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Does ethnic background affect language learning strategies?
Drawing inspiration from the question Does ethnic background affect the speed of foreign language acquisition?, I would like to ask something more specific: Is there any research on how ethnic background affects language learning strategies?…
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required standards for US domestic foreign language education
In reference to my earlier post, I'm going to be teaching foreign languages in some capacity and was advised by a board of education that I ought to understand and incorporate foreign language edu. standards into my curriculum. They only named…
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Why do some teach Biblical Hebrew with modern verb tenses?
I have noticed that some instructors teach Biblical Hebrew verbs with modern tenses (avar, atid, hoveh, tsivuy) when really there are only two forms (not tenses), perfect and imperfect. I'm aware that the forms have evolved to be more compatible…
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How can jokes be studied to provide a benefit to a language learner (if at all)?
What benefits does studying jokes in your L2 provide? I'd think that it would only provide you with a better understanding of culture, puns, or wordplay, but is there something beyond that?
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Why can't I remember words?
I have a bad problem, I learned a lot of English words, I am registered on Memrise.com and every day I study new words and review them. Now I have more than 1100 words in my long term memory according to Memrise.
Also, I can read English texts at…
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Does learning a language outside of its culture affect the learner negatively in any way?
As a native English speaker living in America, with little to no funds to travel, I don't have much of an opportunity to actually visit the places where my target languages are widely spoken (in my case Spanish (which is actually fairly common in…
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Effectiveness of reformulating incorrect sentences as feedback?
My Chinese language exchange partner naturally makes errors when speaking German. One form of feedback that I often use is reformulating the sentence he just spoke, so that he gets to hear a correct version of it. He then just nods, appears to try…
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How does the vocabulary learned through immersion compare to vocabulary learned via study?
When reading texts in L2, (sometimes) it can be easy to infer the meaning of a word based on its usage in the text. This can work similarly when listening or conversing. (Of course, to ensure there is no misunderstanding, looking the word up in a…
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Online Glossary of Second Language Acquisition Terms
I am looking for an online glossary of second language acquisition (SLA) terms that fulfils the following criteria:
It was created by SLA researchers or teaching professionals. (This one on Quizlet has a pseudonym as author, so I don't know if it…
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Momentum and hours per week
I was told I could be in a beginner's Hebrew class that meets for two hours per week, without any required out-of-class work. I said (or rather, wished to say) that this situation is hopeless: two hours a week is about as good as zero when it comes…
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Are minimal pairs for learners of a given L2 independent of their L1?
As mentioned in this question, Gabriel Wyner attaches a lot of importance to minimal pairs in the early stages of learning of foreign language. Gabriel Wyner is a native speaker of English, and his examples are about native speakers of English who…
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Which language correction sites have a large number of active Mongolian speakers?
I've been (kind of) learning Mongolian for over a year, and I've been actively correcting native speakers of Mongolian on lang-8 during that time. There aren't a lot of Mongolian users, and many of those users post only one or two entries before…
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Is there a site with video-based language courses?
I would like to know a site like Udemy but with language courses.
Are there any sites like that?
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How does the ILR scale testing work?
I've heard a little about this scale, but how are you graded based on knowledge of the language? To put it more precisely, if there are any formal tests, what are they like?
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"Means" versus "can be translated as (in some cases)"
A word represents a concept. Different languages sometimes use different concepts to describe the same matter. In such cases (my impression) the word of one language is often said to "mean" the concept of the other language ("but only in cases XY").…
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