It's a language exchange app in which you get paired up with users who want to learn your native language and who themselves are native in the language you would like to learn. For example in your case you would get paired up with English-speaking people who would like to learn Japanese. When you are paired up with them you can chat, easily correct each others mistakes, send photos, doodles or voice messages or even call them. Of course HelloTalk should not be used as a sole source for language learning but can make you more fluent and natural sounding by giving you the opportunity to interact with real people speaking your desired language. Just give it a shot if you like ;)
I used HelloTalk (Android app) for a while, and that introduced me to dozens, if not hundreds, of Spanish speakers wanting to practice English. I was probably at a similar level to you on DuoLingo.
Eventually, though that I got to know a lady in Spain, and we switched to Skype, and now chat regularly that way; I don't use HelloTalk any more.
Having said all that, her English was (and still is) well in advance of my Spanish, so at first most of our conversations were in English.
Get talking and practicing straight away.
There is a social media app Hello Talk specifically aimed at language learners. I'm finding it very useful.
I've linked the Android version above
There is an app that does exactly that..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Also there is a chat room..
https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.snoonet.org/?nick=#korean
But my opinion is you would still need to get a hold of the basics first in Korean, otherwise it wouldn't be useful, You can learn enough by yourself to be able to form a sentence easily, then you can start exchanging help from others, Otherwise, you would be constantly asking very simple questions like the alphabet and conjugating verbs, while you can easily find answers to all these in a text book.
Hey, thanks for your comment!
I started learning English when I was really young, so I barely remember. I remember having English classes at school, but I probably also learned a lot from movies and songs.
Indeed, comprehension skills are generally better than writing and speaking. As far as I know, that is completely normal (maybe even expected) and happens with everyone studying whichever language. Keep writing and speaking and your skills will get better :)
PS: You can train writing and speaking skills with apps or websites like iTalki or HelloTalk, in case you don't know them already.
O post no topo deste sub anuncia um grupo de Skype e parece que é ativo:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portuguese/comments/37ujy9/skype_group_for_portuguese/
Existem também apps para treinar línguas com outras pessoas, como por exemplo Hello-Talk:
Awesome man, seems like you're motivated enoug. And yeah French is really important if you're going there, as even if you choose a Masters in English, finding work or even internship would be tough without knowledge of the language
Once you got the basics, this is a cool app to practice by talking with others in the language you seek help with
Go on a app called Hello talk, set the language you're learning to Spanish and you can talk to Spanish Natives. Good luck!
Edit: I linked the android app, if you're on iOS, just look it up on the app store. It's free to use.
Aside from sitting down with language text book similar to a self-study class room. You could try some apps that connect you with other same language speakers. There is one I have called, hello talk.
I have not used it because I am lazyass and have been putting off learning Korean for some long time now.
Pimsleur audio books (free on piratebay :D) are specifically made for reading and listening comprehension.
Google Translate has an audio function... I use it test if a computer can at least recognize what I'm saying.
Language buddy apps! there are plenty of apps that have you chat with people from china although they'll likely want you to help them speak English int return. Most of the time it's just pronunciation and correcting grammar. give HelloTalk a try if you're interested.
I am always looking for speaking partners. Are you living in America now or something? I am British so im not sure how easy it would be with the time difference. I can recommend two things for speaking practice: https://www.italki.com https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk&hl=en
If you want to learn how to read characters, the later is really good because you can practice texting people with a bunch of translation features added into the app to help you out.
In case you have no luck here, /r/norsk is a relatively active sub for learning Norwegian. The app Hello Talk may help you exchange with native speakers, too. Thought I'd share. All the best!
There's an app called HelloTalk that lets you do just this.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
There's also a website that helps arrange meet ups for various subjects. What you find will friend on where you live (ie, Houston has a ton of Spanish language, but not much German).
I'm learning French with duolingo as well. Someone recommended the app Hello Talk to practice. It's a chat app to practice your skills. I haven't used it yet because I feel I need a little more basics. Check it out:
I just started using the HelloTalk app. Try it out. You can talk to actual people in Japan and otherwise, and mutually learn each other's languages!
Firstly, there are Portuguese courses in the UK. If you're near university they may have one available. E.g.
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/short-courses/languages/courses/portuguese/level-1
Or in a languages school.
http://inlingua-edinburgh.co.uk/foreign-languages/portuguese/
In any case below are a few resources I noted down as I recommended them in other situations. Hope at least some of these may suit you. Cheers!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Talking
Talk Danish as much as possible. Not just to your SO but other people as well. Honestly I think talking with other people is going to teach you a lot about pronounciation and might even help you developing a non foreign sounding accent.
Writing
I don't know how many Danish friends you have but just write messages to them. I'm sure they will be helpful in correcting some of your mistakes. Otherwise you can download an app called HelloTalk. With HelloTalk you pair up with people who want to learn your language and therefore you can help eachother picking up each others language (This works best if your native language isn't English, or you speak something else fluently.)
Hello Talk: Play store - App Store
Vocabulary
Memrise is an Website/App that is great for picking up some common words. I've been using it myself for learning French. The key thing here isn't learning every single Danish word. Picking up the most used words will make speaking a lot more comfortable. Once you reach a level you feel comfortable with start reading some books in Danish. If you find words you're confused by look them up in the dictionary or ask someone to explain them for you.
Memrise: Web - Play Store - App Store
Sentances
Use Dualingo here. It's great for picking up a few simple sentances that you can use in conversations. It's easy to skip a bit ahead if you already know some of the words. So you don't have to start from the beginning.
Dualingo: Web - Play Store - App Store
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note all the above books are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with a lot of Portuguese documentaries with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
I posted a thread for music videos with music lyrics in /r/Portuguese somewhat recently.
http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
And of course, you're close to Portugal, so visit often ;)
Hope some of these may help.
There are also other apps like HelloTalk and Tandem which helped, I think I liked Tandem the best for design and fluidity, HelloTalk the best for the people you meet, and Speaky the best for a combination of the two. It isn't exactly the best in either, but it was a fun app. I highly recommend you try HelloTalk (iOS Android) and Tandem (iOS Android), too they are all excellent apps!
WordReference - A great, reliable dictionary. All of my teachers recommended this to me.
CoLanguage - An awesome, in depth grammar reference.
ReversoConjugator - Conjugates any verb, in every tense, aspect, and mood.
Base Vocab - Not even just for French, this is a great list of a base vocabulary of common words to learn first in any language.
Collins Easy Learning - A free textbook pdf I found useful, if that's more your style of learning.
DamonAndJo- A cool YouTube channel that covers things you wouldn't find in more traditional learning resources, i.e. swearing, slang, etc.
Grammar Sheet - A really compact, concise grammar sheet.
French Wikibooks - The Wikibook project for the French language.
Hellotalk (iOS) - A free app used for language exchange with real people. It's a very active community.
Hellotalk (Android)
Slowly- An app that mimics pen pals (i.e. with letters), but in a digital setting. It's actually really fun. Unfortunately, this is only available for iOS users.
101Languages - Another great reference. (Also offers languages other than French, if you're studying ore than one)
La langue française - A video I found extremely useful, it goes over pretty much everything about the language briefly.
25 Minute Basic Review - Pretty self explanatory, haha.
FSI French Course - Managed by the US Department of State Foreign Service Institute, it's a bit boring, but overall a really great resource.
Quizlet- Not necessarily only for language learning, but it's designed to help you memorize facts. Keep in mind, there are French public lists available for use, but one can't know how reliable they are, so it would probably be best to create your own lists.
Tinycards- A quizlet alternative run by Duolingo.
/r/France - A subreddit you can get great immersion from.
/r/French
/r/FrenchImmersion
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Don't forget to look at the wiki from this sub too, both for general learning and French, they've got more resources than could ever be put in a single post.
Bonne chance!
Well, what to do depends on how much fluency do you still have.
Assuming you can understand relatively well, and somewhat communicate even if badly, then try to increase the amount of "Portuguese" in your daily life.
You have online TV (there are apps too)
RTP: http://www.rtp.pt/play/
TVI: http://tviplayer.iol.pt/
Euronews Portugal: https://youtube.com/channel/UCUmEPYxmnyQDeRUcFkslmQw
The RTP site also has radio, and you can listen to Portuguese radio in any mobile radio app. You can also read news in Portuguese. E.g.,
http://expresso.pt/
http://dn.pt
http://euronews.com/pt/
You also have plenty of music in Portuguese. Check out,
/r/somluso
/r/musicanova
And there are plenty of YouTube channels available. Depends on what you like. Popular YouTubers include:
tubalatudo, corbyssimas, d4rkframe, maria vaidosa, antonio raminhos, dicas do salgueiro.
To communicate, written word, you can use this subreddit fit instance. No worries if you make mistakes. There is also a list of subs in Portuguese on the side bar.
The /r/Portuguese site has a sticky with a Skype group. No idea how active it is, but I think it has quite a few people. There are also apps like Hello Talk for language exchange,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
And finally, visit often ;)
The Portuguese Government just released a brand new Portuguese learning platform. May still be a bit green but give it a go. More content will be added soon.
In the thread about this app some people didn't like that it asked for phone number, but apparently you can just fill it with zeros.
A few more resources for European Portuguese follow. Hope it helps!
Below are some resources for European Portuguese. I think a good way to start is:
Michel Thomas audio course + study course book + simple beginner apps + watching subtitled series + listening to Portuguese music (nice to immerse yourself even if you don't understand)
Then eventually start using Hello Talk for language exchange, and if you are willing to spend the money, a few online private classes.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with a lot of Portuguese documentaries with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
I posted a thread for music videos with music lyrics in /r/Portuguese somewhat recently.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note all the above books are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. You're likely to find Portuguese learning books in English in Amazon though)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
EDIT : Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with a lot of Portuguese documentaries with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
I posted a thread for music videos with music lyrics in /r/Portuguese somewhat recently.
http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
Hope some of these may help.
Check out the sidebar and in particular the Starter's Guide.
My suggestions (which certainly aren't definitive):
Get a textbook. I recommend Genki, but you can use any standard Japanese textbook. Just pick one and stick with it. Read a lesson, do the exercises, and then create exercises for yourself. If you can't afford a textbook (or other resources mentioned here) check your local library or search online. There are lots of ways to get these resources for free.
Pick either WaniKani or the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course (KKLC) for learning Kanji. WaniKani is a web app that does all the hard work for you (but requires a monthly subscription). KKLC is a textbook that'll teach you everything you need to know about kanji, but you'll need to manage your own flashcard system, probably using Anki.
Learn how to use flashcards. Look up the phrase "spaced repetition" and learn what it means. You should probably learn how to use Anki, Memrise, or any of the other automated flashcard services available online. But of course you could also just use old fashioned pen and paper cards.
Learn about online resources for practicing Japanese. HelloTalk (App Store, Play Store) is like a social network for language learning. You can make posts and have people correct your grammar, and make friends that you can practice Japanese with. HiNative is a website and app where you can get language learning help from and ask questions to native speakers of Japanese. iTalki is a website for finding a tutor, but they've got a good journal section where you can write small essays in Japanese and get them corrected by other users.
Don't jump between resources. After you pick a resource, see it through to the end. Don't waste time switching back and forth between different language learning methods or materials.
Practice every day, even if it is for a short amount of time. Practicing seven days a week for 15 minutes is much more effective for your learning than practicing for three hours on Saturday.
Consider getting a tutor or taking a class if available. Learning Japanese is enough of a pain without also needing to teach yourself how to teach yourself something.
Oi /u/odajoana e /u/portugapt. Aqui estão as recomendações que costumo dar
Below are some resources for European Portuguese. I think a good way to start is:
Michel Thomas audio course + study course book + simple beginner apps + watching subtitled series + listening to Portuguese music (nice to immerse yourself even if you don't understand)
Then eventually start using Hello Talk for language exchange, and if you are willing to spend the money, a few online private classes.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with a lot of Portuguese documentaries with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
I posted a thread for music videos with music lyrics in /r/Portuguese somewhat recently.
http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
Hope some of these may help.
Below are some resources for European Portuguese. I think a good way to start is:
Michel Thomas audio course + study course book + simple beginner apps + watching subtitled series + listening to Portuguese music (nice to immerse yourself even if you don't understand)
Then eventually start using Hello Talk for language exchange, and if you are willing to spend the money, a few online private classes.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note the books below are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. There is a book in English further down below)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with a lot of Portuguese documentaries with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
I posted a thread for music videos with music lyrics in /r/Portuguese somewhat recently.
http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
Hope some of these may help.
I answered in /r/Portugal, but will do it here also in case it's useful for others looking for the same info.
Firstly, there are Portuguese courses in the UK. If you're near university they may have one available. E.g.
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/short-courses/languages/courses/portuguese/level-1
Or in a languages school.
http://inlingua-edinburgh.co.uk/foreign-languages/portuguese/
In any case below are a few resources I noted down as I recommended them in other situations. Hope at least some of these may suit you. Cheers!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Below are a few resources I noted down as I recommended them in other situations. Hope at least some of these may suit you. Cheers!
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Sounds useful, thanks OP.
Android link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk&hl=en
WordReference - A great, reliable dictionary. All of my teachers recommended this to me.
CoLanguage - An awesome, in depth grammar reference.
ReversoConjugator - Conjugates any verb, in every tense, aspect, and mood.
Base Vocab - Not even just for French, this is a great list of a base vocabulary of common words to learn first in any language.
Collins Easy Learning - A free textbook pdf I found useful, if that's more your style of learning.
DamonAndJo- A cool YouTube channel that covers things you wouldn't find in more traditional learning resources, i.e. swearing, slang, etc.
Grammar Sheet - A really compact, concise grammar sheet.
French Wikibooks - The Wikibook project for the French language.
Hellotalk (iOS) - A free app used for language exchange with real people. It's a very active community.
Hellotalk (Android)
Slowly- An app that mimics pen pals (i.e. with letters), but in a digital setting. It's actually really fun. Unfortunately, this is only available for iOS users.
101Languages - Another great reference. (Also offers languages other than French, if you're studying ore than one)
La langue française - A video I found extremely useful, it goes over pretty much everything about the language briefly.
25 Minute Basic Review - Pretty self explanatory, haha.
FSI French Course - Managed by the US Department of State Foreign Service Institute, it's a bit boring, but overall a really great resource.
Quizlet- Not necessarily only for language learning, but it's designed to help you memorize facts. Keep in mind, there are French public lists available for use, but one can't know how reliable they are, so it would probably be best to create your own lists.
Tinycards- A quizlet alternative run by Duolingo.
/r/France - A subreddit you can get great immersion from.
/r/French
/r/FrenchImmersion
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Don't forget to look at the wiki from this sub too, both for general learning and French, they've got more resources than could ever be put in a single post.
On a broader level, the key to learning any language is practice, so study, study, study! If you can, set time aside every day to do so, as consistency is really important.
Anglophones learning French have an advantage, as debatably, English is the most Romantic Germanic language, and French is the most Germanic Romance language. English gets a substantial amount of its vocabulary from French, so you’ll be finding a lot of common words. My point is, don’t give up!
Bonne chance!
you should check out the app HelloTalk, it's a great way to meet native speakers to chat with
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
(Note all the above books are in Portuguese! If you're a beginner then this is only good if you have a tutor. If you're intermediate level books then it should work too. You're likely to find Portuguese learning books in English in Amazon though)
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
EDIT : Here is a European Portuguese manual in English:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0992959209/qid=1459940549
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online one-on-one lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Using the app, some of the content has subtitles in Portuguese. One such example would be the series "Bem-vindos a beirais". Go to search (pesquiar), look up "beirais", choose a recent episode, and activate CC on the player.
Documentaries on YouTube
Here is a Portuguese Documentary about punk rock with subtitles in English
Here is a channel with a lot of Portuguese documentaries with subtitles
https://youtube.com/user/personanongratapic
Music
One way to immerse yourself in the language is listening to music. Even if you don't understand it, you get used to the sounds and pick a word here and there.
You can also read the lyrics and once you know the lyrics every time you listen to the song you're reinforcing those words. (Keeping in mind music lyrics are often poetic and don't follow the usual rules of grammar)
For Portuguese bands check out
/r/somluso
There's also the music discovery sub for music all Portuguese speaking countries
/r/musicanova
I posted a thread for music videos with music lyrics in /r/Portuguese somewhat recently.
http://www.reddit.com/r/portuguese/comments/49e33p/_/
Hope some of these may help.
Just pasting my reply from another thread.
Audio Courses
Michel Thomas uses European Portuguese.
http://www.michelthomas.com/learn-portuguese.php
The focus is spoken language, and I really like their teaching methods. Note the very first lesson uses a beep to remind you to pause and answer questions yourself. It is annoying in my opinion, but they stop doing it after the first lesson.
Written Courses
The orthography of Portuguese changed recently (the so called AO90 orthographic agreement). So you should make sure written material complies with the new system.
This is the section of Portuguese for Foreigners in Wook, a really nice online bookstore in Portugal.
http://m.wook.pt/home/index?restricts=8066x5839x18010x18163
This one makes it explicit that it follows the new orthographic agreement so it's a very safe bet.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=11352870
These also follow the orthographic agreement. Learning book plus exercises. Looks quite nice.
http://wook.pt/ficha?id=196038 http://wook.pt/ficha?id=222484
The FNAC bookstore in Portugal also has quite a few. This collection seems pretty good. They comply with the new orthography. Made at the university of Lisbon.
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Manual-do-Aluno-Varios/a620488
http://www.fnac.pt/Aprender-Portugues-1-Nivel-A1-A2-Caderno-de-Exercicios-Varios/a623474
Those are the level 1 learning and exercise books. You can find the reminder on the website. Look for the ones with similar covers:
Online courses
The 'Practise Portuguese' site teaches European Portuguese.
https://www.practiceportuguese.com/
Online lessons
The 'Portuguese with Carla' online lessons site seems quite professional.
http://www.portuguesewithcarla.com/
There is also of course italki.
Language Exchange
Hellotalk has a good reputation.
http://www.hellotalk.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Games
'Memrise' has European Portuguese flashcards. Note Memrise is also available as a mobile app.
http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/portuguese-european/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
'Learn Portuguese - 6000 words' has flashcards and more.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.memrise.android.memrisecompanion
Reading Material
The op-ed by Lucy Pepper in the online news site Observador, always each piece in both Portuguese and English (she's originally British, living in Portugal for 25 years).
http://observador.pt/opiniao/autor/lucy/
The Portuguese version always comes first. Scroll down for the English text.
Portuguese TV and radio
There is RTP Play. It includes all the RTP (public television) TV channels and radio. Both live and on demand.
There are apps available.
http://www.rtp.pt/wportal/sites/tv/mobile/apps.php
Personally, I usually meet Japanese speakers through HelloTalk, then add them on LINE or Skype to continue talking.
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hey,
I've found the following things to be useful;
Coffee Break German (http://radiolingua.com/coffeebreakgerman/) - it's a free podcast that you can download.
Michel Thomas is useful too, but isn't free - http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Languages/Michel-Thomas-Method-Audiobook/B004GYOB9W
There's a couple of YouTube channels which might be useful, Deutsch für euch and Get Germanized
https://www.youtube.com/user/DeutschFuerEuch https://www.youtube.com/user/MeisterLehnsherr
I've also used apps like HelloTalk in the past before (I think it's available on Android and Apple, but I've only ever used it on Android) - this app works by putting you in touch with native speakers of German, who normally want to learn English too - they tend to help you with German and you help them with English. It's really good for getting grammar correct, and testing what you've learnt;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk&hl=en_GB
not so much a learning tool, but I try and listen to German radio while I'm at work and that's helped me be able to distinguish words easier when my German friends talk to me. I listen to Antenne Bayern, but there's obviously plenty of stations out there!
www.tunein.com/radio/ANTENNE-BAYERN-1006-s15030/
Viel Glück! :)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Yup, it offer some other languages too.
Check out hellotalk
I recommend HelloTalk, very useful for this sort of thing! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
Bom dia, pessoal.
Eu tenho uma dica de aplicativo. Há um tempo atrás eu estava querendo praticar meu espanhol, pois eu consigo ler e ouvir bem, porém para conseguir falar e escrever tenho dificuldade. Então pesquisei e descobri um aplicativo onde pessoas que querem aprender a nossa língua podem conversar com a gente, via chat ou mensagem de voz, e assim podemos fazer um intercâmbio bem interessante.
Eu comecei a conversar com algumas pessoas, da Argentina, Costa Rica e Colômbia, está sendo bem legal, a gente conversa em português e depois em espanhol, e tem pessoas disponíveis para fazer intercâmbio de todos os países, segue o link do aplicativo, espero que seja útil para vocês como está sendo para mim: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk&hl=pt-BR
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PS.: Tem uma versão para web também, mas é meio bugado, não sincroniza com as conversas do app direito, mesmo assim, vale a pena tentar: https://web.hellotalk.com/?from=1home
Non è un gioco, però...
HelloTalk
Io ho lo stesso tuo problema.
Potresti provare con un'applicazione tipo HelloTalk
The best way to learn a language is by using it. I personally recommend this app to find a language partner to practice Russian: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk&hl=en. First, learn something and then use it straight away with a real person.
Here you can find some other helpful resources, too: https://lhlib.ru/learn-russian/
Good luck!
Erau aplicații de chat unde poți discuta cu alți vorbiti/nativi. Gen, HelloTalk.
which is exactly what i'm talking about "resources", there is algerian shows but without any subtitles, there's news channel also with real arabic mixed with algerian dialect such as "ennahartv" https://www.ennaharonline.com/live/, what i meant erlier bwhen i said "learn arabic" i didn't meant like the whole thing because we (as arabic speakers) don't know that much it takes more than 20 years or more to learn that much so seriouly my advice is learn some basic arabic first at least for 6 months then you'll find your way to algerian, this app might help there's so many arabic and algerian people https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk
these channels https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwsqr7l3iWoAN8kiNKATaLQ https://www.youtube.com/user/allahyahdiik https://www.youtube.com/user/MrDjokerZ
WordReference - A great, reliable dictionary. All of my teachers recommended this to me.
CoLanguage - An awesome, in depth grammar reference.
ReversoConjugator - Conjugates any verb, in every tense, aspect, and mood.
Base Vocab - Not even just for French, this is a great list of a base vocabulary of common words to learn first in any language.
Collins Easy Learning - A free textbook pdf I found useful, if that's more your style of learning.
DamonAndJo- A cool YouTube channel that covers things you wouldn't find in more traditional learning resources, i.e. swearing, slang, etc.
Grammar Sheet - A really compact, concise grammar sheet.
French Wikibooks - The Wikibook project for the French language.
Hellotalk (iOS) - A free app used for language exchange with real people. It's a very active community.
Hellotalk (Android)
Slowly- An app that mimics pen pals (i.e. with letters), but in a digital setting. It's actually really fun. Unfortunately, this is only available for iOS users.
101Languages - Another great reference. (Also offers languages other than French, if you're studying ore than one)
La langue française - A video I found extremely useful, it goes over pretty much everything about the language briefly.
25 Minute Basic Review - Pretty self explanatory, haha.
FSI French Course - Managed by the US Department of State Foreign Service Institute, it's a bit boring, but overall a really great resource.
Quizlet- Not necessarily only for language learning, but it's designed to help you memorize facts. Keep in mind, there are French public lists available for use, but one can't know how reliable they are, so it would probably be best to create your own lists.
Tinycards- A quizlet alternative run by Duolingo.
/r/France - A subreddit you can get great immersion from.
/r/French
/r/FrenchImmersion
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Don't forget to look at the wiki from this sub too, both for general learning and French, they've got more resources than could ever be put in a single post.
On a broader level, the key to learning any language is practice, so study, study, study! If you can, set time aside every day to do so, as consistency is really important.
Anglophones learning French have an advantage, as debatably, English is the most Romantic Germanic language, and French is the most Germanic Romance language. English gets a substantial amount of its vocabulary from French, so you’ll be finding a lot of common words. My point is, don’t give up!
Bonne chance!
Hol dir mal die App HelloTalk (Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellotalk). Die App ist für das Sprachenlernen da. Man kann dort immer die Nachrichten korrigieren.
Just FYI, as a wanna be polyglot, this app has helped me out.
It's worth looking into language exchange sites. There's plenty of Portuguese looking to improve their English skills
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com
http://www.conversationexchange.com
Or in mobile
That is the case, yes.