If you’re learning a language, which skill is more important: speaking or comprehension? For me, the answer is obvious. Comprehension is the foundation of language learning. You can effectively communicate despite the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
