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		<title>Speak Only When Ready &#8211; But When Will You be Ready?</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2010/03/21/speak-only-when-ready-but-when-will-you-be-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was an interesting exchange between Steve the Linguist and Benny the Irish Polyglot. I downloaded the podcast more than a week ago but only managed to get through it on a red-eye flight back from Seattle yesterday.
In brief, Steve thinks that we should first immerse ourselves into a lot of input activities and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Natrual Approach really?</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/08/29/what-is-natrual-approach-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Keith commented on my previous post, questioning on how SRS can fit into the &#8220;natural language learning&#8221; model. After all, it is not natural.
It seems to be me that different &#8220;language naturists&#8221; have different degrees of &#8220;naturalness&#8221; in their approaches. By all means, I am in favour of the &#8220;natural approach&#8221; as opposed to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SRS and the Natural Approach</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/08/13/srs-and-the-natural-approach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other day Kev posted an excellent question in my previous post. He asked:

If you spend progressively more and more of your time on reading and listening (as you should), wouldn’t the amount of time you spend on feeding/reviewing an SRS fade to zero? Therefore, is it worth spending any time at all on an [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>SRS Best Practices</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/03/03/srs-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/03/03/srs-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The key to language acquisition is vocabulary-building. The best way to build your vocabulary is through comprehensive input (i.e., reading and listening). An efficient way to maintain your vocabulary is to use an Spaced Repetition System (SRS). There is no doubt about it. Look around and you will see everybody in the language-learning circle talks [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>2009 Year Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/01/26/2009-year-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/01/26/2009-year-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new year plan is not late. It is right on time. Happy Chinese New Year!
The global financial crisis has lead me to reorganize my priorities. Thousands of jobs are being cut across the globe in recent weeks. In fact, I just managed to survive a bloodshed last week. It seems to me that at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Learn Mandarin from Cantonese and Vice Versa</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/09/23/learn-mandarin-from-cantonese-and-vice-versa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/09/23/learn-mandarin-from-cantonese-and-vice-versa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cantonese]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pronunciation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, I have persuaded my wife to go to Mandarin class. She had her first class last Thursday. OK, this was not her first attempt, but at least I regard this as a new beginning. There is always hope.
Coming back from the class that night, my wife started firing all kinds of pronunication questions at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>No More Skypecast</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/09/04/no-more-skypecast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/09/04/no-more-skypecast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, another free on-line service was gone, not only the &#8220;free&#8221; part, but also the service itself.
Skypecast was launched in 2006 to host public conference calls up to 100 people at a time. It was since being established as a meeting place for many to get to know others and talk about anything. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Migration To Anki</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/04/25/migration-to-anki/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/04/25/migration-to-anki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://towerofconfusion.wordpress.com/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have finally migrated my SRS to Anki.
Many language learners seem to be already using this cool flashcard tool. I myself tried it back in January, but I didn&#8217;t find the ease of using it. The program requires you to rate your answer before it sets the next time interval for review. JMemorize does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shadowing Alone</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/04/14/shadowing-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/04/14/shadowing-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://towerofconfusion.wordpress.com/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across a language forum post. A person taught some Japanese students English by playing recordings of native speakers and asking the students to repeat them again and again. The teacher did not give more details, so I assume this was the only method he used. He posted a recording of one of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>My LingQ Testimonial</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/03/28/my-lingq-testimonial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/03/28/my-lingq-testimonial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you might have already figured out, by the lack my posts in the past few weeks, that I have been extremely busy. I have changed team recently at work, and I have been working on intense short-term projects since then.
Despite my busy schedule, my language learning progress has not slowed down in general. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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