So You’ve Decided to Learn a Language…

How does one do that, exactly?

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Conquering Babel · May 25, 2022 · 1:57 AM UTC

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Fellow French speakers! Did you know there’s an easy and inexpensive way to get 🇫🇷books in the U.K. and the US?! Glad to have discovered @Lireka_Livres!

Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · Jan 26, 2022 · 6:49 AM UTC

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*sits bolt upright* where is international phonetic alphabet wordle

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Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · Sep 8, 2021 · 6:21 PM UTC

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Wish you were going back to school for linguistics this semester? Know someone who's starting a linguistics degree? Here's a long list of podcasts, videos, blog posts, and other entirely free internet learning resources! allthingslinguistic.com/post…

How to teach yourself linguistics online for free Wish you were enrolled in an intro linguistics class this semester? Starting a linguistics major and looking for extra help? Trying to figure out whether you should study linguistics and what comes after? Whether you’re just trying to grasp the basics of linguistics or you’re trying to construct a full online linguistics course, here’s a comprehensive list of free linguistics websites, podcasts, videos, blogs, and other resources from around the internet. On the front page of the blog All Things Linguistic. Description: A blog about all things linguistic by Gretchen McCulloch. I cohost Lingthusiasm, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. I'm the author of Because Internet, a book about internet language which you can get now!

ALT How to teach yourself linguistics online for free Wish you were enrolled in an intro linguistics class this semester? Starting a linguistics major and looking for extra help? Trying to figure out whether you should study linguistics and what comes after? Whether you’re just trying to grasp the basics of linguistics or you’re trying to construct a full online linguistics course, here’s a comprehensive list of free linguistics websites, podcasts, videos, blogs, and other resources from around the internet. On the front page of the blog All Things Linguistic. Description: A blog about all things linguistic by Gretchen McCulloch. I cohost Lingthusiasm, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. I'm the author of Because Internet, a book about internet language which you can get now!

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Bantshire University · Aug 9, 2021 · 10:28 AM UTC

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Still thinking about your #alevels2021 options? We’ve ranked all UK universities based on their distance to the nearest Nando’s 👇🐔 bantshire.github.io/blog-nan…

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Clare Seccombe · Jun 8, 2021 · 4:28 PM UTC

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5 new French and 8 new Spanish listening activities (plus resources) just added to the LiPS Listening Project lightbulblanguages.co.uk/lis…

Conquering Babel · May 24, 2021 · 1:52 PM UTC

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“Jokes matter. They can reveal more about us than our serious utterings, because in humour we are more unshackled; jokes are what we really think.” inews.co.uk/opinion/theres-n…

There's nothing funny about Amanda Holden - we are too arrogant to learn foreign languages

Teachers say that children perceive learning languages as both too difficult and not worth it - so why do we joke about our ineptitude?

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MrBCurrier · May 17, 2021 · 3:17 PM UTC

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I saw this today in a French lesson and just love how simple it has been to make a link to remember features of three regular tenses in French. Pupils could see it straight away and helped with their retrieval of knowledge #mfltwitterati