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Brain oil

Brain oil
I have written about my brain lesion and how it took a long time to get back my cognitive function. One of my most recent discoveries was ‘False flax oil’. This is Camelina sativa. I discovered this by accident. After using a lot on my salad for a few weeks, I […]

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Reading blogs in a foreign language for slang and idioms

Reading blogs in a foreign language for slang and idioms
One of the problems with learning a language from a book or a class is you do not get a lot of slang and current idioms in your target foreign language. Idioms that are used are sometimes 10 years old. If you want the latest and […]

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Sorbian languages a western Slavic language

Sorbian languages a western Slavic language
Sorbian is another unknown Slavic language. Everyone knows, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish but have you heard of Sorbian? Sorbian is spoken in the East part of Germany which boarders Poland. If you drive though this region you will not see German or Polish but Sorbian signs. Sorbian is a language […]

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Learn a language for love

Learn a language for love
Today people perform amazing acts of contortions to keep their body’s beautiful and spend a countless amounts of money on creams and surgeries and clothes to look attractive. I think all of us do this to one degree or another. However, if you want to increase your attractiveness, here is a […]

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Learn prepositions in a foreign language

Learn prepositions in a foreign language
The best way to learn prepositions is to take one object, one noun such as “book” or “pen” and learn sentences with this book in many situations. For example: the book is in on the table, the book is under the table, the book is with the man, the book […]

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Free language books

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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Most popular learn a language posts last week, language, love, music, children, citizenship

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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Learn foreign words and phrases with a chess board

Learn foreign words and phrases with a chessboard
The biggest problem with learning a language is discipline. To actually sit and learn vocabulary words. Here is a technique to learn a language. I love chess and have a number of chess board, mostly beautiful wooden chess boards from Poland. Here is a method to learn a […]

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Most economically valuable languages to learn

Most economically valuable languages to learn
Conventional wisdom says if you are are looking for the most economically valuable language to learn, learn Spanish. Why? Spanish is gaining momentum and the line between the English and Spanish world in the Americas is blurred.
However, the most economically valuable languages to learn is not Spanish at least from an […]

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Language books

Language books
I have taught many students over the years and I never really had a student learn from language books, alone. That is buy a book and start with page 1 and finish the book and speak the language. It can work, in theory, but you have to be very discipline. I have one student […]

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