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 …
Some arguments in favour of input. I am sure there are many more.We need to understand before we can speak. I would rather understand well and stumble when I speak than the reverse. If we can produce intelligible phrases and do not understand the …
In the last in this series on input focus versus output focus, here is my review of Benny’s website. I believe that this whole exercize is not about Benny and Steve, but about the relative weight of input and output in language learning. I hope th…
I am looking forward to getting a new language at LingQ, and while I voted for Czech, I will be very happy to get Korean, ecstatic in fact. Developing content and making sure it all works well will be a chore. If we have enthusiastic Korean learne…
It is early morning here in Vienna, and it looks as if my flight to Frankfurt is on schedule. From there I hope to fly on to Vancouver. My ticket from Canada was based on Vienna as the returning point, but our meeting in Vienna was canceled. We st…
While in Sweden I am listening to the audio book biography of Charles XII of Sweden, Carolus Rex, read by Bjoern Granath. While jogging in the early morning at Talleberg, overlooking lake Siljans, amongst the old and typical Dalecarlian deep red c…
I will be adding more comments from Spitzer as and when I have time and access to the internet. I am sitting here in Mora, Sweden about to go and visit two sawmills.Spitzer stresses throughout his book that the human brain learns all the time, fro…
I will try again. I have found the source of this video. Para toda la gente que entiende el Español y a quien le gusta leer.
On m’avait demandé d’écrire un article sur un sujet de mon choix, pour le blog “le mot juste en anglais”. Voici l’article. Pour ceux qui étudient le français, je l’ai aussi enregistré et je vais le mettre dans notre bibliothèque LingQ.
A focus on input is the key to all language learning success in my view. We can see this in many different situations. One is what happens in schools. Here is a study that talks about how long it takes for one group of immigrant school children to…
