Language Learning Talk
Language learners helping language learners learn language

Language Learning Talk is a new moderated e-mail discussion group where language learners ask and answer questions, share ideas and advice, and discuss articles that appear in Language Learning for Language Learners, all via e-mail. We will pursue discussion on how to best learn languages, seeking input from all. 

Click here to view its archives at eGroups.com.

Highlights and great posts from Language Learning Talk will also be featured in our e-mail newsletter Language Learning for Language Learners.

To subscribe to Language Learning Talk, send a blank e-mail to LL-talk@egroups.com. (If you ever wanted to unsubscribe you would just need to send a blank e-mail to LL-talk-unsubscribe@egroups.com.

Once you are a member, you can post messages to Language Learning Talk by sending e-mails to LL-talk@egroups.com.

"The Rules"

No one likes a lot of rules, but the follow common-sense guidelines will maximize the value of Language Learning Talk for everyone:

• Messages sent to Language Learning Talk should discuss language learning, not language teaching. (Several other lists are available for language teachers.)
      
• Messages sent to Language Learning Talk should not ask specific questions about specific languages. "How do you say 'dog' in French?" would not be approved. (Many lists on learning specific languages already exist. We want to discuss language learning at a more general/universal level.)
      
  Bad post: "How do you say 'dog' in French?"
  
  Good post: "How I learned French"
  
  Bad post: "Where is a good place to learn Italian in the U.S.?"
  
  Good post: "What's the best way to make the most of a continuing-ed class?"
  
  Bad post: "I'm going to Germany on Friday! What is the weather like there?"
  
  Good post: "Has TPR worked for you?"
  
• This is a moderated list, and commercials/advertisements will not be approved. Feel free to comment on specific products, though.
      
• Language Learning Talk is a public forum. What you write is of course yours but I would like to reserve the right to use any messages you send to Language Learning Talk in our internet archives, in Language Learning for Language Learners, in "Best of LL-talk" compilations, etc.
      
• Debate and disagreement are welcome, but all posts should maintain respect for other posters. No "flames" will be accepted. What "respect" means is somewhat relative: by necessity I as the list moderator will have to be the final judge. (I do like good debate and discussion; just don't make it personal.)
      
• Because participants of Language Learning Talk live in many different parts of the world, please avoid any religious or political content in your posts. This may mean that you need to modify your "sig line" when you post to this list. I would like to reserve the right to edit out any religious or political content in your posts before distributing them to the list.
      
• Please do not reply "Me too!" with nothing of value added. We don't want to needlessly fill up our e-mail boxes with low-value posts.
      
• When you reply to a message, please keep only the parts of the original post that relate to the point that you want to raise. Please delete the rest of the original message, as this will minimize the size of your e-mail while maximizing its value to the other participants..
      
• Posts that are totally off-topic will not be approved.
      
• In general reply to the group, but if your message is obviously intended for only one person, please do not send it to the group. For example, "Hi Julie! I didn't realize you were on this list!" would not be approve for mass distribution.
      
• Please feel free to forward any Language Learning Talk messages to your friends and colleagues. Please forward the whole message so that they will also have the opportunity to subscribe.
       
• If you ever want to unsubscribe, just send a blank e-mail to LL-talk-unsubscribe@egroups.com.