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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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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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How developed are Duolingo courses for each language?
Many of the [Duolingo] "courses" are so heavily underdeveloped to the point of being useless. You lucked out that Spanish is one of the actually legit ones (French being the other main one).
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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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Tongue positioning for Serbian ć and č [closed]
I know that ć and č are different sounds as ć is softer than č, but do not know how the tongue should be positioned to pronounce them.
Is ć pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the back of ...
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Where can I learn by example how to create custom flashcards using random numbers and persistence
Anki version: 2.1.49 on Windows / Linux / Android
I'm following a guide on how to create persistent, random numbers using Anki. The guide is here I can't get it work because the author doesn't tell ...
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How can I practise my French with inaccurate subtitles?
I speak French but want to improve my listening ability and learn some new words (maybe to put into Anki). I decided I would watch one of my favourite Netflix shows in French, however the subtitles ...
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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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Is it best practice for a L2 textbook passage to re-use vocabulary from previous passages?
Almost all L2 textbooks contain passages which use new vocabulary. There seems to be two ways to go about this (both with pros and cons):
The vocabulary of every passage is independent of previous ...
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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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What are some effective options for an American with no nearby Korean-speakers to learn Hangul?
After studying the evolution of language at a very superficial depth I've decided that I want to be able to communicate using Hangul at something like the conversational level. There seem to be no ...
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Why don't Chinese people who are eager to practice English simply practice with each other?
If you've ever been a "foreigner" in China (especially in major cities), you may have encountered the intensity in which some Chinese people try to practice English with you. I certainly ...
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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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What scores should a student get on the Chinese HSK(x) exam before moving onto HSK(x+1)?
Disappointingly, I recently failed the HSK6 (listening: 52; reading: 63; writing: 55); usually 60% is considered a pass. (Yes, I'm quite aware it's insanely hard.)
I previously did well on the HSK5 (...
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Learning German for everyday situations
I already have a C1 level in German (Goethe C1); however, it is still very difficult for me to express myself in everyday situations. I suppose it has more to do with my lack of vocabulary.
What could ...
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Where to find good Dravidian language sources to translate words like இர்ரேண்டம்? [closed]
I am interested in studying ancient trade between Egypt and India.
I found this word to describe the sea as "burn red"?
The word is இர்ரேண்டம்
Google translate will pronounce it but will ...
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How to memorize Indonesian words easily?
I don't know whether it's just me, but I think that many Indonesian words look very similar. Are their any ways to memorize them (i.e tips and strategies) or tools to help me?
Thanks!
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Google search to include all morphological inflections of a lexeme
Is there a way for Google search to include all inflections of a lexeme in the results?
I am thinking specifically of languages other than English.
Here is an example of what I have in mind.
I am ...
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Google translate: Hebrew, why no pronunciation? Why some languages have it and others not?
If I put in a word in English and translate it to Arabic, we get Arabic spelling as well an how to pronounce the word. But not for Hebrew -- we only get the word in Hebrew letters. Yiddish also gives ...
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Where could I ask questions about the Indonesian language?
Indonesian Language Stack Exchange is not a thing. Do you know any places where learners can ask questions about the Indonesian language?
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Q: What do I do after I can read kanji, katakana, and hiragana?
I'm starting to learn Japanese but I'm wondering what I do after I can read (know katakana, hiragana, and kanji) and (probably) write Japanese? How do I understand what people are saying and say it ...
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Which 'direction' to use for memorizing new words?
When trying to memorize new words, a person might have a list like:
boy - ولد
girl - بنت
Here we can assume English is native and Arabic is foreign.
My question is, which 'direction' should I memorize ...
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Why do natural speakers of (predominantly) Indian languages use "the same"
I've noticed that a lot of people who first speak an "Indian" language (I don't know which languages specifically, but from that region) then learn English perhaps as an adult use "the ...
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How is it possible to have 'standardized' test of languages?
In the comments of this question I askeda, an interesting point was raised in an exchange between two users:
When teaching the language, you have to say which answer is gonna get accepted in the FCE ...
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What are psychologically good methods of learning the language?
I am developing a website for learning foreign language and first idea which came to my mind is to open courses where people learn grammar and put correct words as well as correct articles. Also some ...
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Anki: How can I mark the cards that I already know in an imported deck?
I'm trying out Anki for myself and I have imported various deck about non-Latin writings systems, some of which I have at least already partly learnt.
When importing an external card deck, Anki will ...
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Are these skills (listed by EF SET, a company that creates standardized EN language tests) actually expected skills for CEFR levels A1 and A2?
The authors of this webpage say that, typically, 60-80 hours of English language instruction is needed to reach a CEFR A1 level, and they list some skills. Some of the skills in that list that I think ...
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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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How can I learn to hear differences in pronunciation between UK and the US English?
The word "run" has the same phonemes in the UK and US but, when I heard their pronunciations from the Cambridge dictionary, I heard a difference between both of them.
https://dictionary....
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Card template problem in Anki, with missing field, but the field isn't missing
I have an error on one of my old cards due to the newest update. The preview is telling me "there is no field named..." I do have that field actually. But for whatever reason, I'm still ...
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What is the difference between Masters in TESOL and a level-5 TEFL certificate?
I mean, I know that one of them is a university degree and requires the student to have a bachelor's degree; another is a certificate course which anyone can take up as long as he has a C1 level of ...
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How can I squeeze language practice into small chunks of time?
Since my time is very limited, the most success I have had with learning
languages has been with the Babbel app; its focus on
small lessons (around 5-7 minutes) works well for me. However, there will
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Russian: How to learn which cases / prepositions to use with each verb
I am learning Russian and am between B1 - B2 level and still having some difficulty finding a good strategy for learning which preposition and case to use with each verb. Does anyone have any good ...
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How to write an actionable sentence in the Dutch language?
I'm trying to improve my GTD system and a recurring suggested theme is to make your goals actionable. Things like "Repair laptop, cleanup kitchen, buy milk, call mother' all start with the verb ...
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Tracing in Pre-Literacy/Childcare to Teach Writing Controversy
Teaching writing through letter tracing prompts in childcare/early childhood seems to be quite a controversial topic.
I thought the use of tracing prompts with either dashes, faded or outlined letters ...
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How do I learn literature and grammar of English, Farsi and Japanese and become fluent?
I'm planning to become a translator and I can already understand, read and write Farsi and English and don't know Japanese.
for Japanese, I'm Studying Genki volumes and Japanese from zero books, I've ...
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Is there a way to become un-stuck after hearing something unexpected? [duplicate]
I'm learning standard Chinese and I recently realized that my listening skills are worse than I hoped. Once I hear something unexpected such as a common word but spoken with a different accent, the ...
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How to set a card's state as learning?
I have an Anki deck, called ASL-Browser, which I downloaded from the Anki shared decks. I have the deck options set so that it doesn't show any new cards; instead, when I learn new words, I go into ...
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Read new language with child
I wish to read English with my children. They are preschool age and have no English. I began by substituting the bedtime story with an English story but they got frustrated by the fact that they didn’...
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Which linguistics professors, with a PhD in linguistics, have written on how they personally acquired second languages?
Please recommend books or publications by
legitimate linguistics professors (anyone with a teaching position), at an accredited university
with a PhD in linguistics
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How to choose texts to use for "learning by reading"?
How to choose texts to use for "learning by reading"?
The style that one aims for?
However, how is one supposed to know whether the stuff that one reads is "good"?
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How can I best create a second (variant) Anki deck from an existing deck
I have a set of language learning cards, English on the front, French on the back. I'd like to create (as deck that can be independently studied and shared) a set of cards that are almost, but not ...
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How does Anki structure when to show new words? Ex. it seems to often show words that are related in certain ways
I have been using Anki for learning a language. The deck i'm using seems to often present new words that are "thematically" related together ex. monitor, keyboard, desktop,printer. However, ...
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How can I systematically verify that I can hear correctly words belonging to a vocabulary list?
I've been studying the Chinese HSK6 vocabulary, and the majority of words I can read correctly. What worries me is that sometimes (often?) when I'm listening, I don't recognize certain words. If ...
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Vocabulary memorization techniques
For someone trying to learn a language that is not related to their native language (let's say for example, an English speaker trying to achieve a roughly native level in Arabic), how would you go ...
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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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Where to find computer aided tools to improve French pronunciation?
I have heard of Elsaspeak which is an AI software to correct English pronunciation. Does something like this exist for French as well? If not, what would be a good computer based method to improve ...
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Are there writing techniques that can be used to lessen the amount of grammar required?
Are there writing techniques that can be used to lessen the amount of grammar required?
I.e. that by using some techniques one needs to consult fewer grammar rules. And also do less checking on them.
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Is there some test/tests that I can easily use to gauge my level of "proficiency"? [duplicate]
Is there some test/tests that I can easily use to gauge my level of "proficiency"?
Without going to some costly test.
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