Feedback is a superpower

In today’s newsletter:

🔸 Incorporating feedback into your learning
🔸 Anki - the king of flashcards
🔸 A great resource for finding YouTube input

Hey Reader,

I’ve been on a bit of a process of writing down and developing some of the ideas that I have found really work for me. Just recently I started thinking about feedback and the role it has played in my language learning, and that has become a new section, Mondecast hints: short, digestible language learning advice on a particular topic. Enjoy!

Simon

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⚡Mondecast hints: Feedback

Feedback is the process of getting corrections from others to help you identify mistakes and errors you might not notice yourself.

Without feedback, you risk your errors becoming fossilised. This is where you repeat an error often enough it begins to sound natural to you and it becomes a part of the way you speak. These errors then become a sticky and unwelcome feature of your speech or writing. Fossilised errors can be particularly hard to get rid of.

You have three good options for collecting feedback:

Use personal tutors
Request feedback from a conversation partner
Use online feedback platforms like LangCorrect
Record yourself and compare to native speakers

Key takeaway: Find a way to incorporate some feedback into your learning

Done right, your feedback process can become a loop: make mistakes, get feedback, adjust, repeat.

🛠️Resource spotlight: Anki

If you’re not already using Anki, I highly recommend it. Anki is basically the king of all flashcard apps, known for its free desktop and Android versions, customizable features, and active community.

There are many pre-made decks for you to use to get started. There is also a great collection of decks by Xefjord.

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