/lang/ - Language Learning thread

>>71704697

http://pastebin.com/VCch8U16
>Few more resources that didn't fit into OP

i would actually recommend skype and discord. talk definately helps with learning a language

>>71704697
Does anyone here contribute sentences to Tatoeba?

>>71706249
Which language(s) are you contibuting to?

The critical age for learning a language is 7 tops.

>>71706818
Хoхoл

>>71706641
I started adding some sentences in toki pona, because there aren't many sentences in that language, and I thought that practicing translating simple sentences would help me improve.

>>71706818
You can learn a language well past 7 years of age. You just won't sound like a native.

>>71706922
>You just won't sound like a native.
Why so categorical? Luca Lampriello can speak Russian with little to no accent, and he began learning it at the age of 24.

>>71707049
i think my problem with what those above me just said is that a lot of people say that as an excuse to never ever even try to learn a language towards c1 to c2. there are several people on youtube that sound like natives after training with voice and sound but they busted their asses off.

>>71707049
>Luca Lampriello
That guy is truly amazing.

I'm learning Hungarian.

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How to discipline?

I have plenty of motivation, and I'm very efficient at studying shit in general when I actually convince myself to sit down and do it, and I think I have a good understanding of many different linguistic aspects, but for the fucking life of me I CANNOT get myself to just sit down and do the work. I end up just watching anime and posting on 4chan, it's killing me.

At this point it seems like the only things I'm able to actually study/practice/work for are those for which I'm "forced", i.e. work and uni.

>>71707990
Same

A random note, but I find it helps if I try to force myself to think/mentally narrate stuff in the language I'm learning. Say I'm walking down a road
>chiaban-e "streetname" injast, chiaban-e "streetname" unjast.
>An zan wears a sorh vest
Just because I don't know everything/much, I still try, and it also forces you to realize words you don't know (mental note: look up wordt for "to wear" and "vest")

>>71708340
schedule

>>71707049
It's possible, but most people don't reach that point. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try though.

hic cacabo

>>71708340
Get some kind of blocker and blacklist 4chan, the harder it is to access 4chan, more chances you will have to stop and getting back to work. Try a similar approach to anime
Plan and schedule, as >>71711469 said, and follow your schedule the strictest possible.
Try techniques like pomodoro, among others. Maybe you should read the book A Mind for Numbers, or at least see some videos and read something on the internet about it..
Remember, discipline is a habit, you'll to do it everyday, but as it becomes a habit, it will be easier to keep it.

>>71704976
Nothing better than talking to foreigners thq.