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Ideas for practicing Japanese conversation?
pdxchristine replied to Sarah676's topic in Japanese Language | Discussion
This is good to know. I've heard of Polyglot but have never tried it. -
I wanted to take a calligraphy class in college but didn't have time to fit it into my schedule. I think the calligraphy is so beautiful but my hand is not so artistic.
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Precise and Accurate are two that come to mind for me. I sometimes struggle with this (in my native tongue!) so I am constantly hitting up my Thesaurus to help me out.
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I don't have any research to prove it but in my experience it was difficult to try learning two foreign languages at the same time. If you've ever tried learning more than one at a time have you ever confused the two languages? I am a native english speaker and I have inadvertently substituted Japanese words when trying to speak Spanish - very embarrassing!
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Your Favorite English Accent
pdxchristine replied to Alfonso's topic in English Language | Discussion
I don't know enough about the England accents to differentiate between them but they are one of my favorites! -
Motivation For Learning Japanese
pdxchristine replied to dannyboy's topic in Japanese Language | Discussion
My motivation is a little odd. I lived there for a few years as a child and started learning the language with the intent of attending the public schools there. I was never permitted to attend, so my learning sort of stagnated. I feel like I just want to finish what I started. -
What are your thoughts on google translate?
pdxchristine replied to Cutler4Life's topic in Translations (Theory & Practice)
I think Google Translate is good in a pinch. I like to get knitting patterns from Ravelry.com, and many of them are links to people's blogs. For example, if someone in Finland has a cute pattern but it's in Finnish, I will often run their pattern instructions through Google Translate. It doesn't work perfectly but is enough for me to decipher what I need to do. -
I have always been interested in languages. I know a little bit of Spanish and Japanese. I would like to become fluent in at least one other language. I would also like my kids to learn spanish while they're young, though it hasn't been easy to find a good immersion program near me.