#english learners

[aaiieell]

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS SHEET IN PDF FORMAT HERE: https://www.aprendeinglesenleganes.com/alternate-vs-alternative.php Alternately vs AlternativelyLet's talk about a common confusion that often pops up in writing: the difference between "alternately" and "alternatively," as well as the difference between "alternate" and "alternative". Have a look at today's sheet to learn when and how to use these words.

[crazycatsiren]

I'm going to say this, as somebody whose first language was not English: there's a very big difference between unintentionally/mistakenly using the wrong word, the wrong grammar, or the wrong spelling, and typing in internet speak that nobody who speaks any language on this earth is able to read.

[verbalbridgesllc]

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[el-blog-pepe]

Adopt a Grandparent (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #776 Adopt a Grandparent (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/776-Adopt-a-Grandparent-with-transcript-e2jtsl0 Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pnBi3dFkGDQWEj_A0Av_sFINfI-rBKLMEU_t2q4l3Rs/edit?usp=drivesdk

[languagexs]

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[tipsmakemoney]

American English Listening Practice | the seven stairs

exercises for English learners to improve their listening skills quickly.

[mochayoubi]

i was very surprised at how difficult it was to find (good) resources for learners that accurately describe how 部首 (in English we translate this to be the "radical") work in 漢字 (kanji). i pulled these from a very comprehensive guide of kanji from おじゃちゃん, a native speaker who is also a language teacher and if youre interested in learning more, you should check out her full overview here.

to a beginner this might not be as useful - but when you get deep enough into japanese i think it's worth it to understand how kanji is actually used by native speakers. understanding how the radical works can also help you guess at meanings and recognize common patterns that may make memorizing kanji easier

[meichenxi]

Speakers of non-English languages of the UK and Ireland wanted!!

Since it’s World Mother Language Day today (February the 21st), I’m thinking of doing a series of posts on the native non-English languages of the United Kingdom and Ireland, with some information and short interviews. 

For this, I am looking for both native speakers/signers and learners (with or without parentage/heritage of the language in question) of the following languages:

- Scottish Gaelic

- Irish

- Welsh

- Any sign language of the United Kingdom or Ireland (e.g. BSL)

- Any other minority language indigenous to the United Kingdom or Ireland. By this I mean primarily spoken only within the UK or Ireland as a minority, or spoken very little elsewhere. For example: Cornish, Manx, Shelta, or Anglo-Romani, not languages like Polish or Bengali that are minority within the UK but have a significant speaker base elsewhere. (I am aware that I am fishing for some of these *cough* Cornish *cough*...but you never know!)

- Any language or variety that you speak that you feel is linguistically / culturally distinct from Standard English that you would like to inform more people about. For example: Shetlandic, Scots, Ulster Scots. 

I don’t have anything finalised yet, but if you would be wiling to speak to me about some text-based interviews for the sake of qualitative and informative tumblr posts, please send me a message!

(NB: if I have used any names of languages that are not preferred, tell me and I will change them. I don’t know a lot about the non-Celtic and non-Germanic languages here, which is part of my reason for wanting to make this series of posts in the first place.)

Please reblog so more people see this!

- meichenxi

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

I'm curious.

if u want, tag this with whether you're a native speaker of English (im not!)

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Was reading a very fun article about why English is such an odd language and wanted to share this bit with you

This is really interesting! I also noticed that even when words come from the same language family, German and English often emphasise different syllables like-

tradition

Tradition (my students really struggle with the "-ation" ending in English)

modernity

Modernität

notice

Notiz

unclear

unklar

tragedy

Tragödie

scandalous

skandalös

Sarcophagus

Sarkophag

Japan (eng)

Japan (deut)

Television

television

minister

Minister

automobile

Automobil

congress

Kongress

article

Artikel

(yeah, my trauma/Trauma of 'I learnt a lot of complex/komplex (🎉)English words through reading rather than listening' is shining through here. Like. You can read most of these if you know either language. But it's not all that intutive (intuitiv) how to pronounce them.)

Generally/generell, though I think the key difference/Differenz is that German prefers to stress the penultimate syllable of a word and English likes to stress the first syllable. (Which is why my students love to literally insert syllables towards the end of English words and trip over words like 'prestigious' - because there is no nice, long stressed syllable to take a rest on while racing through all those unstressed syllables.)

(though I also feel like German is a bit more liberal about changing the stress when you feel like it? This might just be me, but I definitely more comfortable changing the stress of a word in German depending on context at least when it comes to additions such as un-, -less/-los, -voll/full, -arm/-reich.)

[adhd-languages]

Hey, Spanish learners or native speakers following me — I just found out there’s a Spanish AITA account! If you’re looking for a way to practice it might be good. I’m personally pretty hyped because I’m sort of addicted to AITA lmao

It’s @ aita-espanol

[aaiieell]

Available in PDF:  https://www.aprendeinglesenleganes.com/key-word-transformation.php

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH : B2 FIRST

Key Word Transformation (Use of English Part 4)

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[soldier-poet-king]

Should not be feeling prideful abt the fact that I treat housekeeping staff like Actual Human Beings unlike MOST of my office and therefore I got to hear all about her kids and was shyly asked if I could help design & print smthn bc her kids are coming home from college, but like, I AM, this is my crowning achievement at work but really it should just be like. The baseline of human decency. And YET.

Not to be like We Live In A Society but :/

[crunchyorangeleaf]

source of this picture is here and video of the occupation firing is here

[el-blog-pepe]

To Grapple (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #694 To Grapple (with transcript). Royal Scandals and more…. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/694-To-Grapple-with-transcript-e2gtm9o Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T-UjWbiXMJTeDHfDJi0O1aWcs8v_FrpE/view?usp=drivesdk

[stickydrama666]

it's kind of over