An extremely important speech by HYPIA Director Dr. Carlos Yebra López at the Polyglot Conférence in Mexico about 10 myths of polyglot industry
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The HYPIA presence was very strong at this year's Polyglots Gathering 🏆👏
A huge contingent of HYPIA members went to the Polyglot Gathering this year 🌈✨
HYPIA Director of Youth Engagement Wiktoria Ozierów spoke to the Modern Languages Society at Trinity College Dublin 📚 about HYPIA 👏
Here's Part 4 of the amazing author discussion 🎉 on Critical Polyglot Studies 📚
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Here's Part 3 🤓 of the discussion on Critical Polyglot Studies 📚 youtu.be/kJA5LQbUqKA?...
Here's Part 2 🥳 of the discussion on Critical Polyglots Studies 📚 #langsky
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We're doing a book launch 📕📚 via zoom for Critical Polyglots Studies, a very important text for #langsky and a milestone for HYPIA. 🏆 Join us on Jan 19, Sunday
(1pm NYC, 3pm Buenos Aires, 6pm London, 7pm Warsaw)
Check out portions of the book that are open access, here's the link.
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HYPIA member Elena Kocheva has a great new book out 📚Лингво Хакинг, with a front matter quote from HYPIA President @usmanchohan.bsky.social 🎊
In our Dec 2024 Grande Fête (Month #53!) we spoke languages including:
Spanish, English, Serbian, Russian, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Catalan, Urdu, Ukrainian, Romanian, Kazakh, Czech, Swahili, Farsi, Japanese, Swedish, Polish, Maya Yucateco, Zapoteco, Nigerian Pidgin, and many more!
Every month, HYPIA has a zoom online party called the Grande Fête. Anyone can join, even if not in HYPIA.
"Linguistic diversity is a treasure and I think there will always be people interested in keeping many niche languages, they are alive!" words by
@fabiodescalzi.bsky.social from HYPIA
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"Enjoy the journey because the motivation is just there and the real magic only comes from C1 level onward" thoughts from @habladivertido.bsky.social HYPIA member
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"You have no idea how this decision will change your life in the most wonderful of ways." So true, @carpeidiom.bsky.social from HYPIA www.polyglotassociation.org/members/cath...
"You can try to follow other people’s advice on how to learn a language but in the end, we are all different and we need different tools and strategies to learn a language" absolutely right @somethingpolyglot.bsky.social from HYPIA!
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"Don’t get frustrated if you don’t reach fluency in a planned timeframe. Take it easy and enjoy walking the path. Remember that walking is often way more interesting and rewarding than reaching the destination." Well said by HYPIA member @przemekkocur.com
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"So we are, to raise awareness of the importance to preserve the language richness and the culture of peoples." Well said @hoopstats.bsky.social Senior Directory Recruitment, HYPIA
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Language learning is fun because it's a problem-solving puzzle, then a practical tool for communication, and finally a rich source of interconnections and synergies. Brilliant thoughts by HYPIA member
@kebuhcah.bsky.social
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"The greatest pleasure I get is when I make an etymological connection between two words or understand where a certain word has come from." Awesome perspective from HYPIA member @thyellatiddles.bsky.social
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"Find a language and community that motivates you. You can learn a language for many reasons," but "don't try to collect languages just for the sake of it," sage words from HYPIA member @joop.kiefte.eu
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#langsky intro
I speak English, Urdu, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Hindi.
I used to speak Chinese, Japanese, Farsi.
Proud to found @hypia.bsky.social in 2016, see it grow into a thriving community ❤️
My early thoughts:
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#langsky intro
400+ members 👫 from 75+ countries 🌎
20+ rare language members 🔎
HYPIA Research 🔬
1st book out 01/2025 📚
5 admin from 4 continents 🌍 🇦🇷🇪🇸🇵🇱🇰🇷🇵🇰🇨🇦
Always eager to welcome new members 🎉🥳
A vibrant daily 🎊 WhatsApp community
A monthly virtual house party 🍾🎂
www.polyglotassociation.org
Language is the rich fabric that enshrouds all experience that is truly human. Hyperpolyglots therefore adorn multiple layers of beautiful fabrics at the same time. They have multiple lives in a sense, and they certainly have multiple souls.
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We hope you'll join us one day ⭐
Need inspiration to learn new languages? Check out interviews between members of HYPIA 📚 🌈
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HYPIA will be doing a major book launch celebrating Critical Polyglots Studies, a milestone for us and HYPIA Research!
We recently celebrated our 400th member, and we look forward to many more!
HYPIA is joining BlueSky soon after its 8th birthday. In these past years, we've had more than 400 members from nearly 80 countries join us. When will you join us? 💜
