Tools for Language Learning and Maintenance ~ ATA60Sara Maria Hasbun

Managing Director ~ Meridian Linguistics

Blogger ~ Misslinguistic

About Me

Founder, Meridian Linguistics

Previously freelance translator: Spanish, French, Mandarin > English

Born & raised in the US

Lived in Nicaragua, Spain, Korea, China

My Linguistic Background

Native language: EnglishMonolingual until age 22

(not a heritage speaker)Struggled to learn Spanish in high school

Couldn’t readCouldn’t speakEgo crushed.

Started a Linguistics PhDLearned seven languagesDropped Out of a PhDLearning languages still does not come

easily

Why Maintain?

“Learning a language is like rowing upstream: if you stop rowing, you’ll start floating backwards.”

Why Work to Maintain Our Target Languages?

Target (Native) Language MaintenanceLiving abroadExposed to non-natives

Stay Up to Date with Your Target LanguageLanguage is constantly changing!

(and that is ok!)

Why Maintain Our Source Languages?

Our source languages are usually our weakest.

Should we care about “speaking” our source language?

Learning a Foreign Language in 2019

Components of Language

LINGUISTIC TERM PLAIN ENGLISHLexicon Vocabulary, Terminology

Grammar and Syntax Conjugations, word order, etc.

Phonology and Phonetics Pronunciation

Prosody Pronunciation/Musicality of language

Pragmatics Culture/Conversation

Motivation How to Stay Accountable

Lexicon/Vocabulary

Lexicon/Vocabulary

Pronunciation

Pronunciation

Pronunciation/Prosody: Shadowing Exercise in Mandarin

Pronunciation/Prosody: Shadowing Exercise in Mandarin

Grammar and Syntax

Studying for Tests

LANGUAGE TESTSPANISH DELE

FRENCH DELF

CHINESE HSK

KOREAN TOPIK

ENGLISH TOEFL

GERMAN ZD

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_proficiency_tests

Pragmatics/Culture: italki

Italki: Cont.d

MotivationInspirationAccountability

Motivation: Inspiration

LINGUAEPASSIONE OLLY RICHARDS RICHARD SIMCOTT STU JAY RAJ

POLYGLOT CONTENT CREATORS/INFLUENCERS

Géraldine Lepère (FRENCH) LINGUAMARINA (ENGLISH) MARGARITA (KOREAN)

SINGLE-LANGUAGE CONTENT CREATORS

Polyglot Language Influencers

Lindie BotesPolyglot Youtuber

Hashtags #polyglot #polyglotlife #poliglota

#foreignlanguages #bahasaasing #

#learnspanish #studyspanish #learnkorean #studykorean

Misslinguistic

Main Travel & Lifestyle Instagram ~ @misslinguistic

Instagram “Studygram” ~ @misslingdiary

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AccountabilityitalkiChallenges

30DAY Record-Yourself CHALLENGE

#30DRYC

Motivation: Accountability

ConclusionBe comprehensiveBe targetedStay motivated and accountable

Thank you!

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