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A Head Full of Steam
It has been a long time between drinks; or trips to the well; or – OK that’s enough rubbish. Momentum has not been my friend this year. When I began the Babel Project, I wanted this to be something pleasant … Continue reading
Posted in Arabic, Chinese, Grammar, Hindi, Korean, Learning styles, Lessons learned, Polish, Uncategorized
Tagged babel project, books, crisis, momentum, practice
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Revision
It’s January, after 9pm and time to consider the first year of the Babel Project. In theory, there was only supposed to be one year of TBP. The roadmap said five languages, five methods, one year and then we’ll assess … Continue reading
Posted in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Learning styles, Lessons learned, Polish, Rules of the Game
Tagged babel project, books, mistakes, progress, travel
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What hump?
I cannot help myself – it is too tempting to use a moment from my favourite ever (comic) movie as a Post title. With all due respect to the late great Marty Feldman, not only have I found my hump, … Continue reading
Posted in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Learning styles, Lessons learned, Polish, Vocabulary
Tagged arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, learning a foreign language, Polish, progress, travel
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Faster, higher, whatever?
What an interesting couple of weeks it has been. Some of you may have noticed a little thing called the Olympics make its way through town. In other news, I managed to come down with a chest cold and undergo … Continue reading
Posted in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Learning styles, Lessons learned, Vocabulary
Tagged babel project, Hindi, homework, London 2012, Olympics
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The geography of language – jungle
Would anybody care to guess? I know, it’s an easy one. But strangely apt, because I have found Hindi to be my most challenging language to learn. Not because of any innate complexities in the language – I am not … Continue reading
Posted in Hindi, Learning styles, Rules of the Game, Teaching
Tagged Hindi, language software, progress
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Deep? Moi?
There is a certain mindset that says that if a little bit of an activity is good, then a whole heap must be fantastic. This is the person who decides that if a glass of wine is good for your … Continue reading
Posted in Hindi, Learning styles, Lessons learned, Uncategorized, Vocabulary
Tagged babel project, Hindi, learning a foreign language, progress
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Who dropped that penny?
Success feels like it should be clear and unambiguous. One person (or team) wins, another loses. Either you are Steffi Graf or Bobby Jones, winning the Grand Slam and the ticker-tape parade, or you are Raymond Poulidor, the eternal second. … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Lessons learned, Polish, Uncategorized
Tagged exercise, healthy-living, measurement, progress, pronunciation
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