Learn-a-Language Special (Ft. Factorio) [GER]
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:54 am
TLDR- I want to learn German but find Duolinguo-grinding lonely and half-complete. I'd like to make some friends and play a low-stakes game of Factorio where we may speak casually about anything in any language, but I force myself to communicate all game information in German.
Hi Forum,
I'm an Australian who usually plays this wonderful game singleplayer.
In Aus, we don't really have a strong culture for Bilingualism and learning new languages can be expensive and difficult; finding someone who is fluent in a language you want to learn and then coordinating the time required to learn it with them is a bit of a nightmare.
I was thinking about making a strong commitment to learning another language (I spent a good chunk of school learning Japanese) and German seems like a pretty cool European language to have a go at. One thing I lament is that as useful as rote-learned apps like Duolinguo are, they're not an actual person to practice with. I want to learn languages to speak to people, and apps just miss that social aspect.
So, if anyone is comfortable in German, and ideally English too, I'd like to invite you to a chill game of Factorio where the biggest challenge of the run is a language barrier! The rules are straightforward: All game-related communications must be spoken in German, any chatting on the side can be in either language.
I think that Factorio would be a great environment to trial-by-fire a new language in, and I'd love to meet like-minded factory nerds while doing it. Reply to this topic or DM me, and I'll get back to you and see if we can work something out.
Have a great day!
-Jim
Hi Forum,
I'm an Australian who usually plays this wonderful game singleplayer.
In Aus, we don't really have a strong culture for Bilingualism and learning new languages can be expensive and difficult; finding someone who is fluent in a language you want to learn and then coordinating the time required to learn it with them is a bit of a nightmare.
I was thinking about making a strong commitment to learning another language (I spent a good chunk of school learning Japanese) and German seems like a pretty cool European language to have a go at. One thing I lament is that as useful as rote-learned apps like Duolinguo are, they're not an actual person to practice with. I want to learn languages to speak to people, and apps just miss that social aspect.
So, if anyone is comfortable in German, and ideally English too, I'd like to invite you to a chill game of Factorio where the biggest challenge of the run is a language barrier! The rules are straightforward: All game-related communications must be spoken in German, any chatting on the side can be in either language.
I think that Factorio would be a great environment to trial-by-fire a new language in, and I'd love to meet like-minded factory nerds while doing it. Reply to this topic or DM me, and I'll get back to you and see if we can work something out.
Have a great day!
-Jim