I am going to have to agree some what that when I started learning Spanish almost 9 months ago. Lingq was very scary and I did not know how to effectively use this amazing platform I am almost certain that is took me about 2-3 months to really getting my head around learning a language and what things to focus on and many other things. I had to keep writing forum posts of how to learn this and how other people had been learning on lingq and ultimately find my own way of doing things which I am still learning to this day but not so much. But without Lingq I would have not have progress as much as I have in Spanish and I know 100% that when the day comes and I start my Third language I will be using Linqq.
Yes, LingQ is a great resource, it makes input selection and content manipulation very easy, and that’s very helpful in speeding up progress. What I have been saying all along is that, if you had come to LingQ for Spanish after taking some good introductory course – and I cite Assimil because it’s one of my favorites, and Michel Thomas because it is a great ice-breaker for those who start from absolute zero, but there are many other options – you might have not found LingQ scary at all. There was no need for you to experience any discomfort, you see. Especially at the beginning of a process, discomfort can do great damage. If it can be avoided, it should be avoided.
Hello Everyone. I have been using lingq for only a week now and find the process confusing. I am looking for a structured approach to learning language regardless of the system. Am I correct in assuming that you read the lessons first in the desired language, then look up vocabulary words in the dictionary, and continue this process for different stories until you can start recognizing patterns in the language? My goal is to learn Chinese, so that I can help someone in an emergency situation if the need arises. I hope someone can give me guidance about the process. Thank You
I look up the words during reading.
So what do you do with the flash cards and how and why do you import stories?
I like LingQ shows me the unknown words. Moreover I can see how many words in the text are unknown for me. I would review the flashcard but I prefer just to spend my time for more reading.
If you are a beginner, you should of course begin with a course Chinese for beginners. I have no experience with Chinese on LINGQ, but when I began with Russian two years ago, I began with several courses for beginners with Russian on Lingq. Perhaps this is the course you need: MIT’s Learning Chinese, which you can find on LINGQ: go to the lesson’s library and type the name of the course in the search box. But there should be other beginner’s courses as well. If you cannot find a good beginners course on LINGQ, you can try with somethings lile ASSIMIL.
Working with LINGQ means clicking on the blue words: you will find “hints” of what the word could mean made by other users of LINGQ. If the hint satisfies you, you click on it. I ft does not, you click on the dictionary button, you consult one of the dictionaries and you choose a translation which you type in the hintsbox.
When you have reached a more advanced stage of your learning process you can import texts into LINGQ yourself using material which you have found elsewhere and which you find interesting.
A better phrase would be ‘not user friendly.’ Found this site 30 mins ago… still cant figure it out. There is no logical order to anything. Idk I’ll go play around some more
Steve appears to not believe in sequential order. Both the lesson feed and the lesson library seem to be a bit of a no man’s land. At least, that’s my impression. The best I can do is think of subjects (like “history,” “philosophy,” “biology,” self-help"…) and use the search function. I’m sure there is a better method for choosing what to study. But it’s not intuitive, that’s for sure. If any experienced LingQ user could share some hints, that would be nice.
I think/guess i kinda figured it out. Go to Lesson library, the lessons are structured there from what i can see. Filter out lessons by providers and your level and so on. At first i was confused by the numbers next to lessons. But that was the number of lessons in that course. I thought it was just one big beginner course. But I realized that there are numerous courses each with lessons. Thats what tripped me up but i think i’m good now.
I often make this suggestion for the site. Instead, I have to manually go through check boxes and think about topics to type in. Also, when I go through the search results, it’s often one or two content submitters that take up all the results. Nothing against those providers, but I want to read from other sources.