#language fluency

[katesattic]

Question for the multi-lingual peeps. Becauae I do this and want to know if it’s common or just a me-thing.

If yes, tell me why you switch pronunciations when in a different language. (for me it’s because I fear coming off as pretentious for pronouncing French words Frenchly when speaking in English.)

#personal #languages #bilingual #trilingual #multilingual #monolingual #poll #language fluency

[larkral]

AFTG Thoughts

My very important thoughts on AFTG (having now finished the series). Organized by sections as: Exy, non-Andreil relationships, Adult real life logistics, and other strong but uncategorizable feelings.

I am having lots of Andreil feelings as well, but this is not them. This is the other things. My other very strong takeaways.

Exy

Exy would absolutely for fucking sure not be an Olympic sport, or a 60k seat stadium NCAA sport after ~20 years of game play. Absolutely not. I played Roller Derby for 5 years. Modern Roller Derby is a sport with a meaningful history and following and regulation bodies, and extremely amazing athletes. This isn’t a perfect case study, given that derby is grassroots, and Exy is meant to have been fully designed by 2 people, but this was an area I had to very intentionally suspend my disbelief whenever it came up.

This book also absolutely would not be as compelling to me as a non-sports-person if it were about a real sport. Because listen, I love lacrosse and I appreciate hockey and I nod casually in the direction of soccer/football, but using a made up sport made this book approachable and interesting for me. I didn’t have to think “is this a real reference I need to know more about to earnestly appreciate this plot?” Because nope. It for sure wouldn’t be. Also I didn’t have to attempt to overcome my sports people prejudices/stereotypes, because I don’t have any of those about Exy.

The refs are *outside* the court? Sus.

That plexi has to get very smudgey very quickly. How do they clean it? This seems like a problem for spectators and (see above) refs.

Why is it called Exy? I don’t hate it, it’s just like...such a prescription drug name. 

Non-Andreil relationships

Kudos to this series for having not a lot of relationship drama aside from...you know, the big one. I appreciate that this series wasn’t rife with drama in relationships

However: long distance relationships are so dramatic and hard and I don’t believe that Kevin/Thea and Nicky/Erik would have survived the series unscathed. I didn’t want to actually have to read more about either of those relationships, but neither struck me as particularly real.

Betsey/Wymack/Abby -- thruple. C’mon.

Adult real life logistics

Oh my god, no insurance agent ever in the history of real life would ever think that Andrew’s car wasn’t totaled after being vandalized as described. They’d cut him a check in like...two days. Though also as someone who has had a car totaled this year, it’s a fucking hassle no matter what.

Who is maintaining Nicky’s house!? Houses are energy pits. If he owns that house, someone needs to be up in there changing the furnace filter and flushing the water heater and oiling the garage door springs. And he sure isn’t.

Other strong but uncategorizable feelings

Before reading this series I was like “why would any person attend school and be there primarily in order to play a sport” but actually I kind of get it now?

KEVIN you are not supposed to meaningfully sweat for several weeks after getting a tattoo!

Why would a building planning official accept sleeping quarters underground that didn’t have egress? I guess bribes from gangsters. But c’mon. The Raven’s Nest would be condemned immediately!

I can believe that Nicky is fluent in German, and that Jean and Kevin are fluent in French, but the rest of them almost certainly wouldn’t be fluent enough to carry out the conversations as written. Totally willing to suspend my disbelief on it, though.

Man that Nathaniel/Neil section? I died. I knew what was happening and it still brought me to my knees.

#aftg #post-read OPINIONS #opinion topics include #adulting #sports #exy #tattoos #zoning regulations #long distance relationships #language fluency #longform text i guess

[theenglishnook]

The Neuroplasticity of Language Acquisition

Neuroplasticity is a foundational concept in neuroscience that highlights the brain’s remarkable adaptability. It refers to the brain’s ability to reorganize its neural pathways by forming new connections and altering existing ones throughout an individual’s life. This process allows the brain to adapt to changes in the environment, learn new skills, recover from injuries, and compensate for…

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#Adult language acquisition #Brain reorganization #Child language development #Cognitive Development #Cognitive flexibility #education #English #english-language #english-learning #Growth mindset #inglés #language #Language acquisition #Language fluency #Language Learning #Language Proficiency #language-learning #languages #learn-english #learning #Learning strategies #Lifelong Learning #Neural connections #Neural Pathways #Neuroplasticity

[wickedzeevyln]

Language Barrier

“Do you speak English?” Before I could answer this question, he rolled his eyes and walked away. This was not the first time. The second time, he approached me while I was busy wiping off a stain on patient’s bed, his head popped through the door and asked me the same question, then followed it up with another question, “Clear as mud?” he asked and I retorted, “Of course I know what that…

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#Cross-cultural Interaction #Cultural Sensitivity #Doctor&039;s Communication #Education Bias #Education Stereotypes #Educational Assumptions #Effective Communication #Erwinism #Grammatical Proficiency #Idiomatic Expressions #Ignorance #Ignorance in Healthcare #Imagine #Inspiration #Language Barrier #Language Bias #Language Fluency #Learning #Life #Linguistic Challenges #Medical Schooling #Misconception #Misunderstandings #Motivation #Multicultural Environment #Multilingual Society #Open-mindedness #Patient-Doctor Communication #Professional Etiquette #Progress

[spaztikmoose]

#language coach #language study #language learning #language #study tips #polyglot #polyglot fox #language fluency

[german-enthusiast]

I think, broken down to its essence, learning a language can have three stages/goals, which can but needn't all be reached:

- Goal 1: have enough vocab and grammar to say stuff and have your message be understood

- Goal 2: have the grammar and vocab to say grammatically correct sentences

- Goal 3: be able to do creative/academic writing (meaning: have the skill+vocab to vary writing style according to the text type)

#this is probably also part of where that fluency discourse comes from #(besides fluency being super subjective in general) #because: is goal 2 already fluent? #or do you need the versatility of goal 3 to really consider yourself fluent? #german #langblr #deutsch #learning german #language learning #deutsch lernen #german language #german learning #language #german vocabulary

[dreamdolldeveloper]

back to basics

mostly free resources to help you learn the basics that i've gathered for myself so far that i think are cool

everyday

gcfglobal - about the internet, online safety and for kids, life skills like applying for jobs, career planning, resume writing, online learning, today's skills like 3d printing, photoshop, smartphone basics, microsoft office apps, and mac friendly. they have core skills like reading, math, science, language learning - some topics are sparse so hopefully they keep adding things on. great site to start off on learning.

handsonbanking - learn about finances. after highschool, credit, banking, investing, money management, debt, goal setting, loans, cars, small businesses, military, insurance, retirement, etc.

bbc - learning for all ages. primary to adult. arts, history, science, math, reading, english, french, all the way to functional and vocational skills for adults as well, great site!

education.ket - workplace essential skills

general education

mathsgenie - GCSE revision, grade 1-9, math stages 1-14, provides more resources! completely free.

khan academy - pre-k to college, life skills, test prep (sats, mcat, etc), get ready courses, AP, partner courses like NASA, etc. so much more!

aleks - k-12 + higher ed learning program. adapts to each student.

biology4kids - learn biology

cosmos4kids - learn astronomy basics

chem4kids - learn chemistry

physics4kids - learn physics

numbernut - math basics (arithmetic, fractions and decimals, roots and exponents, prealgebra)

education.ket - primary to adult. includes highschool equivalent test prep, the core skills. they have a free resource library and they sell workbooks. they have one on work-life essentials (high demand career sectors + soft skills)

youtube channels

the organic chemistry tutor

khanacademy

crashcourse

tabletclassmath

2minmaths

kevinmathscience

professor leonard

greenemath

mathantics

3blue1brown

literacy

readworks - reading comprehension, build background knowledge, grow your vocabulary, strengthen strategic reading

chompchomp - grammar knowledge

tutors

not the "free resource" part of this post but sometimes we forget we can be tutored especially as an adult. just because we don't have formal education does not mean we can't get 1:1 teaching! please do you research and don't be afraid to try out different tutors. and remember you're not dumb just because someone's teaching style doesn't match up with your learning style.

cambridge coaching - medical school, mba and business, law school, graduate, college academics, high school and college process, middle school and high school admissions

preply - language tutoring. affordable!

revolutionprep - math, science, english, history, computer science (ap, html/css, java, python c++), foreign languages (german, korean, french, italian, spanish, japanese, chinese, esl)

varsity tutors - k-5 subjects, ap, test prep, languages, math, science & engineering, coding, homeschool, college essays, essay editing, etc

chegg - biology, business, engineering/computer science, math, homework help, textbook support, rent and buying books

learn to be - k-12 subjects

for languages

lingq - app. created by steve kaufmann, a polygot (fluent in 20+ languages) an amazing language learning platform that compiles content in 20+ languages like podcasts, graded readers, story times, vlogs, radio, books, the feature to put in your own books! immersion, comprehensible input.

flexiclasses - option to study abroad, resources to learn, mandarin, cantonese, japanese, vietnamese, korean, italian, russian, taiwanese hokkien, shanghainese.

fluentin3months - bootcamp, consultation available, languages: spanish, french, korean, german, chinese, japanese, russian, italian.

fluenz - spanish immersion both online and in person - intensive.

pimsleur - not tutoring** online learning using apps and their method. up to 50 languages, free trial available.

incase time has passed since i last posted this, check on the original post (not the reblogs) to see if i updated link or added new resources. i think i want to add laguage resources at some point too but until then, happy learning!!

#study #education resources #resources #learning #language learning #math #english languages #languages #japanese #mandarin #arabic #italian #computer science #wed design #coding #codeblr #fluency #online learning #learn #digital learning #education #studyinspo #study resources #educate yourselves #self improvement #mathematics #mathblr #resource

[svsss-fanon-exposed]

About your response re: Gongyi Xiao's name, if the given name is one syllable, how would he be referred casually? I've only just started learning more about how chinese names work, and from what I've been told names should preferably have two syllables. I've seen additives such as A- and -er, but I don't exactly know how they work and don't want to make assumptions.

This obviously doesn't relate to canon facts like this blog intended, so apologies if the question is unwelcome! Hope your day is lovely either way 💕💕

Tbh I'm open to answering as many questions as I can, even if it's not this blog's main intention-- even if I can't answer or don't answer correctly, at least then it's out there before a bunch of eyes that can peer-review!

Whether a given name in Chinese has one or two characters, that can depend a lot on generation. For example, I believe for a long time it was two-character names that were customary, then more recently one-character names, and the current generation has gone back to favoring two-character names again. Sometimes, a given name will have three characters, maybe even four, but I have only heard of this and haven't seen it so it's very uncommon.

Either way, you're hardly ever going to call someone by a single-character name without a modifier. Usually names aren't used without modifiers at all, but it's especially so for single-character names. To call someone by a single-character name with no modifier is not unheard of in literature, but it is very intimate, and also very uncommon-- so I wouldn't suggest using it that way.

Anyway, for Gongyi Xiao in particular, one could very, very informally call him 萧儿Xiao'er/Xiao'r，or 阿萧 A-Xiao. However, this is very familiar and would only be used by people older than him, especially when he is young, or people who are very, very close to him like parents or older siblings and other relatives, or by a romantic partner-- not casually between friends. Both of these are intimate and affectionate, with a "cutesy" sort of feeling, though to my own interpretation Xiao'er is slightly more so than A-Xiao.

For his peers, 公议师兄 Gongyi-shixiong would be standard, even for those peers from other sects as cultivators of the same generation call one another Shixiongdi/Shijiemei even when they are not from the same sect in SV.

As for general close friends, Calling him 公议兄 Gongyi-xiong would be appropriate (with "xiong" here as roughly equivalent of "bro") or perhaps 萧哥 Xiao-ge as something even less formal but not as intimate as Xiao'er/A-Xiao.

So, someone of the same generation could call him inorder of formal to least formal, Gongyi-shixiong > Gongyi-xiong > Xiao-ge, and a partner of his could say A-Xiao or Xiao'er.

#answered #gongyi xiao #svsss #language #translation #cultural tidbits #this works the same way for other single-character given names #such as Shen Yuan #and i do know there are regional differences in diminutive #i'm originally from central-northern china #in addition to my long time without speaking fluently #so others from other regions & with better fluency might have different thoughts on how to call him #definitely feel free to add on #anyway i do like questions like these because it lets me share things i know with others #while also helping me with my own learning through peer-review :>

[unfortunatesenseofhumour]

Rereading let the devil in, an excellent founders era fic with accidental soulbond between Tobirama and Izuna, and after hearing Izuna once again complain he couldn't tell what his partner was feeling was struck by the powerful urge to give him Tobirama-style sensing tattoos.

But since this is Izuna, he insisted on them looking like eyeshadow.

This way, he can tell whenever Tobirama is feeling down AND look fabulous in battle even if he didn't have time to apply makeup! Truly an excellent idea :)

@simkjrs @wyrvel still don't know contact policy for fanart on this site, are @s ok? Or should I do something else.

#fanart #fanart of fanfiction #without a softness showing #let the devil in #uchiha izuna #senju tobirama #seals as makeup #looking fabulous #the characters on the fan are mostly just scribbles i think I wrote water busy england tea and then gave up #my 30 day duolingo streak is not enough to replace actual fluency in a language

[numberonefaguette]

I’ve seen a couple of posts about people being hesitant and not really wanting new players joining the qsmp soon + more languages being added, and I understand, but the posts mostly seem to be made by English speaking people and I don’t think they understand how big of a deal this is for some people. The internet is really focused on anglophone creators to the point that if you’re bicultural and living in the US, you will never get recommended a channel that doesn’t speak English, despite English speaking channels getting recommended everywhere else. The trending tab is only filled with English speaking creators. You have never had a problem finding content that’s in your language. That’s not something you have to do. The fact that there might be French creators added to the qsmp is so exciting for me because I will finally have a starting point to discover French creators, I will finally be able to watch content that is in my language. The qsmp is bringing non English speaking creators into the orbit of English viewers and that is so cool. People have started watching the Spanish streamer despite not understanding most of what is being said, they’ve started learning Spanish because they want to be able to interact with the Spanish community. If people are trying to learn French/Portuguese/German they’re going to have access to creators who speak that language!!! I have faith in Quackity that he won’t make the introduction of new players overwhelming, this is going to be so sick.

#qsmp #I don’t know if this is too rambly sorry #but those posts were really ticking me off #like yes! give me more languages! fight against the forced Americanization that the internet forces onto people! #when I lived in France it was super easy to keep up my English fluency because it was EVERYWHERE #but now that I live in the US it’s been impossible to keep up with French news/culture #I’ve lost some basic fluency because I have to fight so hard to speak a language I’ve known since birth #idk man I could write a whole other post about the difference in American vs French dynamics

[michelle-languages]

how to speak any language fluently

Today I wanted to share with you some tips that you can apply to every language, but I experimented with them all personally to effectively improve my speaking skills in English

slow down:

A common problem among learners can be to speak too quickly. But rushing your words can often lead to confusion and miscommunication, so try to slow down and keep what you say simple

In the beginning, you may sound robotic, but you can speed up with time, once you feel more confident

work on emphasis:

The same sentence, said with different emphasis has very different meanings. Think about the point you want to make and use emphasis where needed to help clarify your meaning

Pro tip: take a sentence from a video or a show you like and repeat it out loud stressing each time a different word of the sentence!

keep going:

If you make a mistake, keep going. Understand that very few people, even native speakers, speak the language flawlessly and we all make mistakes

If you get embarrassed or shy once you’ve made a mistake, this is probably what people will notice, not the mistake itself! So keep going!

practice makes perfect:

There are so many options that now can help you improve your speaking skills without problems!

The best thing is recording voice notes when doing language exchanges, or recording yourself longer notes to receive feedback from other learners or natives on language learning apps!

#language learning #speaking #languages #languages tips #fluency #langblr

[kaiserin-erzsebet]

Me, someone who has (or had) near native fluency when I lived in Berlin: wow, not living in a German speaking country for a while has made my speaking and listening a bit rusty. I should look for something to listen to for practice.

The search results when I look for podcasts in German: Do you need something about grammar? Perhaps someone speaking to you slowly like a child? Simple sentences?

#I'd like some recommendations is what I'm saying #I'm c1 level and I don't need primers #and the speaking slowly actually doesn't help me at all #I don't want to lose fluency not using it every day like I used to #I wish spotify had a language filter on the podcast search

[mustangs-flames]

It never comes up in the story in this manner but mimics have the gift/curse of tongues and can understand and speak every conceivable language. All of them. Dead or alive.

This also applies to languages that are invented for media like films, art, and novels, etc.

I am saying this so you know that Mark and mimic!Cesar could be watching Star Wars and mimic!Cesar would fully understand what a droid is beeping about.

Do with this knowledge as you wish.

#hail true body #mustang answers! #htb mimic!cesar #htb mimics #htb mark owens #any time a new language appears a mimic automatically gains knowledge and fluency of it #this also applies to angels lmao #htb angels

[nataliesscatorccio]

don't worry guys the first episode of the third season of yellowjackets was just revealed to me in a dream and it's worth the wait

#you know how they say you know you're fluent in a language when you begin to dream in it? #does this count as my yellowjackets fluency test that i can dream up full episodes now?

[shouldprobablybereading]

I wonder if there will ever be a generation of vorin men that are raised within the norm of not learning to read but then struggle a lot later in life because society suddenly expects them to

#I am totally projecting my feelings about fluency in the English language #but it’s something I think about a lot #how fast what skills are expected of you can change

[kingsis]

You ever think about how spamton can canonically speak three languages at LEAST and there's a high probability that he can speak any language with presence on the internet? You ever think about how he can probably do ASL and tries so hard to morph his face to convey the meaning more clearly? How it's so easy for him he probably doesn't even consider "speaking someone's preferred language" as being inclusive? How he sees it as just another business strategy because why WOULDN’T he know how to speak every major language? God I just. Robots and ai man. They get to me.

#melon talks #dying languages documented on websites buried by time #fucking LATIN??? ugh. #fluency isn’t an issue when you have the entire internet at your fingertips