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Ever studied a foreign language? Answer my linguistics survey (please) (pg. 2)
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| UWM |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 3
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English, Spanish, Portugese
Length of Time Studied: 24 yrs, 4 yrs, .5 yrs
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: High
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
- ...is a willing and accurate guesser: 1
- ...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 1
- ...is willing to make mistakes:
- ...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 2
- ...practices as often as possible: 1
- ...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 1
- ...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 2
- ...enjoys grammar excercises: 4
- ...begins learning in childhood: 3
- ...has an above-average IQ: 2
- ...has good academic skills: 2
- ...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 3
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| butterfly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eleazar
thank you butterfly, it's good to get female responses! You are from the US? |
yeah i am from new jersey but i live in CA. and i guess i forgot to put i studied latin for 2 years. |
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| DarkFall01 |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 4: Spanish (fluent, I'm Spanish), German (fluent, I grew up in Switzerland), English (fluent, been living here for 10 years), French (conversant, studied for 6 years)
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: see above
Length of Time Studied: see above
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: I had no choice with English, German, Spanish, if I could, I'd continue French though;)
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
- ...is a willing and accurate guesser: 3
- ...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 4
- ...is willing to make mistakes: 4
- ...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 3
- ...practices as often as possible: 1
- ...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 1
- ...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 1
- ...enjoys grammar excercises: 2
- ...begins learning in childhood: 1
- ...has an above-average IQ: 3
- ...has good academic skills: 3
- ...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 2
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| Refinnej |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 2
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English, French
Length of Time Studied: French 13 years + and English all my life (26yrs)
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: Moderate
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
...is a willing and accurate guesser:3
...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 1
...is willing to make mistakes:2
...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 1
...practices as often as possible:1
...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others:
2
...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 2
...enjoys grammar excercises:2
...begins learning in childhood:2
...has an above-average IQ:4
...has good academic skills:3
...has a good self-image and lots of confidence:3 |
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| Omegasox |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 3
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English, Spanish, Japanese
Length of Time Studied: 25 years, 3 years, 1.5 years
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: Spanish was an easy A in high school, so not much interest. Very interested in learning Japanese, but it is difficult since I'm not very good at retaining it.
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
- ...is a willing and accurate guesser: 2
- ...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 1
- ...is willing to make mistakes: 1
- ...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 2
- ...practices as often as possible: 1
- ...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 2
- ...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 3
- ...enjoys grammar excercises: 4
- ...begins learning in childhood: 2
- ...has an above-average IQ: 3
- ...has good academic skills: 3
- ...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 3
Good luck on your paper. :) |
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| rollypoles |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 3
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English (native), German, Spanish
Length of Time Studied: Spanish (6 yrs) German (2 yrs)
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: a lot
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
[list=1]
[*]...is a willing and accurate guesser: 4
[*]...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 3
[*]...is willing to make mistakes: 1
[*]...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 3
[*]...practices as often as possible: 2
[*]...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 2
[*]...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 3
[*]...enjoys grammar excercises: 4
[*]...begins learning in childhood: 1
[*]...has an above-average IQ: 4
[*]...has good academic skills: 4
[*]...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 4 |
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| trunks1022 |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 4
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English, Spanish, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin)
Length of Time Studied: whole life, 6 years, 5 years, 1 year
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: pretty high for all
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
- ...is a willing and accurate guesser: 4
- ...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 3
- ...is willing to make mistakes: 1
- ...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 2
- ...practices as often as possible: 1
- ...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 1
- ...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 2
- ...enjoys grammar excercises: 4
- ...begins learning in childhood: 1
- ...has an above-average IQ: 4
- ...has good academic skills: 4
- ...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 3
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| b i n k u n |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 2
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English, Chinese (Mandarin), Latin
Length of Time Studied: English (Native), Chinese (Native), Latin (6 months)
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: moderate
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
- ...is a willing and accurate guesser: 3
- ...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 2
- ...is willing to make mistakes: 1
- ...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 1
- ...practices as often as possible: 1
- ...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 2
- ...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 3
- ...enjoys grammar excercises: 4
- ...begins learning in childhood: 2
- ...has an above-average IQ: 4
- ...has good academic skills: 4
- ...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 4
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| Sunsnail |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 1 (studying 2 atm)
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English (native), French, Russian
Length of Time Studied: 1 year of French in high school (was near french-speaking people), 6 months of russian
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: very interested
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
1. ...is a willing and accurate guesser: 4
2. ...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 2
3. ...is willing to make mistakes: 4
4. ...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 2
5. ...practices as often as possible: 1
6. ...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 1
7. ...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 3
8. ...enjoys grammar excercises:3
9. ...begins learning in childhood: 2
10. ...has an above-average IQ: 5
11. ...has good academic skills: 5
12. ...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 4 |
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| Eleazar |
wow, thank you all soo much. there is some wonderful data here. we got such diversity, and thats exactly what you're shootin' for when you poll people. again, thank you everyone soo much! i love languages and im really glad everyone here decided to participate!
gracias!
danke schon!
asante sana!
toda!
gratias tibi ago!
arigato! |
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| Tranc3 |
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 3
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English, French, Spanish
Length of Time Studied: All my life (20 years)
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages: High
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
- ...is a willing and accurate guesser: 1
- ...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 1
- ...is willing to make mistakes: 1
- ...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 1
- ...practices as often as possible: 3
- ...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 1
- ...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 2
- ...enjoys grammar excercises: 5
- ...begins learning in childhood: 5
- ...has an above-average IQ: 5
- ...has good academic skills: 5
- ...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 5
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| varun |
Good luck with your paper.
Hope this helps :)
Biographical Information
Number of Languages Spoken: 3
Which Languages Spoken/Studied: English, Hindi, Thai
Length of Time Studied:
English(19 years)
Hindi(19 years)
Thai(5 years)
Amount of Interest in Learning this/these Languages:
English - High
Hindi - Moderate
Thai - High
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Rate the characteristics below as follows:
1 = Very Important
2 = Quite Important
3 = Important
4 = Not Very Important
5 = Not Important At All
A good language learner...
- ...is a willing and accurate guesser: 3
- ...tries to get a message across even if specific language knowledge is lacking: 1
- ...is willing to make mistakes: 2
- ...constantly looks for patterns in the language: 2
- ...practices as often as possible: 1
- ...analyses his or her own speech and the speech of others: 1
- ...attends to whether his or her performance meets the standards he or she has learned: 2
- ...enjoys grammar excercises: 3
- ...begins learning in childhood: 2
- ...has an above-average IQ: 4
- ...has good academic skills: 4
- ...has a good self-image and lots of confidence: 3
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