Posts from the 'Strategy Planning' Category

Amelia on April 14 2012 0

10 Ways to Get Started Learning a Foreign Language Today

(Just a little reminder–there are still a few copies of Faster Foreign Language Learning left at the sale price of $19.95, so grab yours now if you want one. And now on with the post…)

You hear it all the time: “I’d like to learn Greek some day” or “I’ve always wanted to learn Japanese” or [...]

Amelia on November 27 2011 4

The Worst Language Learning Method Ever…Or “Why Review and Practice are Important”

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(First off, we had a rather unseasonable drop of at least 10 centimeters of snow last night. Pictures included! )

Worst Method Ever?
All right, it may not have been “the worst ever,” but it was pretty bad. Years ago, I did a few days of trial teaching at a private school–let’s call it School [...]

Amelia on November 09 2011 4

How to Deal with Frustration When You’re Learning a Language

A high tolerance for ambiguity is one of the most valuable traits a language learner can have. Any time you’re working with a language you don’t know well, you’re going to have trouble with things like understanding speech, remembering new words, and pronunciation. Being comfortable with confusion and uncertainty saves you a lot of energy, [...]

Amelia on February 20 2011 6

How Much Time Should You Spend Studying a Language Daily?

When you’re studying a language for fun with no particular goal in mind, your study schedule doesn’t really matter since you can make some progress even at an hour or two a week. If you have a specific time-based goal, though, it’s easier to stay on track when you have an estimate of how much [...]

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