No More Excuses: Why Anyone Can Learn a Language
The truth is simple: anyone can learn a language. It doesn’t matter if you’re 20 or 70, whether you think you have a knack for languages or not. Learning is a natural…
Comment Apprendre Le Chinois : Mes 6 Meilleures Astuces
J’ai appris le mandarin il y a 50 ans. Il m’a fallu 9 mois pour atteindre un niveau où je pouvais traduire des journaux de l’anglais au chinois et du chinois à…
Language Learning Is Not a Race
Today I’m going to talk about the pace — the amount of time, with what intensity we study languages and things that influence that. I’m going to start by confessing that I…
The Language Learning Tripod: Noticing
I’m going to talk about the third in my series which I call the language learning tripod. The first one was to have the right attitude. That’s key and I went into…
The Language Learning Tripod: Time
Today I’m going to continue to talk about my series of three videos on what I call the tripod, the three legs that you have to stand on to succeed in language…
A Polyglot’s Review of the Assimil Series
Assimil is a language learning series that enjoys an almost cult-like following among certain language learners. I have used Assimil for two languages, Russian and Korean, and own a copy of Assimil…
