I am a fan of online learning for languages. Without the Internet I could not have advanced so quickly in Romanian and Czech, for example. But online learning can have its problems. For three or four days last week, LingQ was so slow that it became difficult to use. We had not done anything [...]
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3 May 2013
Romanian: learning a new language easier?
I have been learning Romanian for past three weeks. I can understand newscasts and interviews. I can even speak, although with regular pauses. Never have I progressed so quickly in a language. Of course, Romanian is related to French, Italian, and Spanish, which I already know. But then Portuguese and Italian were not this easy, [...]
12 October 2011
Learning words, word frequency, graded readers and more.
To me the major task in language learning is the acquisition of vocabulary. If this is done through massive listening and reading, it will naturally bring with it a constantly improving familiarity with the language, making it easier and easier to…
17 July 2011
The rewards of learning another language.
We have a contest going at LingQ, where we ask people to submit an article no longer than 400 words long, on the greatest rewards of learning another language. I am not going to compete in this, but I am going to add my two cents worth.I will do s…
18 May 2011
English for Immigrants and LingQ
An important local organization that helps immigrants, part of the Skills Connect program in British Columbia, has accepted LingQ as a useful language learning resource. This means that LingQ expenses may now qualify for partial reimbursement from…
29 April 2011
Language and culture
Language and culture are at the core of education, or should be. With all the debate about language learning methods, the definition of “linguist”, input versus output versus grammar, the role of the Internet etc. it is sometimes useful to take st…