by Bruce Balmer | Jun 14, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Conversation, French, German, Italian, Languages, Listening, Reading, Spanish, Speaking, Thai, Writing
I once had the good fortune to be coached on snow-boarding (which was new to me at the time) by a super-experienced snow boarding expert. I was in a group of two, myself and a dutch guy whose principle pass time was football. We were not progressing as fast as I...
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 26, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Statistics, Thai, Time
When learning a language my preferred method is to absorb a lot of vocabulary quickly and get the the point where I can read enjoyably as quickly as possible. Then read. Thai makes that difficult. Let’s take a moment to look at how the Thai language gets in the...
by Bruce Balmer | May 17, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Conversation, French, German, Italian, Languages, Listening, Reading, Spanish, Speaking, Statistics, Thai, Time, Writing
I am warming up to relearn my Thai starting in June. At present I am finishing a curriculum for myself that will have taken 50 hours to complete but which reduces the time my learning will require by 200 or more hours and more importantly make sure I am successful....
by Bruce Balmer | May 7, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, French, German, Italian, Languages, Money, Motivation, Spanish, Statistics, Thai, Time, Uncategorized
I just had another conversation with someone who finds it impossible to understand what we are selling. How peculiar. Peculiar because our value proposition is incredibly simple. Traditional language teaching technique work for most hard working students. Those...
by Bruce Balmer | May 4, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Conversation, Listening, Money, Motivation, Reading, Speaking, Thai, Time, Writing
The short version: – I’ve been trying to learn Thai for 3 years. I’ve started back at the beginning 3 times. My total bill in money exceeds £3,000 and my total bill in time exceeds 500 hours. And sure I can hold a conversation but I don’t...
