Find More Material

Find material in the target language about the topic, such as YouTube videos, podcasts, music, or Instagram reels.

• You can do this by searching online using a format like “<keywords in target language> <type of media, such as video, music, etc>”.
• Listen or watch, and then follow this process:
  • Note down any moments that were difficult for you, including their time stamp. 
  • Write out what you understand after your first listen or viewing. Then listen again and see if you can add more or make corrections to your first effort. 
  • Look up any unfamiliar words or constructions.

Learn about the background of the material:

• Who made it? Are they famous? In what context? Who would recognize their names?
• What are their biographical details? Who were their contemporaries? 
• What are other seminal or popular examples of that genre?
• What are other historical or contemporary works in the genre?
• See if you can find other works in the same genre.

Interact with social media conversations in the target language about the material or related topics.

• You can find them by searching online using a format like: “<keywords in target language> <name of social media site>”. 
• Try to find out what social media services are popular for speakers of the target language.
• Find hashtags, popular pages, or influencers posting about the topic.
• Draft a post about the topic in the target language, your own or a response to someone else’s.
• Find and write captions for images related to the material.

Explore language-learning apps like DuoLingo or Mango Languages.

• Even app content intended for a beginning-level learner may help you review or learn vocab and grammar; and the audio may help reinforce accurate pronunciation, accent, and intonation.