I often hear from readers who are interested in or are learning ancient or dead languages. The two are not necessarily the same category (though they can be). Ancient languages refer to those that are centuries or thousands of years old, whereas dead languages could have been living just yesterday (and died out with the… [Read More]
How To Learn Grammar Easily And Enjoyably
Much of the advice on this site for language learning can be summed up like this: Get out there and talk to people. Even if you only know two words – hello and goodbye – it’s enough to get you started. Fact: books are dead and don’t reflect the living, organic nature of languages that… [Read More]
How To Use Feelings And Senses To Learn Foreign Languages More Effectively
This is a bit of a follow-on from what I previously wrote on Mastering Foreign Vocabulary. Did you know that the most common and erroneous way that a lot of us try to learn foreign language vocabulary, phrases and expressions is by repetition of the foreign language word/s and the translation in our native language? If… [Read More]
