Writing My PLCs

TweetMy company has this policy that every employee must fill out a Personal Business Commitment (PBC) form every year. The form contains several goals and at the end of the year, we are to write our own report and see if the goals have been achieved. I have just spent the entire day last Friday [...]

Someone Trying to Learn Spanish

TweetLanguage classes could bore you to death … unless you have a classmate like this one: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/XqNjcMxgaiM] It would be a fun class, but I guess you won’t learn much.

Importance of Repetition

TweetRepeat, repeat, repeat…. Just echo what you have heard. Repeat it many times. This is the key to improving your speaking skill. Watch this hilarious video clip by Max. He recommends and demonstrates a great drill that you should try. This example applies to learning Mandarin tones. But it can be easily generalized into learning [...]

Support from the Blogosphere

TweetAre you currently feeling discouraged? Write it out in your blog. This was what Jeremy did. About 2 weeks ago, he started a blog to track his Mandarin learning progress. Then 2 days later, he felt discouraged: “I woke up this morning thinking about my progress so far. I was very discouraged. I’ve never been [...]

An Italian Brand

TweetFor some people, Christmas = shopping. For some merchants, Christmas = give me all your money! I remember a story related to shopping. It is a true story. It happened back in the time when I was still in university. One Easter holiday, I and a few friends decided to make a trip to Italy. [...]

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