Happy Pi Day
TweetIt is probably insignificant to a lot of people. Today is 14 March, the Pi day. This is the day celebrated by Pi enthusiasts all over the world (by eating pies). I used to be a Pi maniac and I was a member of the 100-club, a club dedicated to those who can remember Pi [...]
Hypercorrection
TweetRecently, to my surprise, I have found out that I have been mispronouncing a word for over 30 years, in my own native language! The word is ‘愛’ (oi3) in Cantonese, meaning ‘love’. It is a commonly used word, and many people like myself, mispronounce it as ‘ngoi3’. It is usually not noticeable, but in [...]
Ineffective Listening
Tweet“You need at least 400 hours of ‘effective listening’.” This was an advice given to me by an advanced French learner in regard to improving my listening. After pondering the meaning of ‘effective listening’ for a while, I found it more fascinating to think about ‘ineffective listening’. I have been spending most of my time [...]
Learned Words
TweetI committed to learn 168 French words in the month of February. Here is my February vocabulary list, and the chart below is my JMemorize progress as of the end of February.
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