Posts by Laura K Lawless
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Bonjour, Hola, Ciao! If you're interested in #French, #Spanish, and #Italian, you'll love my Lawless Languages Substack and Whatsapp!
On Substack, I compare and contrast features of these three Romance languages:
lawlesslanguages.substack.com
Black background covered in multicolored bursts of light. White text says Bonne résolutions pour le nouvel an. New Year's resolutions. Lawless French logo at the bottom.
Happy New Year! Take advantage of this annual fresh start to make a New Year's resolution regarding your #French learning.
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"Modern languages are not just about acquisition of language, but about circulation of ideas.
We forget that our medical knowledge (physiology, cardiology, the body and wellbeing) came from North Africa and the Middle East…
That knowledge arrived through translation and transformed our culture.”
Got back from traveling in Europe to discover a dead computer. There's nothing quite like the excitement of getting a new desktop facing off against the agony of weeks spent getting it set up just so. #edusky
I'm very excited to announce the launch of my latest project: Lawless Languages. On this new Substack, I'll be comparing and contrasting the three Romance languages I speak (French, Spanish, Italian). I hope you'll join me!
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Bonne fête du Premier Mai !
You probably know that May 1st is a holiday in #France, but did you know that it's two holidays?
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I'm pleased to announce that my latest book, a fully revisited and revised 2nd edition of French Essentials For Dummies, will be published this fall. And you can preorder it with a 25% discount from Barnes & Noble.
Details in comment.
Spanish Word Game
Practice your #Spanish with the Lingo Links game: from a grid of sixteen words, you have four attempts to find four groups of four words that share a connection, whether linguistic or cultural or something else entirely. ¡Jugue!
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#learningfrench #langsky #EduSky
French Signs of the Zodiac
Whether you are really into astrology, enjoy reading your horoscope for a bit of fun, or just want to be able to ask and answer that classic pick-up line, this page on #French signs of the zodiac can help.
#learningfrench #langsky #EduSky
L'église Saint-Samson d'Ouistreham, construite aux XIIᵉ et XIIIᵉ siècles, dans le Calvados pour illustrer la série d'émissions que Xavier Mauduit consacre à l'histoire de la Normandie dans Le Cours de l'histoire sur France Culture
Histoire de la Normandie 🍎 🐄 🌳 ☀️ 🥛 🌊 à l'occasion du millénaire de Caen, dont la première mention retrouvée date de 1025
Dans Le Cours de l'histoire @franceculture.fr @radiofrance.fr
Rollon à fond la caisse
Caen, un very goût de tripes
Révolte des Nu-pieds
1/6⬇️
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Green text at top says Speaking practice. Stylized globe is surrounded by line drawings (light bulbs, paper airplanes, graduation caps). Large speech bubble striped like the Italian flag (vertical stripes green, white, red) says CIAO. Lawless Italian logo at the bottom.
Italian Speaking Practice
One reason speaking #Italian can be tricky is that by its very nature it requires at least one other person. But finding people to talk to is easier than you might think, no matter where you live.
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#learningitalian #langsky #EduSky #speakitalian
Lower half of image is a beach with sand and sea. Over this, Spanish-themed images are scattered around, including a flamenco dancer holding a fan, a guitar, a grape fine, a bull, and a shrimp and fish in the water. Black text in center says Spanish for beginners. Lawless Spanish logo at the bottom.
Spanish 101
Start learning #Spanish from the bottom up with this self-study course divided into 30 loosely themed units: grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation lessons; cultural tips; and assorted listening exercises and quizzes along the way.
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#learningspanish #langsky #EduSky
At top, flowing text says Liaisons. Below, simple text says Required, Optional, Forbidden. Three colorful puzzle pieces held by hands are connected to each other, a fourth on the right is not connected.
French Liaisons à fond
The musicality of #French has to do with connected sounds.
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#learningfrench #langsky #EduSky #frenchpronunciation
Interesting, thanks!
I translated that with Google, so I know literally it says "narrow with narrow and wide with wide," but I don't know what that means. :-)
Close-up photo of blue-tinted ice cube and surface covered with drops of water. Black text at tops says Hard and soft vowels. On the ice cube, A O U. On a large drop of water: E I. Lawless Italian logo near bottom left.
Italian vowels are divided into two categories: hard and soft, depending on the letters that precede them.
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#learningitalian #langsky #EduSky #Italian
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Questions about #Spanish ?
Get help from native speaking teachers on the Progress w/ Lawless Spanish Q+A forum.
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#learningspanish #langsky #EduSky
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Relearning #French
Is your French as rusty as an old can? While language ability fades with lack of practice, you can relearn it much more quickly than if you were starting out without that previous knowledge. Here’s how: buff.ly/S806leP
#learningfrench #langsky #EduSky
Black text at top: Le 10 feste di carnevale più belle in Italian. Large carnival mask with purple face decorated with golden and red swirls, black eye holes, and red lips. Alternating purple and red ribbons bordered with gold and with bells at the end sprout from the top and sides of the mask. Lawless Italian logo at the bottom.
Carnevale in Italia
Discover Italy's most beautiful carnevale while practicing your #Italian listening comprehension in this colorful video.
https://lawl.es/carnevale
#learningitalian #langsky #EduSky
Graduated blue-grey background. Yellow text at top says Spanish verb conjugator. Large arrow forming clockwise circle points at the word conjugations. In the circle formed at the center of the arrow, white text says infinitive. Lawless Spanish logo at the bottom.
Spanish Verb Conjugations
Find conjugations for 1,200+ #Spanish verbs.
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#learningspanish #langsky #EduSky
Six instances of a Caucasion man and a Black woman, both dressed in business clothes, greeting each other in different ways. From top left to right: shaking hands, waving, and hugging. From bottom left to right: high fiving, holding both hands, and knuckling.
One of the first things #French students learn is two ways to say "you." In some cases, the choice between 'tu' and 'vous' is obvious, but sometimes it's more of an art than a science - even native speakers don't always know which one to use. Learn more in Lawless French à fond:
https://lawl.es/tvf
White background. Orange text at top says Daily practice ideas. Images left to right of a pile of books, clock face, small plant, and calendar, with papers flying around. Woman sits on clock hand working on laptop. At bottom is Lawless French logo.
Daily #French Practice
Ideas and tips for every day of the week.
https://buff.ly/3WW7zLA
#learningfrench #langsky #EduSky
Hi Nev! I've been teaching French since '99 and Spanish since about 2002, but only started Italian a few years ago. :-)
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Teaching #Italian: Online Resources
Discover tools for help assigning and grading homework, tracking students’ progress, assessing classes, and more. These online learning sites offer dedicated tools and spaces for #Italianteachers.
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#learningitalian #langsky #EduSky
Graduated background from yellow-green at the top to green-blue at the bottom. Large white punctuation marks from left to right: upside-down question mark, normal question mark, upside-down exclamation point, regular exclamation point. White text at top says Signos de interrogación y de exclamación. Black text in the middle says Advanced listening practice. Progress with Lawless Spanish logo at the bottom.
Signos de interrogación y de exclamación
Did you know that the upside-down question mark ¿ and exclamation point ¡ are unique to #Spanish? Learn about this interesting punctuation while practicing listening in this fast-paced video (C1).
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#learningspanish #langsky #EduSky