How To Learn Vocabulary With And Without Flashcards
Vocabulary growth is key to acquiring a language. In this video I show I do this. Spoiler, I'm not a big user of flash cards. I learn words in context, or occasionally using lists.
21 Apr 202214min
Language Learning Content Or Grammar Focus? With Olly Richards
Compelling input is increasingly recognized as the sine qua non of language learning. So where does grammar instruction or grammar learning fit in? Olly and Steve discuss this.
19 Apr 20225min
Learning Languages Through Stories With Olly Richards
Olly Richards of storytelling.com and I compare notes on the technology we use to set up for our videos. Language learning has become more easier through technology, but making videos for YouTube has ...
14 Apr 202222min
Speaking A New Language: Language Learning Goal 4
The goal of language learning, for most people, is speaking. But, for me, it isn't the first goal. A strong passive vocabulary, good reading skills, and good listening comprehension are earlier goals ...
12 Apr 20227min
Listening: Language Learning Goal 3
Though listening is the third goal in my hierarchy of language learning goals, in many ways it is the most important. Listening is easy to do and it is the best preparation for speaking.
8 Apr 20227min
How I Learned Ukrainian
Ukrainian was my third Slavic language after Russian and Czech. Relationships between languages of the same language family are interesting. Discovering the individual histories and cultures behind th...
6 Apr 202218min
Reading Comprehension: Language Learning Goal 2
Reading helps enormously in acquiring new words, and in achieving some level of comprehension for what you hear in a new language. It is harder to for me remember words just by hearing them. Seeing th...
30 Mar 202214min
Learning Vocabulary: Language Learning Goal 1
The number one goal in language learning is to acquire words. The number of words you know is the simplest measure of your knowledge of any language. We acquire words mostly incidentally, not delibera...
25 Mar 202213min
