Main Entry: aud ing Pronunciation: ˈȯ-diŋ Function: noun Etymology: Latin audire + English 1-ing Date: circa 1949 : the process of hearing, recognizing, and interpreting spoken language Mirriam Webster (above)not-withstanding, according to …
John Taylor Gatto is a well known critic of schooling. I stumbled onto his name and even found a source of lots of audio files where he explains his views. These can be found at a great site which hosts lots of audio files on different subjects, c…
To improve in TOEIC, especially the reading section, but in fact all of TOEIC, you need to improve your reading skills. Here are some suggestions on how to do that. Extensive reading. (to increase your reading speed) A) Read a lot of easy content …
We were once asked to develop a certificate for LingQ. Here is what it looks like. We can do this for any or our members. It requires taking both oral and written tests with one or more of our tutors. One day we hope to add a cloze test to confirm…
http://www.nihongo-yomu.jp/ is part of the Tadoku group of resources for language learners that I mentioned in an earlier post. I gave the wrong URL so I have posted it here again. The stories are easy, interesting, delightfully illustrated (remin…
I had a couple of very interesting discussions with Professor Sakai of tadoku.org in Japan.Tadoku is a method of language learning which stresses reading and listening as a more enjoyable and more effective way of language learning than the tradit…
I usually accept friends on Facebook. Now I have one these “friends” spamming me about whatever he is promoting. How do I unfriend him?I still do not understand what Facebook is for. Must just be me.
Here is a video on the issue of grammar, just to stoke the fire a little.
I regularly read about heritage language learners in North America. Who are they?Dos this term refer to someone whose parents speak another language at home, or also someone who comes from a home where one of the parents speaks another language? W…
There are two groups among language learners, the grammar lovers and the grammar haters. I would like to run a survey to find out which group is larger, at least among the readers of this blog. I would like your help in defining the two groups. I …
