A polyglot shares life lessons seventeen years of language learning has taught him.
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Life Lessons Languages Have Taught Me—Part 2: Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
A polyglot shares life lessons seventeen years of language learning has taught him.
Life Lessons Languages Have Taught Me—Part 1: Take Your Time
A polyglot shares life lessons seventeen years of language learning has taught him.
How to Never Forget the Gender of a Noun (And Also Blow Things Up)
Do you have trouble remembering certain word categories in your target language? This memory trick is quick, simple, fun and will imprint what you’re trying to remember into your mind so well, you’ll never forget it.
5 Things to Look for in a Language Tutor
What sets the good language tutors apart from the less than good ones? What qualities should you look for in a language tutor? Here are 5 things I’ve noticed good language tutors have in common.
How to Use Duolingo and Actually Learn Your Target Language—Five Tips
If you’re using Duolingo and are frustrated with the results, the problem might not be the app, but how you’re using it. Here are five tips for using Duolingo in the most effective way.
How Learning a Language is Like Climbing a Mountain
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir My wife and I love to be in the mountains. Recently on a hike on Mt. Rainier I thought to myself “Self: You know, learning a language is really a lot like climbing a mountain.” In what ways? No Two MountainsContinue reading “How Learning a Language is Like Climbing a Mountain”
A Day in the Life of a Polyglot
This week I decided to go with an easy subject for me to describe: a typical day for me as it relates to language study. In later posts, I’ll go into more detail about each method I use, how to make it work, and why it works. But for now I’ll give you a generalContinue reading “A Day in the Life of a Polyglot”
An Accidental Polyglot
pol·y·glot (/ˈpälēˌɡlät/) Noun: a person who knows and is able to use several languages. Ex: “Slovenians, being surrounded by many countries, are mostly polyglots” ac·ci·dent (/ˈaksədənt/) Noun: a whoopsie-daisy, oops As Groucho Marx said, “I was born at a very early age.” But maybe that’s going back too far. I am a polyglot. At the timeContinue reading “An Accidental Polyglot”
Pioneer Languages 