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Expats and language learning
There are three types of expats when it comes to language learning. I have been an expat for years in Poland, as well as traveling quite a bit. My observation is based on real people regarding expats and language learning. How fast expats learn a language is connected to their […]

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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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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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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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Memory systems and language learning
I teach and learn languages. I have read countless books on language learning, but more important I have had years of first hand experience with language learning. There are scores of language learning products on the market from books to software to memory masters. What do I think is the best way […]

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How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour
Tim Ferriss wrote a post with this title ‘How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour’. If you believe him then, I have some nice swamp land in Florida to sell you. Tim, who was #1 on the New Times […]

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Language learning with music videos
Music videos are more interesting than traditional pod-casts or in my opinion TV. And if you are into music this can be a way to spark your interest in a language. I think music is perhaps the best way to learn a language. It blends acoustics with rhythm with the sound […]

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Learning a language with metaphors
Metaphors are like barbells for your mind. They stretch and expand your brain in a form of mental gymnastic or yoga. One technique to break the monotony of learning a language is try to create metaphors in your target language. First start with simple metaphors “fast as a rabbit” , something […]

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Learn a language with mind mapping
Mind mapping
Creating mind maps or mind mapping is using a paper and pencil to draw out maps of connections between two or more ideas. You can use mind maps to learn a language with grammatical ideas, vocabulary and even conversational ideas such as question and answer. Mind maps look like […]

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Translation method to learn
The translation method, about a hundred years ago, was the method of language learning in vogue which died out with the introduction of the direct method for teaching languages. Arrogant language experts sub the translation method as an artifact from the last paradigm shift. But the reality is a modified translation […]

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