Q: How much 'technology' do you apply to language learning?
A: I'm having that chip installed in my brain.
Q: How to I go from advanced to fluent
A: Take a left at Albuquerque.
Q: What happens to your performance when you are sick?
A: Why does she keep bringing that up?
Q: Reading Without Knowing How Words Are Pronounced
A: Is similar to singing without knowing the words.
Q: Please tell me how I sound speaking Farsi.
A: Far-out-ski !
Q: Need help with a possible Persian idiom
A: You're on your own, I got enough problems with idioms at work.
Q: Talk
A: Never!
Q: Name of this body part?
A: Errr.... Sir, I'm going to need you to put that away, or I'm calling the police.
Q: Which study plan would you use if you had to get B1 certificate in German in 104 days?
A: The German one.
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- rdearman
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: Read 150 books in 2024
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- einzelne
- Blue Belt
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- Joined: Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:33 pm
- Languages: Russan (N), English (Working knowledge), French (Reading), German (Reading), Italian (Reading on Kindle)
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Q: Finding More Time for Language-Learning
A: First, drop all other languages, then language learning itself
A: First, drop all other languages, then language learning itself
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- LupCenușiu
- Yellow Belt
- Posts: 56
- Joined: Sun May 15, 2022 8:55 pm
- Languages: RO (educated sarcastic native) EN (emulating fluency) GE, FR(various degrees of incompetency)
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Q: Audio books - how do you use them?
A: Just play by the ear.
Q: Background music as a distraction to language learning???
A: Do we really need one more distraction?
Q: How do I go from advanced to fluent
A: Slowly, painfully, following a non-linear path.
Q: What would your ideal app for learning with comprehensible input look like?
A: Smart and good looking. Sense of humor is a bonus.
A: Just play by the ear.
Q: Background music as a distraction to language learning???
A: Do we really need one more distraction?
Q: How do I go from advanced to fluent
A: Slowly, painfully, following a non-linear path.
Q: What would your ideal app for learning with comprehensible input look like?
A: Smart and good looking. Sense of humor is a bonus.
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- IronMike
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- Posts: 2554
- Joined: Thu May 12, 2016 6:13 am
- Location: Northern Virginia
- Languages: Studying: Esperanto
Maintaining: nada
Tested:
BCS, 1+L/1+R (DLPT5, 2022)
Russian, 3/3 (DLPT5, 2022) 2+ (OPI, 2022)
German, 2L/1+R (DLPT5, 2021)
Italian, 1L/2R (DLPT IV, 2019)
Esperanto, C1 (KER skriba ekzameno, 2017)
Slovene, 2+L/3R (DLPT II in, yes, 1999) - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5189
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Q: 24/7 language conversation partner
A: The newest dating app on the market!
A: The newest dating app on the market!
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You're not a C1 (or B1 or whatever) if you haven't tested.
CEFR --> ILR/DLPT equivalencies
My swimming life.
My reading life.
CEFR --> ILR/DLPT equivalencies
My swimming life.
My reading life.
- Iversen
- Black Belt - 4th Dan
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- Joined: Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:36 pm
- Location: Denmark
- Languages: Monolingual travels in Danish, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Romanian and (part time) Esperanto
Ahem, not yet: Norwegian, Afrikaans, Platt, Scots, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Greek, Latin, Irish, Indonesian and a few more... - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1027
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Q: Fastest C1 Ever
A: tap "C1" on a keyboard or write it on paper with your favorite ballpoint pen
A: tap "C1" on a keyboard or write it on paper with your favorite ballpoint pen
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- SCMT
- Orange Belt
- Posts: 245
- Joined: Thu May 30, 2019 6:32 pm
- Languages: Engilsh (N)
Spanish (Learning)
French (Beginning) - Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... 15&t=10551
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
Q: How to get good at conversation on a budget
A: Start with expected income for the month, then methodically go through each expected expense
A: Start with expected income for the month, then methodically go through each expected expense
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- rdearman
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Q: How fast is too fast when going through Assimil?
A: I believe the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour.
Q: Mexican athlete recommends input, translation & duolingo
A: But still lost the 100 metre dash.
Q: Will AI improve language learning?
A: Who's Al ? Al Bundy?
Q: Krashen and "Krashenite"
A: The sky is falling!
Q: Resources for learning Doric Scots
A: Dora the explorer?
Q: Trying to Write a letter in French
A: I find the letter N to be easier than most of the others, no accent marks.
Q: Do you talk to strangers?
A: My mother told me not to.
Q: When do you begin transcribing TV shows?
A: When someone is willing to pay me to do it.
Q: How to pronounce "Esto te va a ayudar"
A: "Esto te va a ayudar"
Q: Paraphrasing tools
A: apparatus ?
Q: How many language opportunities are on your doorstep?
A: None, I hosed it down this morning.
Q: Do you actually have any Christmas spirit?
A: Does Jack Daniels count?
Q: What do you do for a living?
A: As little as possible.
A: I believe the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour.
Q: Mexican athlete recommends input, translation & duolingo
A: But still lost the 100 metre dash.
Q: Will AI improve language learning?
A: Who's Al ? Al Bundy?
Q: Krashen and "Krashenite"
A: The sky is falling!
Q: Resources for learning Doric Scots
A: Dora the explorer?
Q: Trying to Write a letter in French
A: I find the letter N to be easier than most of the others, no accent marks.
Q: Do you talk to strangers?
A: My mother told me not to.
Q: When do you begin transcribing TV shows?
A: When someone is willing to pay me to do it.
Q: How to pronounce "Esto te va a ayudar"
A: "Esto te va a ayudar"
Q: Paraphrasing tools
A: apparatus ?
Q: How many language opportunities are on your doorstep?
A: None, I hosed it down this morning.
Q: Do you actually have any Christmas spirit?
A: Does Jack Daniels count?
Q: What do you do for a living?
A: As little as possible.
10 x
: Read 150 books in 2024
My YouTube Channel
The Autodidactic Podcast
My Author's Newsletter
I post on this forum with mobile devices, so excuse short msgs and typos.
My YouTube Channel
The Autodidactic Podcast
My Author's Newsletter
I post on this forum with mobile devices, so excuse short msgs and typos.
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- Black Belt - 4th Dan
- Posts: 4960
- Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:46 am
- Languages: Czech (N), French (C2) English (C1), Italian (C1), Spanish, German (C1)
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
Q:What advice do you give to people IRL when language learning comes up?
A:Don't.
Q: How fast is too fast when going through Assimil?
A: If the pages start burning, it's too fast.
Q: Mexican athlete recommends input, translation & duolingo
A: Yep, threatening me with Duolingo might make me run away much faster! More fitness advice?
Q: Krashen and "Krashenite"
A: The krash site with reality won't even merit much of an investigation. The loud krashenite explosions will be enough of an explanation.
Q: Trying to Write a letter in French
A: If it is a motivation letter for a job, then I sympathise with your suffering. I suffer the same hell very often.
A:Don't.
Q: How fast is too fast when going through Assimil?
A: If the pages start burning, it's too fast.
Q: Mexican athlete recommends input, translation & duolingo
A: Yep, threatening me with Duolingo might make me run away much faster! More fitness advice?
Q: Krashen and "Krashenite"
A: The krash site with reality won't even merit much of an investigation. The loud krashenite explosions will be enough of an explanation.
Q: Trying to Write a letter in French
A: If it is a motivation letter for a job, then I sympathise with your suffering. I suffer the same hell very often.
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- Yellow Belt
- Posts: 52
- Joined: Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:09 pm
- Languages: Portuguese (N); English (advanced, esp. reading); French, Spanish (intermediate); German, Italian (beginner)
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Re: The Answers to Discussion Topics
Q: Takeaways for effective learning
A: McDonald’s, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken…
Q: I will likely die before ever learning X-language!
A: Focus on the process, not the outcome.
Q: Mind-Mapping Software
A: Low Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA)
Q: Your Language-related New Year's Resolutions 2023
A: Stop cursing.
Q: Using News Outlets for Language Learning
A: In New Jersey there are some great outlets.
Q: Which Romance language should I pick?
A: If it’s Jane Austen, it should be english.
Q: Mistake correction - useless?
A: Useless. The world will end someday. Embrace imperfection. Celebrate your flaws.
A: McDonald’s, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken…
Q: I will likely die before ever learning X-language!
A: Focus on the process, not the outcome.
Q: Mind-Mapping Software
A: Low Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA)
Q: Your Language-related New Year's Resolutions 2023
A: Stop cursing.
Q: Using News Outlets for Language Learning
A: In New Jersey there are some great outlets.
Q: Which Romance language should I pick?
A: If it’s Jane Austen, it should be english.
Q: Mistake correction - useless?
A: Useless. The world will end someday. Embrace imperfection. Celebrate your flaws.
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- Joined: Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:04 am
- Location: Scotland
- Languages: English(N)
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Intermediate: Italian, Catalan, Corsican
Basic: Welsh
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Q: How fast is too fast when going through Assimil?
A: I personally can't read on the bus even if it's going really slowly, even if it is a language lesson.
A: I personally can't read on the bus even if it's going really slowly, even if it is a language lesson.
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