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vijayjohn wrote:Have you considered posting on forums (here, or Reddit, for example) for the purpose of language practice?
Also maybe we can revive our Turkish study group!
Saim wrote:vijayjohn wrote:Have you considered posting on forums (here, or Reddit, for example) for the purpose of language practice?
Post what though?
Sure, using what materials? Voron recommended this TV show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W31lc7qd_d8
He told me it got better reviews than Hakan: Muhafız and since it's on YouTube rather than Netflix we could potentially watch it together if you have time. The only thing is that the episodes are crazy long, although I guess we can break them down into smaller chunks of twenty or thirty minutes.
vijayjohn wrote:I finally remembered the name of that Chinese series my Sichuanese friend recommended to me: 大宅门.
vijayjohn wrote:Depends on the forum. Here, I generally just look at posts I didn't see before (or even look up old posts sometimes) and see whether there are things I can respond to. For example, I find that the word-association game and especially games like the translation game and TPAM are pretty good practice. (You probably know by now that I also usually post in my personal thread to keep track of errors and quiz myself over vocab, but that's just me, I guess ).
On Reddit, generally, what I do is to just go to the sub for learning the appropriate language and write a post in that language inviting everybody to talk about whatever in said language. Often, people say, "Suggest a topic to talk about!" (in which case I personally would probably just ask generic questions like "how are you? Where are you from?" etc. I think there has been at least one occasion where someone else suggested a topic first), but honestly, I find that even if you don't, starting a topic like this is enough to generate a decent amount of discussion.
We could always try doing that and seeing how it goes.
Saim wrote:I'm going to experiment with a new kind of flashcard to make it easier to cover more ground without burning out.
Saim wrote:Thanks! I think I'll stick to 动画 for the time being but I'll add this to my catalogue for when I feel ready to take on historical dramas.
Not bad ideas, I'll see when I have energy for it.
vijayjohn wrote:Don't feel like you have to add it, though! I was just trying to remember what the name of that series was because your post reminded me of my Sichuanese friend recommending it to me and I'd been struggling to remember it recently.
Osias wrote:About reading wikipedia: I've subscribed to several feeds of 'new pages' on my favorite RSS reader. (Oh, how I miss Google Reader) So far it's been an interesting experience. Maybe I'll eventually get so bored I won't anything from this, but so far even spams and vandalism are teaching me.
Osias wrote:https://www.inoreader.com/
Osias wrote:When you create your account, tell us so we (actually it's just me) can add you as a friend/contact/follow you.
Osias wrote:I couldn't find you. Do you have 'social features' enabled?
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