Use music to learn a new language

When I first learned Spanish, I was focused on learning words. I went overboard with books, web sites, exercises — I studied grammar, I learned vocabulary, I learned proper usage, mastered more than a dozen verb tenses. In the end, I found I could say almost anything I wanted, express almost any thought.

The irony was that I couldn’t understand a bit of what others were saying to me. For all of my knowledge and study, I was basically helpless — an island of output, completely immune to the sea of input around me.

Discovering a new language from afar, part 2

I’ve already told you how I’m getting myself accustomed to the Turkish language by watching videos of narration while reading along. Today I’m going to share another thing that I did in preparation for my trip, so that I could be learning Turkish even as I’m wandering through Italy.
Okay, so I’ve shown you a…