January 31, 2008at 5:42 am
· Filed under Learn Polish, Learn Russian, Technology and language learning
Knowing Polish and understanding a Russian film
I am an American that learned Polish, to some level. I was watching the Russian film last night titled “Seventh Cradle”. It is like a Russian ”Indiana Jones”. There were no subtitles nor lektor. I did not realises this when I started the film. Now the good news is, even though […]
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Tags: language, Polish, russian, Russian film, Seventh cradle, slavic, Slavic languages
January 27, 2008at 1:24 pm
· Filed under Internet language learning
Which languages - counties are the biggest geeks
If you look at Alexa, the site which ranks popular sites on the Internet, you can look at the top 500 most popular sites in the world. I will not list the ranking out as that is something that you can explore. But what I noticed was out […]
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Tags: geeks, Internet, language, languages on the internet, most popular languages on the internet
January 27, 2008at 5:44 am
· Filed under Brain and language learning
One acupressure point for concentration and learning
Do you want better concentration, learning and greater clarity of mind fast? Try this acupressure point. Its called SI5. That is Small Intestine 5 or Yang Valley.
The location of this acupressure point for concentration and learning is easy to find. At the beginning of your hand and at the end of […]
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Tags: Acupressure, Acupressure and languages, Acupressure for concentration, Acupressure for learning, language, learn, learn a language
January 25, 2008at 2:57 pm
· Filed under Brain and language learning
Improving the healing process by using your brain
From Aristotle and Hippocrates to yoga and meditation practicers, people have claimed the brain can help the healing process. At this juncture it is almost common knowledge, but the Mayo clinic in a study published in January, confirms what many knew all along.
Guided vivid imagery or a form […]
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January 17, 2008at 6:16 am
· Filed under General language learning
People do not learn languages because they have wrong expectations. Wrong expectations about 1) how a language is learned. 2) how much time is required to learn a language 3) about their only natural abilities to learn a language.
The expectation is that they just can just pick up a language. They have heard many stories of […]
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Tags: How to learn a language, language, languages, learn, learn a language, learning, study
January 12, 2008at 3:54 am
· Filed under General language learning, How to learn a language, Technology and language learning
Techies that learn languages
One thing that I noticed when I have been teaching languages is IT or tech guys have unusual language learning abilities. Unusual in a strange, but good sense. Let me explain. Since I have been teaching English in Poland, I noticed that the IT guys have a very rich vocabulary. They […]
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Tags: IT, language, learn, learning, tech, techies
