Any information about other language learning websites?

Bunpro
#1

Hi guys! I know this website is all about learning Japanese exclusively, but I’m a language addict and I’m learning a couple of others (Mandarin and Korean if you care), and I was wondering if there were any other sites as good as Bunpro (in quality of teaching). I’ve learned quite a bit since I joined (8 days ago lol) and I would love to further my progress with other languages like I did with Japanese.

Apps that are out of the question for recommendation:
Duolingo- not very effective for me
Rosetta Stone- I’m too broke to pay for it
Koreanclass101-Same reason for Rosetta

I appreciate all the help and suggestions!
~MOA_304

#2

I like https://www.lingolia.com/
It has 5 languages, grammar is structured, and there are a lot of exercises for each point.
If I were to do it, I would go through points, do exercises, and add failed exercises to anki (though yotmian) as a sentence card (in my case for reading, but maybe feel in for someone else).

#3

Thanks! This seems really cool!

#4

I guess so, but it’s not for Mandarin or Korean, and paid as well (I believe it’s 12$ for 3 months)

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#5

That’s cool. Who knows? I may need it later on! :purple_heart:

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#6

I was going to say Lingodeer, but apparently they’ve moved into a subscription model. I don’t really use it, but I snagged it back when lifetime membership was 15 bucks 🫠 that and it’s similar to Duolingo, albiet better

As far as I can tell, theres still really nothing quite like bunpro for other languages :eyes: but there was a thought to expand once the team is confident of what they have for Japanese. Could’ve just been a passing thought tho no solid plans for it. personally I’d love to try and learn Korean in Japanese on bunpro

You’ll have to settle for YouTube and other resources it seems. I did find this list of resources for beginners of Korean from Reddit. You could take a look at that
https://www.reddit.com/r/Korean/comments/hw4gy0/the_ultimate_beginners_resource_thread/

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#7

Unfortionately I’m only studying Japanese
but subs2srs Usage (for DVDs) and https://www.languagereactor.com/ (for streaming) will work with any language. They are both free, though the DVDs or Netflix aren’t

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#8

I’ve actually tried Lingodeer before on a free trial. It was kinda cool. Thanks for the Reddit info!

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#9

For now Japanese takes priority lol

For Korean I just make notes and use a book (Lets learn Korean with BTS) and :

  • Learn Korean App on the phone (they have Learn Japanese, Learn Mandarin Chinese etc… ) Learn Korean - Beginners – Apps on Google Play
    I like that app as I can just make notes on new vocab / grammar and then use their light SRS to test myself
  • Anki - I make my own flashcards for grammar / vocab / kanji etc…
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#10

Really helpful! I’ll consider this when studying. Thanks! :purple_heart:

#11

Thanks lol

Naver English-Korean Dictionary
Just remembered this dictionary by Naver as you can search by:
Korean - English
Korean - Japanese
Korean - Chinese
Japanese - Korean
etc…
It could be quite useful if you are studying all three languages

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#12

Oh wow that’s cool! :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart:

#13

You have also Mosalingua

10 languages for the price of one. I like it.

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#14

I’ve never even heard of something as nice as this app! I’ll look into it for sure. :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart:

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#15

If/when you have a solid level of Japanese I’d recommend checking out materials aimed at Japanese speakers, especially for Korean grammar.

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#16

I’m so glad you wrote this thread. I was just about to write one for the exact same topic (and the same two languages) myself!

A book I found by sheer chance years ago that’s useful for learning simplified hanzi is Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters. The authors specifically name James Heisig and that they’re incorporating his method. This book creates different recurring mnemonics for each of the four tones, which is imperfect but useful. In my experience, the tone is the hardest part of a pinyin reading to remember.

I’ve also been trying to find comprehensible input. So far, I’ve just been searching on YouTube. But for Japanese, at least, I’ve had a great experience with cijapanese.com (which modeled itself like Dreaming in Spanish). I’ve found similar YouTubers just by searching, but I haven’t had the chance to use them enough to have an opinion.

I’m still building a comfort level with 한글. The main challenge I’m dealing with this week is when the characters aren’t phonetic and/or resyllabification. I’ve just been looking words up in Wiktionary and studying IPA to get by on that front. I wish I still knew a native speaker who lived nearby, but, well, 어쩔 수 없지.

EDIT: This book has a similar title to the one I mentioned, but it’s a different book by someone else. I have this one too. It teaches the hanzi in an order closer to everyday use, but the only memory techniques I see are just writing the characters out. That is useful and important practice but not what I was referring to.

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#17

This comment is golden! Thanks for the resources! I’m honestly in the same boat as you. I use YouTube a lot, so here are some I watch:
Korean-
Koreanclass101
Learn Korean With Hamin (Hamin chingu)
Talk To Me in Korean (TTMIK)

Japanese-
NihongoDekita with Sayaka
Japanesepod101
That Japanese Man Yuta
Studying Daily Japanese

Chinese-
Chineseclass101
Grace Mandarin Chinese
Joy Chinese

Hope these are helpful and sorry if you already watch them. And you are 110% correct about the tones in Chinese. I’m not very good at tonal languages like Chinese or Thai for that reason alone. But I’m determined to learn Mandarin (for nerdy reasons. Feel free to ask for the nerdy explanation if you want it). I’ll see if I can pick these books up at my library. Have a nice day! :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart: :purple_heart:

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