by Bruce Balmer | Jul 27, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Activity, French, German, Languages, Listening, Motivation, Reading, Spanish, Speaking, Statistics, Time, Writing
Congratulations to Chrissi. She recently completed a day of reviews and got 99% right. That 99% was her score across over 60 reviews, combining material from everything she has learned so far for French and Spanish and which is tested without prior revision – in...
by Bruce Balmer | Jul 19, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Activity, Conversation, French, German, Italian, Languages, Listening, Motivation, Reading, Spanish, Speaking, Statistics, Thai, Time, Writing
To complete a degree programme requires you learn between 7,000 and 10,000 fluency units (words, conjugations, phrases etc). For this post I identified that I have learned 12,156 fluency units of French. To maintain my ability to use all my French in conversation, I...
by Bruce Balmer | Jul 12, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, French, German, Italian, Languages, Motivation, Spanish, Statistics, Thai, Time
Thai progress. By finding the right area of focus and the right exercises with which to deploy that focus – my Thai is on a sudden upward trajectory (certainly compared to its former trajectory). Progress is: 1 – Reading speed has doubled 2 – The...
by Bruce Balmer | Jul 5, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Conversation, French, German, Italian, Languages, Listening, Motivation, Reading, Spanish, Speaking, Thai, Uncategorized, Writing
Do you remember how enthusiastic you were the day BEFORE you decided to learn a language? Do you remember how enthusiastic and excited you were the day you started? The sense of rapid progress. The vision of sitting in a pub or restaurant with a glass of wine and...
by Bruce Balmer | Jun 28, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Conversation, French, German, Italian, Listening, Motivation, Reading, Spanish, Speaking, Thai, Time, Uncategorized, Writing
Why do children love to play? Maybe it is because play is fun. But perhaps there is a more important purpose and so kids have evolved to like playing because those that liked it the most were the most successful at acquiring skills. Playing and a playful atmosphere...
by Bruce Balmer | Jun 7, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, French, Languages, Motivation, Reading, Statistics, Thai, Time, Uncategorized
I must have read at least 100,000 words in Thai over the last few years And yet my reading speed has remained terrible. Very interesting that. Shouldn’t be possible. And when I say “terrible” let me be more specific – about 30 words per minute....
