A Negative Comment

TweetI was walking down the Las Vegas Boulevard last week with 2 colleagues, both were native Mandarin speakers. We have known each other for years, well before the time I picked up Mandarin. So we usually communicate in English. Imagine how inconvenient they were not being able to speak their native languages because of my [...]

Laughter in the Class

TweetIn any typical language class of reasonable size, there is always someone, or perhaps a few people, who turn our to be natural comedians or clowns. Either involuntarily or acting on purpose, they bring laughter to the class. About a year or two ago, I went to a Mandarin Pinyin class. Due to the limitation [...]

Creating an Environment

TweetA few days ago, I stumbled upon a YouTube link from a language forum. Stuart Jay Raj claims to be able to speak,read, and write in more than 15 languages, and he is still learning new ones. Here is the first of the 5-part series you can found in YouTube.

Learn from the Learners

TweetA major cause of people giving up language learning is the lack of motivation. I believe one way to constantly get motivated while acquiring a language is to talk to those who have acquired it. A native speaker speaks the language well, but usually he cannot share with you his experience or struggles in learning [...]

Resume Critique

TweetUnless I know a language well enough that I can communicate in it, I cannot claim to know the language. A few months ago, my company’s human resource department ran a resume critique session for funding-raising purposes. I decided to dust off my years-old resume and give them a shot. After giving out a few [...]

« go back — keep looking »

  • Subscribe

  • Search This Blog

  • Categories

  • Archives

  • I am a LingQ member







  • Recent Comments

  • My Tweets

    • Switch to our mobile site