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rainwaterspark) wrote2009-11-01 09:23 am
rainwaterspark) wrote2009-11-01 09:23 am
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...complaining about How to Learn Any Language, I swear!
On the member profile page, you can enter languages you're currently learning/able to speak, and you can input more details about your skills in said language.
The way they set it up, though, is utterly ridiculous.
For example:
"I could make an unprepared public allocution in French and maintain high standards of formality throughout my speech, such as unrehearsed speeches customarily heard in National Parliaments when a distinguished member addresses the assembly and tries to impress his ideas on them by using flowery and elegant phrases, often speaking for extended periods of time without any notes."
Uh, what? I can't even do that in ENGLISH, nor can many people do that in their native language in general.
"I could write a litterary work in French and use complex language, highly uncommon words in an original writing style."
Again, how many people can do this in their native language, much less a second language?
There are tons more that I can quibble with. What, does HTLAL assume we're all trying to become geniuses in every language?
On the member profile page, you can enter languages you're currently learning/able to speak, and you can input more details about your skills in said language.
The way they set it up, though, is utterly ridiculous.
For example:
"I could make an unprepared public allocution in French and maintain high standards of formality throughout my speech, such as unrehearsed speeches customarily heard in National Parliaments when a distinguished member addresses the assembly and tries to impress his ideas on them by using flowery and elegant phrases, often speaking for extended periods of time without any notes."
Uh, what? I can't even do that in ENGLISH, nor can many people do that in their native language in general.
"I could write a litterary work in French and use complex language, highly uncommon words in an original writing style."
Again, how many people can do this in their native language, much less a second language?
There are tons more that I can quibble with. What, does HTLAL assume we're all trying to become geniuses in every language?