Coalition Of The Willing

TweetNaturegirl left a comment on my previous post, mentioning a common scenario, where you want to practice your target language, only to find out that the other person always responses back to you in English (or your native language). This is indeed an extremely frustrating experience. This could be by far the number one enemy [...]

Vocabulary Update

TweetIt has been a while since I last updated my language learning progress. There seems to be a lot to report. I might as well start from my French vocabulary. Since the beginning of the year, I started setting monthly targets on the number of French words to learn. I started off well but stopped [...]

Rapid Language Learning

TweetA while ago, I came across an article written by Konstantin who claimed to have learned the French language in just 10 months. Although he didn’t claim to reach fluency, he managed to pass the TEF with high scores. The article was a write-up of his experiences and methods. I was amazed at first when [...]

NCP

TweetToday, language-learning podcasts are all over the Internet. Some are made to be academically sounded and contain scripted dialogs. Others pick up sound clips from the real world such as radio and TV programs. The former are just too fake to our ears, and the latter are usually above a typical learner’s level. Two days [...]

Goal Setting

TweetTwo days ago, I went to a career seminar organized by my company. The message was simple: before you decide to leave the company and work somewhere else, there are in fact many opportunities within the company you should consider. I went to the same seminar last year. I still remember there was one instructor [...]

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