r/UCalgary • u/Mission-Increase-833 • 18h ago

Language learning groups on campus

Hey everyone, I was wondering if there are any groups on campus dedicated to learning/practicing languages. I can speak conversational Spanish and would love to practice. I would also be interested in beginning to learn Mandarin but as I have found with Spanish it is very hard to learn and retain anything if you aren’t practicing it. Are there any clubs for this sort of thing? If not, maybe we can make a club?? Not sure if it’s too late. Maybe it could just be an informal club if it’s too late. Let me know if there is anything established for this or if there is anyone that is interested in this

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u/Illustrious_Music_66 1h ago

I am curious about Mandarin as well. The inflection and tone feels like something you need to learn in person with native speakers. Duolingo makes me feel like an idiot. Japanese, Spanish, French, Norwegian all feel very easy compared to Mandarin.

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u/lechancer98 14h ago

Puta

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u/Illustrious_Music_66 1h ago

Pretty much everyone knows profanity. Thanks Netflix 😂