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Pronunciation of "ll" in the Romance languages
I have noticed that all the Romance languages (Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian, Italian, and French) usually pronounce the "ll" like the "y" in "yacht". This feature is called "yeísmo"." Each of these languages also use other…
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What would be the best second foreign language to learn for Computer Science and IT?
Which foreign languages would be the most beneficial to learn for future businesses and work in the programming field and why? My native language is English.
Some of the options are;
Spanish
Japanese
German
Russian
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When learning a second language, should one choose a program focusing on grammar and structure or one that focuses on conversation?
I have a friend who wants to learn English and is debating between two different programs. One is more focused on conversations while the other is more focused on grammar, reading, and writing. Any advice is welcome.
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How long does it take to learn German at a B1 level?
I speak Hungarian and learnt English as a second language (both are at a C1/C2 level) and recently developed an interest in German. I tried to find out roughly how long it would take to learn German at a B1 level but the only thing I found were ads…
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Is there a customizable Memrise-like spaced-repetition software that lets the user choose an answer from a list?
I use both Anki and Memrise to learn vocabulary but these days I'm getting to think that Anki is not that effective to learn a word, as it is just flipping a card. On the other hand, Memrise lets you learn a word by typing in the word or choosing…
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How can I improve my IELTS writing skills?
I have problems with sentence connectors, structure and vocabulary. I need to get IELTS test band 7.
Please provide some learning material.
I tried to find something on google, but there are many websites, which confuse me and I couldn't find a…
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What languages have words which you can pronounce reliably purely based on the way they are written?
It appears that Spanish and Chinese (Pinyin) are languages which you can accurately derive the pronunciation of the words purely from their spelling. Whereas English is definitely not that type of language ("boot" and "look" are spelled with an "oo"…
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How to force youtube site auto-generated to create closed caption for an uploaded video on its site
I have an idea for intermediate language learners who want to improve their languages skills by using video on youtube. Learners could improve listening skill by watching videos in target language. If the videos are provided with subtitles or…
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What is a weekly lesson plan?
What is a Weekly Lesson Plan?
The context in Poland, Young Learners of Grade-3. ESL.
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Is Italian best suitable for study as a foreign language for school students?
From this year, school students in Iran could choose Italian as their foreign language. In the past, they only could choose English, French or German, but from this year they also can choose Spanish, Italian, Russian or Mandarin.
In least developed…
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How to avoid L1 and L2 interference if learning an L3?
Anyone got any ideas. I primarily speak English, but I know Japanese and French equally well but not as well as English, so they both become muddled when I try to speak either..
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What are the components of a language lesson?
What I understand is, language teaching has two aims:
Skills [Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening] development
Linguistic competence development
So, each language lesson should cover at least one skill component and at least one linguistic…
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Anki: A LOT of "unseen" cards, is all well?
I am a pretty heavy user of anki (1-2 hours/day), and am confused by a statistic and a behavior.
fwiw, I use the templates from Gabriel Wyner/Fluent Forever.
OK, here is the question: What is the "unseen" card count in statistics?
I understand it to…
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What are the reasons for learning a foreign language?
With Google Translate (and possibly other translators) becoming both ubiquitous and very good at their purpose, it seems that the problem of getting your message across to a person without knowing their language is to a very large extent solved. In…
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How additionally useful is HSK6 over HSK5 for reading Chinese native news and opinion pieces?
When deciding whether to study Chinese, students often state two goals: (a) to pass a HSK test, and (b) to read Chinese news articles. I'm towards the end of HSK5, and I already read some news-related opinion pieces, particularly those concerning…
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