Écouter et répéter is so last century (Arrrrcamp 2013)

You know what? Learning how to speak another language shouldn't be hard. So lets put it in a context that we know and love - programming in Ruby. This is a talk about abstraction, counting, syntax and grammar. It's nerdy, but its fun.

What you won't see is your typical "language talk" - I won't be banging on about language theory (except to relate to Ruby), or any particular natural language.

I think this is better, because it's about applying what you already know to the task at hand. There might even be a lesson or two snuck in there - wouldn't that be nice?

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3. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Hi, I’m Ry
4. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse I’m a freelance engineer these days
5. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse I ❤ communication
6. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse I ❤ languages
7. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse I ❤ learning
8. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
9. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Scary audience participation time
10. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
11. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Écouter et répéter is SO last century
12. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
13. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse JUST SAY NO
14. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse So let’s talk about languages
15. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse What are they?
16. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Vocabulary
17. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Morphology
18. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Syntax
19. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse The last two are basically grammar
20. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 class Thing 2 def foo; end 3 def foo! 4 foo 5 raise “More Contrived Examples” 6 end 7 end 8 9 Thing.new.foo 10 Thing.new.foo!
21. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 class Thing 2 def foo; end 3 def foo! 4 foo 5 raise “More Contrived Examples” 6 end 7 end 8 9 Thing.new.foo 10 Thing.new.foo! Vocabulary
22. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 class Thing 2 def foo; end 3 def foo! 4 foo 5 raise “More Contrived Examples” 6 end 7 end 8 9 Thing.new.foo 10 Thing.new.foo! Syntax
23. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 class Thing 2 def foo; end 3 def foo! 4 foo 5 raise “More Contrived Examples” 6 end 7 end 8 9 Thing.new.foo 10 Thing.new.foo! Morphology
24. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Ack! Getting boring, sorry
25. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
26. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Ok Ry, back on track
27. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
28. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse That’s... not Ruby
29. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse lu’
30. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 class EcouterEtRepetez < Talks::Base 2 def deliver 3 Keynote.start CONTRIVED_SLIDE 4 end 5 end 6 7 EcouterEtRepetez.new.deliver
31. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse More code!
32. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 arry = [ ‘tI\’’, ‘S’, ‘ay’ ] 2 arry.each do |value| 3 puts value 4 end
33. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 <? 2 $arry = array(‘tI\’’, ‘S’, ‘ay’); 3 foreach($arry as $value) { 4 echo($value); 5 } 6 ?>
34. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 arry = [ ‘tI\’’, ‘S’, ‘ay’ ] 2 for value in arry: 3 print value
35. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Equivalent, right?
36. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Porting is translation
37. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Why?
38. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Abstraction
39. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse What about...
40. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse 1 class Ball 2 def bounce; end 3 end 4 ball = Ball.new
41. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse une balle
42. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Ϙʔϧʔ
43. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Equivalent, right?
44. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Translation is porting
45. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse nuqjatlh?
46. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Abstraction
47. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
48. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse So what’s the difference?
49. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Feedback loop
50. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
51. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Immersion
52. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Fear
53. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
54. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
55. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Real people aren’t Klingons
56. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Close the loop
57. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
58. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Make friends
59. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse #pairwithme
60. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse #polyglotpair
61. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse @polyglotpairing
62. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Travel
63. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Help out
64. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse And in closing
65. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse
66. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse Why not?
67. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse ❤ Dank u wel
68. ryanstenhouse.eu | thehappygeek.co.uk @ryanstenhouse