Do you find it difficult to memorize vocabulary?
SRS flashcard methods are good but unless you’re actually putting those words into immediate use they won’t stick.
I’ll give you a very quick method (call it The Mezzofanti Method™ from now…

Before getting into any serious language study it’s imperative that you ask yourself exactly why you’re doing it.
About 7 years ago I made the decision to study French and Russian simultaneously while taking Ancient Hebrew and Koine Greek translation…

How many languages can you think in?
Most people aren’t aware of the fact that when we think we actually do so by conversing with ourselves internally using our native language.
We think, rationalize and make sense of what we…

 
What is ‘chunking’?
Okay. Imagine you’re a migrant to an English-speaking country who can barely speak a word of English yet and every day out in the street you hear people ask you, “How’s it going?”
At first you might not…