by Bruce Balmer | Jan 17, 2022 | Accelerated Learning, Conversation, French, German, Italian, Languages, Listening, Reading, Spanish, Speaking, Statistics, Thai, Time, Time Efficiency, Uncategorized
Our current progress in accelerating language learning stands at this. In our lates group of reddit DuoLingo users, which we asked to try our system and compare it to their experience of DL – none of those people will take longer than 75 hours to get from zero...
by Bruce Balmer | Dec 16, 2020 | Accelerated Learning
Over the years I’ve been asked to read quite a few Ed-Psyche reports. Without exception they have been absolutely rubbish. That is both shocking and tragic as it misleads educators and disadvantages pupils. How is it possible for “professionals” to...
by Bruce Balmer | Dec 10, 2020 | Italian, Money, Motivation, Statistics, Time
If you wish to maintain your fluency once achieved and you are human then “the brow of the hill” is an extremely important concept. The brow of the hill is where maintaining the language you have learned is more fun than it is work. People say it is hard...
by Bruce Balmer | Dec 7, 2020 | Italian
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 Bruce Balmer | Dec 1, 2020 | Italian, Time
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...
