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Title: Help in language studies
Post by: montrith on June 23, 2015, 09:16:15 am

I'm thinking of applying for a program that would give me a higher business degree. The problem is, this program requires knowledge of at least two foreign languages aside from English and Swedish. I'm brushing up on what little German and French I know, but I'm having trouble finding good material to bridge the gap between basic and intermediate studies. If anyone has any recommendations especially concerning vocabulary I'd be very grateful. I'm also interested in audio material, as I like to study while exercising.

Title: Help in language studies
Post by: Blandest on June 23, 2015, 04:24:40 pm

Have you thought about going the Hanzel Von Hozel route and writing Garfield fanfic on the internet?

Title: Help in language studies
Post by: crow on June 23, 2015, 04:57:16 pm

I'm sorry, all the language learning assets I know are either for Spanish, Latin or Japanese :(

Title: Help in language studies
Post by: montrith on June 23, 2015, 05:45:56 pm

I'm sorry, all the language learning assets I know are either for Spanish, Latin or Japanese :(
Smoking Crow, June 23, 2015, 04:57:16 pm

Throw me a link anyway. I'm always interested in learning more Japanese, and I've been thinking about picking up Spanish in the future.

Title: Help in language studies
Post by: crow on June 23, 2015, 06:05:52 pm

I'm sorry, all the language learning assets I know are either for Spanish, Latin or Japanese :(
Smoking Crow, June 23, 2015, 04:57:16 pm

Throw me a link anyway. I'm always interested in learning more Japanese, and I've been thinking about picking up Spanish in the future.
montrith, June 23, 2015, 05:45:56 pm

Here's Tae Kim's guide to Japanese, I've heard a lot of good things about it. http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete  Once you're done with that you should immediately go to kanji memorization.  I recommend either Kanji Damage or Remembering the Kanji.

Duolingo is designed to teach you Spanish.  It might not be as helpful to you because it teaches you Mexican Spanish instead of Spanish Spanish.  So no one uses chico and usted is used in ways you wouldn't be used to.  If you aren't on duolingo, send me your email so I can get some of their fake currency for referring someone.

https://www.duolingo.com

Title: Help in language studies
Post by: Acierocolotl on June 23, 2015, 06:09:26 pm

This may be of some value:  http://noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/decouvrir-discover/formation-training/formation-training-eng.html

Title: Help in language studieshttp://www.wikihow.com/Learn-German
Post by: QueenSyreen on June 23, 2015, 10:38:28 pm

serious suggestion: this site https://www.duolingo.com/ has been helping me with my German for a while now. It's very good for giving you a solid grasp on the vocabulary of a language, though there's not much in the way of complicated grammar. Obviously, when I was learning German in school, I did things textbook style, but I've gathered up some sources I used to review German grammar and syntax over the years. They are as follows:

http://german.about.com/
http://german.speak7.com/
EDIT: also http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/ is the dictionary I usually used when I just needed one word, it was usually p reliable.

besides that, I have a fondness for German, so if you just want to ask questions about things you're stuck on or get long winded rants about the language, I'm game. it's been too long since I reviewed German anyway and I should do that myself. And yeah, finding shit that goes deeper into the language than the basics is difficult as hell... i never looked hard for higher level shit because i had already bought it for class : / sorry.

stupid fucking suggestion: http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-German you're welcome