Summary: <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://esl.culips.com/Lipservice-prtd/JET28_tech.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><br> </a><br> <a href="https://esl.culips.com/1000/01/13670/"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> Hello there language learning friend. Welcome back to Culips. In this episode, I am going to talk about technology. Specifically, I’ll talk about what kinds of technology I have used to learn Korean and Spanish in the past. Now I should start off by saying when I started learning Korean about 10 years ago, there were very few language learning apps available at the time. I remember the only applications I could find were akin to phrase books. This meant that they had a certain phrase and the translation next to it.<br> First of all, if you have a smartphone, I highly recommend utilising your smartphone for <a href="https://esl.culips.com/2019/11/jeremys-english-tips-episode-2-repetitive-listening/">repetitive listening</a>. If you are unfamiliar with repetitive listening, please refer to <a href="https://esl.culips.com/2019/11/jeremys-english-tips-episode-2-repetitive-listening/">episode #2</a> and <a href="https://esl.culips.com/2020/05/jeremys-english-tips-episode-16-how-to-choose-good-repetitive-listening-material/">episode #16</a> in the Culips series Jeremy’s English Tips to find out more about it.<br> <br> <br> Key points covered in this episode<br> <br> * You can use a smartphone, MP3 or computer to practice listening.<br> * Good headphones and listening to high quality audio gives your brain more audio information.<br> * Language exchange apps like HelloTalk and Tandem can help you find language exchange partners and conduct language exchanges.<br> * You can use online translators to check if your English sentences make sense or not.<br> * You can check to see if a word or phrase is commonly used by native speakers by putting it in quotations and searching for it on Google.<br> <br> Copyright: <a href="http://www.culips.com">Culips.com</a><br> For more information about this episode, visit culips.com.<br>
