Join the Language Jam and embark on an unforgettable week-long journey through Linguist’s Hollow, a charming village alive with opportunities to practice your target language.
Each day offers fresh challenges, from exploring a new quiz and gathering resources to navigating a bustling town square and making friends with the locals.
As you progress, you’ll immerse yourself in a story filled with twists, turns, and milestones that celebrate your growth as a language learner.
See highlights from the event below!
Event Team
Narrative, Activities, and Graphics: Kawa
Language Quiz: Joon & Jam
Language Quiz Graphics: Kaiku
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Day 0: New Beginnings
You’re browsing the newest messages in your favourite language learning community. People are talking about starting to learn a new language, but they’re struggling to decide which.
A mod shares a link to a very detailed quiz to find out what language to start learning: https://www.languagecafe.world/quiz
One member says they’ll just use a random number generator. Others want to continue a language they already started. A rogue soul even says they’ll give their phone to their sibling and make them pick a random language channel.
The first step is to pick your language that you will be studying during this Language Jam! Then, keep reading to the following days below.
Day 1: Where am I?
The first day was amazing. You got to try a new quiz that knew exactly what language matches you, gathered resources, and chatted with others in the server. You went to sleep very excited about the upcoming week.
When you wake up the next morning, you quickly notice that you're not in your room. In front of you there's a long road leading to a village.
"Welcome to Linguist's Hollow!"
You read on a big sign hung at the entrance gate. The road continues into the market square where the locals are joyfully chatting and trading goods. As you approach the nearest group of people, they turn to greet you.
An elderly-looking woman approaches you first. “Wait a minute, who are you?” she asks you in your target language.
Daily Leveled Tasks
Choose 1 (minimum) of the leveled tasks below to complete for today's challenge!
Beginner: Learn how to pronounce your target language and write it so you can orient yourself in this new place. If you’re up for an extra challenge, greet them in your target language and tell them your name.
Intermediate: Greet them and introduce yourself in your target language. Tell them your name, hobbies, and whatever else you’d like to say.
Advanced: Greet them and introduce yourself to them in your target language. You’re also very confused about where you are, so write down some questions you’d like to ask them.
All Levels Task (Optional)
Since you have a notebook on you, you decide to take some notes about the people you encounter and any info that might help you leave the place. Describe one or more persons that you encountered. (Depending on your level, you can just find a few words to describe them without making full sentences.)

Day 2: How do I get to the nearest __?
You feel great after introducing yourself and getting to know some of the locals. You learn that the elderly woman’s name is Narine and she’s one of the community leaders.
“Here, drink this. It’s important to stay hydrated.” She hands you a can of locally squeezed lemonade from her cooler bag.
As you sip on it, they tell you a bit about their village:
The citadel is the administrative part including the town hall
Candlebloom Hill is a park and free vegetable garden for everyone. The buildings near it are dedicated to the community with spaces to create and spend time together
Mooncrest Hill is one of the residential areas
Glasswell has shops and inns. This is the place for the daily morning market since it includes the market square
New Steps, Twilight Ward, and White Road are for food production. The people living there tend to the land and animals
Celia, one of the locals, gives you a map of Linugist’s Hollow and a few spots worth checking out.
“It’s easy to get lost here, especially when everything is in another language!”

Daily Leveled Tasks
Choose 1 (minimum) of the leveled tasks below to complete for today's challenge!
Beginner: Learn common phrases to ask for directions in your target language.
Intermediate: Learn words that describe locations or places in your target language (e.g. street, hospital, school, etc.)
Advanced: Celia, one of the locals, has given you directions to get to an inn called The Cedar Creek Retreat. Write down your route so you don’t get lost!