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It's like how conservatives regularly insist that businesses have every right to discriminate when deciding who works for them but shit themselves when a business won't hire unvaccinated people.

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my friend and i were going to study a language together and wound up having to cancel our plans due to scheduling pressures, but! through research we came across a really cool resource for reading in a TON of languages: bloom library!

as you can see, it has a lot of books for languages that are usually a bit harder to find materials for—we were going to use it for kyrgyz, for example, which has over 1000 books, which was really hard to find textbook materials for otherwise. as you can see it also has books with audio options, which would be really useful for pronunciation checking. as far as i can tell, everything on the site is free as well.

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Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

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Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!

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Natively - Japanese Book Tracking

What is Natively?

It’s like Goodreads, but for Japanese language learners reading books/manga/etc. in Japanese. You can track books you’ve read, and mark books that you want to read using Read and Want to Read lists. You can follow other users and select books to browse by level and type. This way you will know before you even pick it up if the book will be suitable for your own level. If you don’t know your level, find a book that you’ve already read and check it’s level, then find books with the same level. You can also find suggestions for books that you might never have heard of, and see a book’s ratings from other users (and sometimes a review).

Grading Books by Level

When you add books that you have read, you can grade them with a qualitative grading system. You compare two books that you have read at a time and assign them a relative difficulty. The system will then use these ratings from all users to give the book a relative level.

This is very useful because even as a relative system, you can get a feel for whether or not a book is going to suit your current level. And while there are many manga suggestions to choose from, there are also actual books, as well as light novels and even textbooks.

How I Use Natively

I have been trying to use it to keep track of my reading (like I do with Goodreads) as I have been reading more manga, and then grading the manga I read to help populate the level database on Natively. I also would like to use it to find a novel that suits my level that I can read when I have more time, and write reviews on books I’ve already read. If you would like you can follow me, and you can also follow your friends who have accounts.

Check it out!

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my Chinese professor introduced this method to us and I thought it was super helpful so I wanted to share them ^_^

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Verb of the day: varoittaa

varoittaa [+ sta/stä] = to warn [of]

Kymenlaaksossa varoitetaan vaarallisen voimakkaasta tuulesta. = There is a warning for dangerously strong winds in Kymenlaakso.

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nahe am Wasser gebaut sein

literally: to be built close to the water

to be emotional and prone to crying easily

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— Kató Lomb + 10 requests for language learning, from Polyglot: How I Learn Languages (p.159-161)

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cool new language resource i just discovered: lingotrack! it functions somewhat like polylogger, allowing you to log your activity for languages, but, more than that, it has an explore section where you can find media that's in a particular language, such as books, tv shows, films, etc! one of the hardest things when you reach a more proficient level of a language is finding media in that language to engage with, so i think this is probably a good resource, or at least a place to get started. besides the explore function, there's also collections of media/resources, and a library function where you can add your own resources. it does require you to have a paid account to log study time for multiple languages (the free version allows you one primary language), but the other aspects seem to be available to free users in their entirety!

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The owl needs burned. Delete duolingo.

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This Twitter thread really spoke to me. I wanted to share it with anyone who hasn’t seen it. 

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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and all endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

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Does anyone have any fave German listening material for immersion?

I'm aware of EasyGerman on YouTube and various programs aimed at learners, but I'm looking more for TV shows, YouTube series, or streamers. Podcasts are fine too.

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1 Month Kanji Challenge Day 17 - 慈, 唸, 妥

Day 17 - When will normal temperatures return to let me sleep?

慈 音読み：ジ 訓読み：いつく・しむ 意味：Merch 言葉：

慈しむ - いつくしむ - To love, be affectionate to, pity 慈悲 - じひ - Mercy, compassion, pity, charity 慈愛 - じあい - Affection, kindness, love 慈善 - じぜん - Charity, philanthropy  慈雨 - じう - Welcome rain, blessed rain, rain after a drought

唸 音読み：テン 訓読み：うな・る, うなり 意味：Groan, roar 言葉：

唸る - うなる - To groan, moan, roar, howl, hum (engine, wind, etc.) 唸り - うなり - Groan, moan, roar, howl, growl, bellow, hum (e.g. motor) 唸り声 - うなりごえ - Groan, moan, roar, growl, hum, buzz 唸り出す - うなりだす - To let out a roar (hum, groan), produce a loud noise 唸るほど - うなるほど - To a great extent, money to burn, rolling in cash

妥 音読み：ダ 訓読み： 意味：Gentle, peace, depravity 言葉：

妥協 - だきょう - Compromise, giving in 妥当 - だとう - Valid, proper, right, appropriate 妥結 - だけつ - Settlement, an agreement 妥当性 - だとうせい - Validity, verification, propriety  妥協案 - だきょうあん - Compromise plan

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Random German Vocabulary (94)

die Anklageschrift -- indictment das Hirngespinst (pl. die Hirngespinste) -- fantasy der Köter (pl. die Köter) -- mutt der Nervenkitzel -- thrill

klönen -- to chat überfliegen -- to fly over; to skim [text] verzapfen -- to concoct; to come up with zaudern -- to waver; to hesitate

autark -- self-sufficient fehlgeleitet -- misguided selbstgefällig -- self-satisfied; smug zerknautscht -- crumpled; wrinkled

(etwas) nicht mit der Kneifzange anfassen -- to not touch (something) with a barge pole (jemanden) mit etwas jagen können -- (someone) wouldn't touch something with a barge pole (etwas) gerade biegen -- to straighten (something) out (jemandem) ins Gewissen reden -- to appeal to (someone's) conscience

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wait did y'all know there's a ton of free language course resources for u.s. peace corps training??

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computer related vernacular Finnish

Word = vöödi

Excel = ekseli

Outlook = autlukki

o365 = ookolmekuusvitonen

MacOS = mäkki

Apple = äple

Windows = vindoussi

Linux = linuksi

laptop = läppäri

@ = miukumauku

.gif = kihvi

.bmp = pitmäppi

.pdf = peedeeähvä

.jpg = jipekki

.html = hötömölö

.xls = ekseli

.doc = toksi

.ppt = pauverpointti

keyboard = näppis

mouse = hiiri

printer = se saatanar rohjake