[[!meta title="Immersive language learning with Emacs"]] [[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2024 Sebastian Dümcke"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2024/info/language-nav)" raw="yes"]] # Immersive language learning with Emacs Sebastian Dümcke (he/him) - , [[!inline pages="internal(2024/info/language-before)" raw="yes"]] Immersive language learning helps acquiring a new language by surrounding oneself in environments where the target language is used naturally, rather than learning through traditional instruction or translation methods. Short of travelling to places where the language is native, one can also emulate this digitally: Watching movies, listening to music, podcasts, or radio shows, and reading books, newspapers, or websites in the target language. I will present a framework in Emacs to achieve the typical tasks in language learning: increase vocabulary and comprehension (both written and aural) to achieve faster fluency, better retention and ideally cultural competence. We will investigate how to read written documents and websites, watch movies and listen to music/learn lyrics all while collecting new vocabulary and concepts. Then we will present a spaced repetition framework for improving retention of these concepts. About the speaker: I am a curious person, interested to learn. I started using Emacs as a project management tool through org-mode 8 years ago. I has really helped my stay on top of things while starting my own company. Now my use of Emacs is slowly expanding. I was always interested in learning new languages: I believe they are the key to other cultures. [[!inline pages="internal(2024/info/language-after)" raw="yes"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2024/info/language-nav)" raw="yes"]]