I’ve really enjoyed Duolingo and I think it generally does a decent job exposing you to vocabulary words and grammar, but one thing I’ve found problematic is that, with recent updates, there is so much repetition I feel like I’m just memorizing what certain sentences and phrases look like as opposed to “hearing” and understanding them. This has made me further realize that, while I can generally read the language I am learning, I am abysmal at going from spoken word to understanding. Does anyone have some good tips on how to get more exposure to spoken word in the language you are learning or otherwise supplementing your Duolingo experience?
I joined some Lemmy communities in the target language and browse the comment sections from time to time. It’s not super important the topic is interesting. I just use it as a source of natural language, to see if I can get the gist.
Sometimes I watch videos on grammar and pronounciation. And of course, talk to people who can speak that language in that language!
From time to time, I ask ChatGPT to have a conversation with me in the target language, but I need to improve my skill further to participate.