I just signed up for 1 month of the Langua app. I just spoke 1 hour with an AI "tutor" in French. This is no substitute for a human teacher, but it is an excellent tool. I could touch on any subject and the "tutor" could talk about it. I can't wait until they add Mandarin.

I'm concluding my first day of Langua and its AI tutors. I had conversations in French, Spanish and Russian. Topics: history, linguistics, slang, etc. I'm totally amazed by the state of AI in this app. It is a little overwhelming.

Hello French learners: Please note your favorite intermediate French Youtube channels. My two favorites at the moment: Easy French and Francais avec Nelly. On the road all day today, I will check in later...

I just finished a 1.5 hour conversation in French with the Langua AI app. Last exercise: I had it list the 10 most common French adverbs, ask me to make a sentence with each one, and correct me. The more experience I have with the app, the better my prompts get.

My language day: Mandarin podcast and reading, Spanish reading, French with Drops and Clozemaster.

Because I studied Latin, Russian and German first, I expect to come across complex noun cases/declensions in my other lang. Spanish and French are hard enough, so I don't mind that "case" really doesn't go far beyond pronouns. For me, the verbs are the biggest challenge.

I'm going old school right now, reading my French textbook for a little while. Yes, I still mainly use apps, podcasts, videos, etc. for my French, but I still have a place in my heart for textbooks. Is anyone else going old school with textbooks today?

This is a fascinating video for those studying Chinese or Japanese, or for anyone else. This person is a linguist who specializes in Chinese. I love her content. m.youtube.com/watch?v=3laAXx…

This is a nice intermediate level Mandarin podcast (I would say around B2 level). I like her clear enunciation and the topics she covers.

This is an intermediate level French channel that I have been listening to recently. I like this Belgian teacher's clear enunciation and the channel's variety of content. m.youtube.com/@elisabeth_hel…

I continue to love every minute of studying my newest languages, Mandarin and French. After a long day of work, I am taking in some goodies from my French textbook. Each grammar item is like a freshly baked cookie.

It was interesting to hear that in French the youngest son or daughter in a family is un benjamin or une benjamine. It appears this is a common term and originally, in terms of etymology, comes from the Bible. If I am wrong, please correct me.

I just now started listening to French audiobooks during my daily commute home from work. It still amazes me how much of native-targeted French content is comprehensible if one already knows/has studied a lot of Spanish and English.

I think one of the biggest misconceptions about Chinese is that one character always equals one word, and vice versa. If this were true, then the average adult who knows 8K to 10K characters would only know 8K to 10K words. The actual number would be in the tens of thousands.

I have been listening to this Mandarin podcast lately. I like the range of topics and the frequency of new content. It's a little fast for me, so I slow it down a bit.

It was nice to do a little French Clozemaster this evening after not using it for a month. When I use an app too much I get sick of it, then I take a break, then before long I like it again. It's the same for me with all language-related apps, podcasts, youtube channels, etc.