Use Music, Memes, and Other Pop Culture to Learn a Foreign Language Faster

Many of us have learning a foreign language on our bucket lists, and the more we immerse ourselves in a new language, the better. One easy and fun way to do that is to tap into the pop culture of native speakers: music, TV shows, and common phrases.

Technology entrepreneur Kumar Thangudu has a list of ten language learning hacks. He mentions quirky ethnic television shows, such as the foreign version of American Idol (where you might see renditions of songs you know done in the other language), foreign music (Lyrics Training on YouTube could be helpful), and watching TV (or movies with the subtitles on). Learning foreign memes, with their associated images, are also a fun way to remember words.

One new trick I learned from the list was the use of pangrams, which are sentences that use every letter of the alphabet at least once. For example, the foreign language equivalent of "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs." This could be helpful with improving your pronunciation.

Hit up Kumar's blog post for more ideas on learning a new language.

Foreign Language Learning Hacks | H. Kumar Thangudu

Photo by Nick Wiesner

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/z4Aeg-d4J6I/use-music-memes-and-other-pop-culture-to-learn-a-foreign-language-faster

santonio holmes raheem morris winter classic mt rainier caucus stanford vs oklahoma state occupy rose parade