Questions tagged [resource-request]
Requests for resources related to language learning or teaching.
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Low-intermediate graded readers for Latin
Which books can I use to progress in Latin reading once I have finished Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Colloquia Personarum? The degree of difficulty should correspond more or less to the level you ...
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Pronounciation of final -k in Azeri
So I read that, in Azeri, K can either be pronounced as [c] (in Azeri words) but also [k] (in loanwords). However, in the word "çörək", it turns out that the final -k can either be ...
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How can ESL students improve their pronunciation by using technology?
Can ESL students improve their pronunciation by using technology?
Are there any specific applications for pronunciation assessment and improvement?
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How can I improve the sophistication of my Chinese grammar usage?
I'm starting to become aware of a weakness in my Chinese grammar. While in my speaking and writing I'm generally grammatically correct (of course, not always), I don't often use more sophisticated ...
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Where can I get Chinese reading materials to copy/paste into LanguageCrush?
I'm trying out LanguageCrush which tracks your vocabulary while reading and watching videos (kind of like LingQ, but I'm able to use the free version). The feature I like is how it keeps track of how ...
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Need help in improving my spoken English
English is my second language and I had a weak foundation in my childhood. Now, I am having trouble in building long conversations with people as I have very limited vocabulary. I would like to ...
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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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Apps that quiz you from a pair of decks instead of a single deck?
I want to make one deck with grammar structures and one deck with topics and I would like an app that can randomly choose one card from the grammar structure and one card from the topic list and give ...
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General subject publishers of cheet-sheet-style reference material
For the purpose of studying subjects of interest in target language(s), I want to discover any other publishers of cheat sheets or reference material similar to those in the links below; that is, ...
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Are essential Chinese study tools, like Pleco or browser popup dictionaries, mentioned in any Chinese textbook?
If you study Chinese, there are some essential tools, like the Pleco dictionary or a browser popup dictionary. Curiously, I don't recall ever seeing them mentioned in any textbook I've studied. The ...
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Looking to get into Ancient Greek poetry in the original
I'm am currently an undergraduate in college studying Classical Languages. I know Koine Greek, and read through Geoffrey Steadman's edition of Plato's Apology, which I found a helpful introduction to ...
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Online Portuguese [PT-PT] language course
Duolingo has Portuguese in its program, but is built for [PT-BR], Brazilian Portuguese. I’m looking for quite a while to find an online language course in European Portuguese [PT-PT].
In general, ...
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How to learn a niche language, i.e. Kazakh?
I am learning Kazakh.
There are maybe a total of 10 teachers of this language with a curriculum and none of them know grammar past declension.
Google translate is no help either.
I've had to use ...
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Vietnamese children's stories with audio and text
I'm looking for children's stories (stories with an easy vocabulary) in Vietnamese, with the text and the audio, so that I can listen to the story and follow the words on the text.
An example would be ...
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Is there research into the phenomenon of "increased skill leading to decreased attention" for L2 learning, and what can a student do about it?
User phills at chinese-forums.org describes their experience learning Chinese through listening to audiobooks:
Paradoxically, I couldn't do these other things before when I was worse at the skill. I ...
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Where can I find "categories" which I can use for L2 practice by listing words in those categories?
A Reddit post has an exercise of listing 5 different things in each category:
A1: colors
A2: rooms of a house
B1: sea creatures
B2: chemical elements
C1: ways to cook an egg
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Language activator or conceptual dictionary for French
Is there a language activator or conceptual dictionary for French? I haven't been able to find a printed or online one.
More specifically, I am looking for a dictionary that gives related words to a ...
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Resources to learn Norwegian grammar, conjugation and vocabulary?
I want to learn to write and read Norwegian. And of course to hear and pronounce it.
I would like to do this in a safe way, that is to say, to learn Norwegian as it is currently written and spoken. ...
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Improving English language at B1 level
I'm an English learner, starting from two years ago and with self-study and want to know how? Just with Google Translate when reading articles and translating words I don't know, and after some time I ...
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Any apps for "progressive" language learning like Toucan?
What I mean by "progressive" language learning:
The student starts by learning a small amount of vocabulary and grammar.
When practicing the foreign language, the student replaces the ...
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Are there any good resources for learning Thai stroke order?
Because I am learning Pāli, I am also trying to learn the different writing systems associated with it. Learning the Thai script, I did not find any good resources on how to write the different ...
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Answer key for German Second and Third Years
I am retired and returning to my former (undergraduate) study of German. Currently I am beginning German Second and Third Years by Harry F. Reinert and Walter Kleinmann, Revised Edition (1994 ISBN ...
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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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Are there any resource to get feedback from English sentences?
I want to improve my vocabulary.
So I make sentences using new vocabulary.
But I want to check sentences are correct or not.
Are there any resources to check it?
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How can I find IPA charts that pairs the phonemes of Japanese with a common word feat. that phoneme in that language?
How can I find equivalents to the following chart for Japanese?
Scilicet, the chart for Modern Japanese must SCHEMATICALLY map out each of its phonemes. Each phoneme must be tailgated by a common ...
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Is there a direct-method video series for Hebrew?
I found this video series a while ago that teaches Esperanto by only speaking Esperanto. It starts with simple phrases and then builds up from there.
Does something like this exist for Hebrew? I ...
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Resources to learn Legal English or "Legalese"
I generally consider myself a fluent English reader. I can read The New York Times or the latest Harry Potter novel without difficulty, but I sometimes have trouble with so called "Legalese",...
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Keyboard/typing tutor for Hebrew> [duplicate]
The only typing tutors I can find mentioned here are for Linux.
Is there something out there that I can use on Windows?
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Do there exist resources to learn to mask autistic speech patterns?
There exist resources to help people with autism to understand, for example, prosodic elements they do not understand. However, I cannot find such resources for the sending end of these signals; I ...
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Vocabulary app for Dutch
I am looking for a mobile app or website that I can create personal vocabulary list for a Dutch. Among my searches in Google Play, I see several apps for language learning, but didn't find a good app ...
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Looking for Sinhala-English, English-Sinhala dictionary that includes IPA
I'm interested in learning Sinhala, the language most widely spoken across Sri Lanka. Mainly, I am looking for resources: a Sinhala-English, English-Sinhala dictionary that includes IPA phonetics, for ...
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Can anyone help me to find out what resources are suitable for practicing the TOEFL exam reading section?
I had the TOEFL exam a few days ago. I got 27 in writing, 25 in speaking, 26 in listening, and 17 in reading. Although I was able to read all the text, in the reading section, almost easily, the ...
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Bibliography for self-study, after having completed Поехали 2.2?
Let's assume I've solved all exercises of Поехали, Поехали 2.1 and Поехали 2.2. What books would you recommend me, in order to continue my studies of the Russian language? So, what's next?
I don't ...
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Hungarian downloadable dictionary or word list
I want to convert Hungarian words without accents into words with accents, for example arvizturotukorfurogep into árvíztűrőtükörfúrógép. I need a list of words for it in a data format (preferably JSON ...
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EFL / ESL language study books based on historical topics
I like history. Is there any EFL/ESL method which teaches English with historical subjects like WW2 or history in general?
I am looking for a book that is professionally designed for language learning ...
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Website offering simulations of the IELTS test
I'm looking for some website offering simulation IELTS tests. When I was planning to present the TOEFL I found a website called Scorte Nexus, that offers simulation TOEFL tests, and I found it very ...
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Is there a resource for finding interlinear translations of books in EPUB format, and if so, what is it?
I would like to read texts (books, articles or any other kind of reading content) in interlinear translation (where a sentence, or segment of a sentence, is spatially positioned above its translation, ...
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Sanskrit language learning resources and tools
What are some free and open-source online (or offline) Sanskrit learning resources and tools?
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A platform for writing custom text, then hear it and try to write it down without mistakes?
I am searching for a platform where I can add my custom text (1000 words for example) and the platform should hide this text from me and I should be able to hear it only (slowly) and then write the ...
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Can't find books to learn Romanian
I'm looking for books to learn Romanian. I have used searches such as "Romanian A1", "Romanian verbs", "Romanian vocabulary", but nothing. I mean, there were pages of ...
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B2 level requirements for English
I would like to find the requirement for level B2 level (CEFR) for English. I am mainly interested in the grammar requirements, but also in the other requirements.
Are there any details like that?
I ...
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What are some good Spanish board games for beginners?
I am about to start a Spanish Learners club and I am looking for fun board games.
I remember playing apples to apples in English sometime ago and I loved it. Is there a Spanish version? Are there ...
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Are there language textbooks which include an epilogue which is understandable once the textbook's contents are mastered?
In a computer RPG game, the character levels up and begins to effortlessly kill monsters that were once a major challenge. It's a satisfying feeling of progress.
I'm studying Chinese, and no textbook ...
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Reading and Listening Resources for HSK 6 (B2)?
Those who take the HSK 5 (B1-level exam) are expected to be able to read Chinese novels and news articles and be able to watch movies and TV shows in Mandarin. That being so, are there any reading or ...
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Graded watching for Spanish
I'm wondering if there are any resources for "graded watching" in Spanish. I've made a similar post for Korean, my other target language.
This is a resource that I saw someone mention ...
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Graded watching for Korean
I'm sure most people here know of graded readers for language learning, but I'm wondering if there are any resources for "graded watching" in Korean. I'll be making a similar post to ask ...
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Beginning Turkish reading/listening resources
I have been working through the lessons on TurkishClass101 and Duolingo, but I would love to find resources for learning Turkish from Turkish sources. Are there any famous kids shows or books that ...
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Where to find didactic video stories in simple German
I have troubles to find some bigger resource of German video stories for language begginers. All the resources on Youtube I found are:
without video record (just plain talking with subtitles),
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