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are there any (either cognitive or practical) benifits of 'the language/ medium of education' being your mother tongue?

Releasing ❄️ AnkiBlocker - blocks your social media apps if anki cards are due

Moving away from comprehensible input for more active study and loving it

After 300 hours (6 months) of self-studying Mandarin using apps, I just reached A2 level (HSK4)

Identifying weaknesses

How do you measure your vocabulary progress when reading online content?

What languages do you find just simply beautiful?

Ipad + migaku + ChatGPT is a game changer for manga/comics reading

What’s going on with language sloth?

How can I maintain the languages I know?

How can I help my wife lose her pronunciation bad habits?

Using AI to make tailored songs in your TL

Has anyone here achieved a n*tive level accent in their TL past puberty? Or knows someone who did?

My “active listening” podcast technique

What should you expect from yourself at each CEFR level?

Guys, what's the hardest thing about start learning a new language for u?

Netflix to learn languages

Hi all, I was looking for a tool similar to this to translate multiple languages at once? Looks like this one doesnt exist anymore... any recommendations? Would prefer a web interface if possible:)

Is immersion through media worthwhile if I don't understand a lot of what's being spoken?

It finally happened, I had a dream in my Target Language

What are your unusual methods to learn your TL?

Translating words in head before speaking, help 🙏

Anyone else feel like the target language just popped in your head?

How different are your NL and TL when it comes to addressing family members?

Books in Multiple Languages

Anyone picked a language to learn based on tutor cost?

Heritage Language Loss

Language content on YouTube is an absolute disaster

When do you consider yourself ready to take a lesson?

What are your bad language learning habits?

Original way of learning a language: Socializing

I wish I hadn't studied my heritage language.

Learn accents

How about Learn languages by Stories?

Have anyone tried Mikel the Hyperpolyglot's language learning method? is it effective?

Anyone else feel like gaming / reels messed up their focus?

Tried a few AI speaking apps but they felt robotic — any good ones in 2026?

My second language changes the way I write in my native language

Streak‑posting subreddits

Can someone tell me how I should read books? Meanings of underlined words/sentences I don't know. Am I supposed to stop everytime there is a word I don't know and look for meanings? If so, I feel like after some time it is too much, and I don't feel like reading a book. Is it normal?

My language app just won Apple award, but I’m worried.

I lost a lot of motivation for a target language. What should I do?

After 20 years, I did it, the ALVEOLAR TRILL!

Language Immersion

Im having struggles with actually trying to remember words and basically implement them in my head

How useful do you find cognates and etymology for memorising vocabulary?

Question about how to use LingQ

I long for the day when writing a paragraph doesn't require a textbook and a dictionary

Opinions on the Storylearning "Language Difficulty Guide" ?

Can't decide on if I should stick with Flexi or italki?

Would you *recommend* people to learn your language*? Why or why not?

Is Falou good?