Q: The most usless word you`ve learned in your TL.
A: inutile
A: 无用
Q: What can I do to practice speaking alone?
A: Stay away from other people.
Q: How many hours to B2?
A: I don't know, but I wouldn't start from here.
A: Don't know, but it's 24 hours to Tulsa.
A: Depends on when the train leaves.
Q: Language Resources for Youngsters
A: Are called 'Parents'
Q: What tools are useful in language learning?
A: Hammer and drill press mostly.
Q: Regret forgetting old languages/ balancing new ones
A: Nope
Q: What to do about corrected output?
A: Use it?
Q: How to get the most out of a Graded Learner book?
A: Recycling
Q: What are "stickmen" called in your language?
A: Stickmen
Q: I need an exit strategy
A: Copy, agent 257, we're working on it.
Q: Let's populate Lingora!
A: Hell yeah baby! I don't know where that is, but you bring the wine and I'll bring the whipped cream!
Q: Lingvist now has a forum
A: Has he been to the doctors? I hear they are doing great things in the field of forum removal nowadays.
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Q: What to do about corrected output?
A: Sigh, facepalm or cry
A: Sigh, facepalm or cry
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Q: Let's populate Lingora!
A: Nope, not even if you were the last polyglot left on the planet!
A: Nope, not even if you were the last polyglot left on the planet!
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Q: Why count each syllable of a with applause?
A: To boost their self esteem?
A: To boost their self esteem?
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Please correct my errors in any tongue.
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
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Q: How Do You Stop a Native Polish Speaker from Switching to English?
A: Find one who can not speak English.
A: Ask politely
A: Find one who can not speak English.
A: Ask politely
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"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
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Q: How Do You Stop a Native Polish Speaker from Switching to English?
A: Be a native Polish speaker.
A: Be a native Polish speaker.
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Study groups
Leave group theory to the mathematicians - they can't get enough of the stuff.
Xenops Dates French! (and maybe German)
Ah non, French n'aime pas ça! French will spank Xenops!
French is the best language to learn?
Depends on where you are born. In Beijing Chinese would be better. In Buenos Aires the logical choice would be Spanish.
My listening comprehension is awful! How to improve it?
Try another language.
The most usless word you`ve learned in your TL.
Usless.
Your Language-related New Year's Resolutions 2017
Only one: this one.
Leave group theory to the mathematicians - they can't get enough of the stuff.
Xenops Dates French! (and maybe German)
Ah non, French n'aime pas ça! French will spank Xenops!
French is the best language to learn?
Depends on where you are born. In Beijing Chinese would be better. In Buenos Aires the logical choice would be Spanish.
My listening comprehension is awful! How to improve it?
Try another language.
The most usless word you`ve learned in your TL.
Usless.
Your Language-related New Year's Resolutions 2017
Only one: this one.
2 x
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Q:My listening comprehension is awful! How to improve it?
A: Try sign languages.
A: Try sign languages.
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Please correct my errors in any tongue.
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
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Q: Language Resources for Youngsters
A: See the children's librarian, she'll help you out
Q: What tools are useful in language learning?
A: Can't go wrong with a sledgehammer. If that doesn't work try a jackhammer.
A: See the children's librarian, she'll help you out
Q: What tools are useful in language learning?
A: Can't go wrong with a sledgehammer. If that doesn't work try a jackhammer.
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English (IELTS 8.5)
Scandinavian (a: N>D>S)
-- along the way --
French, Italian
-- can read with dict --
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Q: When do you usually start conversing regularly?
A: When drunk maybe, can't remember.
Q: When is translation not translation?
A: When it's a lining.
A: When drunk maybe, can't remember.
Q: When is translation not translation?
A: When it's a lining.
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