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BlogPosts Tagged "word frequency"
07Jan
How to Learn Chinese: My Top 6 Tips
7 Jan 2020

How to Learn Chinese: My Top 6 Tips

Learning Chinese
I studied Mandarin Chinese 50 years ago. It took me nine months to reach a level where I could translate newspaper editorials from English to Chinese and from Chinese to English, read novels and interpret for people, I did this in the age of the open-reel tape recorder, long before the age of the Internet, […]
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30Jul

Learning Japanese Is Not Difficult

Learning Japanese, Learning Techniques
This is a transcript of one of my YouTube Videos – To keep up with my latest thoughts on language learning, subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Today, I want to give you a very brief introduction to Japanese. I was asked to do this in Chinese from one of my Chinese-speaking viewers, […]
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23Jul

Output – When You Can’t Wait To Talk

Learning Techniques
Today I want to talk about getting to output. Now, obviously, you know that I’m a believer in input, developing comprehension, developing vocabulary, specifically passive vocabulary, at least initially, but eventually you want to speak well. Well, eventually to speak well, you have to speak a lot.
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16Jul

Language Learning Efficiency and Duolingo

Learning Languages, Learning Techniques, Recommended
This is a transcript of one of my YouTube Videos – To keep up with my latest thoughts on language learning, subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Hi there, Steve Kaufmann. Efficiency in language learning is extremely important. I learned that when studying Chinese 45 or 48 years ago. Because there’s so much time involved, even a […]
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12Oct

Learning words, word frequency, graded readers and more.

Learning Languages, Learning Techniques
To me the major task in language learning is the acquisition of vocabulary. If this is done through massive listening and reading, it will naturally bring with it a constantly improving familiarity with the language, making it easier and easier to...
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