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Is there research into language teachers getting comments from students on their appearance?

Sometimes I encounter in online or in-person Chinese classes, students who comment on their teachers appearance. Typically it's a female teacher, and the student will say something like 她很美丽 or 她很漂亮 (both meaning "she's beautiful"). In a recent…
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Correct way to use the Articles: a, an, the

So, is there any way to master the use of articles. I do basically know where to use them but I think I might be overusing. Is there a way to limit the usage -- basically, I want to know where not to use them, in what circumstances?
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What are the grammatical similarities between Mongolian and Japanese?

Are there any native speakers of Mongolian that have learned Japanese, or vice versa? Any tips on learning the grammar would be appreciated. I'm not expecting anyone to have learned both languages but if so, your input would be greatly appreciated…
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Where can I get Chinese reading materials to copy/paste into LanguageCrush?

I'm trying out LanguageCrush which tracks your vocabulary while reading and watching videos (kind of like LingQ, but I'm able to use the free version). The feature I like is how it keeps track of how much I've read. However, there's not much…
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How can I go from "I can express myself" to "I can express myself in multiple ways"?

Most of the time, I can express myself appropriately in Chinese (speaking and writing). The catch is, my language would sound more fluent if I were able to say essentially the same thing in multiple ways (different word order, grammar structure,…
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transfering my B1 DELE skills to quickly pass italian CILS?

can having passed B1 in Spanish SIELE or DELE language exam help me pass B1 in Italian exam(CELI, CILS ,PLIDA) with MINIMUM amount of study? does the knowledge of Spanish somehow transfer to Italian and does it help to pass similar exam? I view it…
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Measuring distance between languages, including grammatical differences. Maybe the minimal size of an auto-encoder?

This question is similar to this one; the difference is that I'd like to find out about quantitative measurements that are not based solely on the vocabulary. Are there any such objective quantitative measurements in existence? The Levenshtein…
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Confused by the capitalisation of titles when they are plural

Worked on a project with General Managers be capitalised. If I had written Chief Executive Officer, then I'd say yes as it's clearly referring to a person. However, in this case I'm referring to multiple managers so am not sure whether to capitalise…
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General subject publishers of cheet-sheet-style reference material

For the purpose of studying subjects of interest in target language(s), I want to discover any other publishers of cheat sheets or reference material similar to those in the links below; that is, overviews of key concepts, taxonomy, terminology,…
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Does immersion actually work?

I’ve heard people say constantly that “immersion is great and you’ll learn a language that way”. Some even go as far as saying that immersion is the only way to learn a language. But is it really true? After all, you’re just guessing what a word or…
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What is the most efficient set of languages needed to easily become proficient in any language?

I’m not familiar with the terminology to ask this question properly, so I’ll do my best in laymen’s terms. I’m a native English speaker, so I find certain elements of other languages particularly difficult to hear/discern and to pronounce. For…
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Where to learn Français with certification?

Bonjour, I want to learn Français because my Université requires B2 level Français, I have done a ton of searches and found the following details: Language Levels A1, A2 - DILF B1, B2 - DELF C1, C2 - DALF Hence I need to learn upto DELF level…
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After 6 months of studying German, I still struggle to speak; how do I make progress?

So, It has been 6 months since I started my Journey with German. It's been really fun, and I really like the language, but I am starting to feel like all this time that I have spent isn't giving me the expected ROI, I have but many MANY hours a day…
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Language activator or conceptual dictionary for French

Is there a language activator or conceptual dictionary for French? I haven't been able to find a printed or online one. More specifically, I am looking for a dictionary that gives related words to a particular word. For example, in the Reader's…
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How to decline Czech words

The following page lists Czech declensions, which can be memorized by heart. Czech declensions However, once I come across a word, and look it up in a Czech dictionary or Czech-English/English-Czech dictionary, how do I know what declension model to…
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