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How to Use italki Stategically: Find the Right Tutor and Get the Most Out of Your Online Language Lessons

In the spring of 2019, when I first wrote this post, I had just booked a trip to Prague, Bratislava, Lviv, and Kiev. Of course, this meant I had some new languages to learn (Czech, Slovak, and …

You Might Want to Learn These Languages

If you’re reading this blog, there is a good chance that you’re a hopeless language addict, suggestible to any new language recommendation, and forever putting languages aside to try out the new hot thing. So maybe I …

The History of Malaysian Sign Language (and Yes, There Is More Than One Sign Language)

I get this question a lot: “You mean, there is more than one sign language?” And don’t feel bad, before I studied linguistics and started doing research on Nicaraguan Sign Language, I hadn’t thought about sign languages …

Irregular English and How It Got That Way

Happy International Mother Language Day! My mother language, or “mother tongue” as we say in the US, is English. This is fitting for a linguist. Not because it is currently a so-called lingua franca, but because it …

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Linguist, founder: Meridian Linguistics (AI Language Services), Misslinguistic (Blog). Obsessive language learner. Currently: 🇸🇬 Based: 🇨🇳 Prev: 한국 Orig: US

Sara Maria Hasbun 韩梅 사라 (misslinguistic) @mslinguistic ·

4 Aug

Finally finished 许三观卖血记…you can tell from the worn white edges how long it took 😅 any Chinese book recs for me? #langtwt #chinesestudy

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Sara Maria Hasbun 韩梅 사라 (misslinguistic) @mslinguistic ·

2 Aug

So me 😅

In all seriousness, though, here are the main benefits to knowing just a little bit of a language:

1) Pronouncing names (of people, places, things...) correctly and confidently
2) REMEMBERING names (much easier to remember if you can actually pronounce!)

Jer-oso @jer_oso

Not me studying Indonesian on Duolingo while waiting for this meeting with colleagues in Indonesia to start as if knowing "The red cow ordered fried rice at the market" is gonna help

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Sara Maria Hasbun 韩梅 사라 (misslinguistic) @mslinguistic ·

29 Jul

This is the key difference between “I would love to learn a foreign language someday” and “I speak a foreign language”. The beginning is necessarily awkward and embarrassing. But somewhere in there…the learning process becomes really fun! #langtwt

Adam Grant @AdamMGrant

Many people procrastinate because they're waiting for their motivation to rise.

They forget that getting started is what leads their motivation to rise.

Passion is not a prerequisite for progress. It's often the result of progress.

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Sara Maria Hasbun 韩梅 사라 (misslinguistic) @mslinguistic ·

27 Jul

Can't wait to present at #ata63 in Los Angeles! My talks cover two very different topics 😅

1) Linguistics for Language Professionals (#ATA63xl8)
2) The North Korean Language (#ATA63Korean)

Will I see you there?

#xl8 #translators

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24 Jul

"Historical Linguistics PhD Programs Don't Want You To Know This One Simple Fact"

Ellen is at the Grammar Table @GrammarTable

Every generation’s language habits are annoying to members of previous generations, and then we die and someone else annoys someone else. It's all part of the marvelous cycle of life, so if you are cranky, great job!