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Lorie Silano
For those of us with an autism spectrum disorder, some of its signs can be useful when it comes to learning foreign languages. Some of these links I talk about below are based on my experiences, and may prove useful to others too.
There were sing-songs too, most notably when learning how to say the alphabet in French. This approach can help in terms of getting one engaged, as music was, and still is an important interest of mine.
Once I felt more confident, I wrote letters in French to two aunts who are naturally good at languages. They even took the time to correct any errors made, be they grammatical or incorrect words. Each time I had my standard of French complimented by them, giving me confidence to further develop my knowledge of the language. One piece of advice they gave to me in the event of not knowing the French for something I wanted to say, was to use something that you knew meant similar.
In addition, learning foreign languages may help us to become more independent and flexible in our thinking and approaches to things in life, and more creative when trying to come up with ways to solve particular problems. One example of mine here is thinking up short stories to help those with an autism spectrum disorder understand idioms more easily.
For those of us with an autism spectrum disorder, you may have read above about how some of the signs we may display can be useful when trying to learn a foreign language. These include repetitive behaviours, being logically minded, along with having a good memory.
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good to read your blog on languages. I am learning some Dutch at the moment using Babbel, a site where one can learn a number of languages. I am concentrating on my listening skills at the moment. A suggestion for learning another language is to pick out on you tube some easy songs in say French, with subtitles in English and French. If you want to speak a little French with me maybe we could do that sometime on Whatsapp? amities , christina
Thanks for your comment Christina. I'd be interested in what you think of that news website. I just try and understand what is being talked about generally, rather than just translate it word for word. That is one approach, I feel, that can take the pressure off and make trying to learn a new language less stressful.
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You also get to see the new words you're learning used in common conversations, listen to them (if you choose to have audio on), repeat the phrases and learn more about verb groups. The 15-minute language lessons are easy to work into your day -- whether it's on your commute, before bed or on your lunch break. The My Activity module lets you track all your progress.
Babbel currently offers 14 languages and is free to sign up for, and the first lesson of every course is free. A monthly subscription costs $15. You can also choose to renew every three months ($38), every six months ($67), annually ($89) or make a one-time payment of $349 for lifetime access. The other subscription option is Babbel Live, which is a more traditional language learning experience with virtual classes led by an instructor with other students. You can sign up for unlimited classes with this paid subscription for one month ($90), three months ($209), six months ($359) and annually ($599).
You also get to see the new words you're learning used in common conversations, listen to them (if you choose to have audio on), repeat the phrases and learn more about verb groups. The 15-minute language lessons are easy to work into your day -- whether it's on your commute, before bed or on your lunch break. The My Activity module lets you track all your progress.
I tried my hand at Greek on the Drops app. The app's fun, colorful layout definitely made the language (which has its own alphabet) less intimidating. The app shows users each word in the Greek alphabet and the English alphabet, and says the word and shows an image of it. Drops is owned by the popular game-learning platform Kahoot and is constantly adding new languages. The company recently added its 15th language, Catalan.
You can subscribe to Drops Premium for $13 a month, $70 annually. If you stick with the free version, you have to wait 10 hours to access another lesson, but you can check out your statistics after completing the lesson (correct answers, wrong answers and words learned) and tap on the words you've learned to hear them pronounced again (and see them written in the Greek alphabet). This can give you a leg up when your next lesson starts.
Similar to Drops, Mondly is a fun, colorful app that has multiple features you can take advantage of even if you don't subscribe to premium. I tried beginner Hungarian on this app, and I liked how it offered to show you different conjugations if you tapped on verbs. The app packs images, translations and auditory aids to help your specific learning style. The instructor also speaks the words and phrases in a rather melodic way. That made it easier for me to recall them (even after trying different languages on different apps).
Mondly currently has lessons available for 41 different languages. It also has VR and AR products that let you integrate its language lessons, chatbots and games into virtual and augmented reality tools, like the Meta Quest 3 or other VR headsets.
Mondly is free to use, but you can subscribe to the Premium tier to unlock all content. You can subscribe for access to lessons in one language for $10 a month or $48 annually. You can also get lifetime access to all 41 languages for $90.
Similar to Drops, Mondly is a fun, colorful app that has multiple features you can take advantage of even if you don't subscribe to premium. I tried beginner Hungarian on this app, and I liked how it offered to show you different conjugations if you tapped on verbs. The app packs images, translations and auditory aids to help your specific learning style. The instructor also speaks the words and phrases in a rather melodic way. That made it easier for me to recall them (even after trying different languages on different apps).
Memrise currently has lessons available in 23 languages. A few lessons are available for free daily, or you can upgrade to a Pro membership for $15 per month, $90 per year or $200 for lifetime access. The Pro membership removes ads, gives you access to all languages and lets you incorporate the 30,000 native speaker videos it has into your lessons.
When you sign up for Busuu, you select the language you want to learn, and the app helps you determine how advanced you are with it, why you want to learn it and how advanced you want to become. From there, you set a daily study goal, and if you subscribe to the premium plan, it creates a study plan so you'll reach your goal by a set date. For example, Busuu says if I study three times a week for 10 minutes a day, I'll be pretty fluent in my chosen language in about eight months.
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