How to learn another language in 2019: Getting S**t Done

How to learn another language in 2019: troubleshooting your strategies

The first week of January is the perfect time to reassess your life goals, notice that little “learn Italian” task in your Someday/Maybe list and maybe make it happen within the next twelve months. Brave goal. Now, how do you put your good intentions into action and actually learn another language in 2019? What are … Read more How to learn another language in 2019: Getting S**t Done

What Type of Language Learner You Are?

What type of language learner you match and how to use it

You are a language learner. And if your parents didn’t speak to you two different languages since the day you were born, you have to struggle your way up. And the way you climb this language learning mountain says about you a lot (and defines your success as well, to be honest). So what type … Read more What Type of Language Learner You Are?

Marginal adjustments: the winning strategy for language learning & more

How marginal adjustments can change the life of language learners

Let me share with you one of my favorite TED talks on language learning, mountain hiking, yarnbombing and beating Guinness records. That’s the best preface to this post because nobody will explain the power of marginal adjustments better than Stephen Duneier: Ideas that work find their application everywhere in the life. Stephen Duneier doesn’t talk … Read more Marginal adjustments: the winning strategy for language learning & more

Following Your Passion For a Language Will Make You Waste Time

Passion for a language alone will do more harm than good

Every single language learning forum screams about the importance of the passion for a language you learn. Among the common statements are: “you can’t learn a language you don’t like“, “you should never even try to learn a language you’re not passionate about“, “passion in language learning is everything“, “go with languages you love” and … Read more Following Your Passion For a Language Will Make You Waste Time

Hyperproductive U: How to Use Commute Time to Learn a Language

It’s early morning, and you’re already packed in that bus/train/subway for at least a half-an-hour. A-a-a-a-argh. But did you thought that it can be a huge advantage on your way to fluency? Let’s see how many options you have to use this time to learn a language. Allons-y! If you live in a big city, … Read more Hyperproductive U: How to Use Commute Time to Learn a Language