I am in the midst of reading an excellent book on marketing called “The Wizard of Ads” by Roy H. Williams. One of the interesting chapters talks about people’s aversion to risk. I guess the question is whether it is a risk to try a new and possibl…
One of our learners mentioned the “suggestopedic” learning method developed by Georgi Lozanov. As I understand it, this method stresses the need for the learner to relax, and to forget many of the constraints that society and culture have placed o…
To learn a language you have to learn the words used in that language. You have to learn many words, how they are used, when they are used and which words are used together. That is all you need to learn. If you learn many words and how they are u…
Click here for the podcast of this article. I believe the writing correction or WRITE section of The Linguist is very very important. This is where you have the chance to use the words and phrases you have learned. You are under much less pressure…
Listen to the podcast of this post. “How many times do I need to listen to the same content item?” This is a question that I am often asked by users of The Linguist. My answer is as follows. How do you feel? Please email me and let me know. I feel…
I have been away for a few weeks. After my business trip to Europe, I was able to spend two weeks in Arizona, mostly in Phoenix. When the weather in Vancouver gets wet and cool, it is nice to go where the sun shines every day. Arizona is such a pl…
MP3 files and the portable MP3 player represent a revolution in language learning and learning generally. This is not yet fully understood. The best investment any learner can make is in an MP3 player. This makes it possible to accumulate lots of …
I am getting a lot of spam comments. I will try to block the IP address of the spammers but it takes too long to erase these comments. i will just leave then and hope people just ignore them.
A person posted a list of “51 key English phrases” on a Chinese language forum based here in Vancouver. Here are the last few jewels from that list. dying art 这是已失 的手艺gentlemen agreement 君子协定I’m trying to make ends meet 我…
The following question was sent in to our Writing Correction section at The Linguist. The text has not yet been corrected but the meaning is clear. I have posted the two answers I provided to this learner. I welcome any comments. Dear tutor, 1. I …
