by Bruce Balmer | Aug 23, 2021 | Motivation, Time
Learning a language is a marathon not a sprint. Any activity that must be engaged in repetitively over a long period of time benefits from habits. The most important habit I formed re language learning was consistently learning and reviewing every day FIRST THING IN...
by Bruce Balmer | Apr 20, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, Conversation, French, German, Italian, Languages, Listening, Motivation, Reading, Spanish, Speaking, Statistics, Thai, Time, Writing
Getting one third faster at learning a language may sound impossible or at least very demanding and it may not sound inspiringly useful. Time to stop and think. It takes about 600 hours to go from zero to A2 level in a western European language. A2 is also GCSE level...
by Bruce Balmer | Apr 13, 2021 | Accelerated Learning, French, German, Italian, Languages, Motivation, Spanish, Thai, Time
Humans are prone to exhortation, not just of others but also to themselves. “Don’t be nervous!”, “Don’t blush!”, “Be more disciplined!”. Who do we think we are talking to at these times and why do we believe that person is listening any more than a teenager is...
