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Icelandic Immersion Day Posted by sequoia on May 8, 2012
Everyone says the best way to learn a language is through immersion. Whether or not this is true for your learning style it can at the least be a good test of your skills – but how can you be immersed when you’re nowhere near Iceland, Icelanders, or even other learners? Apart from using lots…
We all have an accent. Posted by hulda on Apr 14, 2012
Here’s a small example set of different kinds of accents from my class. Try to hear which countries they say they’re from for a small language practice. (Note the man who walks past the camera – we all saw him but he doesn’t show up in the video. I’m suspecting he may be one of…
Komið þið sæl! Posted by hulda on Apr 1, 2012
Greetings from Iceland! I’m Hulda and I’m the newest addition to the language blogging team, nice to meet you all! I’ve only lived here for a short while – a bit over a year – but in that time alone the country and its people have totally won me over. I have been writing so…
Icelandic Ebooks and Audiobooks Posted by sequoia on Mar 9, 2012
Remember a previous post where I said I hadn’t found any Icelandic Ebooks? I’ve now found a lot (relatively) of things. So, this will be another “full of links post”. Note: Unfortunately most of these are only available to someone living in Iceland or another Nordic country (or someone with nice contacts there). In Iceland…
Basic guide for studying Icelandic Posted by sequoia on Feb 10, 2012
I’m first going to talk about how I did things, which was almost all an entire mistake. Then I’ll give you my basic recommendations. In the very beginning I downloaded an Icelandic news podcast to listen to every day. The problem with doing this is that you listen to the radio… and you can understand…
University of Iceland Posted by sequoia on Dec 3, 2011
I’ve been going to the University of Iceland for three semesters now, so here’s some stuff I’ve learned. Most people are fairly lax about rules in Iceland, whether it’s your employer, the government, or your teachers. For example, if you have a homework assignment due on Tuesday, you could turn it in next week and…
Websites in Icelandic Posted by sequoia on Nov 27, 2011
Hopefully this post is useful. If you don’t like posts where I just link things, tell me and I won’t make one like this again. Here’s a list of things that can be set to Icelandic, either through changing Firefox’s language settings in the preferences section or by your personal setting on the site itself…