Conversation with Ziad Fazah

TweetToday, I had the honour to talk with Ziad Fazah. Yes, the person who claimed to have learnt 59 languages in his youth. Thanks, Keith, for the inspiration. At last, I decided to talk to the legendary linguist. I sent an email to Ziad yesterday, and was surprised to receive his reply on the same [...]

LingQ Exited Beta

TweetLingQ finally exited its beta last week. Congratulations, Steve, Mark, and your team! I have been using the LingQ system for my French study since its beta launch in the beginning of August. During the last 2 months, I have been reading a lot. The LingQ system simply facilitates my reading activity, making it something [...]

The Ziad’s Thread is Finally Closed

TweetThe Ziad’s thread is one of the longest-lasting threads in the forums. It is probably the most intriguing, controversial, and dramatic thread by far. Today, an administrator decided to close it for good. Ziad Fazah is the living legendary polyglot who claimed to be able to speak 58 languages, and he claimed to have learnt [...]

Computer Flashcard Nazi

TweetI had some time today to update my French vocabulary building progress. I was amazed that I have added nearly 600 words this month! In fact, I owe this achievement to the LingQ system. When its beta version came out at the beginning of August, I subscribed to it right away. I have been using [...]

Learning Vietnamese from Scratch

TweetNot me. Well, perhaps in the future. Stuart is tackling a new language again. This time he is learning Vietnamese from scratch. I have not checked out Stuart’s blog for months, due to his lack of updates. Today, I just hit it for no particular reason, and here he is, describing his first 5 days [...]

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