By kevin | Published: March 24, 2011
Someone made me aware of a pact that the user futurianus made here: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25814&PN=1 It has to do with a few guidelines you can follow to stay motivated and learn effectively. It is written with Chinese in mind, but it applies to any language. Without further ado, here it is:
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 [...]
By kevin | Published: March 19, 2009
Did you make it past the long title? Hi, then. Welcome to our first Double Feature. Let’s get started, shall we? Choose Your Words Carefully First, following on from Tuesday’s haiku, I’ve been thinking about how ideas translate among languages and how the best way to say something could, at first glance, seem totally different [...]
By kevin | Published: March 19, 2009
I just read this article over at Chipanglish, and I thought it made way for a good question: What’s the latest language that you’ve dreamed in? For me, I think it’s French. The weirdest one ever is German, about 7 years ago now…I don’t think I’ve dreamt in that again since. I’ve had at least [...]
By kevin | Published: February 25, 2009
Read this again: Quit studying, and listen to some music! Why do I say this? I say it mostly because learning a language involves being exposed to a variety of content AND media, just like you are every day in the language of the country you live in. Sometimes you read it (like right now), [...]
Posted in Features, Language, Language Learning Tips | Also tagged fun language learning, Language, language check, language learning, Language Learning Tips, language test, music, music test, study
By kevin | Published: February 5, 2009
Hi. I just invented the Blangmeter. It’s better than Blangupdate or something. Anyway, the Blangmeter is currently pretty low. We’ve got lots of cool stuff to get written here that you haven’t seen yet This includes stuff like:
By kevin | Published: January 29, 2009
I’ll tell you one thing; it’s not a surfer marble.
Posted in Features, Language Courses | Also tagged dailyfrenchpod, french, germanpod, hellenic-american union, itunes, Language, Language Courses, language study, one-minute irish, podcast, study a language
By kevin | Published: January 23, 2009
I’ve been taking a great language course recently. It’s one for learning Greek, and it’s been great for me, at least. Why? Well, it does have the standard components that I need when learning a language, obviously…
Posted in Language Courses | Also tagged foreign language learning, greek, Language, language course review, Language Courses, language learning, language self study, learn languages, learn languages online, modern greek, online
By kevin | Published: January 20, 2009
Hey there, and welcome to Blang: The Language Blog. This, as you may guess, is a language blog. And you’re reading the first post ever, you lucky reader. So why is this blog here? It’s here for lots of reasons…#1 being that I love languages. #2 being that, until now, I haven’t really bothered to [...]
