Questions tagged [resource-request]
Requests for resources related to language learning or teaching.
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Publicly available reference on Hebrew Alphabet Orthography Rules
I would like to know what a good book, paper, website, etc. would be that describes, for each letter in the Hebrew alphabet, what is and what is not acceptable for the character. I see a lot of ...
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How can I efficiently find lists of chance correspondences?
Where can I find such lists systematically (that obviously help learning new vocabulary)? This Japanese-English example is from
John McWhorter PhD Linguistics (Stanford)'s The Power of Babel (2003), ...
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High-qualilty videos for New Practical Chinese Reader
新实用汉语课本 or New Practical Chinese Reader is a series of textbooks for learning Standard Chinese published by Beijing Language and Culture University Press. There are six textbooks, containing 70 ...
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Graded readers using simplified Chinese characters?
Graded readers are very useful for practising extensive reading. Extensive reading has several benefits, for example, getting a lot of comprehensible input.
The majority of speakers of Standard ...
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Resources for learning the Silbo Gomero (Gomeran Whistle)
Here's a fascinating video on the Silbo Gomero, or whistled tongue of the island of Gomera in the Canary Islands of Spain. Today, it's essentially used as an encoding of Spanish that can be carried ...
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Resources for learning Medieval Latin from scratch?
Medieval Latin is somewhat different from Classical Latin because it had ceased to be a living language. If someone who never learnt Classical Latin wants to learn Medieval Latin on their own, which ...
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Italian professional word and sentence list
I found this excellent German CEFR level B1 word and sentence list from the Goethe Institut.
Is there a similar free file available for Italian? Anywhere from A2-B2 would be appreciated.
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Professional word and sentence list for Spanish
I found this excellent German CEFR level B1 word and sentence list from the Goethe Institut, which is a professional institute that promotes the German language worldwide.
Is there a similar free ...
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Resources for autonomous study of Ancient Greek, especially from the Classical period?
Unbeknownst to many, Ancient Greek, spoken roughly from 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE, can be subdivided into several periods, i.e. the Archaic period, the Classical period and the Hellenistic ...
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Professional word and sentence list for French
I found this excellent German CEFR level B1 word and sentence list from the Goethe Institut, which is a professional institute that promotes the German language worldwide.
Is there a similar free ...
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Resources for learning Greenlandic?
Greenlandic is an Eskimo-Aleut language with approximately 56.200 speakers (according to a survey dating from 2007). It has several dialects, including West Greenlandic or Kalaallisut, which is the ...
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Grammar books with exercises and answer key for autonomous study of Italian
I am looking for a grammar book or series of grammar books for Italian that match the following criteria:
the book or books must be in Italian, i.e. all grammar rules and instructions must be in ...
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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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Grammar books with exercises and answer key for autonomous study of Dutch
I am looking for a grammar book or series of grammar books for Dutch that match the following criteria:
the book or books must be in Dutch, i.e. all grammar rules and instructions must be in Spanish (...
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Spanish audio or video resources to practise shadowing
I am looking for audio and/or video resources in Spanish (as spoken in Spain, not Latin America) to practise shadowing. Shadowing is a technique that involves listening to audio and simultaneously ...
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What resources are there for learning Lingua Franca Nova (LFN)?
I find Lingua Franca Nova to be one of the more interesting constructed languages because of its extreme grammatical simplicity. It's almost like Chinese in its analytic nature but with Romance-based ...
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English grammar books with exercises and answer key for self study (A2 - B2)
I am looking for a grammar book or series of grammar books for English (as a second/foreign language) that match the following criteria:
the book or books must be in English, i.e. all grammar rules ...
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French grammar books with exercises and answer key for self study (A2 - B2)
I am looking for a grammar book or series of grammar books for French that match the following criteria:
the book or books must be in French, i.e. all grammar rules and instructions must be in French ...
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German grammar books with exercises and answer key for self study
I am looking for a grammar book or series of grammar books for German that match the following criteria:
the book or books must be in German, i.e. all grammar rules and instructions must be in German ...
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Spanish grammar books with exercises and answer key for self study
I am looking for a grammar book or series of grammar books for Spanish that match the following criteria:
the book or books must be in Spanish, i.e. all grammar rules and instructions must be in ...
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Learning Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia) on my own
I have decided to try to learn Indonesian on my own, so I have a couple of questions. For starters, what (ideally free) resources are available to one who wants to learn Indonesian to college class ...
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Learning Arabic
I'm learning literature Arabic (or what is it called?). I had no trouble finding learning materials, but I want to practice the grammar I have learned.
Where can I find exercises in Arabic grammar ...
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Rigorous Hebrew course for an independent study?
I'm a high-schooler looking to take an independent study course in Hebrew. My previous request was turned down due to not being rigorous enough (Ulpan-Or specifically). Can anyone recommend a decent, ...
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Is there a website that can help with finding the most appropriate word for a sentence?
I assume most writers and translators come across this issue every once in a while: you know what you want to write, but you cannot come up with the best word (usually an adjective or an adverb, in my ...
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Where to learn Trøndersk?
I am about to move to Trondheim, in Norway. The dialects of Norwegian seem to be quite different from each other, so, for the purpose of understanding speech, it seems relevant to get some exposure to ...
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Are there resources to ask “Check my understanding?” questions not suitable for SE?
I am learning French, and I am at a beginner level. I sometimes ask specific grammar-related questions on french.stackexchange .
However, this is not enough help to motivate me for learning French. I ...
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Resources aimed at slavic speakers
Do you know any good resources for learning Russian aimed at (native) speakers of some other slavic language? I have a few yugoslav textbooks, for instance "Ruski u 100 lekcija" (Špis, Gavela) which ...
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Graded readers for Hungarian?
As several other questions already mentioned, graded readers are a good resources for extensive reading, at least for people who are not yet sufficiently proficient to read texts written for native ...
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What types of resources can a native speaker of Dutch use to teach Dutch grammar to non-native speakers?
Most native speakers aren't linguists, so they may get stumped when non-native speakers ask them grammar questions. So what types of resources can a native speaker of Dutch use to teach Dutch grammar ...
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Best way to learn Czech noun declensions
This post is about a technique I thought up for learning Czech (čeština) Declensions
In an attempt to learn Czech declensions, I wonder whether a web page on the internet or standard Android ...
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How to learn correct pronunciation of phrases
Some dictionaries providing transcriptions for some words. Some online dictionaries even provide a sound file for a single word.
However it is sometimes useful to have a source of a phrase pronounced ...
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Acquiring mathematics vocabulary in Norwegian
What are good resources for finding out and learning mathematics vocabulary in Norwegian? How to learn the words to the level of being able to give lecture courses and supervise bachelor's thesis in ...
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Devanagari letter grouping
I'm following a tutorial for learning to read Devanagari, but I'm finding that I'm having trouble. The letters are presented in what appears to be a "standard order" (my apologies, I don't actually ...
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Taiwan news in English with English dictionary
I had read some Taiwanese articles in English and seen they had some of the English words with meaning of what the words meant at the bottom of the articles.
I tried to find the site again, but haven'...
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Resources for Advanced Vedic Sanskrit
I have learnt Sanskrit in school from class 5th to class 10th. Now I am in my second year of college and I want to learn Vedic Sanskrit to study some Hindu texts and not their translated version.
Can ...
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Where to find and how to learn math vocabulary in Danish?
What are good resources for finding out and learning mathematics vocabulary in Danish? How to learn the words to the level of being able to give lecture courses and supervise bachelor's thesis in the ...
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Is there a reference that classifies books on grammar according to the major type of grammar the authors espouse?
Is there a comprehensive reference that classifies books on English grammar according to the major type of grammar (reference, transformational, relational, head-driven case structure ... ) the ...
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French Grammar Book B1/B2
Salut!
My French is currently around level B1+ and I'm planning on spending 2-3 months in a French-speaking country and fully commit myself to improving my abilities. The goal is to have quite good ...
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Graded readers for English?
Graded readers are a good resources for extensive reading, at least for people who are not yet sufficiently proficient to read texts written for native speakers of the target language.
We have graded ...
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Teaching a foreign language resources - The Direct Approach (or Method)
Two friends have told me they want to learn to speak Italian and are interested in paying me to teach them. I have an illness that makes it hard for me to work so I need to find a way to earn some ...
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Is there a website to practice grammatical gender of nouns in German?
Recently I started learning German and I was wondering if there is an online tool where you can practice German grammatical gender, since it is something that you just have to remember.
For example, ...
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Where can I find rhythm and melody for modern spoken Greek?
I am interested in working on rhythm and melody for modern Greek: tempo, pitch, etc.
Is there a resource that either explains this, or has spoken conversation that represents modern Greek tempo and ...
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Where can I find swear words?
I have produced a series of word puzzle books for English that I want to translate into other languages. The puzzle books have challenges based on dictionaries that I have sourced from various places, ...
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Is there a typing tutor for Modern Hebrew?
Is there a typing tutor program for Modern Hebrew on the PC that is friendly for Hebrew learners?
I would like to learn to type on the Standard Israeli Hebrew keyboard layout, the one that starts ...
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Graded readers using traditional Chinese characters?
Graded readers are very useful for practising extensive reading. Extensive reading has several benefits, for example, getting a lot of comprehensible input.
I have found several series of graded ...
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Natural Approach text books
I have only found a single example of a Natural Approach text book, Lingua Latina. Are there any other books in this style available for purchase online?
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Where can I find people to practice Gaelic with?
I'm learning Scottish Gaelic but without anyone to talk to and practice with its tricky. Are there any free sites where I can chat to people in Scottish Gaelic to improve?
NOTE: Free is very ...
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What Duolingo-like resources are there for learning Hindi?
I'm looking for free desktop or mobile applications that have an approach to learning Hindi that is similar to Duolingo's, in that it has a primary gamification aspect. I have tried several, but very ...
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Can I measure my Chinese proficiency without taking an HSK test?
Is it possible to measure my proficiency on Mandarin Chinese without taking an HSK exam?
I recently took a brief exam on EasyMandarin website but it is only about a brief grammar and vocabulary test, ...
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Any downloadable dictionaries of commonly used words? [duplicate]
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but here it goes.
I need a dictionary file (XML, JSON, or any other computer readable format) that contains the most commonly used words ...
