{"id":15101,"date":"2021-01-19T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=15101"},"modified":"2021-01-20T19:21:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T00:21:51","slug":"foreign-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/01\/19\/foreign-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I&#8217;ve been learning French on Duolingo, also known as the language learning website\/app run by an owl that wants to steal your family members, and I feel silly sometimes making weird noises. I know that it&#8217;s languages, and I have fun learning them, but I feel like people are judging me when I do it. Do you have any recommendations for overcoming this feeling of being constantly judged?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning a new language during pandemic is a terrific idea. With regard to making weird noises while practicing a foreign language &#8211; it happens to all of us. Talk to those you live with and determine the best time to do the speaking parts, so you know you&#8217;re not distracting anyone from their work. At that point, any judging others do about you wanting to develop your mind reflects poorly on them, not you. Bon chance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been learning French on Duolingo, also known as the language learning website\/app run by an owl that wants to steal your family members, and I feel silly sometimes making weird noises. I know that it&#8217;s languages, and I have fun learning them, but I feel like people are judging me when I do it. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/01\/19\/foreign-languages\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Foreign Languages&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15101"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15110,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15101\/revisions\/15110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}