Author Archives: Language Bug
Author Archives: Language Bug
As regular readers are aware, I’m currently undergoing a re-learning of French and Spanish. At this point in the language learning project, I’m very irritated with myself for not making more attempts to retain knowledge. In fact, when I spoke to my Mandarin speaking friend the other day, I realized that after only a couple […]
Continue readingBack when I was doing my Mandarin Project, I recall having numerous days where I would wish I was back to studying an ‘easier’ language. The grass is always greener on the other side. Now, I’m back learning Spanish, I realize that whilst there are a lot of things which are incredibly easy when it […]
Continue readingIf you have been learning a language for a while, you will probably have wondered how to organise your language learning notes. If you don’t get it under control, this is one of those things that will escalate to uncontrollable levels pretty quickly. It’s also another unnecessary roadblock when it comes to language learning; un-organised […]
Continue readingThe Spanish Language IPA The Spanish Language IPA is something that you’ll need to learn if you really want to learn the Spanish language quickly and effectively. Learning the Spanish Language IPA will mean you can learn pronunciation from reading, and it’ll mean that your pronunciation is a million times better than it would have […]
Continue readingWikipedia is a fantastic resource for the language learner. One of the great undiscovered benefits of it is that you can use Wikipedia for Extensive Reading. For many languages, you now have a practically unlimited set of reading materials on countless subjects. Best of all, using Wikipedia for extensive reading also means that you won’t […]
Continue readingLanguage Bug New Year’s Resolutions I’ve been on an unexpected hiatus for the past few weeks. The details of which aren’t incredibly interesting, so I’ll leave it at that. The good news is though, that Language Bug has some amazing things planned for 2015. Language Learning New Year’s Resolutions I tend to think of New […]
Continue readingWelcome to the one-hundredth Language Bug article! As you may have noticed, it’s been a week since I last posted. Unfortunately, I had business in the real world. I had written some articles, but I’d set up the queue system in WordPress wrong. The extra posts will be on their way over the next week […]
Continue readingHello again. If you read Friday’s post, you’ll know I kicked off the French Language Learning Project. After a weekend of merriment and dubbed YouTube videos, it is progressing well. However, stalwart Language Bug regulars will know that French is only one half of the new language learning equation. We’re also doing a Spanish language […]
Continue reading“What’s the hardest language to learn?” is possibly the most redundant and irritating question that constantly permeates this side of the internet. Why is it irritating? Because the answer is obvious. Why is it redundant? Because you’re not going to learn a language solely because it’s difficult. If you have to learn a language, it […]
Continue readingFrench Conversation Words You Need To Know As you’ll know if you follow the blog, I don’t really work along the lines of “Speak From Day One” courses. You need to acclimatise to the language and accumulate some language before you start to regurgitate it. That might be memorised vocabulary or some simple grammar, but […]
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