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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 9 of 18 26 February 2015 at 6:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Finally signed up for the Dutch course Jeffers mentioned, btw.
Also found a few more: Portuguese at Miríada X (it says "no requirements" but seems to be intended for native speakers and advanced learners) Understanding language: learning and teaching Dyslexia and foreign language teaching I also barely resisted signing up for the course about breastfeeding at Miríada X (in Spanish), it seems fascinating but I'm sure this kind of info is available in many languages. And I don't really need it anytime soon. BTW, just a tip: nowadays I try to sign up mostly for the MOOC's that are in their second or later run. There are always all sorts of issues when the course is offered for the first time. At Coursera it's the number after the class name (so 001 means it's the first run), elsewhere you can often figure it out from the description. And a Miríada X -specific tip: all the videos are on youtube, so you can go to the introductory vid, open it within youtube and find the playlist with all the videos, generally available even when some modules haven't opened yet. Also, thought I'd post a link to my profile/reviews at class central. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| anamsc2 Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 4560 days ago 85 posts - 186 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Catalan, German Studies: French | Message 10 of 18 04 March 2015 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thought I'd also let you guys know, Iversity has a beginning Spanish MOOC that looks like it might be nice:
https://iversity.org/de/courses/spanish-for-beginners I won't be taking it, but I like the idea of using a MOOC to test out a language (I'm trying the Dutch course mentioned before for just that reason). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 11 of 18 04 March 2015 at 10:57pm | IP Logged | ||
Thank you! I am now enroled in the FUN ExplorUnivers course and have completed Week 1. Very interesting and high quality. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 12 of 18 04 March 2015 at 10:59pm | IP Logged | ||
So did I. It is quite basic but there is a large amount of material, written and audio, all high quality. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 7145 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes Studies: Uzbek | Message 13 of 18 07 March 2015 at 2:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's not a language course per se, but an introductory course in linguistics is being offered by Coursera. You can read a brief description here:
http://allthingslinguistic.com/post/112828334597/intro-lingu istics-mooc-on-coursera 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 14 of 18 02 June 2015 at 11:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's not a language course at all but I'm really enjoying the psychological first aid course. It's largely about communicative strategies - active listening, finding the appropriate response, being aware of what replies your reaction "allows". It should also be useful for showing a native speaker that you understand what they say, for example ;)
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| donJhon Newbie Costa Rica Joined 3480 days ago 5 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 18 03 June 2015 at 3:27am | IP Logged | ||
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I just receive this from edX.
"Chinese Language: Learn Basic Mandarin Take the first step towards learning Mandarin Chinese, the most commonly spoken language in the world." https://www.edx.org/course/chinese-language-learn-basic-mand arin-mandarinx-mx101x?utm_source=Course+Announcements+Mailin g+List&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button&utm_campaign=Stud ent_Newsletter_June_2#! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5131 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 16 of 18 03 June 2015 at 4:30am | IP Logged | ||
Yeah, that's pretty good advice. I took an Ojibwe-related course through Coursera that was offered by the U of Toronto a couple years ago and it was nothing but technical difficulties. Support was horrible. Coursera blamed UofT and UofT blamed Coursera, and in the end, the entire course was set back by almost two weeks. R. == 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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