I’m open to the suggestion of textbooks but I find it really intense just focusing on it or my interest goes down eventually, maybe textbooks with a combo of something else too, any suggestions?
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Comprehensible input! Start with simple content in that language you’re trying to learn, without any use of languages you understand. And then try and actively understand what you’re hearing, and work out how it all fits together!
Try Language Transfer. I can’t recommend it highly enough. It is just a set of MP3 files that you listen to. The teacher explains something to the student, and the student tries it out.
It sounds silly, but it works really well, and it is the best language resource I’ve ever used.
You can use them through SoundCloud (downloadable MP3s), YouTube, or with the simple but very effective app.
It’s all free, although you are welcome to support the project with donations. I have been making a monthly donation for several years now.
You can find podcasts called “slow news” or something like that where they present the days news in the language your learning but take care to speak slowly and enunciate.
Good suggestion! Searching for “slow news (language)” worked for me.
Look up language exchange groups in your city
Basically you get together and you speak to each other
You will speak in the language you want to learn, and they will speak in English
And you will correct each other in real time and go from there
Tv, short form media, game shows or even ridiculous things like kids shows. Is there e.g. a similar show to Taskmaster (or some similar show in your more familiar language) in that language. You will not understand all the entendres but will see a different kind of language structure that isn’t as linear as news, series or movies might have.
I find Langenscheidt’s language courses to be really good. They are pretty straight forward. If looking for a teacher isn’t an option, I would go for those books + assimil till i master some basics and then I would jump on something that i really enjoy. Books, series, whatever.
If getting a teacher is actually on the table, I would look for someone that is eager to teach me only using the target language.
What is your target language and your mother tongue? Sometimes, language similarities help easing the way.
