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Book or other resources on activities for teaching Chinese grammar?

I am looking for a book or other resources about tasks and activities for teaching Chinese grammar. There are book on teaching English grammar, e.g. Task-based grammar teaching of English by Susanne Niemeier (Narr, 2017), but it is difficult to find…
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List of all two and three letter syllables in Koine Greek required

I'd like to get a list of all possible two and three letter syllables in Koine Greek. Reference I have used is: https://www.sttmedia.com/syllablefrequency-greek but I'm afraid it doesn't contain those which contain double consonants and long…
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Graded readers using traditional Chinese characters?

Graded readers are very useful for practising extensive reading. Extensive reading has several benefits, for example, getting a lot of comprehensible input. I have found several series of graded readers that use simplified Chinese characters, such…
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Media-assisted Greek learning

As described in an excellent post, watching a movie multiple times with and without subtitles greatly improves comprehension. I did a similar thing with books once: I knew the L1 version and read the L2 with the L1 as support. Learning Greek, this…
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Any downloadable dictionaries of commonly used words?

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but here it goes. I need a dictionary file (XML, JSON, or any other computer readable format) that contains the most commonly used words in one language and their meaning in another. For…
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Evaluating incorrect answers in a language learning app

I'm currently working on developing a language learning web app that provides the user with better feedback. One of the things that I'm looking into right now is evaluating wrong answers. I'd like to implement a scoring scale for each question that…
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Any tool to highlight collocations

It is believed that learning collocations is an effective way to enhance fluency. I wonder if there are any tools that, when provided with a text, can highlight its collocations? It would be great if it also can show degrees of words cohesion using…
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Conditions for successful extensive reading?

According to the literature on second language acquisition, what are the conditions for successful extensive reading? Does the literature provide any suggestions on how many words a learner should read and on how long it takes to see benefits of…
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Good German novels to help further my German

I'm looking to improve my German by reading a book, translating it as I go. That's pretty much how I learned LaTeX, C, Python, and Bash, so why can't it work with normal languages as well, right? Are there any good sci-fi/fantasy novels or novella…
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Language Acquisition: What's the very first step (and the steps that come after that) in language learning?

If I need to teach a child English without the use of any other language, how and where should I start? Alphabets* Words Pronunciation? Nouns? Tenses? Sentences? Repeat 2-6? I need an order that would perfectly flow downwards with each element in…
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Is it good idea to learn English and German simultaneously?

I'm learning English but considering to improve my German as well. My native language is Ukrainian. I know both languages on the same basic level. Is it good idea to learn English and German simultaneously? Are there any particular techniques or…
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What are the effects of learning a third language in your second language?

How will it affect my language skills if I choose to learn Indonesian in English instead of my mothertongue (Czech)?
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WebCAPE language exam - how many words do I need to know?

I'm studying Chinese and would like to know if there are any metrics/studies around how many words I should be able to retain to get a high score. The metrics I've seen, such as this Rosetta Stone Effectiveness Study, give comparison of semesters…
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Printable keyboard layout for Ukrainian on a MacBook Pro

I want to be able to type efficiently in Ukrainian on my MacBook Pro computer. If possible, I want to just print out a piece of paper that's at the same scale as my actual keyboard, and lay it over my keyboard when I need to use it. Do such…
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How does the existence of a separate present progressive tense affect the learnability of a foreign language?

In English, the present progressive tense has its own distinguished syntax. For example, the present progressive I am writing differs from the simple present tense I write. On the other hand, in German, you have Ich lerne, which could mean both I…
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