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Where can I find Arabic grammar exercises?
I'm learning literature Arabic (or what is it called?). I had no trouble finding learning materials, but I want to practice the grammar I have learned.
Where can I find exercises in Arabic grammar with solutions? Doesn't matter if it is in English…
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Is foreign music a good reason to learn a language?
I learned German while I was into NDH metal. Its the only language I learned well at all. But I stopped studying the language after I found out that I knew and understood German words that I didn't know the English translation to (I was afraid I was…
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Learning Tahitian, having issues with comprehension
I'm taking a class at my school in Tahitian, it is the beginning level. However, I am having trouble with understanding and memorizing the words. I am a native English speaker and know Mandarin to a certain degree.
The class is taught by immersion…
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How can I learn reading Telugu texts, if I already know Kannada Scripts?
Is learning Telugu script need any extra effort if I already know reading Kannada script? since both languages are quite similar for reading.
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Are there any methods for teaching English as a "means" not an "end"?
What I mean by such a method, is when the purpose of teaching is not to teach English but to use English to teach something else. Something (let us assume) student is genuinely interested in, and is motivated to learn English "to get" to that…
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Similar Languages to South-Slavic/Balkan
I am going to be travelling through the western Balkans (specifically Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania) and would like to learn some of the spoken languages. As I will only be spending a matter of…
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Resources aimed at slavic speakers
Do you know any good resources for learning Russian aimed at (native) speakers of some other slavic language? I have a few yugoslav textbooks, for instance "Ruski u 100 lekcija" (Špis, Gavela) which seems good.
But I think I could make good use of…
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Path for German A1 to B2 certificate in one year
I am looking to take the Goethe Institut B2 test roughly one year from now. I have studied some German in the past, so I'd say I'm at an A1 level and could probably get to A2 quickly. I have never taken a CEFR-based test before, and my goal is to…
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Source for text + audio books with normal search
I would like to learn language by reading books in it and listen how native speaker narrator reads it. So I need normal source of audiobooks with the following properties:
1) provides both e-book and audio; text should be written with professional…
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HSK3 written test - what to expect and how to prepare?
It would be useful for beginner Mandarin learners, who want to eventually take the HSK exam(s), to hear success stories and HSK-specific advice.
If you have passed the HSK Level 3 written test please tell me what to expect and how to prepare.…
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Is thinking speech just in brain less effective than speaking aloud, to improve speaking skills?
I'm struggling with improving speaking right now, which is far inferior to my reading and writing skills. The language is Mandarin Chinese and I live in China and attend language school.
But the biggest problem for me is that there is little or no…
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Can I read nynorsk due to learning bokmål?
Suppose I learn enough Norwegian bokmål to be able to read books and newspapers well enough to follow what is happening, even if I would miss nuances and occasionally misunderstand something. I'm already there with Danish, so bokmål is not that far…
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Graded readers for Hungarian?
As several other questions already mentioned, graded readers are a good resources for extensive reading, at least for people who are not yet sufficiently proficient to read texts written for native speakers of the target language.
For smaller…
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Is it possible to archive L2 speaking skills as good as the native speakers?
First, let me restrict the scope to those who started to learn after becoming adult (about 20).
Being a native Japanese, I have never met any single non-Asian who is as fluent as an average native Japanese (even though I have met too many Westerners…
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Efficient way to teach English singular/plurals and verb tenses to Chinese students
Chinese mandarin nouns have no singular/plural forms. Also, the concept of time in mandarin is not expressed by changing verb forms, and other mechanisms are used for this purpose, such as adding 'action completion' particles to the end of…
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