You know, you need to learn
words to learn a language,
but there's so many options
that you don't know where to start.
In this video, I'm
going to talk about
seven different options
that you can use
based on the fact that they all have
daily notifications, new words
to give you every day,
and they all have some form
of spaced repetition.
What does that mean?
Basically, space
repetition is an algorithm
that keeps track of
which words are more difficult for you
and which words are more easy for you.
So you don't see the easy words as much
because you don't need to,
and you see the more difficult words
more often.
So you're more likely
to get them in your brain.
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all about different language
learning resources
and how to know which ones to try.
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Hi, my name is Jamie
and I'm a language coach.
And I specialize in helping language
learners get past their
stress and obstacles
and figure out how
to learn a language in a way
that works well for them.
First up, let's get Anki out of the way.
Anki is one of the most popular
apps to do just this.
To learn a language
and get more vocabulary into
your brain is not the most user friendly.
There are a lot of debate with this one.
Anki is highly customizable.
And generally, if you like
Anki you love it.
And if you don't, you hate it.
You can use Anki
to get some beginner vocabulary
and by going to share
decks and downloading
some of the Anki decks
that other people have uploaded.
And you can customize Anki to do
basically whatever it is that you want.
Now, Anki is the least user friendly app
that I'm going to be mentioning
in this YouTube video.
But Ankiedoes have
the best spaced repetition
that I have seen in
most any app specifically.
I love Anki's spaced repetition,
because every time I go through a card,
you report how easy or difficult
it was for you.
Plus on the buttons
where you say it was easy,
good or difficult, it'll tell you
how long it'll wait
to show you that card again
based on how difficult
the card was for you.
So, for example,
if it was difficult,
it might show you again in ten minutes.
If it was OK,
it might show you again in a day,
if it was really easy in my
show it to you in three days.
So whether or not a word was difficult
is completely self-reported,
it'll tell you exactly
what it's going to do
with that information, which I love.
My next recommendation is, Hey! Lingo.
Hey!
Lingo teaches you new vocabulary
and new phrases in a
highly contextual way.
So you're not learning vocabulary
just one for one.
You're learning it in phrases
and in sentences and in really fun ways.
There are a ton of different collections
of vocabulary in each of their
like a zillion languages.
So you can really choose
the ones that match up
with what you want to learn.
Of course,
those daily notifications and Hey!
Lingo helps you to separate the words
that are difficult for you
and the ones that are easy for you
by literally just keeping
track of it for you,
the words that you get wrong.
You can either review
all of them put together
or you can specifically review
the words that are more difficult for you
until you prove to Hey!
Lingo that you got it.
So, Hey!
Lingo bases, it's spaced repetition or
SRS specifically
on whether or not
you get any given word
or phrase, correct?
Pretty simple, but also functional.
Next up, we have Lingvist.
Lingvist is a beautiful app,
I love it to death
that has a bunch of themed
vocabulary from beginner
all the way to advance advanced stuff
that you will never say.
But if you like to read books,
you might find those words in a book.
I know this video is about apps.
Give you the vocabulary,
but Lingvist also does
a really excellent job of helping you
to create decks yourself.
You can do that by either
taking a picture of a page
with words on it
and or create a text
specifically off of those words.
Or if you, for example,
create a deck with words
that are vegetables,
for example, it'll create your whole deck
based on vegetables.
This is a really great way to create
vocabulary list
that you might not be able
to find necessarily,
but you can create yourself.
Is our premade decks mostly premade decks
because they require very little effort
and then just like, Hey! Lingo.
Lingvist bases its
SRS off of what you get right and wrong.
You know, keep track of that
and I'll show it to you multiple times
if you keep getting it wrong
until they get it right.
Next up, we have Drops.
Drops is an absolutely beautiful app,
but Drop's has a very low
barrier to entry,
which means it's really,
really easy for complete
beginners to get into.
Drop's has a bunch of different decks
for themed vocabulary,
and it gives it to you really,
really slowly in a really,
really attractive way.
That's really motivating.
And of course, with notifications
and all that gamification kind of stuff,
if you're a beginner,
it can really get you sucked in
and motivate to keep moving forward.
Again, with Streaks.
Part of Drops' messaging
is that you always have
five minutes a day, which is true.
So it makes it really easy
for total beginners
to start up with the language,
feeling very motivated
and feeling very relaxed, thinking
I only need to do it
for five minutes a day and then I'm fine.
And of course, with drops,
you'll be matching of the new words
with imagery
and not the translation necessarily
Which gets you thinking
more abstractly and
gets it into your brain
in a much more immersive way.
And of course,
if you get a word wrong on Drop's,
then I'll show it to you again,
thanks to SRS.
How do you like to learn
new vocabulary in a brand new language
that you just started?
Let me know in the comments
section below.
Another fun
way to get a new vocabulary with clean
themed already curated
vocabulary is Mondly.
Not only does Mondly keep
you notified with daily notifications,
but it also has daily,
weekly and monthly quizzes
that are all different every single time,
which is unique to Mondly.
Mondly also connects
new vocabulary with imagery, offers,
chat box and augmented reality.
So you can take those words
and start to practice
having real conversations with them,
which is great for an active
language skills.
Another favorite
that I probably don't talk about
enough is uTalk,
I love uTalk because it makes
so many languages accessible
that you really can't find anywhere else.
Basically, any language
you could possibly think of.
And then, you know,
a whole bunch of other languages
that you've never heard of uTalk
has them like most of the other
apps I'm mentioning.
uTalk also provides
a bunch of vocabulary based on themes,
have a ton of vocabulary,
like more vocabulary
than you probably actually need.
And it cycles you through
different exercises
to use a vocabulary in meaningful ways
to work on active recall.
So it has you speaking them,
it has you writing them,
it has you picking images
based off of what image is connected
to the vocabulary. It's great.
Like I said, it gets you
attacking the language
in several different ways
so that you can get used
to using the language
in whatever way you want.
Next up is a really popular one,
and that is Memrise.
Memrise has lists
upon lists, upon lists of themes,
vocabulary, again, meant for beginners.
What's special is that Memrise
also offers video.
So it offers video
clips of native speakers
saying the words in the phrases.
So not only are you more engaged
in using language
and practicing the language,
but you also get used to hearing it and,
you know, experiencing it
in different ways.
So opposed to just having a robot
say the words or getting used to a
very clearly annunciated
speaker using the words,
you can get used to listening to a
native speaker saying
the words as they would
in everyday situations.
It's a little bit more difficult,
but honestly more effective,
because you're going to have to get used
to listening to that eventually.
Last but not least,
I want to mention Fluent forever.
Fluent Forever is a digital flash card
app that's meant specifically
for language learners, because,
you know, Fluent is in the name.
Fluent forever provides
a structured approach,
giving you curated vocabulary,
but it basically does a Google search
for you for imagery.
So you can pick the imagery
that connects best with the words,
which means that
because you have like a hand
in creating the flash cards,
it'll make it easier for you to remember.
And of course, Fluent forever
will help keep track
if the vocabulary
is in your short term memory
or in your long term memory.
I mean, take it with a grain
of salt, obviously.
But the concept is you see it
a certain number of times
before it gets into
your long term memory.
And that's a really important concept.
Honestly, just because you can recognize
a word once doesn't
mean you will be able
to recognize it in like two weeks.
Clearly, there are a ton of options
to learn new vocabulary in themed
sets and categories
that are readily available to you.
So how do you choose which one to use?
Fortunately, I am excellent at helping
language learners
figure that out for themselves.
If you click the link below
in the description box,
you can access my free
training where I walk
you step by step through the process
that I take my clients
through to help them
understand things like this
and so many other things.
And then, of course,
make sure that you're subscribed
and you hit the bell to be notified,
because next week I'm
going to talk about learning
vocabulary in immersion,
which is like a polar
opposite of this video,
but could also be much
more relevant to you
if you don't actually
want to learn vocabulary
with these fun apps.
You just want to be able
to immerse yourself in the language
and pick up vocabulary that way.
Otherwise, have a wonderful day.
And I will see you next time.