Reflecting on my first Lithuanian class on Restoration of Independence Day
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How I plan to learn / acquire Lithuanian
While I have experience in learning / acquiring new languages my process is reliant on various resources that are not available for Lithuanian. Apps such as Speakly, Taalhammer and LingQ are fundamental to my usual approach but unfortunately they do not provide Lithuanian as an option. On top of that there is not as much content aimed at beginners such as YouTube channels, podcasts and resources. Because of this I will have to adjust my approach but for contrast my usual method can be summed up as follows: Use spaced repetition apps to learn vocabulary and phrases (recognised recall) . Listen to content that contains those learned vocabulary and phrases (recognised recall in context). Also known as 'input'. Practice speaking using the learned vocabulary and phrases (active recall and recognised recall in context). Also known as 'output'. 'Learning a language' means different things to different people and my preference is to focus heavily on what will allow me t...