Learning A New Language While Learning A New Language - GDG DevFest NL, November 2017

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Learning a new language while Learning a new language GDG DevFest NL | Amsterdam | November 2017 Ellen Shapiro | @DesignatedNerd | justhum.com

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✌

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!!!!!

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vs.

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ANYWAY

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Fail hard. Fail often.

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Fail hard. Fail often. Learn. Improve.

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Spreekt je Engels?

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(iedereen spreekt Engels)

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Amsterdam ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor...

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Amsterdam ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor... THEM: Oh don't worry, I speak English!

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Amsterdam ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor... THEM: Oh don't worry, I speak English! [rest of conversation in English]

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Nijmegen ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor...

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Nijmegen ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor... THEM: [smiling and waiting]

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Nijmegen ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor... THEM: [smiling and waiting] ME: Uh, mijn...maaltijd met een creditcard?

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Nijmegen ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor... THEM: [smiling and waiting] ME: Uh, mijn...maaltijd met een creditcard? THEM: Nee, we accepteren alleen pinpas.

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Nijmegen ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor... THEM: [smiling and waiting] ME: Uh, mijn...maaltijd met een creditcard? THEM: Nee, we accepteren alleen pinpas. ME: Uhhh...ik heb niet...

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Nijmegen ME: Kan...ik...uh, betaal...voor... THEM: [smiling and waiting] ME: Uh, mijn...maaltijd met een creditcard? THEM: Nee, we accepteren alleen pinpas. ME: Uhhh...ik heb niet...spreekt je Engels?

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You will try to make a new language bend to ﬁt the language you know

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Naar vs. Near

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Ik woon naar het station != I live near the station

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Java-style Singleton private var instance: SomeService? = null fun getServiceInstance(): SomeService { if (instance == null) { val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder() .baseUrl("https://example.com") .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create()) .build() instance = retrofit.create(SomeService::class.java) } return instance as SomeService }

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Moar Kotlin-ier Singleton val instance: SomeService by lazy { val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder() .baseUrl("https://example.com") .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create()) .build() retrofit.create(SomeService::class.java) }

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Especially early on, examples seem contrived

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ANYWAY

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Keep going

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Keep going (it will eventually make sense)

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Friends

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True Friends exactly the same computer -> computer student -> student weekend -> weekend

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True Friends exactly the same computer -> computer student -> student weekend -> weekend map -> map filter -> filter

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True Friends exactly the same close enough! computer -> computer werk -> work student -> student oranje -> orange weekend -> weekend tekst -> text map -> map filter -> filter

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True Friends exactly the same close enough! computer -> computer werk -> work student -> student oranje -> orange weekend -> weekend tekst -> text map -> map struct -> data class filter -> filter enum -> enum class

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False Friends

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Slim

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reduce

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False friends are easier to remember

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Words or concepts with no equivalent

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Gezellig

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via StuffDutchPeopleLike.com

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Lekker

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Lekker!

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async / await

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Obligatory Summary Slide

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Verplichte Samenvetting Dia

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Verplichte Samenvetting Dia → Fail often and hard. Learn from your failures.

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Verplichte Samenvetting Dia → Fail often and hard. Learn from your failures. → Resist the urge to bend a new language to ﬁt one you already know

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Verplichte Samenvetting Dia → Fail often and hard. Learn from your failures. → Resist the urge to bend a new language to ﬁt one you already know → Don't worry if the initial examples seem contrived. → Find your friends, true and false.