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Is there a publicly accessible "Self access language learning center" in or near Washington, DC?
I was recently reading the Wikipedia article on Self access language learning centers, which describes them as
...educational facilities designed for student learning that is at least partially, if not fully self-directed. Students have access to…
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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. When writing though it seems it would be difficult…
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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 Aleph is written. For example, the first image below…
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How can I efficiently find lists of chance correspondences?
Where can I find such compilations or lists systematically?
This Japanese-English example is from
John McWhorter PhD Linguistics (Stanford)'s The Power of Babel (2003), pp. 226-227.
I'm aware of r/FalseFriends.
I don't specify which L2 languages,…
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What is the easy and effective way to learn in tandem live, when speaker A has B1 and speaker B barely has A1 in the language of A speaker?
I learn German (~B1), my friend learns Russian (~A1, just a little bit of the vocabulary and ability to pronounce the text). Mainly we communicate through English. Next couple weeks we live together, so I am trying to find what are the the most…
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How do I learn and improve my writing skills once fully immersed in a language?
As the title says, I'm fully immersed in a second language. I use this second language all the time (thinking, reading and writing) but my writing skills aren't up to scratch. Any ideas on improving writing skills?
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Are there any studies on the effectiveness of school trips abroad on language learning?
In the UK, stricter health and safety regulations have made school trips abroad harder to organize and this has reduced the number of opportunities for British children to experience a foreign language first hand. Some teachers resort to social…
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What are the effective ways to learn and remember any word. And use that in the right way
I am having trouble with picking the right word for the context that I am talking about. To get rid of the problem I practiced to find all the forms of any word that I encountered ever through books, television etc. Even though my problem here is…
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Of the following which would you consider the most common Arabic form of language used
I am in need to translating a site of mine and I need to add Arabic. According to the language code there are several forms. Which of these would you consider to be the most "common" type?
ar-AE Arabic (U.A.E.)
ar-BH Arabic (Bahrain)
ar-DZ …
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What are the differences between High German and other dialects?
I am going to either Germany or Austria to study German. I have been told there are differences in the German spoken in different regions, and would like to know what these were before choosing the location.
I mostly want to learn German to be able…
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Graded readers for Italian?
Extensive reading or reading for pleasure is an excellent way of getting a lot of "comprehensible input" in a foreign language. Graded readers provide this type of comprehensible input.
Are there any graded readers for Italian? And where can they…
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Do any teaching methods explicitly rely on the role of the subconscious in language acquisition?
It seems like language functions best when it is subconscious, like how people use their native languages. Are there any teaching methods that address this?
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Unpredictable multiple homophony of Chinese characters
I look for a strategy to deal with this lexical issue of the Chinese language, and so memorize the right pronunciation(s) correctly
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How many US 6th-12th grade students are learning a foreign language?
I'm putting together some market analysis for a business plan for language instruction for the demographic of 6th - 12th grade US students (middle through high school).
From various sources online I've been able to compile reasonably helpful…
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How many Languages can we speak fluently
I am speaking many languages but I m pinned down each time and can't speak more than four languages fluently at the same time, I noticed that I can only keep 4 languages even if I try to learn a new one or maintain a language that used to speak I…
