Margit Alexy
@madamemalaprop.bsky.social
French and English teacher in Bavaria, Germany. Interested in linguistics, comprehensible input teaching, language acquisition.
Wow, I just tried it at your recommendation and I'm just blown away by the quality - even in French!
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Wow, I just tried it at your recommendation and I'm just blown away by the quality - even in French!
Looks interesting! Does the conference have a website?
July 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Looks interesting! Does the conference have a website?
They pretend nothing ever happened and transition into other - often high-ranking because - jobs after the regime has fallen...
May 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
They pretend nothing ever happened and transition into other - often high-ranking because - jobs after the regime has fallen...
Every year, my students get a tour of my house and meet my little kids who were really little in 2020. There's always that aaaaww factor. ❤️
May 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Every year, my students get a tour of my house and meet my little kids who were really little in 2020. There's always that aaaaww factor. ❤️
I always have amazing ideas when I should be doing something I loathe, like marking essays...
April 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I always have amazing ideas when I should be doing something I loathe, like marking essays...
I feel like I read about it in Common Ground, but I can't find my copy at the moment...
April 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I feel like I read about it in Common Ground, but I can't find my copy at the moment...
The time of year when it's advisable to stay out of restaurant restrooms in Germany!
April 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The time of year when it's advisable to stay out of restaurant restrooms in Germany!
I wonder how helpful this comparative judgement is in cases where we don't have a large number of writing samples.
April 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I wonder how helpful this comparative judgement is in cases where we don't have a large number of writing samples.
Yes, very interesting. There was a small study in Germany where they checked an all-AI approach to grading and found that the AI is inconsistent in its judgement and favours AI-produced texts.
April 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Yes, very interesting. There was a small study in Germany where they checked an all-AI approach to grading and found that the AI is inconsistent in its judgement and favours AI-produced texts.
Here are some creative insults you might like: Beckenrandschwimmer, Turnbeutelverhgesser, Schattenparker and the ever popular Vollpfosten.
March 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Here are some creative insults you might like: Beckenrandschwimmer, Turnbeutelverhgesser, Schattenparker and the ever popular Vollpfosten.
Thank you, this is very helpful! I'm still learning Chinese and Duolingo is not helping at all... But I feel like experiencing what I get frustrated with helps me become a better teacher!
March 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thank you, this is very helpful! I'm still learning Chinese and Duolingo is not helping at all... But I feel like experiencing what I get frustrated with helps me become a better teacher!
Cool! There are now Ramadan-Kalender (like advent calendars) in german shops and Aldi and Lidl sell special Ramadan foods.
February 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Cool! There are now Ramadan-Kalender (like advent calendars) in german shops and Aldi and Lidl sell special Ramadan foods.
I teach English and French in Germany, and by comparison English practically teaches itself while teaching French is really really hard work.
February 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I teach English and French in Germany, and by comparison English practically teaches itself while teaching French is really really hard work.
As for Bloom, it's probably not even "remembering" I'd say. Have you tried Duolingo for learning a language from scratch?
February 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As for Bloom, it's probably not even "remembering" I'd say. Have you tried Duolingo for learning a language from scratch?
When I'm learning Chinese on Duolingo I feel like I'm not progressing because it's just choosing the chunks from available options, I don't need to produce anything from memory. I can recognize, but not produce.
February 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When I'm learning Chinese on Duolingo I feel like I'm not progressing because it's just choosing the chunks from available options, I don't need to produce anything from memory. I can recognize, but not produce.
Probably because Duolingo doesn't have stories in all languages and its main feature are the translation and recognition tasks that don't require deep processing.
February 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Probably because Duolingo doesn't have stories in all languages and its main feature are the translation and recognition tasks that don't require deep processing.