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Helping you learn languages strategically with meta-strategies — check the blog for #languagelearning tips!

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Once you start studying past tense in Romance languages, things become muddy when comparing to English because the inter-language conjugation don’t “match”. So find a curriculum that slowly builds up the language logic for you, like my Italian Circle youtu.be/Vtk31vXrrD8

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Studying About Languages and The Mysteries of Vernacular — check out the Langscape map! hobbies-hub.com/studying-about… #langtwt #geography #linguistics #anthropology

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Help Türkiye by buying A1 and A2 curriculum at a discount — Turkishle will donate course sales to help earthquake victims: instagram.com/p/Cou3U8ODyf9/… #langtwt #LearnTurkish

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“The” English accent is actually many different accents. Even the same family won’t have the same one! youtu.be/mgPRqjJCUyE #langtwt #LearnEnglish

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Learning Cantonese, not Mandarin? As the second most recognizable Chinese dialect, with more or less the same written form, the pronunciation is quite different. Teach yourself the difference! amzn.to/3exR41Q #langtwt #LearnCantonese #BookRecommendation

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It says "basic", but it's not for completely new learners. Best as supplemental grammar help, and with workbook included, you can expect to break down sentence structure and make great strides. amzn.to/3URjV4s #langtwt #LearnCantonese #BookRecommendations

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Learn colloquial #Cantonese so you can speak like a modern normal person. Master tones once and for all. Not for travelers looking for standard phrases or basic learners looking for shortcuts. amzn.to/3ArGPHu #langtwt #LearnCantonese #BookRecommendation

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Chinese is such a visual language, when you fully understand the characters, you'll see the pictographs representing the concepts. Not the cheapest book, but you get what you paid for: amzn.to/3KUaf4C #langtwt #LearnChinese #BookRecommendations

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Chinese has a "simple" grammar structure, but its rule exceptions and quirks can be tricky. Learn them all here: amzn.to/3KZIiZ6 #langtwt #LearnChinese #BookRecommendations

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If you want to keep up with current events in Chinese, newspapers are their own world and you'll need to learn "newspaper Chinese". This series is for intermediate and advanced readers (linked to advanced here): amzn.to/3Hfyqbx #langtwt #LearnChinese #BookRecommendations

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The more 成語 you know, the more you're considered intellectual in Chinese culture. See if you can master all 500 in this book: amzn.to/3rfExHc #langtwt #LearnChinese #BookRecommendations

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Only the best from tuttle! Learn traditional Chinese characters by breaking down what the components are that make up the meaning of the word. Best for those who speak way better than they can read or write. amzn.to/3gjUw4n #langtwt #LearnChinese #BookRecommendation

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Get the most for your money! Learn the high-frequency words that appear most often in Czech, there are books 2, 3, 4 in this series: amzn.to/3CrB8bU #langtwt #BookRecommendation #LearnCzech

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Listen to Danish-language podcasts produced by Denmark’s top museums: oldorsmellsfunny.medium.com/danish-languag… #podcasts #museums #history #learnDanish #langtwt