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L1 or native speakers of English, were you taught the subjunctive mood in English class at school?

If you weren’t taught it in school, would you still be able to give an example of it in English?

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For those who have been told that they can sound almost like a 'native speaker' when speaking in your target language(s), what have you been told about the way you speak that 'gives you away'?

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You are given $50 to spend on language learning.

How would you use this amount to contribute to the acquisition of your current target language(s)?

Would you buy a text book, language learning app/software, a class with a tutor, etc., etc. ?

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Teachers/tutors on learning platforms such as italki, etc do you ever get to a point with dedicated, regularly returning students where you don't want to teach them anymore? Do you change up the classes or do you encourage them to move on?

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Terima kasih bahasabahana atas pertanyaan menarik ini!

Does Indonesian have limited vocab in comparison to other languages?

'English is the language of precision and Indonesian is the language of convenience'

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I know there is this podcast in Swahili:
open.spotify.com/show/34WZfElLV…

Swahili learners/experts, what are podcasts in Swahili that you listen to?

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For those who speak or are learning/maintaining several languages at once, how many minutes/hours per day do you dedicate to each of these languages?

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For speakers of a language variant that can receive comments such as 'your accent is awful', etc. how do you respond when you experience this?

I'm asking this question after witnessing a comment made by a 🇫🇷 speaker to a 🇨🇦 speaker of French.

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For those who are doing/did their university studies in a language of instruction which is/was not your L1 language and who are doing/did your thesis, homework, exams, etc in your non-L1 language, how is/was the experience for you?

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For those who delve deeply into a target language do you prefer mastering the standard version of it or are you more interested in mastering a variant in particular?

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Name the language you are learning and your favourite YouTuber who teaches that language.

For ex: I am learning Swahili and I like the videos in Swahili by Swahili Kingdom on Youtube.

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For those who identify with being a heritage speaker of a certain language, how do you feel when someone, who had never been exposed to your heritage language before, speaks it more comfortably/fluently than you do?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_…

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Has learning your target language(s) made you feel more connected to the culture(s) in which your target language(s) is/are spoken?

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Wanafunzi wa Kiswahili - Napenda chaneli hii kwa sababu mwalimu anatengeneza video katika Kiswahili tu. Zinanisaidia kumarika katika Kiswahili.

Five Question Words in Swahili - Swahili ONLY youtu.be/VlZIpPbAw58?si… via YouTube

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This video of this 80-year old Indonesian woman who has been living in Tanzania for 40 years warmed my heart. She starts speaking Swahili at 7:12 and then switches to Indonesian at 7:37.

youtube.com/watch?v=wqzSsr…

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For those who are learning a not as commonly studied variant of a language, where do you find your resources?

For ex. you are studying 🇨🇦 French or 🇲🇿 Portuguese.

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For those who are taking conversation classes with language tutors/teachers in your target language(s), what response do you generally give when they ask before class what topic you'd like to discuss?

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Yesterday was the first time ever I had a conversation in Swahili at work in person, in a professional context, with native Swahili speakers visiting from 🇹🇿.

They actually understood what I said, I couldn’t believe it.

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I think that out of the languages I speak and am studying, Swahili is the one with the most conjugations given the 18 noun classes (singular + plural), negative and positive forms and all of the tenses and moods.

Don't know how I'm ever going to learn all of this😩.

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For those learning multiple languages, which language has the most unique or different grammatical feature/concept out of the ones you speak/are learning?

For ex: Out of the languages I’m learning/I speak, Swahili noun classes only exist in Swahili.