Category Archives: Language Learning

How long will it take to become fluent?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Josh

I saw this question show up at the HTLAL forums a few days ago, and have seen it appear elsewhere in the language learning community time and time again. The question is, unfortunately, very hard to answer. First of all, … Continue reading →

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How much listening do you do?

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Josh

I’m curious as to how much listening others do, specifically, listening to material that you have no transcript for. For a while, I was listening to all sorts of stuff; I used Global Maverick’s guide to organizing foreign language listening … Continue reading →

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The “Lyrics” tab on iPods

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Josh

Geoff has a great post on making use of the Lyrics information, which iTunes lets you attach to any audio file in your library. Once you sync your iPod with your iTunes library, whatever you put in the Lyrics information … Continue reading →

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