Is the Problem Your English Level or Your Education Level?
There are no tricks and no hints. If your goal is to read at a native speaker level, then you need to read things a native speaker reads.
How Many Words is Fluent?
If your Grandma and Grandpa could learn a new language to a level of functionality, so can you.
Learning Korean without Speaking
Normally, ALG says you do 800 hours of listening, then you start speaking, and you do writing and reading last. The reality is, however, if you are not at the ALG school in Bangkok, it is nearly impossible to arrange these type of lessons for yourself.
Empty Compliments and the Language Learner
Meeting a new Thai person I simply said “Sawadis krap.” Without a second’s hesitation, he said, in English “You Speak Thai very well.” Was I supposed to feel encouraged?
Vietnamese Loan Words and the Uniqueness of the Language
It is fascinating to see how so many components of the language can be traced to some other language, and yet Vietnamese is completely unique.
An ALG Approach to Self-Study
Approximating the ALG experience by watching tons and tons of hours of TV, supplemented by the Core Novel Method.
A Cast of a Thousand Characters: Learning to Read Chinese
The Chinese language is like an epic movie, starring a cast of thousands of characters.
Activating Your Foreign Language: You Gotta’ Learn it To Say It
Guest post by Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo is a martial arts and adventure author living in Asia (check out our interview with him here). His...
