Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2012 20:00:24 GMT -5
I was working on an essay for Japanese, and thinking about how it's so much easier to learn a language if you have somebody to practice with. Then I realized that the NTWF had a lot of people learning a bunch of different languages, so we were the perfect community to practice together!
Multilingual Messages is basically PM-A-Friend for foreign languages. Every two weeks, you're randomly paired with another person who speaks or is learning the same language as you. Then for those two weeks, you send PMs back and forth in that language. If you want, you can put the translation after your message, so more fluent partners can help correct mistakes and less fluent partners can more easily understand what you're saying.
If you want to sign up with something like sign language, you and your partner can have video chats over Skype or something similar. Voice chats would also help with pronunciation, if you and your partner decide to do that. It's up to you!
Sign up form:
Name:
Username:
Language(s):
Do you want a partner for each language:
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?:
Other comments:
Example:
Name: Hunter
Username: rarehunter41
Language(s): Spanish, Japanese
Do you want a partner for each language: Yes
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yes
Other comments: None.
If you don't want a partner for each language, say how many partners you want at a time, and I will try to rotate between your languages evenly.
I will start the first round on December 15. Late sign-ups will still be able to join!
Multilingual Messages is basically PM-A-Friend for foreign languages. Every two weeks, you're randomly paired with another person who speaks or is learning the same language as you. Then for those two weeks, you send PMs back and forth in that language. If you want, you can put the translation after your message, so more fluent partners can help correct mistakes and less fluent partners can more easily understand what you're saying.
If you want to sign up with something like sign language, you and your partner can have video chats over Skype or something similar. Voice chats would also help with pronunciation, if you and your partner decide to do that. It's up to you!
Sign up form:
Name:
Username:
Language(s):
Do you want a partner for each language:
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?:
Other comments:
Example:
Name: Hunter
Username: rarehunter41
Language(s): Spanish, Japanese
Do you want a partner for each language: Yes
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yes
Other comments: None.
If you don't want a partner for each language, say how many partners you want at a time, and I will try to rotate between your languages evenly.
I will start the first round on December 15. Late sign-ups will still be able to join!
Italics mean participants who would generally only join to even the list.
ASL
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish
ASL
- Omni (omniscia)
Dutch
- Shadyy (aurelia)
- Nut (nut)
French
- Azzie (azalea)
- Joker (jokerhahaazzz)
- Shadyy (aurelia)
- Nut (nut)
German
- Omni (omniscia)
- Chao (chaotizitaet)
- Nut (nut)
- Hunty (ssjelitegirl)
Italian
- Shadyy (aurelia)
Japanese
- Hunter (rarehunter41)
- PFA (petfriendamy)
- Omni (omniscia)
- Nut (nut)
Russian
- Thundy (thunderbolt)
Spanish
- Hunter (rarehunter41)
- Azzie (azalea)
- Ginz (imogenweasley)
- Chao (chaotizitaet)
- Birdy (birdy)
- Elcie (elycien)
Name: Hunter
Username: rarehunter41
Language(s): Spanish, Japanese
Do you want a partner for each language: Yes
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yes
Other comments: None.
Name: Azzie
Username: azalea
Language(s): French, Spanish
Do you want a partner for each language: Doesn't matter, whatever works.
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Sure
Name: PFA
Username: petfriendamy
Language(s): Japanese
Do you want a partner for each language: N/A
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Sure
Other comments: Figured I'd note that Proboards doesn't handle Japanese characters very well, so we'd either have to space out the kanji/kana or use romaji. XD;
Name: Omni
Username: Omniscia
Language(s): Japanese (somewhat above novice), German (just starting), ASL (just starting)
Do you want a partner for each language: Not really, though I wouldn't mind. I'd mostly like to focus on German at the moment, but I can be paired for other languages if needed.
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Sure.
Other comments: If done, ASL would obviously need to be over video-chat. Just also remember that the webcam tends to flip the image.
Name: Ginz
Username: imogenweasley
Language(s): Spanish
Do you want a partner for each language: It's only one, so yes. XD
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Possibly, but preferably not, because sometimes I'm not the best at keeping up. ^^;
Other comments: I dont really need help practicing because Spanish is my native language, but I figured it would be fun to sign up to help others. ^_^ I'm available to voice chat or video chat on Skype if you want to as well.
Name: Joker
Username: jokerhahaazzz
Language(s): French
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: I'm not that active on here so it might not be the best idea.
Name: Shadyy
Username: Shadyy15
Language(s): Italian (studying) French (mother tongue), Dutch (mother tongue)
Do you want a partner for each language:
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: sure, but best to ask first, if I'm in a stressy week I may not be able to pull it off
Other comments: let's get multilingual, wheeee
Name: chao
Username: chaotizitaet
Language(s): Spanish (basics only, but I'd like to improve that), German (native speaker)
Do you want a partner for each language: If possible, it would be great
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yep
Other comments:
Name: Nut
Username: nut862
Language(s): Dutch, French, German, Japanese
Do you want a partner for each language: No, would rather have one/two at a time
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yes
Other comments: I am not very confident in my French, German, or Japanese, so I'd rather have only one partner at a time for those, but I'm up for conversations in Dutch along with any of the others.
Name: Thundy
User: thunderbolt
Languages: Russian [one year at degree level]
Do you want a partner for each language: yes
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: sure why not
Other comments: I doubt my language skill in Russian will improve much, but I spent too much money in tuition fees and might as well use it for something.
Name: Hunty
Username: ssjelitegirl
Language(s): German (don't even know about the level. I could talk my way through Germany but can't write my way out of a paper bag. Intermediateish?)
Do you want a partner for each language: Either or.
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Sure, or you can drop me for a round.
Name: Birdy
Username: birdy
Language(s): Spanish
Do you want a partner for each language: I only have one language, so really, I only need one.
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Probably not, since I can be really fail when it comes to keeping up with messages and stuff. ^^;
Other comments: I admit I'm not too keen on the idea of voice/video chat, though I know it'd be helpful for pronunciations and stuff. Of the two, I'm more likely to be willing for voice chat, but yeah. Would rather neither, probably. ^^;
Name: Elcie
Username: Elycien
Language(s): Spanish
Do you want a partner for each language: only one so yes. XD
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yes
Other comments: I took Spanish for about seven years but it's been a while and I'm pretty rusty. I am willing to do text OR voice, and I have Skype, so whatever works.
Username: rarehunter41
Language(s): Spanish, Japanese
Do you want a partner for each language: Yes
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yes
Other comments: None.
Name: Azzie
Username: azalea
Language(s): French, Spanish
Do you want a partner for each language: Doesn't matter, whatever works.
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Sure
Name: PFA
Username: petfriendamy
Language(s): Japanese
Do you want a partner for each language: N/A
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Sure
Other comments: Figured I'd note that Proboards doesn't handle Japanese characters very well, so we'd either have to space out the kanji/kana or use romaji. XD;
Name: Omni
Username: Omniscia
Language(s): Japanese (somewhat above novice), German (just starting), ASL (just starting)
Do you want a partner for each language: Not really, though I wouldn't mind. I'd mostly like to focus on German at the moment, but I can be paired for other languages if needed.
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Sure.
Other comments: If done, ASL would obviously need to be over video-chat. Just also remember that the webcam tends to flip the image.
Name: Ginz
Username: imogenweasley
Language(s): Spanish
Do you want a partner for each language: It's only one, so yes. XD
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Possibly, but preferably not, because sometimes I'm not the best at keeping up. ^^;
Other comments: I dont really need help practicing because Spanish is my native language, but I figured it would be fun to sign up to help others. ^_^ I'm available to voice chat or video chat on Skype if you want to as well.
Name: Joker
Username: jokerhahaazzz
Language(s): French
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: I'm not that active on here so it might not be the best idea.
Name: Shadyy
Username: Shadyy15
Language(s): Italian (studying) French (mother tongue), Dutch (mother tongue)
Do you want a partner for each language:
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: sure, but best to ask first, if I'm in a stressy week I may not be able to pull it off
Other comments: let's get multilingual, wheeee
Name: chao
Username: chaotizitaet
Language(s): Spanish (basics only, but I'd like to improve that), German (native speaker)
Do you want a partner for each language: If possible, it would be great
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yep
Other comments:
Name: Nut
Username: nut862
Language(s): Dutch, French, German, Japanese
Do you want a partner for each language: No, would rather have one/two at a time
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yes
Other comments: I am not very confident in my French, German, or Japanese, so I'd rather have only one partner at a time for those, but I'm up for conversations in Dutch along with any of the others.
Name: Thundy
User: thunderbolt
Languages: Russian [one year at degree level]
Do you want a partner for each language: yes
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: sure why not
Other comments: I doubt my language skill in Russian will improve much, but I spent too much money in tuition fees and might as well use it for something.
Name: Hunty
Username: ssjelitegirl
Language(s): German (don't even know about the level. I could talk my way through Germany but can't write my way out of a paper bag. Intermediateish?)
Do you want a partner for each language: Either or.
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Sure, or you can drop me for a round.
Name: Birdy
Username: birdy
Language(s): Spanish
Do you want a partner for each language: I only have one language, so really, I only need one.
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Probably not, since I can be really fail when it comes to keeping up with messages and stuff. ^^;
Other comments: I admit I'm not too keen on the idea of voice/video chat, though I know it'd be helpful for pronunciations and stuff. Of the two, I'm more likely to be willing for voice chat, but yeah. Would rather neither, probably. ^^;
Name: Elcie
Username: Elycien
Language(s): Spanish
Do you want a partner for each language: only one so yes. XD
Are you willing to take a second partner if there's an odd number?: Yes
Other comments: I took Spanish for about seven years but it's been a while and I'm pretty rusty. I am willing to do text OR voice, and I have Skype, so whatever works.
