SRS and the Natural Approach

TweetThe 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 [...]

SRS Best Practices

TweetThe 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 [...]

2009 Year Plan

TweetMy 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 [...]

Learn Mandarin from Cantonese and Vice Versa

TweetFinally, 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 [...]

No More Skypecast

TweetOver the weekend, another free on-line service was gone, not only the “free” 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 [...]

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