Overlearning the basics of a language is crucial to long-term success and crucial to the ability to speak the language.
But, as the language components increase in complexity and sheer vocabulary volume, the amount of material to be learned expands beyond the speed that most human brains can assimilate. Read more…
If you think that Spanish is difficult, look what happens when you try to simplify the language!
Warning: Reading this is not for beginners.
En vista de la evolución del castellano en los últimos años, debido a las aportaciones realizadas por los jóvenes, la Real Academia de la Lengua dará a conocer, la reforma modelo 2004 de la ortografía española, que tiene como objetivo unificar el español como lengua universal de los hispanohablantes. Read more…
It is easy to overlook the math when learning a new language. “What is the Math of language learning?” you ask.
Answer: The math of language learning is the geometric growth of vocabulary and the exponential growth of items such as verb conjugations. Read more…
Beginning the study of a new language is either difficult or boring. Beginning Spanish can be difficult and boring, too. Spanish can be a struggle or a joy, and the learning strategies that you employ during the first days of your language study are most important.
The first step you take in wading into the language are the most important because you need to build a rock-steady foundation. Read more…
You often hear the quip, “Learning languages is easy. If a two-year old can do it, why can’t you?”
Of course this misses the point. Actually, the perprtrator of this myth glosses over several truths with the attempt at humor. Too bad that this humor turns out to have a mean underbelly, a less-than-nice (subtle) set of implications.
Here are the problems with learning language as a two-year old does.
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