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I'm an avid podcast listener and I love learning languages. However, it happened quite often to me that when I heard a good word or phrase through my favorite podcasts, I didn't have the time to grab my pen and write it down. This frustrated me a lot because those were usually good and useful words that I wanted to incorporate into my own learning. So one day while this happened to me again I felt enough was enough. I decided to make an app to solve this problem. Fast forward a few months, PolyPro was born. I started to use it every day to improve my target languages (English & Swedish). A typical workflow for me looks like this: - Play my favorite podcast while I'm cooking, cleaning, etc - When I hear a good word or expression, I simply double-tap on my headphones to quickly save that conversation snippet into a short audio clip. Sometimes I save 1 or 2 clips for an episode, sometimes I might save 10 or 20! - Later when I have some time, I'll sit down and go through these audio clips. I can replay each audio clip to get familiar with the context. If the clip has a word that I want to dive deep into, I'll add a word to it, and it automatically links that new word to the audio clip, so that when I study it later I get to hear it in its original context. This might sound like a rather unusual workflow, and I understand that it might not work for everyone, especially for those who have dedicated time to study. But for people like me who have little to no time for study after work, kids, and other countless family duties, this allows me to keep improving my languages without having dedicated study time. After all, learning to notice is the key to learning anything. Link to the app on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/polypro/id1540488532

I’m not sure whether this is the right place to post this (and I hope that this doesn’t go against any rules)…. I’m an English teacher, language learner (French, Italian, Mandarin), and a generally curious person. I was always really frustrated with traditional ‘listening resources’ for language learning, and thought I would like something more interesting if I was learning English. So I’ve just started a podcast for English learners - it’s now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and lots of other podcast channels. The idea is that it’s ‘English Learning for Curious Minds’ - we take a different topic every week and produce a short explainer podcast, complete with transcript & key vocabulary. I’m posting here in case it might be of interest to people - so far students from 110 countries have listened to it, and feedback has been pretty positive. I’d love to know what people thought! You can find it here if you are interested: www.leonardoenglish.com/how-to-listen

Hola a todos! I just wanted a share a new podcast a friend of mine and I have created to help intermediate to advanced Spanish learners practice their listening skills (we're both spanish teachers on italki). Each episode is a conversation about a certain topic and lasts about 20 minutes. This is real Mexican Spanish at a normal native speaker speed so you can actually hear how natives speak in a casual conversation. Check it out here: https://itunes.apple.com/mx/podcast/no-hay-tos/id1360162037?mt=2 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/espanol-real RSS Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/162248.rss Btw, any feedback is always welcome. Que tengan un buen día! You can also check out our new website for more resources about the language and Mexican culture: www.nohaytospodcast.com

Good morning dear learners If you are interested in learning French I can propose you a great place. It is a French group on Facebook. I created this group yesterday (and I have already more than 200 people inside ! It is amazing). How does this group work ? Every week I propose an article from a famous newspaper and I make my followers read it, study it. I will propose soon some podcasts also to help my followers improving their listening skills. Of course it is 100% free. Concept : Learn French language by reading and listening current news from French Newspaper So if you are interested in it do not hesitate to join us ! Here is the link : THE DAILY FRENCH Cheers

Hello everybody, Learning Spanish Podcast is a free language application that will take will let you learn the basics of saying hello and goodbye, introducing yourself as well as how to count and use dates. You will also learn about the Spanish grammar and pronunciation and you can improve your listening and speaking. Learn how to speak Spanish with podcasts full of audio lessons that teach vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and talk about varied topics of everyday life. If your goal is to actually learn how to speak Spanish conversationally, you will definitely download Learning Spanish Podcast application and start learning now. Download on Google Play

Hello everybody, Do you want to improve your English conversation skills and speak it like a native? Then start learning now with English Conversations (elementary), the best application to improve your daily English conversation skills with lessons that cover a wide range of common topics, situations and skills including : travel, work, school, business, social life ...You will learn how to be able to face different situations with confidence in your English abilities. With English Conversations (elementary) you will improve your listening, grammar, vocabulary and much more. Download on Google Play

I am a ~B2 level learner, have been learning Spanish via a podcast here: https://teacherjose.com/podcast/ I learn by hearing most of all. I have turned iTunes and ivoox upside down trying to find quality content that is relevant to a learner like myself. I found this podcast is one of the best around. I love that it's real Spanish with english translations here and there. The speaker speaks with a neutral Spain accent. What I like is that there isn't a clear topic, sometimes he explains expressions, other times gives tips and tricks, talks about motivation, grammar and all sorts of things relevant to language learners. I highly recommend it to intermediate-to-advanced learners, especially if their English is good as well.

Love learning new words? Want to use those you know now more accurately and confidently? Then give The Word of the Day Podcast a listen! Among language podcasts, it's one-of-a-kind. Includes: - Words you can really use. - Explanations that make sense. - Fascinating word origins. - Usage examples from everyday life and classic literature. - Fun bonus segments. - Plenty of humor and the occasional pun. - Punchy, action-packed episodes--most between 5-10 minutes. Does NOT include: - Jargon, boring words, excessively fancy or pretentious words, random slang. - Someone just reading stuff out of a dictionary and expecting the meaning to be obvious. - Long-winded etymologies where roots are parsed in nine different languages. - Anything except the excitement of discovering and discussing the best language has to offer. Every episode, we do our best to live up to our credo: "useful words, pleasantly explained." Season 1 (on iTunes!) just finished--language fans, have at it! Jamie Silva Host of The Word of the Day Podcast iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcasts-wotdpodcast/id1193108780 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-934588746-565122450 Word of the Day Podcast Website: https://www.wotdpodcast.com

JLPT N5 Exam is able to Reading, listening and comprehend conversations about topics regularly encountered in daily life and classroom situations, and is able to pick up necessary information from short conversations spoken and written in hiragana, katakana, and basic kanji slowly. Talking Flash Cards is an imaginative and fun technique for learning in the Japanese language Fast and Free and culture at your own particular settlement. Our language get ready framework comprises of Japanese Language Podcast, JLPT N5 Exam (Japanese Language Proficiency Test), Japanese Audio Lessons, and video lessons. If you need to take this, then visit at www.talkingflashcards.com.