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How to Learn a Language Better by Delaying Your Understanding

On June 26, 2014 By Noel van Vliet In Psychology

Lets’ face it.

Learning a new language can be a frustrating experience sometimes.

Granted, anything you can translate literally to a language you already know is a piece of cake.

But it’s in those things that differ so much from our native tongue where the challenges surface.

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Is speaking-only a good way to learn a new language.

The Biggest Language-Learning Lesson I’ve Learned

On January 11, 2014 By Noel van Vliet In Tactics and Strategies

I thought I had it all figured out.

Surrounded by native speakers, probably for ever, there was nothing more I had to do but speaking to rapidly improve my Spanish.

Yep, just plain old chatting would shoot my fluency through the roof.

Or so I thought…

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The New Best Method to Learn a Foreign Language

On October 28, 2013 By Noel van Vliet In Tactics and Strategies

Wherever you go, be it the internet, a college or a bar, people always seem to pop up advocating their best way to learn a new language.

But does it even exist?

Read on to find out.

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How to Remember More of Anything You Learn Without a Lot of Extra Work

On August 25, 2013 By Noel van Vliet In Tactics and Strategies

Having written last time about how the wrong impression of memory can prevent you from learning a language, today I’ll be sharing a memory-improving strategy with you.

And the best part is that there’s nothing extra to learn, no techniques to master, and you practically don’t have to change your language-learning activities at all.

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mind mapping in language learning

How I learned Two New Languages in Spite of Myself

On July 10, 2013 By Noel van Vliet In Uncategorized

Have you ever noticed how certain behaviors repeat themselves?

You try to learn a new language and the same things derail you again and again.

Or you promise yourself to do at least one language-learning activity each day and the same kind of thoughts and feelings prevent you from actually doing it.

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