Variety Is The Spice Of Language Learning
Variety is the spice of life. Variety will help you learn. If you're in charge of your learning, you set the program, decide what you will spend your time on and set yourself up for success.
3 Aug 20226min
Listening & Reading Comprehension, YES - Comprehension Questions, NO
I don’t think comprehension questions are helpful in language learning. They destroy the pleasure of reading or listening. Brazilian educator Rubem Alves agrees with me. I listened to and read his tho...
27 Jul 20228min
The Most Important Thing In Language Learning
What is important in language learning is whatever is important to you. You learn best from content that is important to you. You notice things that are important to you. You remember things that are ...
22 Jul 20228min
How To Review Vocabulary
As you know, I learn languages on LingQ. Mostly I listen and read. But I also review vocabulary. Here’s how I do it using LingQ’s vocabulary review activities.
20 Jul 202212min
Learn English Like A Native With @English Like A Native
In this video, I discuss learning English with Anna Tyrie of the YouTube channel English Like a Native: phrasal verbs, spelling, pronunciation and more!
14 Jul 202215min
Don't Make Long Term Goals In Language Learning
It's fine to have a long term vision that we would like to be fluent, have intelligent conversations in a language or understand movies. It's nice to have that as a vague goal, but in order to push yo...
12 Jul 202210min
The Power Of Reading
Reading is powerful. When I have read a whole paper book from cover to cover, without a dictionary or the iPad, I consider that to be a major milestone.
7 Jul 202210min
The Power Of Listening
Listening comprehension is the core skill that leads us to speaking and reading better. It leads us to a better sense of the language.
5 Jul 20228min
