Q: French books are rubbish?
A: They will be if you throw them in the rubbish bin.
Q: How do you learn to make sentences from words?
A: You put words together in a string and hey, you have a sentence!
Q: Italian- what's next?
A: Sorry, I am not Italian so I cannot answer that question.
Q: Und was jetzt?
A: Jetzt – Deutsch.
Q: How do you find things to read?
A: I go to my bookshelf, or I turn on my Kindle.
Q: Just how long does, "Later" mean to you?
A: I have to think about that, I’ll let you know later.
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Q: How do you find things to read?
A: Try looking through a few nearby rubbish bins. You'll be surprised at all the French books you find.
A: Try looking through a few nearby rubbish bins. You'll be surprised at all the French books you find.
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Q: What now?
A: 42
A: 42
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Q: Was language learning easier 20-30 years ago?
A: Yes, If you were born 25-35 years ago.
A: Yes, If you were born 25-35 years ago.
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: Read 150 books in 2024
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Q: How do you measure your progress in your TL?
A: My answer is I don't make progress.
A: My answer is I don't make progress.
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: Cien años de soledad 20x
: 5500 pages - Reading
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: Camino a Macondo
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Q: What are your techniques when learning new languages?
A: Begin with 4. Drop 3. Start the last one tomorrow.
A: Begin with 4. Drop 3. Start the last one tomorrow.
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: Cien años de soledad 20x
: 5500 pages - Reading
: FSI Basic Spanish 3x
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: 5500 pages - Reading
: FSI Basic Spanish 3x
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luke wrote:Q: What are your techniques when learning new languages?
A: Begin with 4. Drop 3. Start the last one tomorrow.
Q: What are your techniques when learning new languages?
1. Make a big plan involving graphs and spreadsheets and timescales and multiple textbooks and thousands of Anki cards and a progressing scale of graded readers and listening.
2. Do this for multiple languages, so that if people find out how many scary and impressive languages I am 'learning' they are impressed.
3. Then perhaps consider at some point trying to learn something.
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: 1/2 Super Challenge - Latin 'Films'
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Q: Is it possible to learn your language with no dictionary?
A: Not... from a Jedi.
A: Not... from a Jedi.
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Q: What is the point of mastering/learning so many languages?
A: I need an excuse for why I haven't managed to achieve several other things in life.
A: I need an excuse for why I haven't managed to achieve several other things in life.
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