January 6th, 2016
#WeDoLanguages Twitter Chat Round-Up: Language Goals for 2016
Did you join us for yesterday’s #WeDoLanguages Twitter Chat? If you missed it, here’s the round-up. If you were there, look out for your tweet!
#WeDoLanguages Topic This Week:
I asked you 7 questions across the hour. Each delving a little deeper into your language goals for 2016…plus one at the end to make sure you enjoyed the first Twitter Chat!
@LDLanguages To learn Spanish, German, French and Italian at a conversational level! XD
— iEcho (@iEchOfficial) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages #WeDoLanguages finally get a GCSE in Spanish! 🎉
— Alexandra Corrigan (@amjscorr) January 5, 2016
A1: I want to reach B1 with Polish and make small talk in Hungarian #WeDoLanguages
— Cristóbal (@krzysiekcl) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages 1. to improve my French and work more with my pronunciation in Dutch 2. Study 1 or 2 hrs daily at least #WeDoLanguages
— ΞS яσмιηα (@Eruquera1908) January 5, 2016
A2: Yes, by using tools such as Duolingo, music videos, listen to radio shows and reading newspapers #WeDoLanguages @LDLanguages
— Danielys P Fernández (@DaniPulve) January 5, 2016
A2 Polish classes, more social media exchange and hopefully a trip in mind. Hungarian: Assimil and social media #WeDoLanguages
— Cristóbal (@krzysiekcl) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages Cases 😱😱😱
— iEcho (@iEchOfficial) January 5, 2016
@iEchOfficial I feel your pain! German was the hardest language I've ever studied because it was the first time I'd been exposed to cases!
— Lindsay Dow (@LDLanguages) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages @iEchOfficial Cases are quite easy to incorporate them to your life. You'll get joy when you use vocative 🙂
— Cristóbal (@krzysiekcl) January 5, 2016
@DaniPulve It can be tricky! Have you tried @italki, @TandemHQ + @HelloTalkApp? Great places to start! #WeDoLanguages 🙂
— Lindsay Dow (@LDLanguages) January 5, 2016
A3 : Finding the time to integrate lang. learning into my daily life & finding an opp. to use the target language (French). #WeDoLanguages
— Martina Emke (@MartinaEmke) January 5, 2016
A4: Since my goal it's to reach the 10 langagues, I think I have motivation enough to kick last year's butt =) #WeDoLanguages
— Danielys P Fernández (@DaniPulve) January 5, 2016
A5 With Polish, I have a good notion of the basics of the language and I can express myself about everything with basic vocab #WeDoLanguages
— Cristóbal (@krzysiekcl) January 5, 2016
A5: La tago estas malvarma (The day is cold in Esperanto) @LDLanguages #WeDoLanguages
— Danielys P Fernández (@DaniPulve) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages 5. Basic conversational phrases, in spite that I know a lot of vocabulary I find it hard to connect it in Dutch #Wedolanguages
— ΞS яσмιηα (@Eruquera1908) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages motivation depends on whether you're learning a language because of personal or work/ qualification reasons. #WeDoLanguages
— F Rosell-Aguilar (@FRosellAguilar) January 5, 2016
Hi @LDLanguages to stay focussed I like to remind myself of why I am studying the language and review my progress regularly #WeDoLanguages
— OU Languages (@OULanguages) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages Learn about the culture and watch YouTube im that language
— iEcho (@iEchOfficial) January 5, 2016
@OULanguages @LDLanguages Seconded! And to add another thing: practise. The joy of actually using a language is a big motivator in learning.
— Yakk (@yakkapp) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages A6. I think a varied approach is vital. As a tchr I like a bit of, MOTS via gamification, HOTS perhaps via active learning
— JEBasnett (@basnettj) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages What keeps me motivated is once I got to understand a few things I cannot stop I feel like it is not impossible #WeDoLanguages
— ΞS яσмιηα (@Eruquera1908) January 5, 2016
A7: @LDLanguages We need to do this often! I found out on Instagram, I loved the idea and I jumped in =)
— Danielys P Fernández (@DaniPulve) January 5, 2016
Great idea to have a regular get together on Twitter @LDLanguages #WeDoLanguages I'll be on time next time 🙂 https://t.co/gxNn3sBdzf
— Tita Beaven (@TitaBeaven) January 5, 2016
@LDLanguages It was a great way to meet other language lovers and I'm looking forward to the next one. #WeDoLanguages
— iEcho (@iEchOfficial) January 5, 2016
Thanks to everyone for the nice chat and thanks to @LDLanguages for hosting it. I've got some link checking to do now! 😉 #WeDoLanguages
— Martina Emke (@MartinaEmke) January 5, 2016
#WeDoLanguages Topic Next Week:
Next week we’ll be discussing the advantages and disadvantages of learning solo vs learning in a class. Hope to see you there live at 3pm GMT (10am EST, 6pm MSK).
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Did you join in with yesterday’s Twitter Chat? Will you be there next week? Share in the comments!