I would like to learn a couple of languages (polish and Japanese - I already learned Spanish to a decent degree) but it seems like every solution is closed source.

I would use books but listening (and speaking) are very important and books won't help with those.

What would you guys recommend?

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[–] WigglyTortoise@dmv.social 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The US Foreign Services Institute releases their learning materials, so if you're okay with a lack of structure I hear they can be very useful, including both reading and listening.

It can be accessed on several different sites. Here's one that came up, but you can find a few more with some searching: https://www.livelingua.com/fsi/

[–] Bombastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Holy shit this is an excellent resource. Thanks a lot

Edit never mind just looked at the pdf for my native language and it's full of errors for the most basic shit.

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did some listening on the Norwegian one, no errors per se...

Just quite old fashioned. This was how people spoke in the the 70's and 80's. If I met a person talking like that I'd insist they'd show me the time portal. Seriously, I want to get away from this decade. Help.

[–] metiulekm@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Same for Polish. One funny thing I've noticed is that in one of the examples, the person tries to stay at a hotel, and the price is clearly in the old currency, which has not been used since 1997.

[–] Dougas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I just checked my native language and they are using an older version of the language that ceased to be used around 1975 or so.

[–] original2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This looks awesome