People fighting for their children to learn only one language in school blows my mind

Studying Japanese is cool now. Maybe even slightly passé. It’s taken for granted.

In the 80s in America, tensions were high. I was accused by some of wanting to work for the enemy!

In 1989 in the only bookstore in my hometown, this was the only thing available on Japanese. It was a tiny book.

I made the best of it.
In our local library was 1 other book on Japanese - just kanji.

That’s how I started.
No schools taught it.
No opportunity to hear or read it.
LOL

Ladies and Gentleman

The Bluesky essential starter kit!

olá 👋🏽
quero apresentar-me um pouco, sou novo aqui e quero encontrar moots

↳ Sou americano
↳ Tenho 27 anos
↳ Estudei psicologia
↳ falo inglês, português, espanhol, e alemão
↳ Estudo português 🇵🇹 e tagalo 🇵🇭
↳ quero aprender chinês mandarim 🇨🇳 e japonês 🇯🇵

Tip: Make friends with the International Phonetic Alphabet

Commonly: IPA

It's not perfect. But quite useful - especially if you want to learn more than one language. I'll be talking more about this.

Language & Culture People!

Are you from #langtwt?
Please reply with your handle

We'll reassemble the community here on Bluesky. You can find others in the replies & they can find you.

Not from #langtwt? But you love languages?
Welcome! Please add your name as well.

It's better as a community!

eu comprei novos sapatos

preciso este dia para terminar. agora.

o sentimento eu tenho quando não posso parar de pensar sobre estudar línguas no meu trabalho…deus ajuda-me

cansado hoje

Monday morning coffee
月曜日の朝のコーヒー
قهوه صبح دوشنبه
café da manhã de segunda-feira
Café du lundi matin
café de la mañana del lunes
星期一早上的咖啡

i am!

obrigado!!

bluesky faz-me lembrar twitter durante as fases iniciais

eu gosto de usar bluesky muito

saio as filipinas hoje 🥲

Language learning as we see it today is new to the world.

Large numbers of people, who have no means of travel, learning multiple languages out of interest in other cultures

Not to mention the ability for such people to be in regular contact via social media

Yes, I believe it can change the world

hola ❤️
quiero presentarme un poco, soy nueva aquí y quiero encontrar moots 👉👈😌

↳ soy estadounidense pero vivo en españa
↳ tengo 25 años
↳ estudié educación bilingüe
↳ hablo inglés & español
↳ estudio portugués 🇧🇷 por mi cuenta
↳ quiero aprender turco 🇹🇷 y chino mandarín

um café nas filipinas que eu gostei muito. que boa atmosfera.

olá todos! sou mello