I mean , I admit French is a tricky language, even for us native speakers, but every language has its own difficulties. What makes French harder than other languages, nearly impossible ? » French is *hell »(*ironic) You‘d better have a pretty solid reason to tell people not to learn it lol. Not making fun of you it just makes me laugh and I’d like to know.
I have A2+ level in Spanish, and I recently started learning Portuguese. As i already know a bit of Spanish, i found Portuguese really easy, as I could guess the meaning of sentences just because the words were similar to Spanish. The only thing I‘m afraid of is to mix up the languages as there are very similar. For example, remembering that Spanish is « Disculpe » and Portuguese is « Desculpe ». Any tips? If sb had a similar experience, what are your tips ?
I’ve been considering myself as a B2 so far, but now I‘m questioning. Because some tests have placed me at C1, and I find myself to have certain of the C1 skills. Here are my current abilities :
I can text in English, watch videos, without subtitles if I master the subject. People have no problem understanding me, and I have no problem understanding them. I understand pretty well the American accent, and the RP British Accent, but I struggle with UK regional accents. I understand foreigners, if their accent is not too strong. I can take classes entirely in English. I can read books, and follow the story, I just get lost with descriptions, as it requires more advanced words. I can have conversations, I think directly in English, and I can express my thoughts even if it lacks details sometimes, and I feel like I can’t express myself as accurately as in French my native language. But still, I feel like English is no longer a foreign language, it‘s my language, part of myself.
Therefore, what are your thoughts ? Do you think I‘m closer to B2 or C1? I really want to know. Be honest.
I know Preply requires you to be 18 minimum to sign in as a tutor, but in reality, will people take classes with me if I am only 18? Won‘t they think I’m too young to teach well? Is having no diploma a problem? Should I wait to be 20 before teaching ? Or do you think 18 is okay, if I have the right material and the right method ?
Which one should I learn? Which one is the easiest? Which aspect is difficult and which one is easy in each language ? Which one has more learning resources?
I see a lot of videos on YouTube where people say you can become fluent in 6 months, 12 months, just by watching videos you like, by doing things you like, in a lazy way. I‘m starting to cast doubt on that, because when learning a language you can’t just do things you like, like anything in life. You have to do the hard and dull work as well. It takes time. You can’t just learn as if it was your native language, because we often know less in our native language, and speak it incorrectly. I‘m suspecting these people are not really fluent and proficient.
I also feel like other people have a weaker and lower vision of fluency. I‘m French, and here being fluent (« parler couramment / etre bilingue »), means speaking it almost like your mother tongue, you don’t just get by, or can converse with a few mistakes, no, you have to make almost no mistakes, and be accurate.
My goal is to understand almost everything I watch or hear, read, be able to speak naturally, confidently, and fluently, almost like i do in French. Which C level do I need for that (C1 or C2) ? And how can I reach this level from B1/B2 realistically? What resources, what methods do I need to use, what do I need to learn ?
According to the CEFR levels, advanced levels C1/C2 are considered fluent. Yet a lot of people say they‘re not useful except if you want to use your TL (in my case,English) in academic and professional settings, because most of the grammar, vocabulary you learn are hardly used in daily speech. B2 seems to be the sweet spot. I don‘t intend to use English in professional/academic settings, so I just need vocab to communicate in daily life, basically to say everything i‘d say in my native language. Therefore I think I‘m going to continue self learning because every course at my level right now (B2) is focused on business language. I want to find a way to speak English like my mother tongue (not the accent but fluently) without learning all these pointless words, that I don’t even use in my native language. What are your thoughts on that ? Any recommendations ?
Mine only lasted 1 year and a half, it stopped working after falling a few times on the floor. Is it usual ?
I can’t even create new notes in Apple notes
A few days ago, my Apple pencil gen 2 stopped working after falling on the floor. My iPad Pro recognizes it, it is still connected to it via Bluetooth, I can even charge it and see the battery percentage of the Pencil, but yet it doesn’t respond when I try to use it on the screen. I turned off my iPad and restarted it, disconnected my Apple pencil then connected it again via Bluetooth, but nothing changes. The tip is not broken. I waited for a few days but it‘s still not working. I don’t understand. Is it because the transducer is broken (yet it is not curved) ? What can I do? Is my Apple Pencil completely broken ?
A few days ago, my Apple pencil gen 2 stopped working after falling on the floor. My iPad recognizes it, it is still connected to it via Bluetooth, I can even charge it and see the battery percentage of the Pencil, but yet it doesn’t respond when I try to use it on the screen. I turned off my iPad and restarted it, disconnected my Apple pencil then connected it again via Bluetooth, but nothing changes. The tip is not broken. I waited for a few days but it‘s still not working. I don’t understand. Is it because the transducer is broken (yet it is not curved) ? What can I do? Is my Apple Pencil completely broken ?
I just signed up on Reddit today and I read a bit of the beginner guide. And i‘d like to know what’s the fastest way to gain karmas in order to be able to participate in subreddits of my interests because they usually require a certain number of karmas. For people who have now a lot of karmas and are now able to participate in any subreddit, what did you do to gain those and how much time did it take you ?
