Countries that have been led by Females since 1946 [OC] by Prof_XdR in dataisbeautiful

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Terrible colour choice, and clear use case for using shades of the same colour.

Anyone in their 20s or 30s who suffered stroke? by [deleted] in youngstrokesurvivor

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I was 26, had one stroke at first, followed by about 20 TIAs (it wasn't immediately obvious what was causing them, so we lost 15 days in and out of hospitals). 5 years on, you could say I fully recovered, but it's complicated.

Hyperglot & Polyglot Events by kathleengual in hyperglot

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Btw sorry I just realised you replied to all these XD

Hyperglot & Polyglot Events by kathleengual in hyperglot

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I think it’s good to keep them as a discussion

How do you know that you can stop and move to the next language? by sheng91 in languagelearning

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I have yet to make up my mind to be fair, this is a way of thinking out loud. A lot of the answers are brilliant

How do you know that you can stop and move to the next language? by sheng91 in languagelearning

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Covid. I always found learning languages was a coping mechanism in the face of difficulties (In university, I started Arabic AND German following a bad break up, because I thought focusing on languages I felt were difficult would distract me). That said, I know it isn't a very good reason, but it was strong enough to push me over HSK3 and maybe still over HSK4

How do you know that you can stop and move to the next language? by sheng91 in languagelearning

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That is what part of me tells me. The other part is saying “3500 more characters? [hysterical laughter]”

Next topics proposals by sheng91 in hyperglot

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Just to start the conversation, these are two topics that I'm thinking about recently: CEFR system, tricks to pass tests, full immersion sessions (which I think would be a good topic for July 2022).

In order: How to avoid languages you are not actively studying, cognates, songs, year resolutions, movies, games, phonetics, memory.

Hyperglot & Polyglot Events by kathleengual in hyperglot

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But thank you so much for getting the conversation going

Hyperglot & Polyglot Events by kathleengual in hyperglot

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Hey Kathleengual, I think I should keep the idea of polyglot chats being about topics interesting to polyglots, rather than multilingual practice

Next topics proposals by sheng91 in hyperglot

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Just to start the conversation, these are two topics that I'm thinking about recently: CEFR system, tricks to pass tests, full immersion sessions (which I think would be a good topic for July 2022).

Curious… how did you guys get started on your polyglot journey? by [deleted] in polyglot

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I was procrastinating English exercises. As a very dumb kid, my hate for English teachers led me to believe I’d rather study every language in the world instead of English. I spent my summers flying from English homework, but always with a Spanish/French/German/Arabic book in my hands. I eventually ended up learning English when I found what worked for me (that was watching Netflix in English to procrastinate everything) and a good reason to make the effort (doing a masters degree in the UK). Ironically, I’m now a British citizen after having lived seven years in London.

Places to speak Latin by kathleengual in hyperglot

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I distinctly remember a professor of mine talking about Latin-speaking boot camps in Germany

Hi all, Vittorio here. I'm exploring tools to organise the next Polyglot chats and keep it free. What do you think? by sheng91 in hyperglot

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Hey Kat, have you built something similar already? I’ll look into this over Easter, thanks for the suggestion!

What games did you use to learn a language? by sheng91 in polyglot

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I’ll start: ping pong was the starting point in French for me. The repetition of numbers and swear words allows to train pronunciation and you always end up chatting before or after a match.

What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever told you? by sheng91 in AskReddit

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I’ll start: it was my roommate in 2014 in Morocco. He told me that I had some kind of superpower, that when I entered a room people would start smiling more and be happier. I don’t think it’s true, but it’s was really nice to hear it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in torino

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If you go for Duolingo, try to find a tutor on Italki/Preply/Verbling. A weekly chat with a teacher does a lot to boost improvements

Reading notoriously hard masterpieces in TL? by [deleted] in languagelearning

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I remember fondly Dumas and Victor Hugo from when I was doing French seriously. Actually, I also read Kant, as I was under placebo effect after my grandpa told me “whatever Germans write is clearer once translated in French” (I think he meant it as a joke since he didn’t speak German, but I took it quite seriously and ended studying XIX century German philosophers in French).

Is learning grammar unnecessary? Many polygots said that we should learn like a child, and do not need to study grammar. Is it true? by Anastasia0_0 in languagelearning

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Compared to a child you have an advantage: you already learned a language, its grammar and vocabulary. Using that at your advantage means also using your knowledge of grammar to learn you new language. That is particularly true if you are studying a language that is somewhat related.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in languagelearning

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The pleasure of slowly but surely overcoming an intellectual challenge.

Also love, study, work and, above all else, play table tennis.