When people study, they devote elevated, sometimes even intense amounts of attention to a particular topic with the specific intent of high short-term recall. This isn't effective for languages.
I'm entering the final three months of my Italian language mission, so it's a good time for another update on my progress.
Clearing out the stresses and distractions in your life is a great way to free up your time and your attention for the things that are important.
I've had my Kindle for a few weeks now, and I've used it in a lot of ways, both conventional and nonconventional, and I think I'm ready to report what I've learned and form some opinions about this device.
When you start learning a new language and reading all the motivation and instructional blogs, you find that there are a lot of strong opinions on whether or not it is important to speak correctly.
For anyone looking for an easy and fun language to really get you interested in learning a new language, you can't really go wrong with Tagalog.
I've complained about some other languages, and I've had a lot to say about one in particular, but there is one language I know of which is, in my opinion, worse than all others.
Learning a Germanic language if you already know another Germanic language is much easier than learning a language within a completely different branch or family.
Each language feels different when it hits your ear, and feels strange as it exits your mouth — often leaving your tongue twisted into a new, uncomfortable shape.
