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This is a subreddit for all the people learning new languages to practice their writing skills, no matter how early on or far along they are on their studies.

What's this, then?

This is a subreddit for all the people learning new languages to practice their writing skills, no matter how early on or far along they are on their studies. There are at the moment three kinds of threads:

Essay threads
Every week on Monday there's going to be a new essay topic. Anyone can write about it in their target language and post it in the week's thread. There are five length requirements from which you can choose the one best fitting your level, but if even the shortest one seems like too much, you can write less - this is especially to help people who are learning agglutinative languages, where complex words are formed by stringing together morphemes, making the word count much shorter.

New topic every Monday at noon-ish! (UTC +2)

Discussion threads in a certain language
These topics can be started by anyone in any language, and any kind of discussion is allowed! You can pick a certain topic, or you can have a free discussion about whatever pops into anyone's mind. These posts' topics should be in the target language, and also tagged with the language's name in English to help searching. Examples:
[English] Let's discuss about something! How was your day?
[Finnish] Hölökynkölökyn, mämmi sauna salmiakki, ilmaveivi Leijonat!

Discussion threads in any language
These are also free for anyone to start! The point of these is to talk about a given topic in any language you want, and also translate your comments in English so anyone can read them and answer to you in their target language. Tag your thread with [Any Language] and write the topic in English. Example:
[Any Language] What is your opinion of onions?


Here's a question most frequently not asked:
"I just started two weeks ago, can I participate?"

Yes, you can! If you know one grammatical structure to form a sentence (e. g. "x is y", or "the house is green"), you can use that. Don't know any words? Use the dictionary! Not sure about how to conjugate right? Don't worry about that! This isn't a classroom, we just want to make sentences. Making mistakes is unavoidable in learning, and here it is absolutely okay to make mistakes!


Useful Links

Lang-8 - I recommend this for people looking to improve their writing. Lang-8 is a language learning community where you can post your writings and have them corrected by native speakers.

/r/langwiki - Another place to discuss in your target language, a different Wikipedia article every day!

/r/languagelearning - The general subreddit for discussion about language learning.

/r/totalanguage - A subreddit for the Total Annihilation Challenge. That is a challenge to learn as much as you can about your chosen languages in one year.

This side bar is under construction!

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Survey Participants Wanted

Hi! I am Maria and I am currently completing my Communication and Media thesis. I am researching the branding of gamified language learning services and I am looking for survey participants.

The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete and obviously, your answers will be treated anonymously and confidentially. I would greatly appreciate your participation. To thank you for your time I will award two randomly picked participants with 5 euro Amazon gift cards:)

Thank you in advance!

Here is the survey link: https://erasmusuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9XebhqjiMJrKTEW 

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2024/05/03
16:38 UTC

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Cool Wall Poster

I LOVE the tower of babel. I have a print of it hanging in my living room. When my roommate u/stupid-emo-poser got home from work he was LIVID. some people can't appreciate art like us here at r/TowerOfBabylon

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2023/12/11
03:27 UTC

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Writing prompt: Describe your ideal day

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2022/05/15
08:31 UTC

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Anyone here ?

I want some help in my writing task , please.

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2021/04/24
19:15 UTC

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Writing prompt: fiction translation (#2)

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2020/10/18
14:41 UTC

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Writing prompt: fiction translation (#1)

3 Comments
2020/10/11
12:20 UTC

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Writing prompt: the powers that aren't

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2020/09/28
02:44 UTC

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Writing prompt: the powers that be

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2020/09/21
11:04 UTC

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Writing prompt: crossover - settings

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2020/09/13
09:38 UTC

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Writing prompt: road trip

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2020/09/07
10:51 UTC

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Writing prompt: your dream life

9 Comments
2020/08/31
00:38 UTC

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Writing prompt: on language, in language (encore)

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2020/08/23
09:06 UTC

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Writing prompt: fictional family

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2020/08/16
07:29 UTC

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Writing prompt: fan characters

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2020/08/09
08:03 UTC

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Writing prompt: innocent bystanders

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2020/08/02
09:20 UTC

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Writing prompt: AU - animal magic

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2020/07/26
09:03 UTC

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Writing prompt: fictional tragedies (encore)

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2020/07/19
09:26 UTC

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Writing prompt: life as a statue

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2020/07/12
12:12 UTC

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Writing prompt: fictional heroes - tell me about your sidekick (encore III)

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2020/07/05
08:49 UTC

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Writing prompt: musical moments

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2020/06/28
10:23 UTC

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Writing prompt: transport in your world

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2020/06/21
08:01 UTC

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Writing prompt: cabin fever

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2020/06/14
10:58 UTC

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Writing prompt: a fairy-tale life (encore)

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2020/06/07
09:00 UTC

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Writing prompt: a day at a theme park

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2020/05/31
07:28 UTC

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Writing prompt: a magical object

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2020/05/24
07:02 UTC

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Writing prompt: fictional villains - why did you do it? (encore III)

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2020/05/17
08:23 UTC

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Writing prompt: fictional heroes - tell me about your sidekick (encore II)

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2020/05/10
07:50 UTC

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