My entire Vietnamese course consists of a single textbook — the textbook for Saigon — two teachers, and a whiteboard. There is nothing else. There are no videos, no significant listening exercises, no workbook, no...
Read MoreIn my Vietnamese class, one of the students asked the teacher how to tell time. The telling time lesson was meant for chapter ten, but because it came up, the teacher took about twenty minutes and taught us. It was really a...
Read MoreIn conclusion, my theory is if an adult and a child attend the same number of hours of classes, the adult will learn faster.
Read MoreAlthough an argument could be made that a student with a given native tongue may have an advantage in area of learning a second language, he or she may have other areas with particular difficulties.
Read MoreFor all students, regardless of their native tongue, it is clear to me is that it is impossible to use words to write other words. So, we need to find some other method of learning pronunciation.
Read MoreOften, the advice you get is downright stupid. It makes you wonder how these people survived over here, or somewhere else for that matter.
Read MoreThe short answer is: if you want students to have native-like pronunciation, they need to listen for 800 hours. The more the students listen, the better their pronunciation will be. It is that simple.
Read MoreI guess what I am saying is, I hope someday, even if I don’t make money from the internet, I can achieve the goal of being the Angriest Man in the World.
Read MoreAs I have said in numerous other language learning articles, there are no tricks and no hints. The more hours you invest, the better you will get.
Read MoreMy idea is that, as we learn each new language, we must create a separate box for it in our brain. And if we keep these boxes distinct, we will not have interference from one language to the next.
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