2014 World Cup of Languages: Round of 16 Results Posted by meaghan on Jul 2, 2014 in Archived Posts
Behold, the results from the Round of 16 in our 2014 World Cup of Languages! Verbs were conjugated, nouns were declined, victories were celebrated, and, with any great sporting event, hearts were broken. (Clearly, I’m still reeling from the U.S. loss last night.)
Check out the bracket below to see your team’s fate. Don’t forget, points are calculated based on time spent learning, not number of learners. One dedicated learner can make all the difference in this stage, so underdogs and upsets are to be expected!
Want to make all the difference for your language? Keep on learning during the Quaterfinals, which start immediately and end at 9am EST on Monday 7/7! Check back here for results on Monday, and until then, best of luck and happy learning!
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About the Author: meaghan
Meaghan is the Marketing Communications Manager at Transparent Language. She speaks enough French and Spanish to survive, and remembers enough Hausa to say "Hello my name is Meaghan, I'm studying Hausa." (But sadly that's it).
Comments:
iji:
Guys, guys, where are the points? In real life, you can watch the games, see the scores, the players, reruns, comments, cool things. In your little world, one can only see if a team qualified or not. Come on… don’t be lazy!
Maegen Fariss:
@iji how is learning a language and having a celebratory language-learning world cup being lazy?
meaghan:
@iji Sorry about that! I didn’t include them simply because of space constraints in the bracket image, but trust me, I’m counting them all! Here are the points by match-up:
Spanish (312) vs. Esperanto (572)
Japanese (3225) vs. Irish (703)
French (2615) vs. Swedish (44)
German (363) vs. Russian (244)
Portuguese (459) vs. Dutch (1840)
Pashto (136) vs. Italian (2019)
Norwegian (3482) vs. Korean (4186)
Haitian Creole (35) vs. Arabic (147)
iji:
@meaghan Well, I guess I miss some really great parties I’ve witnessed several years ago on the web, parties which it seems no one can’t replicate.
Here’s how I’d put it:
In a huge battle in the 7th game of the Round of 16, Norwegian and Korean gathered a total of 128 hours of learning. Korean won and advanced to the next round. Is it going to be the winner?
Japanese had no problems to advance into the next phase, the learners of Japanese memorizing words day and night. Will Esperanto learners take the challenge?
and so on
iji:
@iji no one can* replicate
iji:
@meaghan thank you very much for posting the points. really cool games. I wish I could have access to what you see. I love statistics.
Sheila Morris:
It’s kind of sad that Norwegian, which got the 2nd most points, doesn’t make the cut, due to being in the same bracket with the only language that DID get more points!
But…you GO, Esperanto! I thought Spanish was a shoo-in there!
iji:
@Sheila Morris ganbatte ne 🙂
meaghan:
@Sheila Morris Alas, that is the nature of the bracket that the FIFA World Cup uses, which we’ve replicated. Sometimes, it’s just not fair, but it certainly gives underdogs a chance and keeps things exciting! Hopefully you’ve enjoyed yourself these last few weeks, though. 🙂 And if you’d like to keep learning, you can subscribe to Transparent Language Online on a monthly/yearly basis. I’ve just e-mailed you a download link and discount code for 20% off your subscription, which everyone will be receiving at the end of the contest next week!
Sheila Morris:
And…how would I continue with Norwegian, after the World Cup? Planning a trip there….
Mary Brady:
Where can I go to find the link for the contest? I lost it just before the knock out rounds. P.S. I had started w/ German, but would like to switch to Esperanto. Thanks.
meaghan:
@Mary Brady Hi Mary! You can log back in at education.transparent.com/worldcup
To switch languages, check the instructions you were e-mailed after signing up. You can do it on your own very easily! 🙂