March 31, 2008at 1:32 am
· Filed under How to learn a language
Word of the day to learn a foreign language
The best place for a word of the day note card for me is front of the computer. Other people might choose the bathroom mirror or the sofa in front of the TV. A word of the day place is great if its a place where […]
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March 30, 2008at 1:27 pm
· Filed under Origin of languages
Slavic languages or Slavonic languages
Which is right to use Slavic or Slavonic languages when referring to such languages as Russian, Polish, Ukrainian etc? Slavic is American English, which is used in about 70% of situations, while Slavonic is UK English used in about 30% of the world (at the very most some estimates are as […]
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March 30, 2008at 3:40 am
· Filed under Motivation and language learning
Self hypnosis for language learning
About a year ago I created a self hypnotic mp3 for myself. It was more an mp3 full of positive affirmations and motivational statements that encouraged me to study and use my target foreign language I was trying to learn. Affirmations such as ‘you try to think in a foreign language whenever […]
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March 29, 2008at 6:31 am
· Filed under Internet language learning, Learn Russian
Top 10 Russian language websites
What are the Russians surfing? I think what people are surfing in a language reflects the collective unconsciousness of the people speaking the language. Sometimes they similar to English language Internet surfers and sometimes they are not.
Here are the top 10 Russian language websites.
1. mail.ru Russian language mail server and news […]
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March 28, 2008at 7:17 am
· Filed under Technology and language learning
Most popular languages on the Internet
1. English - 380
2. Chinese - 185
3. Spanish - 113
4. Japanese - 88
5. French - 64
6. German - 62
7. Portuguese - 51
8. Arabic - 46
9. Korean - 34
10. Italian - 33
This was based on Internet world statistics (millions of users) for the most popular languages on the Internet and accounts for 83% of […]
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March 27, 2008at 5:13 am
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How to learn grammar in a foreign language
There are two ways to learn grammar as an adult foreign language learner, abstraction or memorization.
Method 1, learning grammar in a foreign language by abstraction
Adults learn grammar differently than children, we can use abstract thinking to understand patterns. Therefore, in simple grammatical languages like English and Spanish, learning […]
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March 26, 2008at 7:39 am
· Filed under Music and language learning
Music - Singing to learn a language
Most memory masters will tell you rhythm will help you remember. Further learning a language with music is an excellent method to learn a language, for other reason besides just rhythm, that is, your brain is all about connections and music can open closed gates in your brain. […]
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March 25, 2008at 12:27 am
· Filed under General language learning
Free foreign language books
A great free source of classic books if you are trying to learn a language is the Project Gutenberg. If you do not know about it check it out. It has classic books which have come into the public domain because usually they were written about 75 years ago and have no copyright. […]
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March 24, 2008at 12:58 pm
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Most popular learn a language posts last week
1. The hardest language to learn This is very popular because I do not just recycle information on the Internet about the hardest language to learn, rather I use my brain to analysis.
2. Love phrases I also have a page of love phrases in several languages that is […]
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March 24, 2008at 12:06 pm
· Filed under Brain and language learning, How to learn a language
Memory, sleep, brainwaves and language learning
Dr. Olaf Lahl at the University of Dusseldorf, Germany did a study. The results of his study was, 30 volunteers were asked to memorizes a list of words. Then an hour break. Some of the memory study participants were allowed to take a 6 minute nap -sleep. Others were not […]
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