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🌍Polyglot 📍Barcelona 👨‍🎓Engineer 💻 Digital Marketer since 2006 Love 🏊‍♂️⛷️🏓🚴‍♂️ Native level: HR, ES, CA C1: EN B1-B2: DE, FR, SV, IT B1: PL, RU, NL, MK, PT A2: ZH, RO Dabbling: EU, HU, EL, JP, FI, TR, BG, CS Posting only about languages. #LangSky

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Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 8d

How many languages can you spot in this napkin? #LangSky

How many languages can you spot in this napkin? #LangSky

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 19d

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Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 19d

I agree!👏👏👏

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 19d

🤣🤣🤣 Exactly! 👏👏👏

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 19d

It’s a quick way to show language skills, but I am sure that many recruiters still value TOEFL/IELTS more. It can be used as a boost, but not as the only proof.

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 19d

What do you think about this, #langsky? 😜

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 28d

The University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Library offers free language textbooks in French, Spanish, German, Chinese & more.

Perfect for students, teachers or anyone curious about languages! 👍

open.umn.edu/opentextbook...

#LangSky

Reposted by Goran

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Jan 25

My favourite podcasts for learning French:

🎙️Inner French (free transcripts on their web)
🎙️Français Authentique (free transcripts on their app)

Other podcasts I've heard of:

🎙️News in Slow French
🎙️Le journal en Français facile
🎙️French Blabla
🎙️Coffee Break French
🎙️Easy French

#LangSky #Polyglot

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Sep 5

C2 Proficiency English Test – Spain

#LangSky

C2 Proficiency Manuel, Jules and Thiago

YouTube video by English with Cambridge

www.youtube.com

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's going well. I'm enjoying it a lot.

I normally start with Assimil, and after finishing 50% or more of it, I move on to podcasts.

My main hurdle is finding interesting content at my level.

How about you, Alex?

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 30

In this restaurant in Les Angles (France), "La carte" became "El mapa" in Catalan.

I am pretty sure Google Translate was the chef here. Lunch just turned into a road trip. 😜

#LangSky #Català

In this restaurant in Les Angles (France), "La carte" became "El mapa" in Catalan.

I am pretty sure Google Translate was the chef here. Lunch just turned into a road trip.

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 30

Polish vs other Slavic languages

#LangSky

Polish vs Other Slavic Languages | Easy Polish 251

YouTube video by Easy Polish

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 23

I like these:

- Busuu
- LingQ
- Memrise
- Speakly
- Mondly Languages
- Babbel
- Clozemaster
- Mango Languages

Each of them offers German, among other languages.

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 22

Never!

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 20

I can't say how people in Sweden react, since I've never been there, but my language exchange tandem family and my Swedish-speaking neighbours are happy that I can speak it with them. 👍

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 19

I find Italian and Swedish beautiful and melodic and this feeling is reinforced by the fact that their speakers are glad when you can speak their language.

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 19

Gefeliciteerd, Matt! Wat goed dat je geslaagd bent voor lezen en luisteren. Ik hoop dat je ook snel positief nieuws krijgt over schrijven en spreken. Succes nog even met wachten! 👍🙂

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 17

It's pretty easy to use. You just explain in your own words what you want Google AI to do, and that's it. I pasted the Chinese text and told it to convert it into simplified characters, add pinyin and provide an English translation sentence by sentence. It's free, you just need a Gmail account.

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 15

Listening to the TeaTime Chinese Podcast.

The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional characters.

With Google AI Studio, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:

Sentence in simplified characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English

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The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional Chinese characters.

Using Google AI, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:

Sentence in Simplified Characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English Translation

The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional Chinese characters.

Using Google AI, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:

Sentence in Simplified Characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English Translation

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 14

Textbook: Assimil

App: Babbel

For Chinese: Du Chinese or Hello Chinese

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 14

Maybe try Busuu. It's organized and structured, free and a lot more affordable than Duolingo if you go premium (annual subscription).

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 14

I like these:
- Busuu
- Clozemaster
- Babbel
- Mondly Languages
- Pimsleur
- Memrise
- Speakly
- LingoDeer
- Language Transfer
- LingQ
- 50 Languages
- Mango Languages
- Ling

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 14

My favourites:

Textbooks:
- Assimil
- Complete by Teach Yoursel
- Colloquial by Routledge

Apps:
- Busuu
- Clozemaster
- Babbel
- Mondly Languages
- Pimsleur
- Memrise
- Speakly
- LingoDeer
- Language Transfer
- LingQ
- 50 Languages

For Chinese:
- Du Chinese
- Super Chinese
- Hello Chinese

Goran @santpolyglot.bsky.social · Aug 13

Yo también lo hago! Me alegro de no ser el único. Lo considero un hobby más. 👍🙂