Jan
Jan
The haphazard construction of the human mind
I recently finished reading Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind… by Gary Marcus. It’s an entire book written just about the brain and how it works, so as you can imagine there’s a lot of information in there to help learners. The book even contains an entire chapter about language.
Marcus repeatedly uses
Jan
Jan
Typing in Greek
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m not yet spending any actual time studying… the Greek language. I plan to begin studying intensely when February begins, but for now the most important step is comfortably reading and writing in the native Greek alphabet. Once I begin focused study, I don’t want my progress to
Jan
Jan
Early steps to learning Greek
For my first month with Greek, the plan has been to ease into the language. The Greek language is written in a different alphabet than any to which I am accustomed, and if I’m going to learn this language it will be necessary to be able to read the words I see in lessons, tutorials,…
Jan
Jan
New language mission for 2012!
As I mentioned in my last post, my first goal in choosing a language this year was that I pick something which I will have many opportunities to use. In that post, I listed out several considerations, and I think it’s important to go through a similar process when choosing a new language project for…
Jan
Jan
Choosing a language that you will use
In spite of the fact that my advice to others has always been to pick a language not for it’s features, or interestingness, or uniqueness, or whatever, but rather to choose a language that you will use…, I failed to follow my own advice with my choice of Turkish last year and that led
Dec
Dec
With 2011 in the books, what will 2012 bring?
This year didn’t go as well as I had hoped, but it wasn’t a total loss. And 2012 starts soon! There’s no reason I can’t be much more productive next year.
I won’t reveal my next language project just yet, but I can say this much: unlike this year, my next language will be one…
Dec
Dec
Not a total bust
As I mentioned in my last post, it’s clear that I will not be speaking fluent Turkish by the end of this year – even if I were to be amazingly productive for the rest of this month. But it’s still not a total bust. I did learn a lot this year!…
First, obviously, I
Dec
Dec
Turkish update
Those of you who have followed this site regularly will have noticed that I haven’t been writing much over the last 5 months. It’s not a grand coincidence that I started a new job 6 months ago.
I will never be one to make the excuse that I don’t have time. My first year on…