Unanswered Questions
21 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Learn alphabet by replacing letters in native text
I've read before somewhere about a way to quickly learn how to read a foreign alphabet. You take an unfamiliar letter and put it in English words where the sound of that letter makes sense. That ...
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What is the proper etiquette for a nonnative speaker who wants to practice Mandarin at a Chinese supermarket in the US?
There is a Chinese supermarket in the US I often shop at. I often hear the staff speaking Mandarin or Cantonese, and occasionally Hakka or Fujianese, amongst themselves and to Chinese customers. I can ...
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Is it more advantageous to learn the writing system or the spoken form of a language first?
There are several primary aspects of a language, including both the writing system and the spoken form of a language. What does scientific research say about the order to learn these two factors when ...
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Evidence that learning radicals speeds up character learning in Japanese?
Characters — in Chinese or Japanese (or Korean Hanja) — can be learnt in various ways, and it is plausible that paying attention to radicals helps memorization and retention. But is there any hard ...
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How can a YouTuber demonstrate that they are actually fluent in a language?
There's a bunch of YouTubers nowadays who claim to speak fluently in some second language. Some can; some can't but pretend to. I've noticed some YouTubers use a lot of techniques to inflate their ...
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Are there effective ways to improve oral English or a platform which emphasizes students' improvement?
Am I the only one who feels that these English-teaching websites are just a way for teachers to make a few bucks here and there?
It seems that the majority don't really focus on the intricacies of ...
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How does the proportion of Chinese-language students who learn handwriting change with level?
Many students of Chinese as a second language opt out of learning handwriting characters. My impression (from my personal experience) is that the proportion of beginner students who learn handwriting ...
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How important is to find language exchange partner?
Currently, with all social networks and internet, it seems that everybody suggest [citation needed] that the primary way to learn a language is to find a language exchange partner.
Beyond the obvious ...
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Where/how can I learn Telugu?
I want to learn Telugu. I have searched for resources and found almost nothing. Duolingo and most of the language apps don't have it. The few that do either have only very basic stuff (introductions ...
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Might students using ChatGPT to learn languages develop a kind of "ChatGPT accent"?
Students (like me) who use ChatGPT for second-language learning may pick up some of ChatGPT's idiosyncrasies. E.g., ChatGPT changes my 很多 to 许多, and I've kind of adopted this into my writing style. ...
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How to type Vietnamese with tones on a Chromebook?
On Android, using Gboard, all I have to do is long press e.g., "a", and I get tons of choices for which kind of Vietnamese "a" I wish to enter.
But on a Chromebook, yes with "...
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Approaches to conversational practice
I am a intermediate-advanced student in Spanish, B2 ish.
I found some really amazing C1-C2 grammar books and I am using that in class with a teacher to study and review topics in order and it's great....
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How to learn the pronunciation of mathematical formulae in Norwegian?
Another question concerns acquiring mathematical vocabulary: Acquiring mathematics vocabulary in Norwegian
However, mathematics also includes plenty of formal expressions, such as f(x, y) = (4^x - y^...
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How Dalet, Final Kaf, Vav, Final Nun, and Resh (and maybe Yod) are differentiated in print
When either handwritten notes or computer printed documents are read, these letters have a very similar structure ד ך ו ן ר. I guess you could say it is just as similar as ij or il or tf, even qg. ...
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The boundaries of acceptable typography for alphabet letters
I am wondering if there are any "modern" / "minimal" Hebrew fonts out there that demonstrate a different view of some of the letters. Specifically, I have seen quite a bit of variation in how the ...
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