Amelia on September 20 2009
If you study a language for any serious length of time, you’re bound to hit a plateau at some point. You gone through a few advance level course books, you know enough grammar to communicate everything you need to, and you already know most of the words you hear on a daily basis.
Language learning isn’t [...]
Amelia on September 16 2009
Don’t worry, I’m not going to tell you to move to another country and just “pick up” the language. This method will work even if you rarely get the chance to hear or read the language you’re learning.
This is largely for developing the basic vocabulary you need to get by, but can help no [...]
Amelia on September 07 2009
A very common roadblock in learning another language is the fear of speaking a foreign language. We worry we’re going to sound stupid, say one thing when we meant another, or at the very least that people won’t understand us and we’ll sound like blithering idiots.
A little shyness is normal, but some learners have [...]