Yearlyglot Blog (Page: 10)

Productivity is a bunch of bullshit. We're not robots. We're not machines. You can't keep doing more and being more and expecting more, without eventually burning out.

• motivation

Today I want to talk about some things you can do to make Lang-8 easier for you to use, as well as things you can do to make sure that you're getting the most value out of it.

• resources

Just as with everything else with learning Italian, it turns out that using the conditional tense isn't hard at all, and it's certainly not the complicated matter that people make it out to be.

• grammar

I've had my Kindle for a few weeks now, and I've used it in a lot of ways, both conventional and nonconventional, and I think I'm ready to report what I've learned and form some opinions about this device.

• resources

When you start learning a new language and reading all the motivation and instructional blogs, you find that there are a lot of strong opinions on whether or not it is important to speak correctly.

• speaking

For anyone looking for an easy and fun language to really get you interested in learning a new language, you can't really go wrong with Tagalog.

• grammar

Learning a Germanic language if you already know another Germanic language is much easier than learning a language within a completely different branch or family.

• grammar
• vocabulary

Each language feels different when it hits your ear, and feels strange as it exits your mouth — often leaving your tongue twisted into a new, uncomfortable shape.

• grammar
• literacy

In Italian, a tongue-twister is called scioglilingua, and they've got some hard ones! I've listed a few here.

• speaking