Category Archives: Language Learning

Language Juggling

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Josh

I’m going to have to change my methods a bit, specifically in how I approach dealing with all of my target languages. For the record, currently I’m studying: German French Russian Spanish Dutch German is still more or less a … Continue reading →

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First Steps with Dutch

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Josh

I’ve been working with Assimil’s Dutch with Ease course the past week and a half or so, and I’m now up to lesson 21. I’ve usually been able to do a few lessons each day instead of the recommended 1 … Continue reading →

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My Prisma Dutch-English Dictionary – Oops

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Josh

The two Dutch language learning books I ordered arrived today; one’s a success, the other, not so much. The success is Assimil’s Dutch with Ease; I’ve little to say about it at this point, other than it looks as good … Continue reading →

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Global Understanding Vs. Individual Words

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Josh

In his detailed video on shadowing, Dr. Arguelles uses an Assimil course as his example. He says that at a certain point in one’s studies, using his shadowing technique, one will find that they have a global understanding of what’s … Continue reading →

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Still here

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Josh

I just wanted to write a quick post and let all of you know that languagegeek.net hasn’t been abandoned, by any means. I just finished up with the end of a semester at university, and was understandably swamped with things … Continue reading →

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Shadowing Step By Step by Professor Arguelles

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Josh

Professor Arguelles has made some new videos about his shadowing technique, one of which comes to nearly an hour in length. In it he discusses the ins and outs of shadowing, and how to work through a whole course using … Continue reading →

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Tip of the day: Ignore everyone, do what you want

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Josh

It’s easy to forget your overall goal sometimes, and language learning is no exception. It’s easy to get caught up in learning about learning languages, as opposed to learning languages. I certainly find myself suffering from this sometimes. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Grammar For Decoding

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Josh

Geoff wrote a post a few weeks ago about the idea of learning a language without grammar, and I quite liked this bit: I personally favor the use of grammar for decoding, but am more reluctant to use it for … Continue reading →

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Spreading Myself Too Thin

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Josh

I wrote previously about a month ago about taking up Spanish on top of the other three languages that I’m studying, German, Russian, and French. While it started out well, as soon as other life responsibilities fell into my lap … Continue reading →

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Success with Foreign Languages: Seven who achieved it and what worked for them

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Josh

I came across a freely available book some time ago, but forgot to post about it here. The book is titled “Success with Foreign Languages: Seven who achieved it and what worked for them,” and is available for free from … Continue reading →

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