Questions tagged [multiple-languages]
Questions guided towards multiple languages, whether it be comparing them, using them in tandem, or questions about more than one language in general
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What topics should I have knowledge of when teaching ESL?
I am someone who's been learning English as a second language from a very young age, through consuming A LOT of American media, as a result, I grew up to be very fluent in it, and because I pretty ...
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Equivalent of interlinear for audio?
I'm interested in learning a foreign language by audiobook format where the sentence is read once in English, then a second time in the foreign language.
Does this have a name?
Do any resources like ...
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Resources similar to Nicos Weg for Korean
While learning German, I've found Nicos Weg to be a good resource alongside, and sometimes even more useful than, Duolingo. It's a course provided by the German public international broadcaster ...
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Resources similar to Nicos Weg for Finnish
While learning German, I've found Nicos Weg to be a good resource alongside, and sometimes even more useful than, Duolingo. It's a course provided by the German public international broadcaster ...
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Is it Worth Trying to Learn a Pair of Languages at the Same Time?
Good day, I am focusing on learning Arabic ... but I see that there are many similarities with Hebrew. Would this be a good pair to learn at the same time? If so, why? If not, why not? Thanks.
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What is the most efficient set of languages needed to easily become proficient in any language?
I’m not familiar with the terminology to ask this question properly, so I’ll do my best in laymen’s terms.
I’m a native English speaker, so I find certain elements of other languages particularly ...
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Controversy & Debate in SLA: Can I ever get concrete takeaways?
I learned Mandarin in high school and later in life (now) started becoming interested in how I was able to acquire it, i.e., the study of SLA.
My goal: As of now, I hope to have concrete strategies ...
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How long does it take to learn Brazilian Portuguese if I speak Spanish on a B2 level?
I speak Spanish on a B2 level. How many months does it take to learn Brazilian Portuguese if I already speak Spanish?
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Many Chinese students don't continue past the intermediate level (~HSK4); do other Asian languages have this same phenomenon?
If you've studied Chinese, you quickly discover that many students don't follow the HSK beyond HSK4. It seems a lot give up, or at least, find some private method to continue their studies. There ...
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Is there any Multi-Language Word Translator app or tool to learn multiple langueage at the same time?
I am looking a source that I can learn or look a word in multiple language.
For example: lets say, I want to learn English - Russian - Turkish at the same time.
The app:
a - один - bir
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Is learning several languages at the same time proven less effective?
I'm learning a whole bunch of different languages at the same time, and I was wondering if there was evidence showing that this would be less efficient than learning them one by one.
I found other ...
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What is the maximum number of languages a 16-17-year-old can learn before they are considered ready for entry into the world of professional
What is the maximum number of languages a 16-17-year-old can learn before they are considered ready for entry into the professional world and what are the skills needed to become fluent in those ...
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Is it faster to learn new languages at the same time or one after the other?
For adults who are learning new languages, does the research indicate that it is better to focus on one at a time, or to study a bit of each more frequently?
What learning schedule maximises ...
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Pronunciation of "ll" in the Romance languages [closed]
I have noticed that all the Romance languages (Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian, Italian, and French) usually pronounce the "ll" like the "y" in "yacht". ...
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Learning schedule with multiple languages
I am wondering how to schedule learning my languages to get the best results and to give each of the languages enough time.
Currently I am learning English(C1), German(B2),Turkish(A2) and Spanish(A2).
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Spanish vs Russian rules
I am a native English speaker, and I also speak Spanish with a decent accent having lived in Spain for years. For example I know how to roll my 'r' letters the Spanish way.
I have decided to learn ...
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How long does it take to learn German at a B1 level?
I speak Hungarian and learnt English as a second language (both are at a C1/C2 level) and recently developed an interest in German. I tried to find out roughly how long it would take to learn German ...
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Learning a fourth language is messing my third language: How can I avoid that?
After learning English, I studied Finnish for some years and I attained a decent level. When I was studying Finnish, I noticed already that it was sort of "displacing" my German (A language ...
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What languages have words which you can pronounce reliably purely based on the way they are written? [closed]
It appears that Spanish and Chinese (Pinyin) are languages which you can accurately derive the pronunciation of the words purely from their spelling. Whereas English is definitely not that type of ...
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How do keyboards work in general across different language scripts?
For example, these are some scripts:
Arabic for Arabic/Persian/Urdu
Devanagari for Hindi
Tamil
Kanji/Kana for Japanese
Tibetan
Hebrew with Niqqud
Amharic
Sinhala
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How do you typically write ...
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Does the similarity between closely related language contribute to the effectiveness of learning them simultaneously?
Basically what I'm interested in is whether there is any research on whether the linguistic similarity of two languages that are learnt simultaneously contributes to the effectiveness of learning them....
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Based on research, is it better to learn a new language in your mother tongue?
I live in a multilingual country and often people that visit a language course will have the class in one of the languages spoken here, let's say French.
But most of these people do not speak a lot of ...
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How do you take a break from languages with minimum memory loss or detriment?
I'm a Sixth Form student in the UK. At the start of July, I have work experience. In mid-July, I have exams. In August, I have coursework and university preparation stuff. All of this is severely ...
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When is it best to add another language to the mix?
Little bit about myself in case that helps: I'm a 17 year old living in England. I'm fluent in English (of course), have a good understanding of several South Asian languages because of my ethnicity, ...
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How do you learn to read Vietnamese using Chữ Nôm?
I am able to read Chinese characters, and have been exposed to Chữ Nôm, which is derived by amalgamating Chinese characters according to their meaning and pronunciation, so as to represent a Native ...
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When two people each speak one another's first language as a second language, in which language will they communicate?
Let's take an English-speaking Norwegian and a Norwegian-speaking Englishman as an example. What are the most and least influential variables that influence how they will communicate outside of a ...
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How can I be an interpreter? [closed]
I'm Bangladeshi and my native language is Bangla/Bengali. If I can speak English fluently, can I be an interpreter?
And is there any course for interpretation?
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How to choose a foreign language to learn based on my interests? [closed]
I already know Russian and Ukrainian, I study English.
I'd like to find the next language to learn.
In fact, I'd like to know all the Romance languages, but I should start somewhere.
To begin with, I'...
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Is there data on number of people who do not speak a particular language, or none out of a group of languages?
Similar to this question (What are the most common languages among people who DON'T speak English?), is there any data on individuals who do not speak a language (or none of multiple languages), ...
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Simultaneous intensive summer course in German and French? Or is it too much?
I am an unemployed engineer currently, and I have 0 knowledge of French and German (I am Spanish) so I have a lot of time this summer (virtually 100% availability).
I can enroll in one or two ...
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Where to find the differences in punctuation between European languages?
The languages that use the question mark "?" seem to do it in a fairly uniform fashion, but I have the feeling that the full stop "." and the exclamation mark "!" are used slightly differently in ...
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How should I decide the order of learning each of languages if you learn all of them in the end?
I wonder if you will have learned multiple languages in the end, the order of learning each of them has any influence and if it does, what is the most effective order to learn.
For example, suppose ...
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Does learning a new language while in the target country instead of learning the current language reach the goal of acquiring both faster in the end?
Here is the situation:
I have now been learning French for two months.
I will start to stay in South Korea for one month.
After staying in Korea, I'll stay in France and attend language school for ...
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How to get most language learning benefits from frequent casual conversations with natives?
I know several languages on various levels:
Polish native
English C1-C2
German B2-C1
Russian B1
Spanish B1
I have tons of opportunities to speak to natives:
English - quite a few people at work (...
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What is the better way for structure the learning of 5 languages in 1 year and 6 months?
It's really this, I have a dream to speak Japanese, Korean, Standard Chinese, French and Russian. I know it is hard and very difficult to learn five language at the same time.
Right now, this is my ...
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If you don't speak your native language (e.g. Spanish) can you lose your native accent?
I am practising several foreign languages, i.e. Japanese, Korean, Standard Chinese and Russian (I am A1 in the first three) and my question is what will happen if I don't speak my native language (...
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Is learning Attic Greek a good thing at the same as learning Modern Conversational Greek?
I'm currently reading Plato, Homer, and others in their English translations. I also currently am learning how to speak modern conversational Greek. I also want to learn Attic Greek in order to better ...
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How to look for resources that are available in multiple languages?
In order to efficiently learn multiple foreign languages simultaneously, I noticed that resources provided in multiple languages can act as a big help.
I have been using http://www.goethe-verlag.com/...
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Is there any vocabularies or best practices for a technical support how to communicate in multiple languages?
I am a technical support engineer.
My mother tongue is not English, I still write and speak with a lot of mistakes, constantly improving my English skill, please do not judge me strictly ;)
In my ...
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From an economic point of view, what are the most important foreign languages to learn for Germans?
Discussions about which foreign languages to learn are often based on the number of native speakers a language has. However, on the job market, what languages look good on a CV is determined by other ...
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How many languages did Vera F. Birkenbihl know?
Vera F. Birkenbihl (she insisted on the "F.", which stands for Felicitas) was a German management trainer and author. She coined the term "gehirn-gerechtes lernen" as a translation of "brain-friendly ...
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Original source of Arguelles' statement about learning at least six languages
The Reddit thread Alexander Arguelles’ Six Most Important Languages, which started earlier this year ("5 months ago" from October 2018) states that the polyglot Alexander Argüelles once said that an ...
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How to maintain three foreign languages (polyglot)?
For the sake of this question, assume that you have reached CEFR level B2 (basic fluency) or higher in four languages (one of which is your L1).
What sort of daily/weekly techniques and time ...
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How can I quickly learn to understand a Latin text if I know Romance languages?
After studying French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and now looking at a Latin text it seems like I’m basically there, I’m just missing things.
What are some things I could/should learn to ...
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Updated versions of FSI courses
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) courses (found here, here or here) are free, thorough, and an amazing resource for language learners. But they are quite old - many of the courses are well over 50 ...
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What are the most widespread languages besides English, Spanish, and French?
A great inspiration for some language learners is to be able to speak to a large number or wide range of people in more than one country. To that end, a language learner may want to know which ...
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Can I read nynorsk due to learning bokmål?
Suppose I learn enough Norwegian bokmål to be able to read books and newspapers well enough to follow what is happening, even if I would miss nuances and occasionally misunderstand something. I'm ...
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Using Multiple Languages in your Daily Life or Job [closed]
What are some ways that you can include the languages you have learned in your daily life and job? and what are some job where you could apply all the languages you know?
I know spanish(native), ...
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Should I use my second language to learn my third language? [duplicate]
English is my second language (I do not have a good command of it.) while Chinese is my first language.
I want to have Japanese as my third language. Can I learn Japanese from books/tutorials ...
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Which Austronesian language is simplest to pick up?
I am thinking of experimenting and trying to learn an Austronesian language that my school offers. I have the option of:
Hawaiian
Maori
Tahitian
Tongan
Samoan
Ilokano
Chamorro
Which one is the ...
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