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How Long to Learn a Language According to the FSI
The FSI, US Foreign Service Institute, divides languages into groups of difficulty for speakers of English:
Group 1:
French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swahili
Group 2:
Bulgarian, Burmese, Greek, Hindi, Persian, Urdu
Group 3:
Amharic, Cambodian, Czech, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Lao, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Group 4:
Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean
The FSI 5 levels of proficiency
Elementary proficiency
The person is able to satisfy routine travel needs and minimum courtesy requirements. I have to admit that I have never found this minimum level really works that well beyond saying hello and asking for the bathroom.
Limited working proficiency
The person is able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements. This is a limited ability to converse and really only a step towards real fluency.
Minimum professional proficiency
The person can speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical, social, and professional topics. This is the first level that is useful in real situations. This probably corresponds to B2 on the European Framework of Reference. This is what I always aim for.
Full professional proficiency
The person uses the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs. This is nice if you can achieve it but takes a long time.
Native or bilingual proficiency
The person has speaking proficiency equivalent to that of an educated native speaker. This is rare.
On this scale, I would call limited working proficiency above basic conversational fluency
FSI research indicates that it takes 480 hours to reach basic fluency in group 1 languages, and 720 hours for group 2-4 languages.
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Here are our top tips on how to learn English quickly:
1. Read everything you can get your hands on
2. Actively take note of new vocabulary
3. Talk with real live humans
4. Subscribe to podcasts or Youtube channels (in English)
5. Go abroad
6. Use your friends
7. Ask a lot of questions
8. Take a lead from the stars
9. Start with what you really need
10. Don’t kick yourself while you’re down
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famous tongue twisters
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
She sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
And chuck as much as a woodchuck would
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Kids' Funny Tongue TwistersUnique New York.
Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
Freshly-fried flying fish.
She stood on the balcony,
inexplicably mimicking him hiccoughing,
and amicably welcoming him home.
Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.
The epitome of femininity.
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
Greek grapes.
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Tongue twister
Tongue twisters are a great way to practice and improve pronunciation and fluency. They can also help to improve accents by using alliteration, which is the repetition of one sound. They’re not just for kids, but are also used by actors, politicians, and public speakers who want to sound clear when speaking. Below, you will find some of the most popular English tongue twisters. Say them as quickly as you can. If you can master them, you will be a much more confident speaker.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said the butter’s bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter will make my batter better
So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butterHow much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck woodShe sells seashells by the seashoreHow can a clam cram in a clean cream can?I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice creamI saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shopSusie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shinesFuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate, so don’t be lateYou know New York, you need New York, you know you need unique New YorkI saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchenIf a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does he choose?I thought I thought of thinking of thanking youI wish to wash my Irish wristwatchNear an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie earEddie edited itWillie’s really wearyA big black bear sat on a big black rugTom threw Tim three thumbtacksHe threw three free throwsNine nice night nurses nursing nicelySo, this is the sushi chefFour fine fresh fish for youWayne went to wales to watch walrusesSix sticky skeletons (x3)Which witch is which? (x3)Snap crackle pop (x3)Flash message (x3)Red Buick, blue Buick (x3)Red lorry, yellow lorry (x3)Thin sticks, thick bricks (x3)Stupid superstition (x3)Eleven benevolent elephants (x3)Two tried and true tridents (x3)Rolling red wagons (x3)Black back bat (x3)She sees cheese (x3)Truly rural (x3)Good blood, bad blood (x3)Pre-shrunk silk shirts
26 maggio 2020
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What was/is your most/least favourite subject in school?
I went to high school on a major college campus – Florida State University, to be exact – since they had a Developmental Research School on the premises whose students served as readily-available test subjects for educational techniques and observation.
Because of this, I got handed a much different course load than most other schools.
Favorite classes: Political Science, World Religions, Film History and Theory, World History, Classical Theatre, Drawing (pencil / pen) and Painting (oil / acrylic / watercolor), AP English, Literature, Japanese
Least favorite classes: Algebra. Failed it three times. The only reason I graduated high school at all was because a saintly math teacher pitied me and faked a barely-passing grade in Algebra I and II, all because the rest of my scholastics were pretty damn good, especially in the classes listed prior.
I got better at math in college, but that’s because I picked a hot tutor and she decided to try applying personalized positive reinforcement techniques to the study process. If I had that in my freshman year, I’d have been Neil deGrasse Tyson or Michio Kaku by now.
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