#secondlanguage — Public Fediverse posts

I've just finished writing the first draft of a Japanese novel. It's by far the longest thing I've ever written in the language. Now comes the hard part: revising it until it's ready for the eyes of an editor. Still, it feels good to have taken the story this far.

#novel #writing #secondlanguage

I’m writing the first draft of a brand new short story in the Japanese language. Wish me luck in crafting something powerful and convincing someone to publish it.

#exophonic #writing
#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory

I’m writing the first draft of a brand new short story in the Japanese language. Wish me luck in crafting something powerful and convincing someone to publish it.

#exophonic #writing
#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory

I’m writing the first draft of a brand new short story in the Japanese language. Wish me luck in crafting something powerful and convincing someone to publish it.

#exophonic #writing
#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory

I’m writing the first draft of a brand new short story in the Japanese language. Wish me luck in crafting something powerful and convincing someone to publish it. #exophonic #writing #secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory

I’m writing the first draft of a brand new short story in the Japanese language. Wish me luck in crafting something powerful and convincing someone to publish it. #exophonic #writing #secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory

**📢 TP.HCM tiên phong biến tiếng Anh thành ngôn ngữ thứ hai**

TP.HCM đang dẫn đầu cả nước với mục tiêu đưa tiếng Anh trở thành ngôn ngữ thứ hai trong giáo dục, đi trước kế hoạch 10 năm. Hiện có khoảng 30.000 học sinh đang học Toán và Khoa học hoàn toàn bằng tiếng Anh.

#TiếngAnh #GiáoDục #TPHCM #NgônNgữThứHai #English #Education #HoChiMinhCity #SecondLanguage

https://vietnamnet.vn/tphcm-di-truoc-10-nam-trong-muc-tieu-dua-tieng-anh-tro-thanh-ngon-ngu-thu-hai-2467113.html

“…to learn a second language as an adult is a Herculean undertaking.” Just a bit of one of Leanne Osagawara’s ruminations on her always interesting blog.
#Japan #language #SecondLanguage

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/12/japanese-and-the-empty-mind.html

“…to learn a second language as an adult is a Herculean undertaking.” Just a bit of one of Leanne Osagawara’s ruminations on her always interesting blog.
#Japan #language #SecondLanguage

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/12/japanese-and-the-empty-mind.html

“…to learn a second language as an adult is a Herculean undertaking.” Just a bit of one of Leanne Osagawara’s ruminations on her always interesting blog.
#Japan #language #SecondLanguage

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/12/japanese-and-the-empty-mind.html

“…to learn a second language as an adult is a Herculean undertaking.” Just a bit of one of Leanne Osagawara’s ruminations on her always interesting blog.
#Japan #language #SecondLanguage

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/12/japanese-and-the-empty-mind.html

“…to learn a second language as an adult is a Herculean undertaking.” Just a bit of one of Leanne Osagawara’s ruminations on her always interesting blog.
#Japan #language #SecondLanguage

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/12/japanese-and-the-empty-mind.html

VietNamNet 30/10: Thủ tướng phê duyệt Đề án Đưa tiếng Anh thành ngôn ngữ thứ hai trong trường học; Cục CSGT thí điểm sơn chữ "Dừng lại" trên đường nhắc tài xế giảm tốc.

#GiáoDục #AnhNgữ #AnToànGiaoThông #ViệtNam #VietnamNews #SecondLanguage #SchoolEducation #TrafficSafety

https://vietnamnet.vn/ban-tin-vietnamnet-30-10-phe-duyet-de-an-dua-tieng-anh-thanh-ngon-ngu-thu-hai-pre2457644.html

Wir haben Ressourcen für Deutschlernerinnen und -lerner gesammelt. Hast Du Ergänzungen? https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

We've collected some resources for German language lerners. Are there some you can add?
https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

#German #DAF #Secondlanguage #Zweitsprache #Language #Sprache #lernen #lern #speak #sprechen #lesen #read #deutsch #spracherwerb #integration #migration

Wir haben Ressourcen für Deutschlernerinnen und -lerner gesammelt. Hast Du Ergänzungen? https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

We've collected some resources for German language lerners. Are there some you can add?
https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

#German #DAF #Secondlanguage #Zweitsprache #Language #Sprache #lernen #lern #speak #sprechen #lesen #read #deutsch #spracherwerb #integration #migration

Wir haben Ressourcen für Deutschlernerinnen und -lerner gesammelt. Hast Du Ergänzungen? https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

We've collected some resources for German language lerners. Are there some you can add?
https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

#German #DAF #Secondlanguage #Zweitsprache #Language #Sprache #lernen #lern #speak #sprechen #lesen #read #deutsch #spracherwerb #integration #migration

Wir haben Ressourcen für Deutschlernerinnen und -lerner gesammelt. Hast Du Ergänzungen? https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

We've collected some resources for German language lerners. Are there some you can add?
https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

#German #DAF #Secondlanguage #Zweitsprache #Language #Sprache #lernen #lern #speak #sprechen #lesen #read #deutsch #spracherwerb #integration #migration

Wir haben Ressourcen für Deutschlernerinnen und -lerner gesammelt. Hast Du Ergänzungen? https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

We've collected some resources for German language lerners. Are there some you can add?
https://www.sprachcafe.org/deutsch-lernen/

#German #DAF #Secondlanguage #Zweitsprache #Language #Sprache #lernen #lern #speak #sprechen #lesen #read #deutsch #spracherwerb #integration #migration

me giving my first reading in the Japanese language last week.

I read the first third of my latest short story, Photo Bomber (「フォトボマー」), which appears in the anthology Fear and SF (恐怖とSF), published last month by Hayakawa. The event, held at @sumika_tankyu in Kamakura this past Wednesday afternoon, was a spontaneous addition to the Kamakura Poetry Festival. I opened for poet Robert Priest and singer-songwriter Kai Shimizu.

Photo by @aokajiya

#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory #reading

me giving my first reading in the Japanese language last week.

I read the first third of my latest short story, Photo Bomber (「フォトボマー」), which appears in the anthology Fear and SF (恐怖とSF), published last month by Hayakawa. The event, held at @sumika_tankyu in Kamakura this past Wednesday afternoon, was a spontaneous addition to the Kamakura Poetry Festival. I opened for poet Robert Priest and singer-songwriter Kai Shimizu.

Photo by @aokajiya

#secondlanguage #japanese #shortstory #reading

My Big Idea About The Word “BIG”: Bilingualism, borrowing, and the trouble with F and W open.substack.com/pub/neilshoo... #bilingualism #history #languagecontact #secondlanguage #english #welsh #history #middleenglish #middlewelsh #borrowing #lenition

My Big Idea About The Word “BI...

here it is! My Japanese fiction writing debut! The first short story I’ve ever written from start to finish in my second language.

My story “フォトボマー” (Photo Bomber), is in this anthology “恐怖とSF”（Fear and Sci-fi), released today by Hayakawa, Japan’s oldest and largest SF publisher:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/恐怖とSF-ハヤカワ文庫JA-日本SF作家クラブ/dp/4150316031

#scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #horror
#japanese #secondlanguage #shortstory #fiction #writing #debut
#anthology #newrelease #恐怖とSF #早川書房

here it is! My Japanese fiction writing debut! The first short story I’ve ever written from start to finish in my second language.

My story “フォトボマー” (Photo Bomber), is in this anthology “恐怖とSF”（Fear and Sci-fi), released today by Hayakawa, Japan’s oldest and largest SF publisher:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/恐怖とSF-ハヤカワ文庫JA-日本SF作家クラブ/dp/4150316031

#scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #horror
#japanese #secondlanguage #shortstory #fiction #writing #debut
#anthology #newrelease #恐怖とSF #早川書房

here it is! My Japanese fiction writing debut! The first short story I’ve ever written from start to finish in my second language.

My story “フォトボマー” (Photo Bomber), is in this anthology “恐怖とSF”（Fear and Sci-fi), released today by Hayakawa, Japan’s oldest and largest SF publisher:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/恐怖とSF-ハヤカワ文庫JA-日本SF作家クラブ/dp/4150316031

#scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #horror
#japanese #secondlanguage #shortstory #fiction #writing #debut
#anthology #newrelease #恐怖とSF #早川書房

here it is! My Japanese fiction writing debut! The first short story I’ve ever written from start to finish in my second language.

My story “フォトボマー” (Photo Bomber), is in this anthology “恐怖とSF”（Fear and Sci-fi), released today by Hayakawa, Japan’s oldest and largest SF publisher:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/恐怖とSF-ハヤカワ文庫JA-日本SF作家クラブ/dp/4150316031

#scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #horror
#japanese #secondlanguage #shortstory #fiction #writing #debut
#anthology #newrelease #恐怖とSF #早川書房

here it is! My Japanese fiction writing debut! The first short story I’ve ever written from start to finish in my second language.

My story “フォトボマー” (Photo Bomber), is in this anthology “恐怖とSF”（Fear and Sci-fi), released today by Hayakawa, Japan’s oldest and largest SF publisher:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/恐怖とSF-ハヤカワ文庫JA-日本SF作家クラブ/dp/4150316031

#scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #horror
#japanese #secondlanguage #shortstory #fiction #writing #debut
#anthology #newrelease #恐怖とSF #早川書房

Part of the team – KLI students intern at Kadena

A Kadena Language Institute student participates in a four week internship program at Kadena Air Base Japan, Aug. 27, 2025. This year marks the…
#Japan #JP #Okinawa #culturalcollaboration #English #foreignlanguage #intern #Internship #internshipprogram #kadenaairbase #kadenalanguageinstitue #kli #klistudents #languageinstitute #news #okinawanews #secondlanguage #沖縄
https://www.alojapan.com/1371663/part-of-the-team-kli-students-intern-at-kadena-2/

Part of the team – KLI students intern at Kadena

A Kadena Language Institute student participates in a four week internship program at Kadena Air Base Japan, Aug. 27, 2025. This year marks the…
#Japan #JP #Okinawa #culturalcollaboration #English #foreignlanguage #intern #Internship #internshipprogram #kadenaairbase #kadenalanguageinstitue #kli #klistudents #languageinstitute #news #okinawanews #secondlanguage #沖縄
https://www.alojapan.com/1371663/part-of-the-team-kli-students-intern-at-kadena-2/

Part of the team – KLI students intern at Kadena

A Kadena Language Institute student participates in a four week internship program at Kadena Air Base Japan, Aug. 27, 2025. This year marks the 2…
#Japan #JP #Okinawa #culturalcollaboration #English #foreignlanguage #intern #Internship #internshipprogram #kadenaairbase #kadenalanguageinstitue #kli #klistudents #languageinstitute #news #okinawanews #secondlanguage #沖縄
https://www.alojapan.com/1371458/part-of-the-team-kli-students-intern-at-kadena/

Part of the team – KLI students intern at Kadena

A Kadena Language Institute student participates in a four week internship program at Kadena Air Base Japan, Aug. 27, 2025. This year marks the 2…
#Japan #JP #Okinawa #culturalcollaboration #English #foreignlanguage #intern #Internship #internshipprogram #kadenaairbase #kadenalanguageinstitue #kli #klistudents #languageinstitute #news #okinawanews #secondlanguage #沖縄
https://www.alojapan.com/1371458/part-of-the-team-kli-students-intern-at-kadena/

Take a close look at the cover of that upcoming sci-fi anthology from Hayakawa. You'll see my name in katakana (イーライ・K・P・ウィリアム). That's because I've got a short story in there, the first I've ever written in Japanese. It's something I've dreamed of for, like, 15 years. I'm in total disbelief...

#secondlanguage #fiction #writing
#japanese #scifi #debut

https://www.hayakawabooks.com/n/n38b136ad6cf3

@mms

German as the language of mathematics.

It allows for long composite words, which still have some concrete, tangible meaning. Its sentences can be complex yet they remain intuitive. And the mature writer can throw in concrete everyday notions, slang, to give added meaning to an abstract concept.

van der Waerden is a master of all of these.

(I live, work and write in English, and I love English and its writers with all my heart. Interestingly, my favourite English novelist is Joseph Conrad, whose native language was Polish.

#language #SecondLanguage #mathematics #VanDerWaerden #JosephConrad #German

@mms

German as the language of mathematics.

It allows for long composite words, which still have some concrete, tangible meaning. Its sentences can be complex yet they remain intuitive. And the mature writer can throw in concrete everyday notions, slang, to give added meaning to an abstract concept.

van der Waerden is a master of all of these.

(I live, work and write in English, and I love English and its writers with all my heart. Interestingly, my favourite English novelist is Joseph Conrad, whose native language was Polish.

#language #SecondLanguage #mathematics #VanDerWaerden #JosephConrad #German

@mms

German as the language of mathematics.

It allows for long composite words, which still have some concrete, tangible meaning. Its sentences can be complex yet they remain intuitive. And the mature writer can throw in concrete everyday notions, slang, to give added meaning to an abstract concept.

van der Waerden is a master of all of these.

(I live, work and write in English, and I love English and its writers with all my heart. Interestingly, my favourite English novelist is Joseph Conrad, whose native language was Polish.

#language #SecondLanguage #mathematics #VanDerWaerden #JosephConrad #German

@mms

German as the language of mathematics.

It allows for long composite words, which still have some concrete, tangible meaning. Its sentences can be complex yet they remain intuitive. And the mature writer can throw in concrete everyday notions, slang, to give added meaning to an abstract concept.

van der Waerden is a master of all of these.

(I live, work and write in English, and I love English and its writers with all my heart. Interestingly, my favourite English novelist is Joseph Conrad, whose native language was Polish.

#language #SecondLanguage #mathematics #VanDerWaerden #JosephConrad #German

@mms

German as the language of mathematics.

It allows for long composite words, which still have some concrete, tangible meaning. Its sentences can be complex yet they remain intuitive. And the mature writer can throw in concrete everyday notions, slang, to give added meaning to an abstract concept.

van der Waerden is a master of all of these.

(I live, work and write in English, and I love English and its writers with all my heart. Interestingly, my favourite English novelist is Joseph Conrad, whose native language was Polish.

#language #SecondLanguage #mathematics #VanDerWaerden #JosephConrad #German

Here’s my profile – let’s be friends #duolingo #japanese #secondlanguage #learning #education https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JamesBrosn7?via=share_profile_link

@WIRED
This can be so very true. I took French in early 1980s as total immersion. We spoke French only, all day, and at night, I would call my wife at home and could not speak English suddenly, many words were not there. My mind had moved to thinking in French.

#Language #Bilingual #Bilingue #SecondLanguage #ThoughtProcess

Inatt drömde jag, på engelska, att jag var #advokat i ett amerikanskt brottmål. En av vittnena hette Adam Paradiset. Han berättade att folk hade problem med hans efternamn.

Jag vaknade men var tvungen att se var historien tog mig så körde vidare med att förhöra ett #expertvittne i brottsstatistik, på engelska. Som tydligen var professor i statistik på UC Berkley. Och var dr. i #statistik. Med ”law degree” från Harvard. #dröm #SecondLanguage #EASL #Manus #film #copyright #a24

Inatt drömde jag, på engelska, att jag var #advokat i ett amerikanskt brottmål. En av vittnena hette Adam Paradiset. Han berättade att folk hade problem med hans efternamn.

Jag vaknade men var tvungen att se var historien tog mig så körde vidare med att förhöra ett #expertvittne i brottsstatistik, på engelska. Som tydligen var professor i statistik på UC Berkley. Och var dr. i #statistik. Med ”law degree” från Harvard. #dröm #SecondLanguage #EASL #Manus #film #copyright #a24

Python as a Second Language Empathy — https://ballingt.com/python-second-language-empathy/
#HackerNews #Python #Empathy #SecondLanguage #Coding #Community #Learning

Fun fact: Speaking a second language not only boosts brain power but also makes life more fun!

Watch my latest YouTube video all about speaking a second language. Click the link or search “Hebrew by Inbal” on YouTube to watch.

https://youtu.be/tOJ1j7k4ZEE?si=3xefhKf_vDFhxvEw

#secondlanguage #language #expatlife #languagelearning#hebrew

Teachers, we're curious: do you ever get your students to do introductory language study on Duolingo or similar apps as extension activities when they are learning about other regions? What grades or ages, what apps, what languages?

#Duolingo #Eduation #Edutooters #Language #LanguageStudy #EdTech #EduTech #SecondLanguage #Homeschooling @education @edutooters

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But this is a good example of how meaning is a moving target. A consensus, not an objective fact.

This becomes very obvious when learning a second language. Especially when moving beyond vocab for everyday objects into more abstract concepts.

IMHO second language learning is as essential as maths or reading to a well rounded education - received or autodidactic. It's a weakness in the anglophone world that it's not always part of our curriculum.

#education #languages #SecondLanguage

I'm at a conference and I got called on by the speaker. But I didn't want to talk and reveal my accent and have everyone act weird about me being foreign so I just did this and he called on someone else :

#immigration #foreigner #expat #immigrant #xenophobie #france #american #secondlanguage #secondlanguageproblems

It’s always satisfying when I come across a Russian post and I’m able to piece together, if not the whole thing, at least a part of it. Today I recognized «в метро» which means “in the subway” :)

#Russian #LearningRussian #SecondLanguage #Россия #Америка

Escuchando a #PyConCharlas a @pycon y entender mas de lo que pensaba me tiene con ganas de practicar mi español de manera más profesional.

Lo siento por el proximio contenido deficiente en español.

correcciones + ayuda bienvenida 😅 🙏

#espanol #languagelearning #secondlanguage

Olá! Você está a aprender inglês?

Você pode ler o livro #cristão chamado a #Bíblia. Traduzimo-lo em InglêsFácil (#EasyEnglish). Você também pode ler livros acerca da Bíblia em InglêsFácil.

Todos os livros são grátis. Não tem de pagar nada.

https://www.easyenglish.bible/international/portuguese/

https://ma.shellbooks.org/index.php/sub-downloads-ee

#língua #inglês #English #learnEnglish #learningEnglish #languageLearning #language #secondLanguage

¡Hola! ¿Estás aprendiendo inglés?

Tú puedes leer la #Biblia, el gran libro #cristiano, y distintos libros sobre ella en Inglés Fácil (#EasyEnglish).

Todos nuestros libros son sin costo alguno. No tienes que pagar para obtenerlos.

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#inglés #English #learnEnglish #learningEnglish #languageLearning #language #secondLanguage