{"id":5279,"date":"2015-05-29T01:52:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T01:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=5279"},"modified":"2015-05-28T06:02:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T06:02:31","slug":"reviewing-fluentu-an-interactive-approach-to-learning-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/reviewing-fluentu-an-interactive-approach-to-learning-chinese.html","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing FluentU: An interactive approach to learning Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/h2>\n

Many people recommend foreign language learners to watch songs and movies as a less boring alternative to studying from textbooks. However, oftentimes translating the content can be quite tiresome and using subtitles results in people being lazy and reading subtitles without actually absorbing too much new knowledge.<\/p>\n

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What is FluentU?<\/h2>\n

FluentU<\/a> is an innovative way to learn languages through experiencing trending media content in that language. It allows you to access the best foreign language content on the web such as movie trailers, movies, music videos, songs and inspiring talks.<\/p>\n

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How does FluentU work?<\/h2>\n

FluentU works by allowing you to pause the videos and songs and focus on specific words and sentences creating an experience that you don\u2019t get from the regular subtitling of videos. It\u2019s pretty much watching foreign language media content but with tools that enable you to slow it down and learn exactly what is happening in each song lyric, or frame of the video.<\/p>\n

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Assessment<\/h2>\n

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Pros<\/h3>\n