language-learning workouts janis hanson [email protected] 8/23/2013 9:15 – 11:15 a.m. &...
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Language-learning Workouts
Janis [email protected]
8/23/2013 9:15 – 11:15 a.m. & 1:30– 3:30 p.m.
http://AdvancedLanguageLearners.com
Who?
What?
Why?
Where?
When?
1. The cost of foreign language study
• Rosetta Stone (5 levels) >$300
• Tell Me More (10 levels) >$600
Review of Tell Me More (Janis’s blog)
• UW-L (one course) >$1000, to audit (for students under 60) >$300
• Spanish Institute of Puebla (3-week intensive program w/ room & board) >$1500 + airfare to Mexico
2. Tips for health and wellness…and for foreign language fitness
Efficiency
Pleasure
Variety
Commitment
3. Crowdsourced language-learning programs
DuolingoTed Talk: Louis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration
LiveMochaDuolingo & LiveMocha reviews
Memrise Using “mems” to memorize vocabulary
4. Five-finger test: Choosing what to read
5. Point-and-click dictionaries
Kindle Spanish to English dictionary
Lingua.ly (Spanish, English, French, Hebrew, Arabic)
Lingro.com for websites, and PDF & doc files, 10 languages
6. Vocabulary Self-collection Strategy
Adaptation for intermediate/advanced language learners (Janis’s blog)
7. Language Exchange Websites
Links to tips for using language exchange websites
Janis’s blog
The Mixxer
one of many sites to meet people for Skype language exchanges
Nos Sostenemos
experiment using Google Docs for help from native speakers
8. Grammar Practice
Links for English grammar exercises
Links for Spanish grammar exercises
Link to details on Janis’s blog.Please post recommendations in response to the blog posts.
Links related to other languages are also welcome!
9. Podcasts for intermediate & advanced learnersHow to download free native-spoken podcasts & MP3s (from Benny’s blog: Fluent in 3 Months)
Hint: Change your iTunes profile to identify yourself as someone from a target-language country.
Podcast reviews: English language learners (Janis’s blog)British Broadcasting Company, Voice of America, (U.S.) Public Radio
Podcast reviews: Spanish language learners (Janis’s blog)Rojas Spanish LanguageNotes in Spanish (Janis’s pick for advanced learners)Show Time Spanish (especially good for intermediate learners)
10. VideoLinks to video-clip exercises for self-study: Dutch, English, French & Spanish ( from Janis’s blog)
Drama Fever (dramafever.com)Soap operas and series (subtitles optional) in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish
Ted Talks Audio, video with power points for key ideas, and transcripts with translations
11. Exploring and collecting with
Pinterest and Tumblr
Janis’s Pinterest collection:el Test de Bechdel -- Chistes en español que lo pasan
A description of the collection in English (from Janis’s blog – your comments are welcome!)
12. More Spanish online There’s a lot to love.
• Spanish Playground – resources for teaching children Spanish Review of Spanish Playground (Janis’s blog)
• Agencia EFE and Instituto Cervantes: Práctica Español News & cultural topics for three levels
• Trivia Tests in Spanish at Frikitest.com Review of Frikitest (Janis’s blog)
• Jumbled Sentences in Spanish at Arquilabra Review of Arquilabra (Janis’s blog)
13. Best TESOL/ESL/TESL/TOEFL Resources: Your One-Stop Shopping for Great Ideas and Help
An overwhelmingly huge list of resources from Jim Becker, Professor Emeritus, University of Northern Iowa
14.
Open Culture: The best free cultural & educational media on the web
A collection of links for learning 46 languages online for free
Please share your favorites on my blog!
15. Do-it-yourself Learning Gurus
• Lifehacker (the search bar is in the upper right corner, somewhat hidden)
• Josh Kaufman, author of The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything…Fast!oKaufman’s Ted TalkoConnecting Kaufman’s ideas to do-it-yourself lan
guage learning (Janis’s blog)
Special thanks to
Jenny Brunk, Jean Hindson, Reggie Mora, Fernanda González,
and the UW-L School of Education
for their generous help with this project.
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Participant Introductions
Please share your comments and recommendations on my blog at
http://AdvancedLanguageLearners.com
Playtime
Deconstruct the skill.
Josh Kaufman
Learn enough to self-correct.
Josh Kaufman
Remove barriers to practice.
Josh Kaufman
Practice at least 20 hours.
Josh Kaufman
The major barrier to skill acquisition isn’t intellectual.
It’s emotional.
Josh Kaufman
TED Talk
The most important asset for skill acquisition isn’t intellectual.
It’s emotional.