How To Learn Vocabulary
How To Learn Vocabulary by Steve Kaufmann
13 Jan 202210min
Key To Pronunciation: Feel You Want To Belong Discussion With @Iryna Fedchenko
We often hear that speakers of certain languages have trouble losing their accents, speakers of English or Slavic languages, for example. Iryna sounds Mexican, both in English and Spanish, yet is a na...
11 Jan 202214min
2022 Language Learning Goals
I started Standard Arabic, Persian & Turkish to better understand the region. Dropped Turkish to focus on reading Arabic script. Now I'm doing more colloquial Arabic. Things change.
6 Jan 202214min
How I Learned Italian
I hitchhiked in Italy in the 60's, getting by with French and Spanish. In the '70s I got a Linguaphone Italian course. I avoided the exercises but listened over and over again, occasionally reviewing ...
4 Jan 202211min
Language And Culture - First Learn The Language, Then The Culture
When I learn a language I'm curious about the culture. However, I first need to get a sense of the new language using subject matter familiar to me. More exotic details of the culture can wait. Unfort...
30 Dec 202111min
Don't Just Learn Business English
Many people need English for the workplace, including immigrants in English speaking countries. To learn the technical language mine the many publications, articles, YouTube videos, podcasts etc. from...
28 Dec 20218min
Shadowing Technique - Arabic And Persian
Shadowing is a language learning technique developed and popularized by polyglot Alexander Argüelles. The idea is to repeat what you hear while listening in order to improve pronunciation and speaking...
24 Dec 20218min
How I Learned German
I started learning German before the age of the Internet. I'd had some exposure as a young man, but during a month between jobs, in 1987, I really went at it. I found second hand German readers, and I...
20 Dec 202112min
