Guest Anika, a Fluent in 3 Months student, shares how she learned Telugu with limited resources. She discusses using native speakers, finding content, and creating learning resources. Anika also talks about learning her partner's language, using the TPRS method, and taking initiative with tutors.
Taking initiative and actively engaging in language learning can enhance the learning experience and make lessons more beneficial.
Finding resources for less commonly learned languages can be difficult, but leveraging native content and using online tutors can help overcome this challenge.
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Taking initiative and active engagement in language learning
The speaker shares the importance of taking initiative and actively engaging in language learning. They discuss how suggesting activities and seeking help from tutors can significantly enhance the learning experience and make lessons more beneficial. By actively participating, learners can get more out of their lessons, make quicker progress, and find language learning more enjoyable.
Learning a language with limited resources
The guest discusses the challenges of learning a language with limited resources, focusing on their experience learning Telugu. They explain that finding resources for less commonly learned languages like Telugu can be difficult. They mention using online tutors and reading children's stories in Telugu and English as initial learning strategies. They also mention the importance of leveraging native content by watching Indian YouTube channels and enlisting the help of native speakers to transcribe and understand the content.
Teaching and learning with the TPRS method
The guest shares their positive experience with the TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) method. They explain the seven-step rereading method, where learners listen to audio, analyze the text, read it themselves, imagine it, act it out, connect emotions with the text, and repeat the process. They discuss using this method to improve language comprehension and retention. They also mention the desire to apply this method with their Telugu tutors and partner to enhance their language learning.
How do you learn to speak another language when there are little to no resources available for learners?
Fluent in 3 Months student Anika took head-on as she learned Telugu with us. She shares how she taps into native resources with the help of native speakers and what to do when the spoken language you’re learning is different from its written language.
Anika shares her experience with finding content in another language and hiring native speakers to help her create her own learning resources. She also discusses what it’s like learning her partner’s native language, using the TPRS method to learn language, and how to take initiative with your language tutors.
In this episode, we mention the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge which has been replaced by Fluent in 3 Months Bootcamp. We guarantee that anyone who completes Bootcamp will have a 15-minute conversation in their new language after 90 days of learning. You can find out more here.
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