Learning Languages
02Jun
Useful Language Learning Techniques – Conversation Exchange
When I think back 50 years ago when I was studying Chinese, the idea that I could just get online and talk to someone through some magic computer was inconceivable. Nowadays there are a number of sites that offer the opportunity to connect with teachers.
Read more Useful Language Learning Techniques – Conversation Exchange16May
Language Exercises – It’s All About The Gains
I want to talk about fitness and language learning and, particularly, CrossFit and language learning.
We need to be fit in order to engage in physical activity. The fitter we are, normally, the better we do in sports, for example, in skiing or tennis, or whatever it might be. I think the same is true in language learning.
Read more Language Exercises – It’s All About The Gains01May
Do you have a language immersion strategy?
I think we all know that language immersion is an ideal way to improve in a language. What do we mean by language immersion?
Read more Do you have a language immersion strategy?04Apr
How to Have Motivation in Language Learning
Maintaining motivation is absolutely key. I think many people start with some motivation to learn a language and, for various reasons, get frustrated and they are unable to maintain their motivation.
Read more How to Have Motivation in Language Learning16Mar
Come to Vancouver and Learn With Me!
Join me in Vancouver, at our LingQ headquarters, for three months to do the following: - Spend two hours a day studying English with LingQ under my personal guidance.
- Spend up to five hours a day of working with our LingQ team in English.
- Spend the rest of your time taking advantage of living in an English speaking environment.
Read more Come to Vancouver and Learn With Me!10Mar
The Yin and Yang of Language Learning
Language learning is about communicating. It’s about meaning. It’s about substance. Therefore, we want to learn the language from content that’s of interest to us and when we talk we want to communicate things that make sense.
Read more The Yin and Yang of Language Learning24Jan
Want to Achieve a Language Learning Breakthrough?
What constitutes the essence of achieving a breakthrough in language learning? I think that the key lies in the word “linking”.
First of all learners must form emotional links with the language they are learning. They must be interested in the language, in the people and in some aspects of the culture.
Read more Want to Achieve a Language Learning Breakthrough?18Jan
The Two Stages of Language Learning: The Upside Down Hockey Stick
There are two stages in language learning: the initial intense study of a limited number of words, and the later more extensive approach to learning in order to acquire the up to 10,000 words needed to function at a professional level. These two stages make up the upside down hockey stick.
Read more The Two Stages of Language Learning: The Upside Down Hockey Stick10Jan
Do You Dream of Speaking Like a Native?
Speaking like a native is the ultimate goal of language learning. It is a goal that is almost never achieved. However, that is no reason not to aspire to this lofty goal, even in the knowledge that we will not get there.
Read more Do You Dream of Speaking Like a Native?15Dec
Do you want to Improve your English fluency?
Want to be understood in English? New research shows you should focus on fluency over pronunciation.
Speaking fluently means your listener is more able to keep track of what you’re saying, then they have more time to figure out the sounds you are trying to produce.
Read more Do you want to Improve your English fluency?