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BlogPosts Tagged "video" (Page 2)
27Nov

Travel and language learning

Learning Languages
Is travel a motivator for language learning? Yes. Do you need to travel to the country in order to learn the language? No. If you travel to the country, will you learn the language? Not necessarily.   Want to learn language from content you love?
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12Nov

Word count, graded readers and fluency

Learning Languages
How many words do we need to know? When are we fluent? How useful are graded readers? It all depends.   Want to learn language from content you love?
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22Oct

Learning multiple languages – Part 2

Learning Languages
Is learning multiple languages at the same time a good idea? I prefer not to do this, but obviously many people do like studying this way. It seems that many people like to study a second language via a third language. I spend most of my learning time in the target language. The language of […]
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04Oct

To Speak Well We Have to Speak A Lot

Learning Languages
Listening and reading are my favourite learning activities, but the goal is to speak. How do we get to speak and speak well? We need to speak a lot. It can be a struggle at first, but we usually do better than we think. We need to interact with native speakers, preferably face to face, […]
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02Oct

Active and passive vocabulary

Learning Languages
You need a lot of words to function effectively in a language because you need to understand what is said. Work on your passive vocabulary and don’t worry too much about your difficulties in speaking and using words in the early stages. If you have the passive vocabulary, if you can understand what you hear, […]
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30Sep

Come ho fatto per imparare l’Italiano

Learning Languages
Non ho parlato molto in Italiano, ma ho ascoltato e letto molto, e ho imparato un mucchio di cose.
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03Sep

About learning German, some details about the language

Learning Languages
Some people wanted more details about the language itself. Motivation is key and the rest will follow, but here are some observations about German.
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31Aug

About learning German and other subjects

Learning Languages
If you aren’t motivated to learn German, it is not difficult to get motivated. Anyone with motivation, can become a good language learner.
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29Aug

Mein Weg zum Deutsch lernen

Learning Languages
Wir lernen Sprachen am besten wenn es macht Spaß. Es muss interessant sein. Für mich war es immer so.
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22Aug

Idiomas: Aprendizaje pasivo y activo

Learning Languages
Para mí, esa distinción no es tan importante. El aprendizaje de idiomas es un proceso integral. La escucha y la lectura son actividades de comunicación con el idioma. Son las actividades de base para prepararnos a hablar. Una vez que empezamos a hablar tenemos que hablar mucho, y sin preocuparse ni de la gramática ni […]
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