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Category Archives: learning methods
Getting Stuck
Are you caught in first gear and would like to go a little further, a little faster? Continue reading »
Best Way To Learn A Language?
Beth wants to learn French. Fast. So she buys methods and CD’s, opens her books and works diligently. At first, it’s cool and new; however it soon becomes repetitive and a bit boring. She isn’t making as much progress as she had hoped. After spending lots of hours on tedious grammar details, she still feels … Continue reading »
Intercomprehe…what?
There is a fascinating article over at Nadeau&Barlow about the concept of intercomprehension. The learning technique, based on cognates, allows you to understand very quickly foreign languages by recognizing words that look like ones from your own mother tongue. From what I gather, learners first start with reading comprehension, and are exposed not only to one, but … Continue reading »
