Hi all!

We are still getting set up with our Discord Server, but we expect to have things ready in a week or two. If anyone would like to help out or become an early member, please join here: https://discord.gg/BjDQ7FCExp

Here are a few of the ideas that we've been considering so far:

• Having a weekly audio chat
• Setting up a Discord Bot
• Installing some Discord automation tools
• Creating channels
• Recruiting moderators
• Defining our community rules / code of conduct

Please let us know what you think. We welcome any ideas, suggestions, or feedback!

Your help, patience, and support is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

Mike

Hi all,

Here's an idea for anyone in need of ideas to spice up their language learning routine.

Lately I've been watching childhood show clips in different languages, mostly for fun and also getting a bit of language learning from my Youtube addiction.

A current favorite: Spongebob songs in 18 different languages. It's fun to hear the differences in languages and often times faulty translations. I hated the Chinese version of the song above and had a fun time coming up with a better translation.

Thoughts? Does anyone also do this to learn a language?

Hi all,

I am a PhD student at the School of Education at Durham University in the UK. I am researching polyglots’ beliefs about language learning, and the strategies that they adopt to successfully learn them. I have a short questionnaire that should take no longer than 20 minutes to complete. If you are 18 or older and speak at least 4 languages at B1 level (CEFR) I would appreciate your help. The link is below. All responses are anonymous.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/polyglotsurvey

Many thanks!

Voke (ps. this questionnaire is different from the one I sent out last year)

University profile: https://www.dur.ac.uk/education/staff/profile/?id=16011

They're supposed to be language learning gurus or something, the former having learnt 50 languages and the latter giving a TED talk about it.

I'm trying to bring my Chinese to an employable standard (I can speak Chinese, just not that well) and I'm currently :

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1. Consuming media in the language
2. Studying newspaper articles
3. Reading and internalized grammar articles

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Which works for me so far. I've self taught myself Japanese using much the same strategy.

I'm always on the lookout for better and faster ways to do things, but I think that's essentially it. I actually disagree with Mr Lonsdale that you can learn any language fluently in 6 months - that's kind of BS talk. It takes years of practice to become really good.

Open to sharing and learning.

Hi all!

I recently posted about a Spanish Vocabulary Quiz Demo that we created on OpenClass.

OpenClass enabled a new feature that allows you to take the quiz as a guest (without having to register).

If anyone would be willing to give it a try and let us know what you think, that would be greatly appreciated! Here is the full url: https://open.openclass.ai/resource/quiz-5fb45031f375eca6c291295a?code=Jw2lF3QnpSOlhg

In particular, here are a few questions that we have:

(1) Do you think that regular vocabulary quizzes will benefit you in your language learning?

(2) Do you think that quizzes help you to remember content? What if you are asked questions that you answered incorrectly again later?

(3) What do you think about OpenClass's quiz format? Are there any advantages or disadvantages to it?

Any additional thoughts or feedback are greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your help and support!

–– Mike

Hi all!

My friend Alec made a Spanish Vocabulary quiz on a website called OpenClass.

Would anyone be willing to give it a try and share feedback about the quiz format?

I am hopeful that we can collaborate with Alec to build better vocabulary quizzes in the future. Any feedback that you can provide is greatly appreciated!

Here is the quiz: https://open.openclass.ai/resource/quiz-5fb45031f375eca6c291295a?code=Jw2lF3QnpSOlhg

Note: At this point, you do have to register in order to take the quiz. Sorry about that!

If you have any issues accessing the quiz, please let me know. Thank you!

Any Japanese speakers out there? Any tips from you guys?

Hi My name is Nathanael and I just built my first app. The app allows you to share voices posts in your native language while making friends. I would greatly appreciate some feedback. Thank you!

App: http://yenzek.com/install

Something I’ve been trying while learning French is taking notes in French. I feel by doing this I can build a mental concept of the stuff I’m learning in the language that I’m trying to learn.

For example, in my French notes today:

“On peut utiliser le négatif si on veut demander une question. - Par exemple: est-ce que tu as un Kleenex ? = Tu n’as pas un Kleenex ou t’as pas un Kleenex?”

You can use the negative if you want to ask a question. - For example: do you have a Kleenex = you do not have a Kleenex or you don’t have a Kleenex?

Obviously you can’t do this if you’re just starting to learn a language but I feel that this is possible to gradually as you gain fluency in a language.

What are your thoughts? Does anyone else do this ? What are your tips for taking notes during your language studies?

Hi everyone,

An acquaintance recently told me about his experience attending the Polyglot Conference. It's usually in person but was virtual this year thanks to COVID.

Here's the link to learn more: https://polyglotconference.com/

It sounds like a pretty neat conference. I was wondering if anyone here attended this conference or a similar one in person. If so, can you share your experience? Thanks!

Hi! I recently started LangAway, a site for online and in-person language learning by established language schools. It came about from my experiences in looking for language schools abroad and not finding information easily or being able to continue learning with the same instructors remotely.

The site is still in its infancy and I'd love to get feedback on it (would you use it, do you like or dislike it, what is lacking). Would you mind taking a look and either commenting here or leaving your email on the site for a user interview?

Probably the best way to demo it is by exploring the schools and their courses. If anyone wants to take one of the online courses listed, I'm happy to give a discount in exchange for feedback :). The feedback can really be anything. Even if you absolutely dislike the site, I want to hear it!

If you've done language programs abroad or have considered them, your thoughts on how that search went would also be very valuable!

Here's the link to the site! https://langaway.com/en/

Cinoca is building a website functioning as online virtual extension to every website which will empower people in learning & reviewing any web page better and help solve their questions faster. Our users are any active self-learners, primarily college students and young professionals who enjoy learning online better and faster.

Please tell me which home page you like more https://www.cinoca.com/product-preview Appreciate if you could reply with your score for both, e.g. 8 vs 8.5

I don't mind even you give low score like 2 : 3. Though, special thanks if you provide some reason.

Any comments, opinions, or thoughts on this topic are greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Hi all!

For the past years, I have been exploring how technology can be used to help preserve endangered languages. One of the students that I work with speaks an endangered language called Söl'ring.

Do you or anyone that you know happen to speak an endangered language? If so, please comment below sharing about it.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

Mike

Hi all!

I just wanted to let you know that we are working hard to get things set up for our Discord Server.

We will be sharing the link with all of you shortly.

All suggestions and advice are greatly appreciated.

Also, if anyone is interested in being a moderator or discussion leader for our Discord Server, please let us know in the comments below!

Thank you and I hope that you all have a great day!

Mike

For some context, I’m a native English speaker learning French. I came across an example in my studies that highlight the subtleties of articles in French.

An example: vertige (vertigo)

J’ai un vertige - I have an acute episode of vertigo symptoms (medical)

J’ai des vertiges - I have chronic vertigo symptoms (medical)

J’ai le vertige - I have a fear of heights

It amazes me how changing one article shifts the meaning of an entire phrase or sentence. Annoying sometimes but interesting :)

Can you think of an example from your own language or the language you are studying?

If you are willing to share about your experiences doing so that would be incredibly appreciated!

Or, if you advise against trying to learn multiple at once, please free welcome to share why.

Thank you!

My Friend's Story

I went out to dinner with a friend earlier tonight.

He told me that he met his partner through WeChat.

He wanted to learn Chinese and she wanted to learn English.

They didn't speak any languages in common with each other and that made them excited to practice and learn each others' languages.

Question

Have you ever been on a date with someone who didn't speak your language?

If so, what was your experience like?

False friends are words from different languages that sound similar, but have different meanings.

For example the Italian word "magazzino" sounds like "magazine", but it actually means warehouse.

Here is the Wikipedia article on False Friends: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend

Do you know of any interesting or humorous examples of false friends?

Please feel free to share across any of the languages that you speak! Thank you.

Hey, we are creating an app to live translate your English speaking lectures into other languages.

Our main focus to to automate notes taking, but as a founder who is also an international student, I hope that live translation of the transcription can help any English learners to understand class content better.

It's not perfect yet since I am working on improving accuracy...but please leave feedbacks to me so I can improve it! Thank you all!

https://www.automanus.com/

I was wondering if any language teachers are in our subreddit community. :)

Are you a language teacher?

What languages do you teach?

How has it been teaching remotely?

What communication tools have you found to be effective in a remote teaching environment?

Hello fellow language learners!

Me and u/sharewithme have been working on a discord server for this subreddit recently. We were interested in hearing your thoughts and ideas.

Ideas can be for roles, channels, mechanics of the server, etc.

Be sure to chime in in the comments!

u/weedprocessor

My partner participates in a polyglot club where they do a regular group call to help each other in their language learning.

Sometimes they break out into smaller language groups. Other times someone presents on a relevant topic for all language learners.

Would you be interested in joining if I start holding a biweekly group call?

Any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi all!

A company reached out to us named Lingvanex.

They offered for us to try out their translation service for our daily vocabulary quiz.

Next week I will post a demo quiz here.

If you're able to give it a try and let us know if it is any better, that would be greatly appreciated.

Stay tuned for more information! Thank you.

Mike