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Audacity macros for creating slower sentence repetitions so language learners can build toward native-speed pronunciation.

Audacity macros that prepare sentence recordings for chorus repetition by trimming silence, compressing audio, and creating repeated clips.

An updated AppleScript for using the macOS Music app to support chorus repetition in foreign-language pronunciation practice.

Semelfactive verbs, a special class of perfectives. (Applies to Russian, but also to English grammar, too.)

Using AppleScript to automate chorus repetition practice

Resources for second language acquisition

A brief look at word-frequency statistics and their relevance to prioritizing vocabulary in language learning.

An argument for stronger foreign-language education in the United States as a way to broaden cultural understanding and counter xenophobia.