As I worked to learn Italian, one of the things that improved my understanding the most was reading Pinocchio from cover-to-cover in Italian.
For those not already familiar with confirmation bias, it's that all-too-human tendency to favor information that seems to confirm the beliefs you already have.
The most important lesson starts with defining for myself who I am, and then not compromising that for anyone or anything.
In my experience, it seems most people wrongly observe the pace of their learning in school and equate that to their expectations over all.
I tried, tested and reviewed Rocket Spanish over an extended period to see what kind of Spanish results it could give me. Here's what I discovered.
If there's one lesson I've learned in the past year, it's that our hardships give us strength. The tough times make the less tough times easier.
This year's first language task is to renew my attention to the German language and bring my skill up to a reasonable level of fluency.
Compared to many of the things you do on a daily basis, language learning really isn't any more difficult. But it's also not easy.
Throughout my life I've had a fascination with other languages, and a desire to speak them with others. Just as music is universal, so is communication.
