Listening

This article will guide you through 7 steps of using a song to practice languages, explains why you should incorporate Spotify (or simply music) in your language learning, and how to find songs in your target language.

Are you addicted to a song you just discovered? You could listen to it all day? I love that feeling! And you know what’s even better? We can use this feeling to get motivated to practice.

Listening to music is a good way to practice your target language, but what usually happens, is that we listen to the song, and call it a day.

Doing these 7 quick steps ensure that you make the most out of your practice, by not only improving your listening skills but also training your memory, expanding your vocabulary in a fun and efficient way, and helping you better your pronunciation.

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When reading in your target language, you can go at your own pace and rewind if you didn’t catch it for the first time. When it comes to listening, the pace is given, and you can’t rewind, making it more difficult. But after figuring out efficient ways to overcome it, I’m here to share what I’ve learned.

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Do you use subtitles for language learning? A lot of language learners are under the misconception that it is easier to watch a movie in the language you want to learn if you have the subtitles in your mother-tongue.

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Start learning a language by listening. It is important to listen to the target language as much as possible even if you can’t understand a word.

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