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How Do You Maintain Languages?
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slucido
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Message 17 of 18

20 January 2011 at 12:55pm | IP Logged

hrhenry wrote:

slucido wrote:

This is what I am doing in this forum...More than 1,000 messages right now. My goal: 10,000 messages.

Up until this last year, I didn't see much use in a site such as lang-8. Now I think it's pretty great. Of course, as with any site like it, you have to take your time and find the right person to help you along with corrections.

R.
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I would like to have forums with professional proofreaders. If someone knows any site like this, let me know. I would pay for it.

You would be able to have strong arguments using your target language and you would have a proofreader correcting your emails. I would be wonderful.

ilperugino wrote:

slucido wrote:

This is what I am doing in this forum...More than 1,000 messages right now. My goal: 10,000 messages.

Go for it.
My aim is a bit more modest: to have had a post for each day I´ve been in this forum, but so far I´m running late.

Thank you. I see I am not the only one with selfish goals...

Edited by slucido on 20 January 2011 at 12:58pm
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Ygangerg
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Message 18 of 18

24 January 2011 at 3:07am | IP Logged

For maintaining, it depends on your level and your goals. Just use the language for whatever it is you want to use it for. If you want to live all of life in that language, then you should probably be interacting with speakers of it, as well as reading many different types of material. You'll be falling short otherwise. If you want to use it for academic purposes, just keep reading. News is easy to find in most languages, but literature is good because it isn't as dry as news.

I no longer "study" Spanish explicity, but I read books all the time. I keep the language activated and continue learning new words.

Maintaining a good accent and a good ear for the language is another matter. If you're not near-native yet and you can't find the opportunity to converse frequently, kiss it goodbye. If you don't have friends that speak it, find someone who's willing to do an exchange once a week or more--30 minutes or an hour of your language, then 30 minutes or an hour of theirs.

Edited by Ygangerg on 24 January 2011 at 3:13am
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