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| Khublei Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Yugoslavia homestayperu.net Joined 5352 days ago 90 posts - 141 votes  Speaks: English*, Irish*, Spanish Studies: Russian, Khasi, French, Albanian | Message 9 of 14 13 April 2013 at 10:03pm | IP Logged |
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I would like a site that tells me what's popular in the country of the language I'm studying, and how I can hear/see
those popular things. For example, if someone was learning English you could point them to 4oD, the English TV station with interesting shows that you can watch for free online. You can find out what artists are big in the music world so you can learn through music. Also who is good to follow on Facebook/ Twitter. People who speak that language and have similar interests to me. If you Google Spanish you just get basic Spanish, like learn Spanish on Twitter. If something like this already exists please let me know! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tanya b Senior Member United States Joined 4783 days ago 159 posts - 518 votes Speaks: Russian | Message 10 of 14 14 April 2013 at 2:35am | IP Logged |
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If you're talking about a general learning website, it would be amazing to have audiofiles available of every language known to man. That way if you wanted to hear native speakers conversing in Abkhaz or Aromanian, it would be immediately accessible, to allow you to get a flavor of the language before possibly studying it. There are still a lot of minor languages not available through podcast.
I would also like to see more humor. I was a lurker on this forum for 2 years and never thought about registering until I read some really hilarious posts and was inspired to try to inject some humor as well. And finally I would like to read about the experiences of language learners who have actually lived or stayed in the TL country, what their impressions were, etc., using language as the touchstone to delve into other subjects if they wish to, and taking pains to avoid politics. Many of you on this forum are strong enough in the intellectual department to make it interesting reading. Edited by tanya b on 14 April 2013 at 2:40am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Marya Diglot Groupie Poland languagewanderer.com Joined 4419 days ago 62 posts - 77 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: Russian, Norwegian | Message 11 of 14 18 April 2013 at 9:08am | IP Logged |
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Interestng post! When it come to such a site, I'd like to read about people's experience with languages. Not
only sollid facts, but realy stories, which are often very inspiring. When i read such accounts, I think, ok, he/she did it, so why not me as well?:) Besides, I like reading about various methods of learning a language. Also incorporating audiofiles, as was noted before in this post, would be a good idea. I think that the success of such a site would depend on the community built around it, so it should be innovative in some way. Good luck!:) Mariola 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4720 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 12 of 14 18 April 2013 at 7:41pm | IP Logged |
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A chat functionality, in order for learners to interact with others. That's essential IMHO.
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| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4641 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 13 of 14 19 April 2013 at 12:57am | IP Logged |
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Emphasis on fast speech and contractions.
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| expatmaddy Diglot Newbie Korea, South Joined 4333 days ago 19 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin | Message 14 of 14 21 April 2013 at 4:56pm | IP Logged |
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I would love a site where some underrepresented languages could be found in podcasts.
Just a compilation list of uncommonly learned languages and links to where to hear them. Additionally, a section for different dialects of the same language would be great, since I've only found this feature for languages like French and Spanish. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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