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		<title>Hyperpolyglot Who Speaks 59 Languages</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2011/01/22/hyperpolyglot-who-speaks-59-languages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2011/01/22/hyperpolyglot-who-speaks-59-languages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetYesterday I was contacted by someone who claimed to speak 59 languages and he was only 18 years old! My first reaction was: Really?! Well, &#8216;speak&#8217; is a vague term. In fact, he admitted up front that he was not fluent in all of them. Before jumping into any conclusion of my own, I did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Effective Way to Learn Hiragana</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2010/09/28/the-most-effective-way-to-learn-hiragana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2010/09/28/the-most-effective-way-to-learn-hiragana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Context]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetOver the years, I had made a few attempts to learn Hiragana (平仮名), the fundamental character set of the Japanese language. Sadly, in every attempt I quited before completing the first row of あ, い, う, え, お (a, i, u, e, o). I never intended to learn Japanese seriously in the past, so I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Babel Fish</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2010/02/23/googles-babel-fish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cantonese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetHere is my latest fish-joke. It was Chinese New Year last week. My colleague of Mexican origin instant-messaged me: &#8216;新年好&#8217; (good New-Year). Obviously, he had been playing around with Google Translate. So I challenged him that, with the help of Google Translate, he should not have any more excuse not to chat with me in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is Natural Approach really?</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/08/29/what-is-natrual-approach-really/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/08/29/what-is-natrual-approach-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetKeith 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 [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/08/13/srs-and-the-natural-approach/#comments</comments>
		<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[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</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[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sorry, I Don&#8217;t Speak French</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/02/09/sorry-i-dont-speak-french/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2009/02/09/sorry-i-dont-speak-french/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetI recently read the book &#8220;Sorry, I Don&#8217;t Speak French&#8220;, which gave a very comprehensive account on the language struggle in the recent history of Canada. To those who are not familiar with the issue, French has been spoken predominately in the Quebec province, and English in the rest of Canada. The Quebeckers resent the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Learn to Speak Fluently in No Time</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/09/19/learn-to-speak-fluently-in-no-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/09/19/learn-to-speak-fluently-in-no-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Esperanto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetAs I have said in a previous post, many people expect everything free from the Internet, but yet they are willing to spend hundreds of dollars on books and materials on language learning. Some publishers out there are therefore more than happy to take advantage of these people. They are confident that they can convince [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</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>
		<category><![CDATA[Skype]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetOver 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free Lunch Or Not</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/08/26/free-lunch-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/08/26/free-lunch-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LingQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetToday, I received 3 separate e-mails from ChinesePod, SpanishPod, and FrenchPod, all delivering the same announcement. Currently, everybody can have access to all their lessons. Starting from next month, people with free-membership will have access to newbie lessons only. This change does not really affect me much, for I have decided to go &#8220;natural&#8221; a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Selling My iPod Nano</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/08/25/selling-my-ipod-nano/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/08/25/selling-my-ipod-nano/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TweetWhile Steve has recently upgraded his MP3 player to an iPod Nano 3G, I am considering selling mine. No doubt, an iPod Nano is an extraordinary device for language learners. It is portable, it can play both audio and video clips, and the lyrics display comes in handy when you need to read the accompanied [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;No Best Method&#8217; Hypothesis</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/04/28/no-best-method-hypothesis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/04/28/no-best-method-hypothesis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forums]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetNowadays, I seldom visit the How-To forums, though I still pop in once in a while. The forums do have many helpful advises, only that these pearls are usually buried under an overwhelming number of useless advises. Many people indulged in the forums for days arguing which study method is the best. Last week, I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[SRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetI 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</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>
		<category><![CDATA[LingQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://towerofconfusion.wordpress.com/?p=208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TweetSome 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Text-To-Speech (TTS)</title>
		<link>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/01/29/text-to-speech-tts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.towerofconfusion.com/2008/01/29/text-to-speech-tts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edwin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LingQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spanish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocabulary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TweetLast month, Steve posted on his blog an idea of exchanging recorded vocabulary lists. He then made a very nice sample recording of an English vocabulary list. The first time I listened to it, I told myself that I must get one for my own list. Here is the problem. I have over 1000 words/phrases [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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