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i can’t get over how helpful AI voice chat for language learning is.

immersion is best, but you can also sit around at home doing chores and just practice dynamic conversation about literally anything in any language, asking for explanations or translations in realtime in either language with 0 embarrassment or reservations or face lost.

you can also tune it to overlook or correct pronunciation mistakes. There’s almost no lag. You can ask it to favor the most common words and phrases in certain dialects too, or to tune to your CEFRL

The irony is the necessity of learning other languages trends to zero… but that’s no fun!
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Dave Nicholls 10mo ago

Nothing beats marrying a person who speaks a different language. That'll teach you another language far quicker than AI. You learn new words and phrases faster when you are emotionally connected to those words, and a wife/husband (or friend or relative) gets you more emotionally attached than a robot or a machine. Visiting the country is also more emotive than visiting an AI machine.

AI is overrated in my opinion. I love learning Russian, and I'd say that watching Russian TV or reading Russian literature or listening to Russian music is far more productive than talking Russian to AI.

More and more people speak a second language nowadays, far more than 100 years ago, because technology has made it easier to travel. Second language acquisition is growing, not shrinking.

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The Stacker Monster 10mo ago

New business idea:

Want to learn a new language? Rent a bride! 6 months fluency guaranteed or your money back!

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Dave Nicholls 10mo ago

New?! Plenty of businesses out there offering foreign brides. You are late to the party.

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The Stacker Monster 10mo ago

I don't think there are any that offer short term foreign brides specifically for you to learn a new language. 😄

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Dave Nicholls 10mo ago

You could always try the old-fashioned route: befriend someone. Anyone remember writing to 'penpals' in other countries? That was a language learning thing, and it was free