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Should I learn a whole bunch of new words at once with Anki?
I've got a specific anki deck where I have around 350 cards that I'm reviewing and 260 new cards that I haven't touched yet. I'm behind on my reviews for this particular deck (put it off for a while), so while, for instance, I can review the 350…
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What are some techniques/methods that you would suggest for an online tandem learning relation to work?
I got to know this guy from the Internet, I'm a Vietnamese living in Germany and learning German; he is a German living in Vietnam and learning Vietnamese. I really want this tandem learning thing to work out for us because, from my side, I want to…
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How can I apply the words I learn?
I know lots of words. I know I do because I know so many I have to review at least one hundred every day and it takes ages.
I never am able to use these words in conversation though, and I don't understand why.
Why can I not use a great deal of the…
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Are there any good dictionaries for Ancient Greek?
I do realize this question might be difficult to answer as most words in Ancient Greek are hard to translate, and some have whole studies around them. But as there isn't a stack exchange for Ancient Greek, I figured this would be the best place to…
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Learning second sign language after first sign language
If I have learned a sign language, will it fasten my acquisition on other sign language?
This is because I learned that various sign languages have different syntax and such, and worried if there's more than vocabularies to learn from the second…
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How will learning English at the expense of my native tongue affect the two languages?
A little background: My name is Nick, and I moved to the United States about three years ago. Since my arrival, I have devoted myself to learn and understand as much English as possible--including grammar, pronunciations, punctuation, etc. In doing…
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What are the most effective ways for a beginner to learn Arabic for reading the Qur'an?
I converted to Islam about 7 months back and I've been informed that in order to better understand the Qur'an (Islam's holy book), I should learn Arabic. (I'm aware it's not essential, but it wouldn't hurt; and I should at least think about…
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what are widely accepted US domestic foreign language proficiency exams?
In reference to my earlier post, I'm looking for credible, accredited or widely accepted foreign language proficiency exams.
Duolingo claims they use WebCAPE proficiency test as a key metric of how well Duolingo's platform/curriculum prepares their…
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Evidence that learning radicals speeds up character learning in Japanese?
Characters — in Chinese or Japanese (or Korean Hanja) — can be learnt in various ways, and it is plausible that paying attention to radicals helps memorization and retention. But is there any hard evidence for this?
Are there any studies on the…
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When do people start conversing with the natives?
My mom has English as her L2 and is currently in the United States. Naturally, she tries to converse with them early in her learning but she stumbles and gets confused with some of the more advanced parts of English a lot. This usually means trouble…
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What does "linking" mean?
When I am learning about pronunciation of English, I found a word called linking. The word seems about pronunciation.
What is linking? And how can I learn correct linking in pronunciation?
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What is phonics?
A recent question asked about phonics. Even though the OP was mainly interested in English, the question implied that phonics is or can be used for other languages. However, I don't think phonics was properly explained there.
So:
What is…
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How can an advanced learner in an FL context get rid of grammatical errors?
Imagine someone who learnt foreign language (FL) from the same language family as his native language (L1) for three years at secondary school and then continued studying this language at university. Let us assume that this foreign language is…
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Dictionary for learners of modern Greek?
Is there a learner's dictionary for present-day Greek? This would be either of the following:
A monolingual dictionary in which
the definitions are written in a simpler subset of Greek,
many entries have examples,
the lexicon focuses on words…
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According to research, how well do speed reading skills transfer to other languages?
According to Wikipedia, speed reading is
any of several techniques used to improve one's ability to read quickly. Speed reading methods include chunking and minimizing subvocalization.
There are very few articles on how to speed read in a foreign…
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