Excellent site, I need to pick up French in case my profession (working within the hockey industry) takes me to certain areas of Canada. This should be a good start before I take more formal lessons to work on the grammatical aspect rather than just vocabulary.

So far, 15 words, 790 points, 100% accuracy.

Username: TL-Yaki

FILM

United States663 Posts

November 07 2011 08:21 GMT

#222

I'm using the Korean Master List. I don't know what good all this vocabulary will do me seeing as how I have little to no knowledge of the alphabet, but I'm giving it a shot anyway. That said, I also pretty much skip every one of the 'write this word in Korean' questions. Maybe someday in the future I will be able to read a sign in Korean or two.

Baobab

Korea (South)153 Posts

November 07 2011 08:21 GMT

#223

On November 07 2011 15:30 slmw wrote:
Kickass game. I wish Korean was featured, and it would be easy to first learn the alphabets, then some basic vocabulary, and finally some Starcraft vocabulary!

Add tl-yuizy to the list.

If you want to learn Korean, I strongly recommend talktomeinkorean.com

They have a section for learning the Korean alphabet (Hangeul) and also just about anything else related to learning Korean.

Great site! Started on the Korean today, it's quite addictive. Add me to the list if you like, TL-Emergency

Cow

Canada1104 Posts

November 07 2011 08:22 GMT

#224

Gonna brush up on my Mandarin. If I'm feeling good after that, I might even relearn my French.
Sign me up, TL-Cow

Slurgi

United States118 Posts

November 07 2011 08:36 GMT

#225

I'll join in, practice my Korean.

Name: Slurgi
Language: Korean

Seems like a nice supplement to my current method for learning Korean - being in Korea and needing to communicate with others in order to buy food, go to the bathroom, etc

FILM

United States663 Posts

November 07 2011 08:46 GMT

#226

Has anyone had any luck uploading an avatar? Seems to be giving me some problems.

ZzZBored

Australia368 Posts

November 07 2011 08:47 GMT

#227

Gonna try out some Korean, looks like a pretty interesting idea.
TL-zzzbored

CloudCat

Singapore160 Posts

November 07 2011 08:47 GMT

#228

of all things, i found the SAT eng v. useful. haha^^
TL-Cloudcat

N4ppy

Germany17 Posts

November 07 2011 08:52 GMT

#229

using the french one
TL-N4ppy

iG.Forever

Korea (South)148 Posts

November 07 2011 08:57 GMT

#230

wow really useful site thx!!! appreciate it ^^

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

November 07 2011 09:01 GMT

#231

looks good =) doing the spanish one

Meteo Rain

Finland98 Posts

November 07 2011 09:04 GMT

#232

It's funny that you can learn complete new language by just playing a games that have the language you want to learn.

Like myself i'm from Finland so my main language is Finnish but I always played Final Fantasies when I was child and of course they all were in English. English in Finland comes in third grade so regularly people learn English just then but me I never had to learn it from by studying because I learned it from games.

Actually I don't know how this happened but suddenly from one point I came in interest that what the story was and what the people in the games were saying. From there I just learned English on my own somehow I don't know how it's possible but 'meh' i'm not complaining.

So just by mass gaming you can learn new language.

I think that I learned English by repeating the games and finally came in interest that ''What the f*ck you are saying!''.
Because I did play the Final Fantasy 9 over 15 times over and over again ^.^ also I played Final Fantasy 7 so man times over and over again. So when I finally knew the story by not 'reading' anything but just playing and skipping the conversations the people had, then I started to try to understand "that what's up?" and eventually I learned English.

Just wanted to share my story of learning English!

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2590 Posts

November 07 2011 09:12 GMT

#233

I've just created an account and I'm really impressed! I'm an American, and I've learned Japanese and German to fluency as an adult, so I've dedicated a lot of time to learning about language acquisition. This site seems basically to do all the grunt work associated with what I learned as the "memory box" method for learning vocabulary, which for me was by far the most efficient method: You add some number of words to your box each day, and the box is divided into chambers. First chamber has a couple days' worth of cards, next chamber a week's worth, and so on, and you practice each chamber with decreasing frequency, promoting or demoting cards through the chambers based on whether you still remember them.

The reason this works is very well illustrated by the plant metaphor the site uses: When you learn something new, you need to fire the neurons storing the information pretty frequently so that it sticks, and then you can maintain the knowledge with less and less frequent refreshment. If you look at the same flashcards every day, you're wasting time that could be better invested in new information, and if you don't look at a flashcard for too long you risk losing the knowledge. The major hassle of the system is keeping up with the new cards every day and reorganizing your words into the chambers they belong in. Since this site takes care of both of those tasks, though, and even throws a cool gamelike interface on top of it, I'm totally pumped!

I'm running a JLPT level 2 word set that's pretty cool, and I think I'll add French, which I've been wanting to pick up ever since I came to Germany. If the site turns out to be as cool as it looks at first glance, this might actually be the thing that finally convinces me to get a smart phone: Being able to quiz vocab on the road without making flashcards and carrying a big plastic box around would be soooooo cool!

TL-AmericanUmlaut, by the way :-D

Dobrev

Bulgaria30 Posts

November 07 2011 09:14 GMT

#234

I was looking for a tool to build up my german treasury. Thanks and add me to the list: TL-Dobrev

Intact

Sweden634 Posts

November 07 2011 09:16 GMT

#235

TL-Intact.
Doing mandarin atm.

Nuckels

Scotland6 Posts

November 07 2011 09:19 GMT

#236

Registered and learning Mandarin!
TL-Nuckels

ULTRAmarine

Sweden47 Posts

November 07 2011 09:37 GMT

#237

Kinda unrelated but my dad bought me baldurs gate in german when i was 9-10 yrs old. Didnt understand jack shit but fell in love with the game and woopdidoo, a year later i finished the game and read german like a boss. Speaking came later.

chenchen

United States1136 Posts

November 07 2011 09:43 GMT

#238

Yeah it's funny to hear from quite a lot of Western Europeans learning English naturally at a young age from exposure to English media. I've read quite a few accounts of Europeans on TL learning English from just playing games lol. Never quite had that experience as every language I'm fluent in, I learned basically as a native speaker in complete immersion.