Hello Junkies! Warning and hold on to your hats! We’re going deep here! If you’d like some fast, easy answers about language learning– skip this piece of writing. Or, come back to it later! This is all about the mindset of learning any language – or language learning psychology. What is a good mindset to …
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“Listening” is one great way to approach a language. Especially if you want to speak and understand a language. That’s what most learners want to do. But, ever notice how most beginners are awful at speaking & understanding a foreign language? Why? Because they focus mostly on reading. So, why listening? There was an interesting …
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*Huff* *Puff* So here… I am, lifting, breathing hard, pushing and sweating. Man, this stuff isn’t easy… But I’m definitely getting better, I think to myself. Actually, this is a story about me at the gym. We’ll tie it into language learning in a bit! I’ve been at it for a good year or two. …
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There’s a really good tactic to learning to speak and understand modern Hebrew conversation. And it consists of four things… Hearing real Hebrew conversation examples – audio or podcasts – first. Reading the translation/transliteration after to understand what you’ve heard Re-listening now that you know the meaning. Creating a playlist of the these conversations ’til …
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Learning Kanji is a good sign that you’re a serious learner, well on your way to improving your Japanese and not diddling around forever in romaji and anime. People say you need to know 1,945-2,000 Joyo Kanji in order to comfortably read. So, how do you learn all that Kanji, Kanji, Kanji? Here’s a big …
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