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Points Awards for January, 2010

2010-02-08T16:52:08-08:00

VeraI had another impressive month of contributing to the LingQ libraries earning over 5000 points in the process. That is enough for two and a half hours of live tutoring! Congratulations also to nobuo and studentallison for entering the top five. See the points awards for June, 2008 for details on how the points are awarded. You, too, can profit and keep LingQ as the best place to learn languages!

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Honour Roll: January, 2010

2010-02-08T16:08:40-08:00

Thanks to all who were so active last month on LingQ. This time there

are a lot of changes in the top ten. It is nice to see crowderd, mikola,

robg, Niksa and marbati back. Of course thanks to our regulars for their

phenomenal consistency. Learner25 has been consistently in the top 5

recently and has in fact hit number one. Congratulations! The Dutch are

back on top!

For those in the Northern Hemisphere, February is a month of looking

forward to the first signs of spring and staying warm inside with our

loved ones. Perhaps the need for warmth in the middle of winter was the

origin of Saint Valentine's Day :). Whether we are inside next to a warm

fire, outside skiing, or enjoying a warm beach in Australia or South

Africa, let's remember to keep LingQing and getting closer to our goal

of becoming international citizens!

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New Lessons in January

2010-02-08T15:55:26-08:00

Chinese

Character Recognition and Australian Chinese Newspapers...

Meihua asks Peter about his progress with written Chinese. He learns about 20 characters each week and can now recognise about 200. The question of simplified and full characters arises and Peter has a first careful look at an Australian Chinese language newspaper.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Class Activities

Meihua asks whether Peter can understand his teacher's Chinese and they go on to talk about some of the things he does in class relating to learning spoken Chinese.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Damn Simple Chinese

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 20, New This Month: 9

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

English

AJ's free resources

AJ Hoge's Effortless English
Lessons in Collection: 7, New This Month: 2

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Complete and unabridged dramatic audio performance of the classic book. "Delightful,"says The Guardian of London. Directed and narrated by Karen Chan. Featuring Amanda Bosley as Alice.
Lessons in Collection: 11, New This Month: 1

A stay on Crozet Island

Telling you about my stay on Crozet, a little, windy island lost in the Indian Ocean, where I left a part of myself, is a way to get rid of my memories that have been haunting me for years. So I decided to release my ship’s log in which I described day after day my life there. This story is read by my friends John Budding,Jason Dixon and Peter Launonen
Lessons in Collection: 7, New This Month: 1

Astronomy Cast

Astronomy Cast takes a fact based journey through the cosmos as it offers listeners weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. Gay (SIUE), this show brings the questions of an avid astronomy lover direct to an astronomer. Together Fraser and Pamela explore what is known and being discovered about the universe around us. http://astronomycast.com Podcast used with permission.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Astronomy News from Universe Today

Universe Today is an Astronomy news blog. This collection contains some of their posts read aloud. Check them out at http://universetoday.com All articles used with permission. Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
Lessons in Collection: 3, New This Month: 3

Barack Obama's Speeches

Interesting speeches by Barack Obama
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 1

Breathing Liquid

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Coaches corner

Here is where I will put the occasional short article about learning languages in general, and learning certain languages in particular. By the way, the image is of the coach of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team, Alain Vigneault, not the President of Russia, Dimitriy Medvedev.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 1

Emperor Norton

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

EnglishLingQ

The EnglishLingQ podcast is produced by The Linguist Institute. The podcast comes in a variety of formats from more formal lesson type episodes to more casual everyday conversations.
Lessons in Collection: 181, New This Month: 2

Euskara

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Keith's Voice

Audio blog posts that I wrote and recorded.
Lessons in Collection: 8, New This Month: 3

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Listen to English

This podcasts will help you to improve your English vocabulary and pronunciation and your listening skills. British English!
Lessons in Collection: 62, New This Month: 4

Operation Migration

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Optical Painters’ Aids

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Parkour

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Security Now!

TechTV's Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson take 30 to 90 minutes near the end of each week to discuss important issues of personal computer security. Sometimes they discuss something that just happened. Sometimes they talk about long-standing problems, concerns, or solutions. Either way, every week they endeavor to produce something interesting and important for every personal computer user.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Tableware Taboos

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Ted Landphair

Ted Landphair articles from Voice of America
Lessons in Collection: 53, New This Month: 8

Texan in Japan Journal

I was raised in Texas. Now I live in Japan. This is a blog about my life in Japan.
Lessons in Collection: 3, New This Month: 3

The Marvelous Land of Oz

The Marvelous Land of Oz, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published on July 5, 1904, is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Marvelous Land of Oz is the story of the wonderful adventures of the young boy named Tip as he travels throughout the many lands of Oz. Here he meets with our old friends the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, as well as some new friends like Jack Pumpkinhead, the Wooden Sawhorse, the Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug, and the amazing Gump.
Lessons in Collection: 21, New This Month: 21

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Lippincott Edition)

The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel written by Oscar Wilde, and first came out as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on June 20, 1890. Wilde later revised this edition, making several alterations, and adding new chapters; the amended version was published by Ward, Lock, and Company in April 1891. The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is greatly impressed by Dorian's physical beauty and becomes strongly infatuated with him, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Talking in Basil's garden, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty, and the fulfilment of the senses. Realising that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian cries out, wishing that the portrait Basil has painted of him would age rather than himself. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, subsequently plunging him into a series of debauched acts. The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul, with each sin being displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through a sign of aging. The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered one of the last works of classic gothic horror fiction with a strong Faustian theme. It deals with the artistic movement of the decadents, and homosexuality, both of which caused some controversy when the book was first published. However, in modern times, the book has been referred to as "one of the modern classics of Western literature." (Summary by Wikipedia)
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 1

The Planets

Learn about the planets in our solar system.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, by Kenneth Grahame

Read by Adrian Praetzellis Audio source files are here http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-solo/
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 4

This is America

VOA Special English broadcasts a fifteen-minute program about life and issues in the United States.
Lessons in Collection: 11, New This Month: 3

VOA

Global and US News by Voice of America
Lessons in Collection: 95, New This Month: 83

VOA (EDITORIALS)

Voice of America (VOA) EDITORIALS (regular speed) : reflecting the views of the US Government
Lessons in Collection: 21, New This Month: 3

VOA Entertainment

Entertainment news in Voice of America (VOA) (Regular Speed) Movie Reviews and Interviews, Music
Lessons in Collection: 36, New This Month: 8

VOA News Reports

Interesting articles of VOA.
Lessons in Collection: 3, New This Month: 3

VOA (Regular Speed)

Global News and US news on Voice of America (VOA)
Lessons in Collection: 75, New This Month: 1

VOA(Regular Speed) WORDMASTER

WORDMASTER is one of the programs in Voice of America(VOA). Avi Arditti and Rosanne Skirble interview experts about English learning.
Lessons in Collection: 44, New This Month: 3

VOA Special English

The Voice of America (VOA) Special English
Lessons in Collection: 98, New This Month: 15

VOA Special English News

Here are excepts of daily news by VOA Special English
Lessons in Collection: 9, New This Month: 3

VOA The Making of a Nation

THE MAKING OF A NATION has a loyal following. In fact, listener research finds it the most popular weekly program in VOA Special English.
Lessons in Collection: 6, New This Month: 6

French

15. LES MISÉRABLES, Tome II—Cosette - Livre septième—Parenthèse

LES MISÉRABLES (1862) un roman de Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Tome II—Cosette (1862) LES MISÉRABLES - C’est un roman historique, social et philosophique dans lequel on retrouve les idéaux du romantisme et ceux de Victor Hugo concernant la nature humaine. L’auteur lui-même accorde une grande importance à ce roman et écrit en mars 1862, à son éditeur Lacroix : « Ma conviction est que ce livre sera un des principaux sommets, sinon le principal, de mon œuvre ». (Source : Wikipedia) +*Added to LingQ by Bonnie*+
Lessons in Collection: 8, New This Month: 8

À la République de Genève Par Jean-Jacques Rousseau

De l’inégalité parmi les hommes est un essai philosophique d’une centaine de pages environ, richement annoté par l’auteur, introduit par une lettre de louanges à la République de Genève ainsi que par une préface de l’auteur datée du 12 Juin 1754.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Alice au pays des merveilles

Par Lewis Carrol
Lessons in Collection: 8, New This Month: 6

Carnet de voyages

Si vous décidez de lire ce carnet de voyage, vous allez partager avec moi quatorze mois de ma vie sur une petite île perdue aux confins de l'océan Indien en direction du Pôle Sud. Cette île est considérée comme le sanctuaire de la plus grosse concentration d'oiseaux au monde. Vingt-cinq millions d'oiseaux nichent et se reproduisent dans cette région sauvage au climat particulièrement rude. Mais les oiseaux ne sont pas les seuls animaux à vivre là-bas, vous pourrez rencontrer aussi des manchots, des éléphants de mer, des otaries, des orques et éventuellement une poignée d'autres animaux étranges.... des êtres humains, vingt-trois pour être précis. Alors si l'aventure vous tente, feuilletez avec moi ce carnet de voyage. If you decide to read this ship's log, you are going to share with me fourty months in a wild island lost in the middle of nowhere toward the South Pole. This island is considered to be the sanctuary for 25 million birds. A lot of other animals live there, such as penguins, seal elephants, whale killers and a handful of strange animals.... human beings! If this adventure attracts you, lets leaf through this ship's log together!
Lessons in Collection: 31, New This Month: 12

Clea cuisine

Cléa, amatrice et passionnée de cuisine, crée sans cesse pour son plus grand plaisir de nouvelles recettes qu'elle fait partager sur son blog www.cleacuisine.fr, d'où sont issus les textes de cette collection.
Lessons in Collection: 18, New This Month: 5

Conversation en Français

C'est mon ami français Pascal, qui m'a hébergé chez lui pendant un certain temps, qui fait le podcast. Je l'ai aidé à faire son site. Il y a beaucoup d'exercices de grammaire. C'est très amusant de les faire! Si vous vous intéressez à ce site, voici l'adresse. http://www.conversation-en-francais.com/ This is my friend Pascal's podcast. There are a lot of excellent grammar exercises on this web site. If you are interested in it, here is the address. http://www.conversation-en-francais.com/anglais/index-angl.php
Lessons in Collection: 12, New This Month: 2

Ecrits de membres

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

FREQUENCE TERRE

L'écologie est aujourd'hui un sujet qui préoccupe de plus en plus et nous avons de nombreuses choses à apprendre. Cette collection traite de divers sujets qui sont en relation avec l'écologie et la protection de l'environnement...
Lessons in Collection: 62, New This Month: 19

J’accuse…! Par Émile Zola

J’accuse est le titre d’un article rédigé par Émile Zola lors de l’affaire Dreyfus et publié dans le journal L’Aurore du 13 janvier 1898 sous forme d’une lettre ouverte au Président de la République Félix Faure. Il s’est inspiré d’un dossier fourni en 1896 par l’écrivain Bernard Lazare. (Résumé de Wikipedia)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Questions

Un texte court (30 s en moyenne) ; quelques mots de vocabulaire ; une question à laquelle tu peux essayer de répondre en français // A short text (30 s on average); some vocabulary words; a question that you can try to answer in French // Un texto corto (30 s de media); algo de vocabulario; una pregunta que puedes intentar contestar en francés // Kurze Texte (30 Sekunden ungefähr) mit neuem Vokabular und eine Frage, die du in französisch beantworten kannst. // Короткий текст ( в среднем 30 сек ); немного слов для Вашего словаря; вопрос, на который можно попробовать ответить по-французски.
Lessons in Collection: 22, New This Month: 1

Textes très courts pour vrais débutants - Very short texts for real beginners

为真正初学者而设的非常短文 - Sehr kurze Texte für Beginner - Короткие тексты для самых начинающих - 初心者のための短いテキスト - Textos cortísimos para principiantes de verdad - Zeer korte teksten voor echte beginners - 왕초보자를 위한 아주 짧은 문장들 -
Lessons in Collection: 17, New This Month: 5

Virelangues

Un virelangue est un texte ludique, difficile à prononcer rapidement // tongue-twisters - trabalenguas -
Lessons in Collection: 3, New This Month: 3

"Vive le Québec libre!" (1967 speech by Charles de Gaulle)

This is a somewhat notorious speech made by French President, General Charles de Gaulle, during an official visit to Canada in 1967. Addressing a large francophone crowd in Montréal, he ended his speech by apparently calling for the 'liberation' of Québec - i.e. for it to break away from the rest of Canada as an independant state! (He was reflecting an opinion held by many natives of Québec at that time, however the speech aroused fury in the rest of Canada, and the resulting diplomatic storm forced him to cut short his vist and return to France.)
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

German

A bis Z: Geschichten aus der Zeitung

In dieser Sammlung berichte ich von Beiträgen, die ich in der Zeitung gelesen habe und die mein Interesse geweckt haben. Es ist eine ziemlich bunte Mischung, die viele Informationen zum Leben in Deutschland bringt. Es sind manchmal ganz alltägliche Geschichten, mal sind es Geschichten über besondere Projekte, aber auch sehr viele soziale und kulturelle Themen, vieles aus unserer Region, was aber ähnlich für ganz Deutschland gilt. Einfach ein bunter und hoffentlich interessanter Strauß von Geschichten. Geeignet für Mittelstufe und Fortgeschrittene. Inhalt bereitgestellt in LingQ durch Tutorin Vera. Ich freue mich, wenn ich dir beim Erlernen von Deutsch helfen kann. Content contributed by Tutor Vera. I am looking forward helping you with your German. Level: Intermediate and Advanced.
Lessons in Collection: 37, New This Month: 1

Ab jetzt lerne ich Deutsch! German Now!

Easy German content for absolute beginners! Click on the title of this collection to start with item 01.01! This collection is for Beginner with no or very low knowledge. This collection contains mostly short dialogs spoken by myself, my sister, my daughter and others. Target is to get a basic vocabulary and to be able for asking and answering simple questions. This collection will be expanded. Look back from time to time for updates. Copyright by Vera Ihrig. Einfaches Deutsch für absolute Anfänger. Klicke auf den Titel dieser Sammlung und starte mit Lektion 01.01! Das ist eine Sammlung für Anfänger ohne Vorkenntnisse. Diese Sammlung umfasst vor allem kleine Dialoge gesprochen von mir, meiner Tochter, meiner Schwester und Anderen. Ziel ist es, einen Grundwortschatz aufzubauen und einfache Fragen stellen und beantworten können. Die Sammlung wird noch erweitert, also schaue immer mal wieder nach, ob es neue Inhalte gibt! Diese Sammlung unterliegt dem Copyright von Vera Ihrig. Verwendung und Verbreitung nur mit meiner Erlaubnis. Ich freue mich immer über Rückmeldungen und Anregungen unter vera.i.d(at)gmx.de
Lessons in Collection: 131, New This Month: 2

Ab jetzt lerne ich Deutsch! Privat!

Easy German content for beginners! Click on the title of this collection to start with item 20.01! This collection contains mostly short dialogs spoken by myself, my sister, my daughter and others. This collection continuos "Ab jetzt lerne ich Deutsch! German Now!". This collection will be expanded. Look back from time to time for updates. Copyright by Vera Ihrig. Einfaches Deutsch für Anfänger. Klicke auf den Titel dieser Sammlung und starte mit Lektion 20.01! Diese Sammlung umfasst vor allem kleine Dialoge gesprochen von mir, meiner Tochter, meiner Schwester und Anderen. Diese Sammlung ist die Fortsetzung von "Ab jetzt lerne ich Deutsch! German Now!". Die Sammlung wird noch erweitert, also schaue immer mal wieder nach, ob es neue Inhalte gibt! Diese Sammlung unterliegt dem Copyright von Vera Ihrig. Verwendung und Verbreitung nur mit meiner Erlaubnis. Ich freue mich immer über Rückmeldungen und Anregungen unter vera.i.d(at)gmx.de
Lessons in Collection: 11, New This Month: 8

Der Chemie Reporter

Der Podcast für Neugierige. In diesen unterhaltsamen Episoden beantwortet der Chemie Reporter Alltagsfragen unserer Podcasthörer zum Thema Chemie.
Lessons in Collection: 5, New This Month: 5

Der Mauerfall

Am 09. November 2009 jährt sich zum zwanzigsten Mal der Fall der Berliner Mauer. Jeden Monat im Jahr 2009 hören Sie hier eine authentische Erinnerung zur Öffnung der Berliner Mauer - ohne Kommentar! Dieser Podcast ist eine Produktion der Werkstatt für audio:beiträge (http://www.audiobeitraege.de/) Inhalt transkribiert und bereitgestellt in LingQ durch Tutorin Vera. Ich freue mich, wenn ich dir beim Erlernen von Deutsch helfen kann. Content contributed by Tutor Vera. I am looking forward to helping you with your German.
Lessons in Collection: 12, New This Month: 2

Der NABU-Podcast

Seit November 2007 gibt es den NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland) auch zum Hören. Nicht nur Vogelstimmen, Musik und Interviews machen den Podcast zu einem wahren Vergnügen fürs Ohr. Ob auf dem Weg zur Arbeit oder zwischendurch im Internet, "Kuckuck, liebe Hörer" entführt Sie für einige Minuten in eine andere Welt. Geeignet für Mittelstufe und Fortgeschrittene. Inhalt transkribiert und bereitgestellt in LingQ durch Tutorin Vera. Ich freue mich, wenn ich dir beim Erlernen von Deutsch helfen kann. Interesting if you like nature. Content contributed by Tutor Vera. I am looking forward helping you with your German. Niveau: Intermediate and Advanced.
Lessons in Collection: 21, New This Month: 1

Deutsche Städte und Regionen

Diese Sammlung enthält Informationen über Städte und Regionen in Deutschland. Geeignet für Mittelstufe 2 und Fortgeschrittene. Nach und nach werden weitere Folgen veröffentlicht. Schau ab und zu mal in diese Sammlung. This collection will be expanded. Take sometimes a look at this collection! Inhalt erstellt und bereitgestellt in LingQ durch Tutorin Vera. Ich freue mich, wenn ich dir beim Erlernen von Deutsch helfen kann. Über Rückmeldungen und Anregungen unter Vera.I.D(at)gmx.de freue ich mich. Recorded by Tutor Vera. I am looking forward helping you with your German.
Lessons in Collection: 42, New This Month: 2

Dübels Geistesblitz

Einer der populärsten Podcasts Deutschlands! Mini-Hörspiele (Comedy) von Marcus Dübel: Die Wikipedia beschreibt einen Geistesblitz in etwa so: Unter einem Geistesblitz versteht man eine plötzliche Erkenntnis oder Idee oder eine geistvolle Erleuchtung. Meist weiß die betroffene Person nicht, woher dieser Einfall gekommen ist, weil er nicht unbedingt einem vorherigen Gedankengang entspringt, sondern aus heiterem Himmel zu kommen scheint. Besser könnte ich meinen Podcast selbst nicht beschreiben. Inhalt transkribiert und bereitgestellt in LingQ durch Tutorin Vera. Ich freue mich, wenn ich dir beim Erlernen von Deutsch helfen kann. Content contributed by Tutor Vera. I am looking forward helping you with your German.
Lessons in Collection: 94, New This Month: 3

Gans am Boden

Eine Glosse über das Leben im Allgemeinen und im Speziellen: Kennen Sie das? Sie kaufen sich einen Anzug mit zwei Jacken und verbrennen sich die Hose Klar Ihre Kassenschlange ist die Langsamste, egal wie oft Sie wechseln Ihre Oma hat damals behauptet 'Früher war alles besser!' und heute geben sie ihr des Öfteren Recht? Inhalt transkribiert und bereitgestellt in LingQ durch Tutorin Vera. Ich freue mich, wenn ich dir beim Erlernen von Deutsch helfen kann. Content contributed by Tutor Vera. I am looking forward to helping you with your German.
Lessons in Collection: 26, New This Month: 2

GEOaudio

GEOaudio: Mit den Ohren reisen. Deutschlands erfolgreichster Reise-Podcast.
Lessons in Collection: 33, New This Month: 2

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Österreich - dies und das

Was ich immer schon über Österreich und die Österreicher wissen wollte...
Lessons in Collection: 7, New This Month: 2

Peterchens Mondfahrt von Gerdt von Bassewitz

Gerdt von Bassewitz (1878 - 1923) Der Autor von "Peterchens Mondfahrt" schrieb viele Dramen, die zu seinen Lebzeiten auch aufgeführt wurden. Trotzdem blieb die Person Gerdt Bernhard von Bassewitz-Hohenluckow unbekannt. Als Sohn eines preussischen Beamten, aus mecklenburgischem Uradel stammend, war er Leutnant der preußischen Landwehr, Schauspieler, Direktionsassistent am Kölner Stadttheater und zuletzt freier Schriftsteller in Berlin. Seine dramatischen Arbeiten waren bald vergessen, erfolgreich war und blieb dagegen sein Kinderbuch "Peterchens Mondfahrt", das seit seinem Erscheinen Kinderherzen zu erfreuen und zu fesseln vermag. Quelle: Projekt Gutenberg)
Lessons in Collection: 10, New This Month: 3

Reflexionen zur deutschen Grammatik

Grammatik ohne Lehrbuch in Beispielen.
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 2

Rhetorik-Seminar

Matthias Pöhm gilt als "der beste Rhetoriktrainer im deutschsprachigen Raum" (Nordwest Zeitung). Hier findet man Texte von seiner Homepage gesprochen von Vera Ihrig. Der Autor der Texte ist Matthias Pöhm. Diese Texte sind seiner Homepage entnommen: www.rhetorik-seminar.ch Dort finden Sie weitere nützliche Informationen zum wirkungsvollen Reden. Copyright Matthias Pöhm.
Lessons in Collection: 6, New This Month: 3

The Linguist. Eine persönliche Anleitung für das Sprachenlernen

(No description)
Lessons in Collection: 17, New This Month: 7

Veras Corner

In dieser Sammlung werde ich über meine Erfahrungen beim Sprachenlernen sprechen. Manchmal werde ich auf Beiträge von Steve oder anderen eingehen, die ich in Englisch gelesen oder gehört habe. Geeignet für Mittelstufe und Fortgeschrittene. Inhalt bereitgestellt in LingQ durch Tutorin Vera. Ich freue mich, wenn ich dir beim Erlernen von Deutsch helfen kann. Content contributed by Tutor Vera. I am looking forward helping you with your German. Level: Intermediate and Advanced.
Lessons in Collection: 27, New This Month: 2

Vera's Diary for beginners

Easy German content for beginners! Easy words, and slowly spoken! This collection is for Beginners with a low knowledge. The target is to get a basic vocabulary. This collection will be expanded. Look back from time to time for updates. For some lessons is an equivalent English lesson available. Check http://www.lingq.com/learn/en/store/40424/. Copyright by Vera Ihrig. Einfaches Deutsch für Anfänger mit geringen Kenntnissen! Einfache Worte, langsam gesprochen! Ziel ist es, ein Basis-Vokabular aufzubauen. Die Sammlung wird noch erweitert, also schaue immer mal wieder nach, ob es neue Inhalte gibt! Diese Sammlung unterliegt dem Copyright von Vera Ihrig. Verwendung und Verbreitung nur mit meiner Erlaubnis. Ich freue mich immer über Rückmeldungen und Anregungen unter vera.i.d(at)gmx.de
Lessons in Collection: 50, New This Month: 2

Veras Tagebuch

Hier erzähle ich von Dingen, die ich erlebt habe. Ich erzähle hier Begebenheiten, von denen ich auch in "Veras diary for beginners" erzähle, aber ausführlicher, mit mehr Wortschatz, komplexeren Strukturen und natürlich sind die Beiträge hier auch schneller gesprochen. Diese Sammlung ist geeignet für gute Beginner 2 oder ab Mittelstufe. Sind Dir die Texte zu schwer? Dann versuche es doch einmal mit "Vera's Diary for beginners". Die Sammlung wird noch erweitert, also schaue immer mal wieder nach, ob es neue Inhalte gibt! Diese Sammlung unterliegt dem Copyright von Vera Ihrig. Verwendung und Verbreitung nur mit meiner Erlaubnis. Ich freue mich immer über Rückmeldungen und Anregungen unter vera.i.d(at)gmx.de
Lessons in Collection: 40, New This Month: 2

Vorsicht: Persönlichkeitsentwicklung

Warum ist persönliche Veränderung so verdammt schwierig? Podcast von Dipl.-Psych. Roland Kopp-Wichmann
Lessons in Collection: 28, New This Month: 2

Italian

Conversation for beginner

Si tratta di un livello base di conversazione in italiano
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 3

Dott.ssa Patrizia Gentilini- Menzogne sugli inceneritori

Dott.ssa Patrizia Gentilini racconta il caso della trascrizione inesatta sulla presunta iniquità danni provocati dagli inceneritori.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Grillo168

Rubrica curata da Beppe Grillo, in cui egli discute vari argomenti che vanno dalla politica all'ambiente, dall'economia alla criminalità
Lessons in Collection: 13, New This Month: 12

Il giro d’Italia – visita alle maggiori città italiane ed ai borghi più caratteristici

Una raccolta delle descrizioni delle più belle città italiane e dei suoi borghi.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 1

Il regalo di Berlusconi

Peter Gomez spiega i dettagli sul processo Mills
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Intervista a Enrico Fedrighini, consigliere comunale di Milano

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Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Intervista sul processo breve ad Antonio Ingroia - Procuratore antimafia

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Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

ItalianLingQ

Learn Italian from the ItalianLingQ podcast. Each episode can be studied using the learning tools available at LingQ.com
Lessons in Collection: 51, New This Month: 1

Italian recipes

Imparare l'Italiano cucinando piatti tipici e non...
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

L'Aquila si poteva salvare

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Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Movimento 5 Stelle: Il Programma

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Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Passaparola - Marco Travaglio

Video settimanali pubblicati dal Blog di Beppe Grillo, in cui il giornalista Marco Travaglio svela verità spesso inquietanti riguardo la politica italiana.
Lessons in Collection: 3, New This Month: 3

Short stories

Una raccolta di racconti brevi con delle domande al termine.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Japanese

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

ペンパル（Penpals)

Rasana, a girl from Russia, writes letters to her Japanese friend Emma. Rasana does not know Japanese well, so the letters are written in rather simple language. Emma realises that Rasana has some difficulties with understanding Emma's letters, so she tries to keep the conversation simple too. They write about their countries, customs and other things that are interesting to them. Suitable for beginners. Available in Russian too - http://www.lingq.com/learn/ru/store/38608.
Lessons in Collection: 24, New This Month: 2

リングイスト（外国語に堪能な人）. 個人的体験に基づく外国語習得のためのガイドブック.

個人的体験に基づく外国語習得のためのガイドブック著者：スティーブ・コフマン音声：ユカ
Lessons in Collection: 57, New This Month: 7

私のこと

My nick name is dillemme. I have decided to write my composition today. I think my japanese is not perfect but I will do my best. Thank you.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

面白い話 (interesting stories)

I will tell you in japanese something interesting I found in a newspaper, a magazine and a daily life, etc.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Portuguese

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Provérbios Populares

Provérbios são parte da cultura de um povo. Mais vale um pássaro na mão do que cem voando. É na necessidade que se conhece o amigo. Pense duas vezes antes de agir.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Russian

Cakypa's audioblog - Аудиоблог Сакуры

10-минутные подкасты обо всём на свете
Lessons in Collection: 13, New This Month: 10

COOLинария

Занимательная кулинария вместе с Еленой Вайцеховской. http://velena.ru/elena/COOL/index.html
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Cвистать всех на!

Увлекательнейший аудио-сит-ком сериал. Замкнутое пространство сухогруза "Конёк-Горбунок", свежий морской бриз, Бермудская аномалия, что ещё нужно для полного счастья? Три харизматических героя: Капитан, Боцман и Юнга! Это они вступают в неравный бой со скукой при помощи лени, тупости и разгильдяйства! З.Ы. СЛУШАТЬ ГРОМКО! http://svistat-vseh-na.rpod.ru/
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 4

Journey to the Kingdom of Far-Far-Away - Путешествие в Тридевятое королевство

Мои заметки о путешествии во Владивосток в октябре 2008 года.
Lessons in Collection: 5, New This Month: 1

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Mои Олимпийские игры

"Я не претендовала на объективность, начиная писать эту книгу. Не ставила перед собой цель максимально полно изложить хронологию тех или иных Олимпиад. Эти воспоминания дороги тем, что за каждой отдельно взятой историей стоят очень близкие мне люди. Которым я безумно признательна за пережитые вместе мгновения успехов, неудач... За то, что их Олимпийские игры стали и моими тоже..." Елена Вайцеховская. http://velena.ru/elena/index.html
Lessons in Collection: 11, New This Month: 11

Rasana's Corner

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Lessons in Collection: 27, New This Month: 9

Russian from scratch

Do you think "It's all Greek to me!" when you see written Russian? No, it's not Greek, it's Russian (although the Russian alphabet is based on the Greek alphabet). Remember that in the same situation a Russian would say "It's all Chinese to me!" Let's learn Russian with 4-year-old Vera.
Lessons in Collection: 8, New This Month: 8

Welcome SPb

Статьи Сауханова Гани для сайта WelcomeSPb.com, в которых даются советы для переезжающих на постоянное место жительства в Санкт-Петербург.
Lessons in Collection: 5, New This Month: 5

Виды глаголов

В этой коллекции показано использование совершенного и несовершенного видов глаголов
Lessons in Collection: 3, New This Month: 1

В магазине.

Разные люди выбирают себе вещи и делают покупки.
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 4

В общественном месте.

Люди общаются на остановках, на вокзале. Встречаются в парке, саду. Кушают в ресторане. Сдают экзамены в университете. Описаны ситуации в разных общественных местах.
Lessons in Collection: 8, New This Month: 8

Древо поэзии

В этой коллекции представлены аудиоподкасты портала "Древо поэзии" - poetree.ru. Авторы данных подкастов - Андрей и Елена Кабиловы.
Lessons in Collection: 14, New This Month: 1

Здравствуйте! До свидания.

Здесь найдете фразы, которые говорят при знакомстве. А так же фразы, которые произносят при прощании.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Мои домашние любимцы

Люди рассказывают о том, какие животные есть у них в доме.
Lessons in Collection: 5, New This Month: 5

Мой дом.

Люди рассказывают о своих домах, квартирах. О том месте где они живут.
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 4

Один будний день из моей жизни.

Разные люди рассказывают о том, как проходит их трудовой день.
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 4

Погода и времена года.

В России ярко выражена смена времен года. Весна, лето , осень и зама отличаются друг от друга. Много талантливых людей посвятили свои стихи, музыку и песни временам года.
Lessons in Collection: 5, New This Month: 5

Поднять перископ!

Программа о том, как мы видим звёзд со своей глубины! http://podnyat-pereskop.rpod.ru/
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 4

Рассказы о себе.

Истории, в которых люди рассказывают о себе, о своей семье и о своих друзьях.
Lessons in Collection: 9, New This Month: 5

Хобби

Разные люди рассказывают о том, чем они любят заниматься.
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 4

Хоккей

Коллекция текстов об игре в хоккей. Описание того, где появился хоккей, как один из видов спорта. Виды хоккея. Интересные факты о данном виде спорта. Узнаете о том, чем отличается экипировка полевого игрока от вратаря.
Lessons in Collection: 20, New This Month: 20

ШколаЖизни.Ру

Журнал вопросов и ответов shkolazhizni.ru
Lessons in Collection: 92, New This Month: 6

Spanish

ALEJANDRO DOLINA - LO QUE ME COSTÓ EL AMOR DE LAURA — opereta criolla —-- (DUDAS, COMENTARIOS: aleja2009) --

ADVERTENCIA Nombro los antecedentes de este modesto relato musical: el petrarquismo, según el cual la belleza femenina opera milagros por sí sola. El viaje purificador a través del Infierno. Los mitos sobre el amor como recompensa de una hazaña. La idea del arte y del amor como meras trampas de la muerte. La certeza de que los mozos nunca traen lo que uno les pide. Cumplo en recordar la brevísima comedia musical de 1990 - »Una señorita demasiado exigente»- que junto a docenas de textos y canciones escritos para la radio y la televisión fue objeto de saqueo y transformación. Hago constar la aparición de Javier Zentne1; quien me reclamó enérgicamente la realización de este trabajo mientras me tentaba con valiosos consejos. Festejo la benéfica intervención de Oscar Gullace, que consiguió que la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional condescendiera a tocar nuestras torpes partituras. Juro que los arreglos de Federico Mizrahi influyeron en la obra y fueron una contribución creativa. Nombro a mis amigos Jorge Dorio, Carlos Bugarín, Gabriel Rolón, que con entonación ajena me ayudaron a completar unas letras. Nombro finalmente a María Laura Franco, que ha escrito algunos versos y ha inspirado el resto.
Lessons in Collection: 15, New This Month: 15

Artículos breves

Colección de artículos breves que me parecen interesantes. Como siempre, intentaré subir dos versiones del mismo artículo, una a velocidad normal/natural para usuarios más avanzados, y otra más lenta para usuarios de nivel intermedio.
Lessons in Collection: 18, New This Month: 6

Audiria - Cultura

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Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 2

Audiria - Escenas Diarias

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Lessons in Collection: 20, New This Month: 10

El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha

Origen: España
Lessons in Collection: 22, New This Month: 4

Improvisaciones

En esta colección voy a limitarme a hablar espontáneamente, sin guión alguno, de temas cuotidianos, del día a día. A diferencia de las demás colecciones, la idea es hablar e improvisar sobre la marcha, y realizar la transcripción más tarde. De esta forma, se crea un audio natural, oral, disperso, propio del lenguaje hablado. Supongo que esta colección está más orientada a usuario medios o avanzados, anque también puede resultar interesante para usuarios noveles. En los casos en los que utilice expresiones muy coloquiales, intentaré crear un pequeño vocabulario/explicación al final de la lección. De todas formas, si hay algo que no entendéis, no dudéis en preguntar!
Lessons in Collection: 4, New This Month: 1

LingQ 101

An introductory collection for new LingQers.
Lessons in Collection: 1, New This Month: 1

Literatura moderna en español (Mexico)

Lectura o dramatización de algunas de las joyas de la literatura moderna en español. Voz de Alejandro Sierra.
Lessons in Collection: 2, New This Month: 1

Radialistas

http://www.radialistas.net - Producciones radiofónicas en texto y mp3 - "Pues los derechos de nuestras producciones son compartidos, así que puedes usarlas y difundirlas sin problemas, sólo no olvides citar la fuente." Jeanneth Cervantes P. Radialistas Apasionadas y Apasionados (12/01/2010).
Lessons in Collection: 25, New This Month: 6

Spanish Beginners

Easy content for students that are starting learning Spanish. The lessons will be really short but in a natural Spanish (a bit slower, but quite natural). I'll use expressions that we use everyday in Spain. Contenido sencillo para aquellos estudiantes que estén empezando a aprender español. Las lecciones serán muy cortas pero en un español natural (un poco más despacio, pero bastante natural). Utilizaré expresiones reales que usamos en España todos los días.
Lessons in Collection: 6, New This Month: 6

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Tell me your English problems

2010-02-04T17:57:47-08:00

Are you an English learner? Would the following idea be of interest?

You tell me the words and phrases in English that give you trouble,(email or comment right here on the blog).

I will make two lessons per week that use some of these words and phrases, one easy and one more difficult.

Each lesson will have both an MP3 file, and the text, for you to download.

Each lesson will appear in the LingQ library.

Let me know what you think.

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Your best friend when you learn a new language - your own language

2010-02-03T18:11:38-08:00

Your best friend when you learn a new language is your own language, or any language you know well. There is a lively debate in language learning circles between those who favour a bilingual dictionary versus those who favour a dictionary entirely in the language you are learning. I am 100 % on the side of those who favour a bilingual dictionary, always.

I suddenly realized that I really just rely on my own language to learn a new language, when I sat down to try to right a series of 12 articles for Korean newspaper about how to learn English. I went to my own library of books and got out all the grammar books, TOEFL and TOEIC guides, EFL books, phrasal verb guides and similar books that I have bought over the years, and which were part of my research in developing the learning system that eventually became LingQ.

As I looked through tables of content of these books, with terms like predicative, transposed order, kinds of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory), complements, verbals, appositives, modals, passive and past forms of infinitives and gerunds, causative verbs, coordinating conjunctions, reduction of adverb clauses to modifying adverbial phrases, and on and on and on. I suddenly stopped and said to myself; "Who can possibly read this stuff and study it?" I have never bothered getting to know these kinds of terms in any language that I was learning.

So what do I do when I learn? First of all I listen and read a lot. Then, I just observe how they say things in the new language. On the computer I can look up any word, and with google translate, I can look up any phrase, and find out roughly what it means in my language. Sometimes the translation does not make sense, but it is usually close. In any case, if the word or phrase is worth worrying about I will see it again. But my point of reference is what I already know, my own language. That is much clearer to me than all the distinctions described in the grammar books.

I just have to be on the look out for these words and phrases and patterns in the language. When in doubt I refer to my own language. Needless to say the yellow highlighted save LingQs are very helpful in that regard.

I do so much reading and listening in the language, often repeating at first, that referring back to my own language to understand words and phrases, does not distract me from getting into the new language.

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Language learning and TIS

2010-01-31T05:21:20-08:00

The most dangerous of all animals in the German speaking world is der Innere Schweinehund (the Inner Swinehound, TIS, generally unknown to non-German natives). It is a particularly dangerous beast, because its danger is very much underestimated.

Every German knows TIS, nearly everyone admits to have one at home, to feed him, to have become sort of attached to him and to sometimes even miss him. We talk about TIS with amused tolerance, as if we were talking about a precocious but quite endearing child. But beware once TIS is unleashed! Everything comes to a halt (at best). He won’t be tamed, nor chased away.

It is early morning, we really wanted to go jogging... and suddenly there is TIS growling “No way, José, I’m staying in bed” and the best laid (training) plans of mice and men definitely go awry…. At that very moment, we may feel grateful to TIH and, though feeling a bit guilty, enjoy an extra hour in bed, but…

Our Innerer Schweinehund is passive-aggressive and likes to have his way especially with those things that have become important to us, but which don’t fit into his Weltbild or are new or involve some kind of exertion or, as he sees it, which somehow deprive him of pleasure.

My very own Innerer Schweinehund seems to really object to the learning of foreign languages. The first month he just tolerates my enthusiasm, but by the end of the second month my perseverance is getting to him and he starts: “Why are you torturing yourself like that, just have a little game of Solitaire or two, just have some fun for once!” If I don’t obey immediately, he digs up the dirt: “You may as well give up now, you’ll never manage that, just remember what happened with XYZ, why should you put in so much effort for nothing?”

Since becoming a member of LingQ I have, quite unlike me, dared to oppose TIS and have attempted (and quite often succeeded) to ignore his constant growling, snapping and biting.

Recently, however, I had to have a longish LingQ pause due to family commitments and somehow or other TIS seems to have interpreted this as my having finally come to my senses and having put a stop to this language lark, as he calls it. I simply can’t manage to put myself back into learning mode, I even don’t fancy logging into LingQ (and I love the Forum!). My motivation seems to be buried deep under TIS’s claws, no doubt he has already mauled it to pieces.

There’s one ray of hope: TIS didn’t seem to mind my reading and listening too much during the LingQ pause. Should I manage it to calm him down regarding the learning and speaking of foreign language, he might allow me time off the leash again one of these days.

How can I make the idea palatable to him? Are there any relations of TIS in other languages? Perhaps I could introduce him to a foreign cousin, thereby diverting his attention away from me, and giving him a taste of kissing cousins? Any advice welcome!

P.S. He has allowed me to write and post this in English and in German, good doggie!

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When to correct a language learner.

2010-01-29T11:39:29-08:00

Just as with the parent correcting the child, correcting a language learner has a limited effect. You cannot possibly have all your mistakes corrected as you progress to fluency. You have to notice these mistakes yourself. Corrections can help make you more attentive to the language. But then it should be in the form of a written correction after a discussion, and not in the form of an interruption while communicating, in my view.

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The Linguist on Language blog as an ebook.

2010-01-29T09:57:07-08:00

I have compiled a summary of some of my blog posts of the past 5 years in the form of an ebook. You can download it if you scroll down on the right hand side of the blog. Let me know what you think.

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Current events radio in different languages

2010-01-19T13:09:01-08:00

I regularly listen to Echo Moskvi for lively interviews on current events, history and other subjects in Russian. This is a radio station with a website where you can download audio files and the transcripts. Does anyone know of similar websites, with sound and transcripts, of interesting interviews for other languages?

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A Video from Vera: How to start learning German with LingQ

2010-01-16T01:57:54-08:00

I recorded another video for YouTube in English: How to start learning German with LingQ. It is a short introduction for learners of German. For example, I explain how they could choose content from the German library. I hope you like. Sorry if I mispronounce some words. I'm just a learner of English :-)
Ich habe ein weiteres Video in Englisch aufgenommen. Es geht darum, wie man mit Deutschlernen bei LingQ starten kann. Ich erkläre z. B. wie man Inhalte aus der deutschen Bibliothek auswählen kann. Ich hoffe es gefällt Euch. Es tut mir leid, wenn ich Fehler bei der Aussprache mache, aber ich lerne immer noch :-)

Or use the link to the group LingQ Plaza and look out for the newest videos:
http://www.youtube.com/group/LingQplaza

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