Category Archives: Language

My experiences learning new languages.

Language Learning: How many words?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Recently, Benny Lewis tackled the question “How many words do you need before you speak a language ‘fluently’?” And by tackled I mean tackled. To the ground. As if it had looked at him in an insulting manner. Benny approaches … Continue reading →

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Word of the Week: Hlonipa

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

This is the first of a new series of blog posts from me, which I am rather ambitiously calling “Word of the Week”. I intend for it to be something interesting, a word or a phrase, representing some cultural information, … Continue reading →

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Knowing when to pause

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

I am nearing the end of Teach Yourself Russian. Well, I have pretty much skipped over all the exercises, but my main goal is understanding. I have been spending a lot of time over the past couple of weeks focusing … Continue reading →

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BBC Active & Russian Stuff

Posted on July 18, 2010 by

At the moment, I am trying to teach myself Russian. The most useful book I have found so far is a Teach Yourself Russian book borrowed from the library. I also own a BBC Active Russian Phrasebook and Dictionary and … Continue reading →

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Lexiophiles – reading practice

Posted on June 26, 2010 by

I discovered a few interesting websites this week. The first is Lexiophiles. It is a project of bab.la. I haven’t looked into Bab.la enough to comment on it here. The reason I like Lexiophiles is that it has articles in … Continue reading →

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