Language Apps
I enjoy listening to Olly Richards' podcast, I Will Teach You A Language (IWTYAL). One of the episodes that is of special interest to me is episode 191, IWTYAL 191: Do you use apps for language learning?
The Best Things in Life Are Free…
After my business trip in Stockholm, my interest in Swedish is piqued so… I'm currently learning Swedish! A good Swedish friend—let's call him Popeye—has been sending me ‘homework’ and I liked this one in particular, because it's so meaningful and true. I've also seen it in Italian.
I’m Learning Swedish!
I started learning Swedish in October this year and am actively using Duolingo as one of my few study materials. I'll be jotting my progress as I go along and so far I'm progressing really well.
Exploring Latin
For a while I was learning Latin (after I got the hang of Italian) but then got distracted by other pursuits. I must admit I do get easily distracted. I'll poke around at some new things and if it's something I really want to dive into, for example Italian, I'll commit. If not, I know I've tried and it's not really my thing.
How I Learn a Foreign Language
I have done a few posts in the past about how learn Italian; however, for this post I’d like to revisit my methodology and summarize what had worked for me right from the beginning. Using Italian as an example, I did the following without attending any classes.
Listen to the sound. Like a child learning to speak, hearing and mimicking sounds are important. The main resources I use are: [...]
Mind-mapping to Improve Vocabulary
I found a very useful article on Italki.com about using mind-mapping to improve one’s vocabulary and I immediately plan to put it to work for my Italian language self-learning.
Mind maps are not new to me, but the concept of using it to improve my vocabulary is new and interesting.
MY 5 AM MORNING WALKS
