One very big reason for why many people never seem to make much progress in their language study is their fear of being judged.
This weekend I was away traveling, and I made the choice to attempt survival as a daily blogger using only my iPad.
Think about who you are, and what you want out of your language study, and construct your own learning strategy to get you there.
When learning a new language, it is important to consume as much of that language as possible, in order to help your ears and brain adjust to hearing that language spoken.
There has been a lot of talk about the iPad since it's announcement, but it's been a lot of reaction and uninformed opinion, and very little helpful advice for using the iPad to learn languages.
Instead of pluralizing the second person, or adding a title (like sir), Italians abstract into the third person. In the singular, this means that they call each other 'she'.
When people act in a strange way, or talk in a strange language, it is easy to become fearful or distrustful of them.
I recently found a list of SMS abbreviations for Italian, and I'd like to share them.
FluentEveryYear is now Yearlyglot. Here's an update on the change.
