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Post by miscreative on Feb 14, 2018 16:53:14 GMT 9
I am putting together a list of tips, tricks, and resources for how to (self) study english that i will be turning into a presentation (with SHIRYO) my list is here in a google doc but is there anything you would add? in particular i am looking for recommendations for Youtube channels, movies, tv shows, book series, or any other form of media where you can encounter English, "for study" but mostly for having fun in english at various levels YOLOSYK (for those who cannot access google at all) here is my current list of media
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Post by Nurkiras on Feb 15, 2018 9:40:46 GMT 9
"Be hulemdos to be hulemdos." that is beautiful
You could add Tangorin to the jisho section, too! Project Gutenberg has lots of free books in full, too.
Idk about the No Fantasy rule, though - I have a lot of "useless" fantasy and history vocab/ kanji bouncing around in my head and have never regretted learning it. I like reading about that stuff and talking about it. (also Harry Potter specifically taught me a lot of NITYIDZOU vocab...)
I guess it depends on what people's goals are.
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Post by miscreative on Feb 15, 2018 9:47:58 GMT 9
" Be hulemdos to be hulemdos." that is beautiful You could add Tangorin to the jisho section, too! Project Gutenberg has lots of free books in full, too. Idk about the No Fantasy rule, though - I have a lot of "useless" fantasy and history vocab/ kanji bouncing around in my head and have never regretted learning it. I like reading about that stuff and talking about it. (also Harry Potter specifically taught me a lot of NITYIDZOU vocab...) I guess it depends on what people's goals are. did i add the caveat of "unless you are paying them"? the thing i want to get across is not to pretend to be hulemdos or tokenize people. if you are in it for language only, then find someone who will be okay with being your language buddy and knows that that is what the relationship is about re: fantasy it is mostly a suggestion, especially for the beginners. it goes hand in hand with my advices about not reading/watching something too hard and finding stuff regularly where you feel like you can do it. i feel like the uphill climb of learning the base vocab for fantasy series could be discouraging... so i guess i should just add the caveat of if you want to just know you will have a lot of fantasy vocab you will have to trudge through first but once you get through that base, you should be good. TANOSHINDELU KOTO WA NANI YORI
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Post by sacchan on Feb 15, 2018 13:14:03 GMT 9
Materials: podcasts are nice (Criminal OSUSUME, hard but host enunciates and has nice voice + it's interesting) Reading tips: I would add to keep your major readings fun and extensive but also read difficult short passages focusing on intensive reading every once in a while as "proper study" (also easier if you keep using materials from the same topics until you get used to them) Also, after the presentation they will probably be overwhelmed by great study tips so it would be good if they chose their favorite/most helpful one to focus on and once they're comfortable with that one they could try to branch out
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Post by miscreative on Feb 15, 2018 15:10:55 GMT 9
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Post by disco on Nov 15, 2018 16:34:00 GMT 9
Hey all, I hope this is an acceptable thread to post this question, but:
I work at the prefectural office in my area, and a fairly 偉い人 here is trying to find some means to improve their conversational English in their own time. They asked me to find a good podcast, radio station, app, anything that they can just study when they have a free moment (which is not often). Their English level is already quite high, but they want to improve even further.
I'm not super well-versed in this area, so if you guys have any particular recommendations that would be great! Thanks in advance.
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Post by miscreative on Nov 30, 2018 11:51:58 GMT 9
disco sorry i am just now seeing this if their english is already quite high, they could probably listen to anything that they wanted to or were interested in? but if they only have moments i am not sure what to recommend... they might find "the english we speak" by the bbc helpful? i will try to remember to update the top post of this thread with the rest of the suggestions from my "how to study english" presentation from a month or so ago
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Post by Dee on Nov 30, 2018 16:19:39 GMT 9
Hey all, I hope this is an acceptable thread to post this question, but: I work at the prefectural office in my area, and a fairly 偉い人 here is trying to find some means to improve their conversational English in their own time. They asked me to find a good podcast, radio station, app, anything that they can just study when they have a free moment (which is not often). Their English level is already quite high, but they want to improve even further. I'm not super well-versed in this area, so if you guys have any particular recommendations that would be great! Thanks in advance. If their English is fairly advanced, I like to recommend Ted Talks. They are free to listen to online.
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