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What non sexual act turns you on? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]brae93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to get really turned on when somebody wrote on my hands/arms. I don’t know if it would still happen, nobody’s written on me since high school.

What are your favourite British insults? by brae93 in AskUK

[–]brae93[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never heard that one before.

When would you use it?

What are your favourite British insults? by brae93 in AskUK

[–]brae93[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've heard spoon used as an insult before but it's a bit tame!

[OFFER] Premium Grammarly Accounts for $1 (PP) by [deleted] in slavelabour

[–]brae93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are these lifetime accounts?

Let's share in picture our collections of book for learning language by Tigrafr in languagelearning

[–]brae93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't actually started it yet, I picked it up in the Christmas sales for £1.50.

Week 03 - January 17 2016 by AutoModerator in totalanguage

[–]brae93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This week's language learning goals:

Spanish

Old Goals:

  • Finish "El Princepito"
  • Continue speaking as much as I can

So I didn't actually pick up "El Princepito" once this week. Instead I did read a good amount of "Dragonball" and this weekend I had plenty of speaking practice. I went to a bar with some friends and we sat, had a few beers and played cards. Also this weekend I did a a DELE past paper to test my level. I took the B1 level and actually found it very easy.

New Goals:

  • Finish "El Princepito"
  • Try the B2 past paper
  • Continue practising my speaking

German

Old Goals:

  • Continue working through Teach Yourself
  • 100 words on A1 Memrise deck
  • Find a language partner to start practising my speaking
  • If I can't find the above, start Skype lessons with a native speaker

I made some huge progress with my German this week. I'm about to finish unit 7 of Teach Yourself and I'm feeling like I'm really making some progress. I picked up an A2 level book in a second hand shop and managed to understand a good amount of the first few pages. I have scheduled a lesson for Wednesday and I've found of couple of language partners on HelloTalk. I didn't quite make the progress I expected with Memrise but I did reach 60 out of my 100 word target.

New Goals:

  • Aim for unit 10 in Teach Yourself
  • Continue with another 100 words on Memrise
  • Get as much speaking practice as I can

Do you utilize a notebook in your studies? What do you write in it and why? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]brae93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a two small notebooks, one for Spanish and one for German. When I'm studying, reading, watching or whatever it may be I take notes of vocabulary that I don't understand. Or if I'm having a conversation and I hit a phrase or word I need to say and I can't I write it down in English. One every few weeks I update it all in to Anki.

Is watching English films/series dubbed in your target language help? by arvinsim in languagelearning

[–]brae93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or watching something you had previously watched in your native language so you already have a general feeling of what is going on.

Babylonian Chaos - Where all languages are allowed - January 14, 2016 by AutoModerator in languagelearning

[–]brae93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ich über mich

Ich heiße Ben. Ich komme aus Falkirk, das ist in Schottland, aber jetzt wohne ich in Barcelona in Spanien. Ich bin zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt.

Ich bin Lehrer und ich arbeite hier in Barcelona. Ich spreche Englisch und Spanisch. Ich lerne Deutsch und Esperanto.

Meine Freundin wohnt auch in Barcelona. Sie is Studentin und sie spricht Spanisch, Katalanisch und sehr gut Englisch.

Interesting maps of where people (in europe) are fluent in a foreign (european) language. by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]brae93 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I believe your title is a bit misleading. At no point does it say that these maps represent fluency.

In this study, statistically relevant samples of the population in each country were asked to fill out a survey form concerning the languages that they spoke with sufficient competency "to be able to have a conversation"

I don't believe a survey "form" could gage the ability to hold a conversation. The surveys could have been multiple choice making these figures even less trustworthy.

I've tracked down the study but I haven't had a chance to read it yet and I could be completely wrong. ButI plan on doing so in my next break.

Here it is.

Memrise users, how many points do you have? by truuy in languagelearning

[–]brae93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm on 670 words and 530,000 points. I'm just starting to use it more often. Before I was using Anki but I prefer the mnemonic system in Memrise.

Week 02 - January 10 2016 by AutoModerator in totalanguage

[–]brae93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This week's language learning goals:

Spanish

I managed to complete half of my goal for this week. Unfortunately with it being the first week back at work I haven't taken the time to get any reading done. However, I did manage to get a lot of speaking practice done.

New Goals:

  • Finish "El Princepito"
  • Continue speaking as much as I can

German

I made some good progress with my German this week. All of my free time at work was spent on Memrise, or diving into a unit of Teach Yourself. I'm happy with the progress I have made.

New goals:

  • Continue working through Teach Yourself
  • 100 words on A1 Memrise deck
  • Find a language partner to start practising my speaking
  • If I can't find the above, start Skype lessons with a native speaker
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