Hi I'm Amanda, native English speaker trying to relearn Spanish. Enough at least to hold a conversation with customers at work any way. I took 4 years in high school amd anotber two semesters in college but I wouldn't call myself fluent yet.
I can read and write it well enough but speaking's a whole nother story. But kind of renders learning it useless if I can't get my word out when I'm talking lmao. I need a lot of practice! Duolingo's helping with that quite nicely however.
I like to draw and play videogames like Skyrim or Witcher in my spare time.
Hi I'm Amanda, native English speaker trying to relearn Spanish. Enough at least to hold a conversation with customers at work any way. I took 4 years in high school amd anotber two semesters in college but I wouldn't call myself fluent yet.
I can read and write it well enough but speaking's a whole nother story. But kind of renders learning it useless if I can't get my word out when I'm talking lmao. I need a lot of practice! Duolingo's helping with that quite nicely however.
I like to draw and play videogames like Skyrim or Witcher in my spare time.
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Naahva sounds cool though i dont have tumblr and im not feeling like registering to be honest. ill try and find a subreddit though and at least read through it.
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Naahva sounds cool though i dont have tumblr and im not feeling like registering to be honest. ill try and find a subreddit though and at least read through it.
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I'm American, so my first language is English. I started taking Spanish in middle school, and I got really into it my junior year. My school's language program was quite slow, so I asked permission from my teacher to go ahead on my own. She granted me permission, so long as I still did the assigned work for class. In about six months of teaching myself, I was pretty much fluent in reading/writing. I say this because I took the SAT II in Spanish that spring and got a 670. (I applied to Harvard for a laugh, because it was always my dream school, and they accepted a "5" on the AP Spanish exam or a 600 or above on the SAT II.)
I taught myself at the AP level my senior year and was the only student in my school to take the AP test. I got a "3", and this is because I bombed the speaking part. The questions were really hard to answer in one's native language, let alone translate! Lol. I know I probably got the equivalent of a "5" in reading/writing and a "1" in speaking/listening. I've never gotten practice speaking/listening, and I'm much more interested in grammar and learning new vocabulary.
I do consider myself fluent in Spanish reading/writing. The summer after my senior year of high school, before I went to college, I attended a week-long Spanish camp. We weren't allowed to speak any English. I always have heard that you are fluent in another language when you dream in that language. I had a dream entirely in Spanish while I was at the camp. I've never had another dream entirely in Spanish, but I do frequently have dreams with parts in Spanish.
Anyway, I wanted to write my secret tip for how I learned so much so quickly- DVD subtitles. The first DVD I ever owned was Chicago, which is my second-favorite movie. I bought the DVD right before my junior year of high school, when I started teaching myself. I was so excited that I could watch the movie in English and have the Spanish subtitles at the bottom.
Even better, when you paused the screen, the subtitles stayed on the screen. I used to watch full movies and episodes of TV shows and "translate" them by pausing after every line and writing down the Spanish subtitles and English translation. I cannot tell you how much this expanded my vocabulary. The only thing it didn't teach me was verb tenses, such as the subjunctive, which I had to learn from a book. I strongly advise learning the basic verb tenses first and then doing the DVD translating to learn vocabulary, phrases, and idioms.
I felt especially proud when I took the SAT II, because one of the stories on the test had the word "jaula" in it, which is Spanish for "cage." The test provided the English meaning, not expecting students to know the word. I learned this word from my translating and didn't need the help.
I haven't been as into my Spanish the last few years, not sure why. But I still love learning new words whenever I can. I also encourage buying baby books written in the foreign language if you can. It helps with reading skills. I recently bought the cutest book called Dices Mu at Walmart. It's about this little boy who goes around asking all the farm animals if they're the ones to say "moo." One verb I learned was what I believe to be "to neigh" (as in horse). I haven't officially looked up the verb in my Spanish dictionary, but that's my best guess.
I'm American, so my first language is English. I started taking Spanish in middle school, and I got really into it my junior year. My school's language program was quite slow, so I asked permission from my teacher to go ahead on my own. She granted me permission, so long as I still did the assigned work for class. In about six months of teaching myself, I was pretty much fluent in reading/writing. I say this because I took the SAT II in Spanish that spring and got a 670. (I applied to Harvard for a laugh, because it was always my dream school, and they accepted a "5" on the AP Spanish exam or a 600 or above on the SAT II.)
I taught myself at the AP level my senior year and was the only student in my school to take the AP test. I got a "3", and this is because I bombed the speaking part. The questions were really hard to answer in one's native language, let alone translate! Lol. I know I probably got the equivalent of a "5" in reading/writing and a "1" in speaking/listening. I've never gotten practice speaking/listening, and I'm much more interested in grammar and learning new vocabulary.
I do consider myself fluent in Spanish reading/writing. The summer after my senior year of high school, before I went to college, I attended a week-long Spanish camp. We weren't allowed to speak any English. I always have heard that you are fluent in another language when you dream in that language. I had a dream entirely in Spanish while I was at the camp. I've never had another dream entirely in Spanish, but I do frequently have dreams with parts in Spanish.
Anyway, I wanted to write my secret tip for how I learned so much so quickly- DVD subtitles. The first DVD I ever owned was Chicago, which is my second-favorite movie. I bought the DVD right before my junior year of high school, when I started teaching myself. I was so excited that I could watch the movie in English and have the Spanish subtitles at the bottom.
Even better, when you paused the screen, the subtitles stayed on the screen. I used to watch full movies and episodes of TV shows and "translate" them by pausing after every line and writing down the Spanish subtitles and English translation. I cannot tell you how much this expanded my vocabulary. The only thing it didn't teach me was verb tenses, such as the subjunctive, which I had to learn from a book. I strongly advise learning the basic verb tenses first and then doing the DVD translating to learn vocabulary, phrases, and idioms.
I felt especially proud when I took the SAT II, because one of the stories on the test had the word "jaula" in it, which is Spanish for "cage." The test provided the English meaning, not expecting students to know the word. I learned this word from my translating and didn't need the help.
I haven't been as into my Spanish the last few years, not sure why. But I still love learning new words whenever I can. I also encourage buying baby books written in the foreign language if you can. It helps with reading skills. I recently bought the cutest book called Dices Mu at Walmart. It's about this little boy who goes around asking all the farm animals if they're the ones to say "moo." One verb I learned was what I believe to be "to neigh" (as in horse). I haven't officially looked up the verb in my Spanish dictionary, but that's my best guess.
I'm a native english speaker trying her best to learn Spanish on my own. I kinda wish I had someone that had conversations with me but only in spanish so I would have to figure stuff out. I'm at a pretty beginner level like i get words here and there but mostly not.
I'm a native english speaker trying her best to learn Spanish on my own. I kinda wish I had someone that had conversations with me but only in spanish so I would have to figure stuff out. I'm at a pretty beginner level like i get words here and there but mostly not.
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If you want something convenient for when you're on the go you might wanna check out the Apps DuoLingo, or Memrise!
DuoLingo teaches words and some neat phrases - in some instances, depending on course, even grammar - whereas Memrise is just great all around for new Vocabs!
It's free and there are tons of courses you can join - be it "general vocab" or something super specific like "All vocab needed for reading Harry Potter in Spanish" :D
Also - there is an App called HelloTalk which is just amazing for connecting with other language learners!
Depending on what you enter as your first language and on your target language, you'll be shown content posted by people who speak what you aim to speak!
It's some amazing in-app features which make it possible to correct other people's posts - show translations, etc
It's definitely worth checking out - even at beginner stage! :D
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MountainMouse
If you want something convenient for when you're on the go you might wanna check out the Apps DuoLingo, or Memrise!
DuoLingo teaches words and some neat phrases - in some instances, depending on course, even grammar - whereas Memrise is just great all around for new Vocabs!
It's free and there are tons of courses you can join - be it "general vocab" or something super specific like "All vocab needed for reading Harry Potter in Spanish" :D
Also - there is an App called HelloTalk which is just amazing for connecting with other language learners!
Depending on what you enter as your first language and on your target language, you'll be shown content posted by people who speak what you aim to speak!
It's some amazing in-app features which make it possible to correct other people's posts - show translations, etc
It's definitely worth checking out - even at beginner stage! :D
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Naahva Nice I'll have to check those out!
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Helooooo how's everyone? I'm an English speaker learning Korean. I do love kpop, but I'm learning Korean because of a close friend in Korea. She was an exchange student for 2 years and I love and miss her dearly, so I'm learning so that I can stay with her in Korea for a while! I'm hoping to become semi-fluent. I would love to be completely fluent, but for now I want to know enough to be able to get around in Korea haha.
I'm using
KoreanClass101.com and I looooove it. The lessons are simple and broken apart well, and there are online tutors and tons of resources. I can read hangul and I know the bare basics, like the question words and simple sentences. I've been learning loosely for a few months now, but now that school is over I'm going to really double down and study hard.
For Korean, I don't see that Kdramas with subtitles have helped me learn any new words, but it does help me pick out the words and phrases I have already learned!
Helooooo how's everyone? I'm an English speaker learning Korean. I do love kpop, but I'm learning Korean because of a close friend in Korea. She was an exchange student for 2 years and I love and miss her dearly, so I'm learning so that I can stay with her in Korea for a while! I'm hoping to become semi-fluent. I would love to be completely fluent, but for now I want to know enough to be able to get around in Korea haha.
I'm using
KoreanClass101.com and I looooove it. The lessons are simple and broken apart well, and there are online tutors and tons of resources. I can read hangul and I know the bare basics, like the question words and simple sentences. I've been learning loosely for a few months now, but now that school is over I'm going to really double down and study hard.
For Korean, I don't see that Kdramas with subtitles have helped me learn any new words, but it does help me pick out the words and phrases I have already learned!
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[center]Thank you for sharing your Resource!
I've made a new Entry for Korean Resources in my big Resources post!
If you encounter more neat Sites, or Apps which you'd recommend - please, don't hesitate to share them!
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Thank you for sharing your Resource!
I've made a new Entry for Korean Resources in my big Resources post!
If you encounter more neat Sites, or Apps which you'd recommend - please, don't hesitate to share them!
//// no really, thanks for sharing and helping this Thread get a lil' better and more inclusive!
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Also welcome to the Hub! :D
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Hello there, uh, sorta new to this. So if this post turns to a train wreck fast, this is just a heads up.
- I am a native Arabic speaker.
- English is my second language.
- currently trying to learn Chinese. I don't know anything about it or where to even start.
- Hobbies include playing video games, reading books (though it's very rare I find a good one nowadays, maybe I'm not looking in the right place...).
Personally not trying to FULLY commit to learning Chinese, maybe when my SAT exams are over. I don't know anything about it, to be honest. I was hoping you'd help me find some resources to use, or maybe some tips or tricks. There's not much to say about myself, really. Just a guy trying to get into college while trying to pick up a language to get his mind off things.
Hello there, uh, sorta new to this. So if this post turns to a train wreck fast, this is just a heads up.
- I am a native Arabic speaker.
- English is my second language.
- currently trying to learn Chinese. I don't know anything about it or where to even start.
- Hobbies include playing video games, reading books (though it's very rare I find a good one nowadays, maybe I'm not looking in the right place...).
Personally not trying to FULLY commit to learning Chinese, maybe when my SAT exams are over. I don't know anything about it, to be honest. I was hoping you'd help me find some resources to use, or maybe some tips or tricks. There's not much to say about myself, really. Just a guy trying to get into college while trying to pick up a language to get his mind off things.
Whatever happened to good ol' fashioned cornbread brown bread sourdough Ciabatta Banana Melon bread?
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Hi there! Welcome to our hub! : D
Also thank you so much - you just gave me the idea to dedicate one of the saved posts on the first site to making a "How to start studying a language" post!
I'll have Prince, the Coatl in charge of this Thread, handle that - he'll take care of things! :D
What I'd do is google things like "Study Chinese masterpost" or "Chinese Study Guide" - especially on tumblr, there is a huge community for Language-blogs.
You don't need a tumblr to be on site and read the posts - having an account makes saving posts easier, but this is nothing a simple browser bookmark couldn't do as well!
Anyway, especially for Chinese, there are surely great posts which can give you inputs on where to start - listing tons of ressource!
The only App i know would be LingoDeer, which covers Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
However, I don't know how good the Chinese aspect of it is, since I can only judge Japanese ^^"
Another option would be looking for a Sub-reddit!
Pretty much getting involved with any chinese-study community will surely be beneficial, since one of the most important things about self-studying is having a plan to follow!
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Hi there! Welcome to our hub! : D
Also thank you so much - you just gave me the idea to dedicate one of the saved posts on the first site to making a "How to start studying a language" post!
I'll have Prince, the Coatl in charge of this Thread, handle that - he'll take care of things! :D
What I'd do is google things like "Study Chinese masterpost" or "Chinese Study Guide" - especially on tumblr, there is a huge community for Language-blogs.
You don't need a tumblr to be on site and read the posts - having an account makes saving posts easier, but this is nothing a simple browser bookmark couldn't do as well!
Anyway, especially for Chinese, there are surely great posts which can give you inputs on where to start - listing tons of ressource!
The only App i know would be LingoDeer, which covers Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
However, I don't know how good the Chinese aspect of it is, since I can only judge Japanese ^^"
Another option would be looking for a Sub-reddit!
Pretty much getting involved with any chinese-study community will surely be beneficial, since one of the most important things about self-studying is having a plan to follow!
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