Every word you learn in another language has a story to tell, and I must admit that I never realised to what incredible extent until very recently. As it turns out, a new word can be nothing less than an experience. There’s a wonderful book out there called fluent forever and lately it’s changed my learning … More How to find a story in every new word
I’m going to give you two words, have a look at them. We can talk about them again later, ok? . Lebensversicherung – life insurance Weltuntergangsprognose – predictions for world destruction. . (not the happiest of words…I just wanted some nice long words – there is method in the madness, honest) . we are designed … More Why you will learn more words with images instead of translations
Nouns apparently make up around half of a language in general. You would think then, that they are the words you should be focusing on then, right? I’m starting to think otherwise. I prefer verbs and adjectives these days. Let me explain why… Verbs are the ‘base’ of language If you think about it, sentences … More Learning verbs and adjectives – better than learning nouns?
Forget the trojan war, there are longer battles out there. Like the battle with vocabulary. last time i wrote about how important association and creativity is in vocabulary building. I’ve learnt over the last few years that words just simply don’t get absorbed if they’re considered independent objects, but I didn’t always know that. Because … More Vocabulary – a journey…
Vocabulary. It’s tricky to speak a language without it, but the sheer amount of it can look pretty intimidating, especially if you think (as many do) the only way to learn ‘enough’ is to sit down with a list of unlearned words approximately the size of the universe. It’s probably the main reason why so … More Vocabulary hates lists…give it a break!
Lost for Words 