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Looking to get into Ancient Greek poetry in the original
I'm am currently an undergraduate in college studying Classical Languages. I know Koine Greek, and read through Geoffrey Steadman's edition of Plato's Apology, which I found a helpful introduction to Attic.
If I'm looking for an introduction to…
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What level of schooling does it take for a native-Chinese speaker to understand CCTV news?
One of my iTalki teachers and I study China Central Television (CCTV) news. The hosts are noted for the extremely fast pronunciation (sometimes 280+ characters per minute) and their use of precise, technical vocabulary.
I still find watching CCTV…
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how to acquire a certain sound which lack in my mother tongue?
In my mother language, there is a lack of the N sound as an initial consonant. Every time when I say English words like nature, new, it will naturally or unconsciously be pronounced as lature, lew.
What is worse is that when I speak other languages,…
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How does the proportion of Chinese-language students who learn handwriting change with level?
Many students of Chinese as a second language opt out of learning handwriting characters. My impression (from my personal experience) is that the proportion of beginner students who learn handwriting is much lower than the proportion of advanced…
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How can I practice speaking English by myself?
Currently I'm learning by myself with videos but mostly with textbooks. I have no much people to speak with and I'm trying to find some ways to practice conversation. Do someone have any hint?!
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Is the HSK exam easier outside of China?
It's been known (at least in Confucius institue in my country) if you take HSK test outside of China, it's easier and the grading is pretty lenient.
u/Marizza_Tan, comment on "hsk 6", Reddit r/ChineseLanguage, 14 Nov 2022.
I'm skeptical about this…
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Is studying speeches by e.g. Kevin Rudd especially beneficial for improving one's Chinese speaking skills?
On YouTube you can find speeches in Chinese by former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd (Chinese name 陆克文), such as this and this and this. Now I'm tossing up whether or not this (or some similar official speech by a L2 Chinese speaker) would be…
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How can I practise my French with inaccurate subtitles?
I speak French but want to improve my listening ability and learn some new words (maybe to put into Anki). I decided I would watch one of my favourite Netflix shows in French, however the subtitles are normally extremely inaccurate, often for no…
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Why don't Chinese people who are eager to practice English simply practice with each other?
If you've ever been a "foreigner" in China (especially in major cities), you may have encountered the intensity in which some Chinese people try to practice English with you. I certainly have. I've asked Europeans who aren't native English…
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What scores should a student get on the Chinese HSK(x) exam before moving onto HSK(x+1)?
Disappointingly, I recently failed the HSK6 (listening: 52; reading: 63; writing: 55); usually 60% is considered a pass. (Yes, I'm quite aware it's insanely hard.)
I previously did well on the HSK5 (listening: 86; reading: 74; writing: 88), enough…
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Where could I ask questions about the Indonesian language?
Indonesian Language Stack Exchange is not a thing. Do you know any places where learners can ask questions about the Indonesian language?
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Card template problem in Anki, with missing field, but the field isn't missing
I have an error on one of my old cards due to the newest update. The preview is telling me "there is no field named..." I do have that field actually. But for whatever reason, I'm still getting that error. I deleted the part in the template as the…
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Is there a way to become un-stuck after hearing something unexpected?
I'm learning standard Chinese and I recently realized that my listening skills are worse than I hoped. Once I hear something unexpected such as a common word but spoken with a different accent, the entire sentence becomes incomprehensible and it…
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Which linguistics professors, with a PhD in linguistics, have written on how they personally acquired second languages?
Please recommend books or publications by
legitimate linguistics professors (anyone with a teaching position), at an accredited university
with a PhD in linguistics
detailing their own SLA process. How did they learn — for themself and on their…
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How does Anki structure when to show new words? Ex. it seems to often show words that are related in certain ways
I have been using Anki for learning a language. The deck i'm using seems to often present new words that are "thematically" related together ex. monitor, keyboard, desktop,printer. However, not all words are together like that. For example, the…
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