Language learning drop outs
I had lunch the other day with a college language professor. He told me that the dropout rate for students of Asian languages at his university was very high. Most students who…
I had lunch the other day with a college language professor. He told me that the dropout rate for students of Asian languages at his university was very high. Most students who…
Listening and reading are my favourite learning activities, but the goal is to speak. How do we get to speak and speak well? We need to speak a lot. It can be…
You need a lot of words to function effectively in a language because you need to understand what is said. Work on your passive vocabulary and don’t worry too much about your…
Non ho parlato molto in Italiano, ma ho ascoltato e letto molto, e ho imparato un mucchio di cose.
We are learning languages the wrong way says an article from the New Statesman. I don’t agree with everything in the article, but there are some important points. I have always felt that the…
We are conditioned by schools to think that our learning has to be directed by a teacher in the classroom. However, learning is inevitably a process of self improvement and personal growth….
Some people wanted more details about the language itself. Motivation is key and the rest will follow, but here are some observations about German.
If you aren’t motivated to learn German, it is not difficult to get motivated. Anyone with motivation, can become a good language learner.
My grandchildren in Vancouver attend French immersion school. This means that their classes, most of them, are in French. French immersion is very popular amongst English-speaking parents, because it enables their children…
It takes a long time to learn a language. I have sometimes compared language learning to an upside down hockey stick. There is an initial quick steep climb, followed by a long…
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