by Bruce Balmer | Oct 4, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Time Efficiency, Uncategorized
We’ve been having yet another interesting experience recently with the clients we coach one on one. It turns out that it is not unusual for a person to have a knowledge of a language where they have quite a lot of fairly advanced stuff and are missing super...
by Bruce Balmer | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Learning a language never fails to amaze me, to impress me and to charm me. I’m busy watching my mind improving at Thai. I’ve reached that curious stage children reach very quickly wherein when I listen to Thai spoken at normal speed, I can now hear all...
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....
by Bruce Balmer | May 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Headline Translation: Finally, I have found a method to learn Thai efficiently. How incredibly exciting. Sometimes when I can’t solve a problem elegantly and quickly I just use persistence to out endure the problem. I am now absolutely confident that I can learn...
