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The fate of Haiku Tuesday

By kevin | Published: November 5, 2009
Hi there – bit late this week. I’m thinking of making some changes to Haiku Tuesday. I think the frequency is too high, and it’s taking some airtime from other, more worthy content I could be writing. This is only emphasized by the fact that nobody gave the foreign-language haikus a shot – so I don’t [...]
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Fun Language Learning Tip – Take a dip (immersion)

By kevin | Published: November 2, 2009
One of the toughest parts of learning a language can be having enough exposure to it to feel comfortable with it. Sure, there are whatever materials you are using to actively study the language, whether it be TV, radio, books, a self-study course, friends, or whatever. What do you do, though, outside of those situations? [...]
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Learn with Haiku Tuesday – L’entretien de la mémoire

By kevin | Published: October 27, 2009
Hi! This is the second post in our new Learn with Haikus feature. This time it’s in French! I can’t vouch that the French is of perfect quality, so if there are any mistakes, I hope des francophones agréables will help me out The rules are the same – translate these haikus into English [...]
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Fun Language Learning Tip – Watch TV in Your Target Language

By kevin | Published: October 25, 2009
Hi again! In the spirit of last week, I thought to look at another medium that is useful for learning languages. In fact, I can think of two friends (just off the top of my head) who became fluent in English this way! There’s sound reason for it; television has both visual AND aural components – [...]
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Haiku Tuesday – Learn with Haikus

By kevin | Published: October 20, 2009
Hi – today marks the start of a new experiment here at Blang. I’m calling it an experiment, at least; what I’ll be doing is writing haikus in foreign languages and having you try to translate it into English (well, if it’s particularly good, you can get away with Spanish, Norwegian, or French, too). The goal [...]
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Fun Language Learning Tip – Read the News in Your Target Language

By kevin | Published: October 18, 2009
As you read this, you may be wondering if I’m serious, and if I’m really about to suggest you read the news in your target language. I am, and with good reason. Reading the news has several benefits: You get an immediate insight into the topics about which people who speak the language in that particular region [...]
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Fun Language Learning Tip – Listen to E-books in Your Target Language

By kevin | Published: October 4, 2009
Hi there, and welcome to the first installment of Fun Language Learning Tips! This weekly feature is aimed at sharing some of the methods I’ve found most effective for language learning. I find that “fun” and “effective” tend to go hand-in-hand, and I’m pretty sure there are studies that corroborate this. More importantly than studies, [...]
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Haiku Tuesday in English – Home

By kevin | Published: September 29, 2009
Special feature this week…a haiku in English! Oh, wait…that’s not that special, I guess. I was thinking of doing it in Greek, but I don’t know if you guys would tolerate it. But! I’m going to write the haiku twice, using different words, while maintaining the same essential meaning and hopefully creating something funny in the [...]
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Martes de Haiku / Haiku Tuesday ¡en Español!

By kevin | Published: September 15, 2009
Me gustó escribir un haiku en otra idioma hace un mes que ¡lo voy a hacer otra vez! (La rima -pronunciación sudoamericana- no fue intencional.) La tema de hoy es la economía, aunque no sé mucho de ella. Leí algo ayer en mobile.lemonde.fr de mi móvil. De todos modos… No tengo mucho dinero. Culpa a la economía! —- In English: I [...]
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Haiku Tuesday – Contact Form Works Again

By kevin | Published: September 1, 2009
Like kypros.org, One more broken site feature is now functional! — If you can’t gather the message from the haiku, the contact form is now working. So now there’s no excuse to not send me fan mail! Come on, there must be somebody out there who reads these on occasion. Let me know you’re there! (Note: kypros.org is a great [...]
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