I mean songs or podcasts or even TV in target language in the background, when did you start to understand it enough to learn from them without paying 100% attention?

Did you think it's better or worse?

Hey everyone. I'm wondering whether language exchange actually works (teaching your native language to someone who teaches you theirs in return). I know this method can be very effective and I see lots of people using it, but I feel something is missing to make it work really well
If you've had a partner (or several):
- How long did it last?
- what made it stop, or keep going?
And if you tried and it never really took off, I'd love to hear that too. Thanks!

Most people miss the crossing — can you spot it? No. 21

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Today's two-word Telugu mini — No. 20. can you find both?

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ذکرِ عدل و دادِ پادشاه

سپاس و ستایش مر خداوندی را سزاست که آفتابِ دولت را بر افقِ جهان افروخت و سایۀ عنایت خویش بر سرِ بندگان گسترد. در روزگارِ فرخندۀ پادشاهی، بنیادِ عدل و داد استوار گشت و رعایا در پرتوِ امن و امان به آسایش و آرامش روزگار گذراندند. فرمانِ همایون چون خورشیدِ جهان‌تاب بر آفاقِ ممالک تابید و نامِ شهریار به نیک‌نامی در صحایفِ ایام ثبت گردید.

i recently started taking private Spanish lessons to work on my speaking. having a tutor has been really helpful. she can actually show me how to position my mouth and correct me when i say something wrong.

the problem is i forget a lot of what she corrected after class. During the lesson everything makes sense, but a few days later i can't always remember how she explained something or what i was doing wrong.

i'm thinking about recording our lessons so i can go back and review the parts I struggled with. does anyone else do this? or is there a better way to review speaking practice?

Salut tout le monde !

Je suis heureux de vous présenter Jogolinga, une application que j’ai développée pour faciliter l’apprentissage de nombreuses langues africaines.

L’objectif est simple : rendre les langues africaines plus accessibles à tous, que vous souhaitiez apprendre la langue de vos origines, communiquer avec votre famille, découvrir une nouvelle culture ou simplement apprendre quelque chose de nouveau.

Je ne compte pas m'arrêter à ces langues mais je souhaite mettre en évidence les liens (ethymologie, culture etc...) entre chacune d'entre elles.

📱 Vous pouvez découvrir l’application ici :
https://jogolinga.app

L’application est également disponible sur Google Play. Une version pour iOS est prévue prochainement.

Comme il s’agit d’un projet que je développe moi-même, vos retours me seraient vraiment précieux !

N’hésitez pas à essayer l’application et à me dire ce que vous en pensez :

• Quelles fonctionnalités aimeriez-vous voir ?
• Qu’est-ce qui pourrait améliorer votre expérience d’apprentissage ?
• Quelles langues africaines aimeriez-vous apprendre ?

Hey everyone,
I’m currently in that prime 15 to 20 age window and looking to add a heavy-hitting language to my belt. I am already completely fluent in English and Spanish, and I lucked out by not really having a heavy accent in either.
I want to take full advantage of my current neuroplasticity and vocal/auditory flexibility before the biological window starts slamming shut in my 20s and 30s. My goals are simple: I want maximum career leverage, a massive cognitive challenge, bragging rights, and to lock in a clean accent.
Because of this, I'm leaning heavily toward a "hard-to-easy" strategy. I want to smash a genuinely brutal language first while my brain is highly elastic, so that any languages I learn later in life will feel like a breeze.
I am looking at a few different paths and can't decide where to throw my energy:
• Arabic: This feels like the smartest biological move for my age. I know the deep throat mechanics and pharyngeals are incredibly hard to pick up without an accent later in life. The script and root-system grammar seem like the ultimate challenge and open massive global doors.
• Mandarin Chinese: On par with Arabic for difficulty but a totally different workout. Memorizing thousands of characters and training my ear to master the 4 tones sounds like an incredible visual and auditory challenge. Speaking EN, ES, and Mandarin would give me access to the biggest economic hubs on Earth.
•Polish: The ultimate grammar puzzle. I looked at the 7 cases and how nouns morph, and it looks like a crazy mental workout. I feel like mastering Polish cases would make German's 4 cases feel like a joke later on.
•German: A massive career powerhouse for business and tech. It's an easier win than the others since I speak English, but it still gives me a rigid, logic-driven grammar system to master.
•Farsi (Persian): A fascinating option because it uses the Arabic script but has shockingly simple grammar with no cases and no gender.

The Catch: I live in the US. Unless I'm speaking Spanish or English, I am not going to just run into people speaking these languages on the street. To keep myself sharp, I am going to have to be incredibly intentional. My plan is to purposely seek out native communities online, or jump onto foreign regional servers for video games so I am forced to voice-chat and communicate under pressure.