Language Learning Stack Exchange
Language Learning Stack Exchange

Most Popular

more tags
1396 questions
1
vote
0 answers

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 are the more difficult in that list are: talk…
silph
  • 161
  • 4
1
vote
0 answers

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 abandon - покидать - terk etmek ability -…
Sha'an
  • 111
  • 2
1
vote
0 answers

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 was quite a universally accepted practice.…
Poidah
  • 189
  • 1
  • 6
1
vote
1 answer

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 the browser, look for the note, and then…
awe lotta
  • 123
  • 5
1
vote
0 answers

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 quite, a reversal of the existing cards/deck. More…
CrimsonDark
  • 324
  • 1
  • 8
1
vote
2 answers

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.
mavavilj
  • 111
  • 3
1
vote
0 answers

Seeking a resource to explain the Origins and rules governing words pronounced as if they contained an "R", but not spelled as such?

There are words that, when pronounced with an British English accent, appear to contain the letter "R", but which are not written as containing one. Bath and path, for example. In contrast words like Hearth, and Dearth, which contain the same vowel…
Aaargh Zombies
  • 111
  • 2
1
vote
2 answers

How do I mark an Anki card wrong if I accidentally marked it right?

My keyboard is old and it caused me to accidentally mark an Anki card right when I actually got it wrong. I don't want to "forget" the card; I just want to change today's result to "wrong" and let the SRS algorithm put it where it belongs. Is this…
Tony
  • 113
  • 4
1
vote
0 answers

How to relearn English grammar

I am learning Arabic grammar as a hobby, and so far I’ve learned how to form simple sentences and phrases, as well as the types of nouns, verbs, and particles. While learning Arabic grammar from scratch, I’ve noticed that my English grammar is…
user12090
  • 11
  • 1
1
vote
1 answer

What resources are available to distinguish between different pronouns in Danish?

I recently started learning Danish using Duolingo, and have noticed the word 'you' is usually translated 'du', but occasionally as 'i'. I first assumed this had to do with formal vs informal use but can't find anything online about formal or…
Tijmen
  • 113
  • 5
1
vote
1 answer

Where can I find some people to improve my speaking skills?

I am a new international student at UC Davis, and as the universities are closed at the moment I like to know some places that I can find some people to do more communication and improve my speaking skill. Maybe somewhere to do volunteer works,…
ensan3kamel
  • 111
  • 1
1
vote
3 answers

How to make my English conversation fluent?

I can read/write English well but a problem arises when speaking and listening. I am not a native English speaker. I know English; my vocabulary is strong enough to speak but I get stuck when speaking to someone in English. What is a way to improve…
Muhammad Farhan Arif
  • 119
  • 3
1
vote
0 answers

Tool to show how to pronounce words "lexical stress"

I'm looking for a tool that can show how to pronounce words in this style I see that google can do this with words but I would like to get same result for longer texts. I've tried to search but couldn't find anything relevant. I belive I am failing…
Vohu Daena
  • 11
  • 2
1
vote
0 answers

Does not appear all the cards in the deck

I export a deck (without schedule) with 45 cards and then I delete it from Anki. However, if I import it again there are only 20 new cards. I can find all the 45 in the browser though. The funny thing is if I import on my MacBook (older version of…
Bálint Gáspár
  • 11
  • 1
1
vote
0 answers

SubCategorization Frame of a verb

I am working on verbal clustering. And to train my model, I need features like SCF of the verbs. To understand what it is, I read that an SCF is a structure which gives the syntactic nature of the arguments with which the predicate can co-exist. As…
joval
  • 11
  • 1
1 2 3
…
93 94