Comments on: No Humans Necessary: Why You Don’t Need People to Learn a Language

By: What Can A Dancer Teach You About Learning Japanese? | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:37:48 +0000

[…] Other (live) people are neither necessary nor sufficient for you to grow and succeed in learning a language. It’s definitely nice to have them, but you don’t need them. If you don’t have access to people, don’t let that be a mental block for you. You’ll be fine. In getting used to a language, the presence of human beings is an asset, but their absence is not a …. […]

By: Tyson Key

Tyson Key — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:27:19 +0000

Heh, I realised a few days ago that if one’s Google Account/GMail language is set to Japanese, and one’s got two-factor authentication enabled, the “Call number ending in xx” option will result in receiving a phone call from a robot with a reasonably-well-synthesised Japanese lady’s voice.

Since “she” only provides the security code twice, it’s good practice for transcribing numbers from spoken text, I guess.

Oh, and Skype’s microphone testing service (user “echo123”) will also respond in Japanese; assuming the appropriate locale/language setting. 🙂

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:58:16 +0000

…and if you get really lonely, you can always talk to Siri. She’s Japanese now.

By: natapericchi

natapericchi — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:23:21 +0000

RT @LinguisticsGuru: No Humans Necessary: Why You Don’t Need People to Learn a Language t.co/1wOkooxLre

By: LinguisticsGuru

LinguisticsGuru — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:25:57 +0000

No Humans Necessary: Why You Don’t Need People to Learn a Language t.co/1wOkooxLre

By: ta132

ta132 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

RT @ajatt: If I were to rename “AJATT”, I would call it the “Media Exposure Method” or something to that effect. t.co/62WI6VRoRT

By: ajatt

ajatt — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:09:02 +0000

If I were to rename “AJATT”, I would call it the “Media Exposure Method” or something to that effect. t.co/62WI6VRoRT

By: Fluentli

Fluentli — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:18:57 +0000

No Humans Necessary: Why You Don’t Need People to Learn a Language t.co/NBXsHEBPEv #languagelearning

By: dave

dave — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:33:26 +0000

I think the label “introvert” is often leveled at people who care just as much about social contact and appearances, but who have stricter standards than the other people in their immediate environment. The “fun” media that we like to consume somehow captures something deeply human that we like, and it is often more efficient at delivering it than RL friends. So introverts and loners and hermits just have higher standards…and for the first time in history they can act on them!

By: LMEighmy

LMEighmy — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:59:47 +0000

No Humans Necessary: Why You Don’t Need People to Learn a Language | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time t.co/InWM0MnvPt

By: JapaneseLevelUp

JapaneseLevelUp — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 03:16:28 +0000

No Humans Necessary: Why You Don’t Need People to Learn a Language – t.co/YuOpYBXFmz t.co/YuOpYBXFmz