The Tohoku Earthquake – My thoughts are with Japan. Japan has been a big part of my life, and the life of my family, for the last 40 years. We lived there…

Japan has been a big part of my life, and the life of my family, for the last 40 years. We lived there for nine years, and I have been doing business there for almost 40 years. My son Mark played professional hockey there for 4 years.My thoughts a…

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How important is it to enjoy our language learning? I want to respond to some of the feedback I received to my recent series of videos. I decided to just put up a podcast this time. I am interested in knowing the views of the followers of this blo…

An interesting article from Krashen, which again shows that teaching reading strategies is not as effective as just making it easier for kids to read. Several hundred million dollars have spent on the Striving Reader program with relatively little…

What is the best way to learn languages? What is going to lead to success in the shortest possible time? There are so many people offering advice on the Internet on this subject, myself included, it is hard to know what works the best. If you chec…

If you google “fluency in ..months” you will find lots of web sites promising fluency in weeks or a few months. Who is kidding whom?It struck me that most language learners would be very happy to achieve genuine fluency in three years. Most langua…

Above all other tasks, the most important part of language learning is becoming an independent learner. Taking hold of your learning is the key to being successful in learning a foreign language….