A lot of advice and conversation about language learning gets devoted to the amount of time needed to spend per day working on the new language. Of course, the exact amount of time recommended per day tends to vary with who you’re talking to, and everyone has their own minimums, too, but the consensus is … Continue reading A Day In the Life of a Language Learner
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) There’s a common piece of advice for language learning (and perhaps learning anything) that you should enjoy the journey. The end goal is fine and it’s important to have one, but you shouldn’t worry about the goal, rather … Continue reading Don’t Enjoy the Journey, Enjoy the Things
(This blog entry is written in Spanish. There will be an English translation available tomorrow morning / Este blog está escrito en español. Habrá una traducción de inglés disponible mañana por la mañana.) Hay un consejo común para el aprendizaje de idiomas (y a lo mejor el aprendizaje de cualquier cosa) que se debe disfrutar … Continue reading No Disfrutes el Camino, Disfruta las Cosas
I’ve done my best to not do this very often, but like I did right around the holidays I’m taking a week off from writing a pre-numbers content post. Most of the week was fine for me, but I went through some pretty heavy emotional stuff over the weekend, which is when I normally draft … Continue reading Weekly Update
There are a number of knowledgeable, interesting voices on the internet that offer advice on language learning. I follow several of them and enjoy hearing their takes on different things. Often times they present interesting ideas and techniques, and I have taken a large amount of inspiration from a number of those voices—most notably Stephen … Continue reading Understanding Language Levels Comparatively
Fumbling Toward Fluent 