I’m learning French and have employed almost the same methods. A few suggestions:<p>Record your own voice pronouncing the word in French. Anki make this easy to do and recording it correctly makes you really focus on getting it right.<p>Say the French word twice when recording with a few seconds pause between. When practicing/testing cards, try to get to where you can pronounce it first before the recording tells you the correct pronunciation. It is a great confidence builder and adds an interesting dynamic to the experience.<p>Learn the unique sounds required to speak French. This website provides those sounds and example words in correctly pronounced recordings. <a href="https://www.mimicmethod.com/the-flow-of-french/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mimicmethod.com/the-flow-of-french/</a>
I’ve been doing this for a couple years as directed by Fluent Forever[1] (highly recommended if this article vibes with you), and the results have been really good to say the least.<p>Some great additional content here, I wouldn’t have thought of the stable diffusion trick— very clever!<p>[1] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fluent-Forever-Learn-Language-Forget/dp/0385348118" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Fluent-Forever-Learn-Language-Forget/...</a>
Hey HN!
At the beginning of this year, I decided to learn French. In Mai, I moved to Aix-en-Provence (which is in the south of France) and spent three months learning the language. I think I've succeeded<p>During this time, I found a method that worked very well for me to quickly learn new vocabulary.<p>In short: - Use a spaced repetition system like Anki[1] that quizzes you on words the moment before you forget them - Use images instead of translations on your flashcards to make them super memorable - Create mnemonics if words don't stick, either through a story or visually using StableDiffusion/Midjourney<p>I'm just getting started and will continue to write more posts on language learning in the next few weeks. I already wrote an article[2] about the principles of language learning that might also be useful to you. I'm curious about your thoughts.<p>I wish everyone a great weekend :)<p>PS: I'm resubmitting this in hope for a bit more traction. I hope that this is okay as stated in the HN FAQs?<p>[1]: <a href="https://apps.ankiweb.net/" rel="nofollow">https://apps.ankiweb.net/</a> [2]: <a href="https://www.marcnitzsche.de/how-to-become-fluent-in-just-three-months/?utm_source=hn" rel="nofollow">https://www.marcnitzsche.de/how-to-become-fluent-in-just-thr...</a>
Pictures to words so your brain skips the intermediary of your native language is a nice concept. Is there any peer-reviewed evidence that supports this author's claim?