I/51qo2RXHHBL._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_PIAmznPrime%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C-5_PIStarRatingFOUR%2CBottomLeft%2C360%2C-6_SR600%2C315_ZA(22%20Reviews)%2C445%2C286%2C400%2C400%2Carial%2C12%2C4%2C0%2C0%2C5_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg' alt='Pimsleur Turkish' title='Pimsleur Turkish' />How to Use Spotify for Language Learning. I like music. You probably do too, especially if youve decided to read this post based on the title. There are plenty of resources, tools and methods to use music for language learning, but in this post, were going to focus on one tool in particular Spotify. Heres how to use Spotify for language learning. I remember Spotify from waaay back around 2. Someone recommended I try it to listen to more music. The hexadecimal 8digit code used to identify members on the Blackberry Messenger, usually called BBM. This amazing chat service, very popular among teenagers, is one. Freemium study app Memrise has a wealth of content in foreign languages as well as other subjects. Beginners will find its a valuable resource. The Okano Isao judo textbook I used to learn Japanese grammar. Post reading time 15 minutes. Language learning need not be complicated. Civilcad Para Autocad 2007. Principles of cognitive. German Internet Radio Listen to German online radio news and music and practice your GermanI did. And meh, I didnt stick around long. But Spotify has come a long way since then, and now theres plenty of features for you to take advantage of when it comes to language learning. Well go through them one by one. But first, if youre new to Spotify, heres a quick intro to it for you. Spotify is a music streaming service that allows you to listen to music wherever you are via your computer, tablet or phone. The free version plays adverts every 3. Premium. Within the app, you can browse music, search, create playlists, and save your favourite music for later. But how can you use those features for language learning Browse. The first place to look is Browse. Most of what you see here will be determined by your location and native language but theres a couple of useful features to note. Number 1 If youre learning Korean, Spanish or Portuguese, sometimes K pop and Latino are already listed as genres when you scroll down on the Browse screen. Number 2 And this one is the most useful for learners of other languages, click Charts and then take your pick from Top 5. Country or Viral 5. Country. The charts were difficult to find on desktop, but theyre in plain sight on a tablet or phone under Browse. Now, of course, your Ed Sheerans and your Chainsmokers are gonna be there, but if youre lucky, youll also get a handful of songs in the native language too, which is a good place to start for the next tips. Search. If Browse hasnt been too successful for you, its time to go a little deeper with the Search feature. Firstly, if you know absolutely no artists that sing in the language youre learning yet, try by searching for the name of the language both in English and in the language itself for example, Spanish and espaol. Spotify will bring back search results of Songs, Artists, Albums, Playlists and Profiles. When youre searching the name of a language, your best bet here will be playlists. These are playlists that people have already created with Spanish or espaol or whichever language youre learning in the title and can act as a great springboard to finding music you love in the language youre learning. Search by country, again in both languages. Sometimes, theres playlists or albums with the country in the title. This can be particularly useful if youre looking for traditional music. Finally, if youve got one artist or song to work with, perhaps as a result of a little luck with using Browse, try by searching the artist name, or even song names, which might bring up cover versions as well. Related Artists. The next thing to do once youve searched or browsed and found a starting point is to click the artist. Now youll see plenty more songs to choose from by this artist, but the best bit for finding more is the Related Artists tab. Prepare yourself to dive right in to a musical rabbit hole here. Click one and another, and another and you can just keep going for quite a while. Make sure youre also adding to playlists as you go so that its worth it and youve got something to go back to and listen to. Create Your Own Playlists. Now weve got music to add to playlists, its worth going into a little more detail, as its a key feature youll want to be using to make the most of Spotify for language learning. Depending on how many languages youre learning, your personal music tastes etc, you may want to order your playlists differently. For example, I have just one playlist right now for each language labelled with emoji flags but you may also want to get more specific and sort by genre, era, or even verb tense too. A great place to start here is the Song. Saturday playlist, a multilingual joy of a playlist curated by the We. Do. Languages Facebook Group from our monthly Song. Saturday threads. Go to Radio. Another option once youve found a band you like is to take advantage of Go to Radio. This will play a selection of songs and artists that people who like your new found favourite also listen to on the regular. Theres no guarantee here that youll only get music in the language youre looking for but what you can do to play with the algorithms is click a little thumbs up or thumbs down to help tell Spotify what you like and therefore what they should tweak next time around. Your Daily Mix. Much like how I imagine Spotify curates the Radio feature, aka the more you listen, the more Spotify picks up on your taste eerily well one of the features that is created based on your listening habits is the Daily Mix. Theres 6 at any one time and I normally have one Daily Mix each day with songs in different languages. Perfect for when youre not feeling much like picking something to listen to but you do still want a little language. Another option if that describes you is that once youve listened quite a bit, your options in the Discover tab will begin to bring up Similar to or Suggestions for you because you listened to. Language Learning Courses. The quality isnt exactly Pimsleur, Glossika or Assimil but if youd like a little word or two mixed in with your music, theres a small selection of language learning courses on Spotify, some set to music too. At first, it seemed to be just for French, Spanish, German, Italian, and English. However, after a bit of digging, I found tracks in Japanese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, and even one series that has tracks in languages to excite any polyglot such as Swahili, Turkish, and Lingala. The most thorough artist for these is this one here. To make things easier, Spotify have handily created playlists of the audio content for various languages. Theres not one for every language, but theres a good range Learn Arabic. Learn French. Learn Spanish. Learn German. Learn Italian. Learn Portuguese. Learn Chinese. Learn Russian. Learn Swedish. Learn Irish. To add to this, Ive made similar playlists for you for Japanese and Korean too. Audiobooks. Theres also a smallish selection of audiobooks available on Spotify too. Sometimes the availability of these varies depending on your region but the best way is to search the word audiobook in the language youre learning. Heres a few to get you startedGerman hrbuch. Searching playlists let me to finding the Famous Five and the more serious looking Percy Jackson in German. French livre audio. Kim Thuy has some audiobooks in French with really nice cover art. Yes, Im judging an audiobook by its cover. Spanish audio libro. Eduardo Galeano has a good selection of audiobooks in Spanish, Jorge Luis Borges reads his poems, and Federico Garca Lorca has a few albums including this one with a collection of his songs and poems and I also found a reading of Yerma. Italian audiolibro. Theres a couple that popped up for Italian from Romeo and Juliet to Little Red Riding Hood. Comedy. Theyre a little harder to find as not all comedians are on Spotify, and you might need to research elsewhere to get some names first, but this can be a great way to use Spotify for language learning. Playaway for Military Downloadable Pimsleur Booklets.