by totalfluency_admin | Dec 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
About four years ago I met an American lady near Estepona on the southern coast of Spain. She previously lived and worked in America and knew no Spanish. This was unfortunate because she had a dream – to live and work in Spain. How to do? She solved her lack of...
by totalfluency_admin | Dec 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Well, that was fun! I set out on March 17th to learn Italian and I finished my programme on schedule yesterday, November 30th. A very good use of lockdown time in my view. I don’t like it when people make vague statements like “I have learned...
by totalfluency_admin | Nov 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 1989 Stephen Covey published his book – The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People. Habit #2 was “start with the end in mind”. Sound advice. Let’s follow it! I don’t start learning a language until I have a plan in place to maintain...
by totalfluency_admin | Nov 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Like every other normal human being, if I want to remember things long term I have to review them from time to time. Recently, I went through a bad patch in my reviews getting only about 75% right. It was a painful, frustrating and annoying experience –...
by totalfluency_admin | Nov 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
When I was at school learning languages I thought the performance of the top students was forever beyond my reach. I believed this so strongly that I never even tried to work out how to catch them up. I may have had some encouragement from the school on that. First,...
by totalfluency_admin | Nov 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Few people who start learning a language appreciate the importance of time. It may sound obvious but never listen to what people say when you can watch what they do. Observing behaviour tells you the real story! When people quit learning a language it is usually for...
