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An Unconventional and Superior Method for Learning Vocabulary?

On March 26, 2015 By Noel van Vliet In Noel's Advice

When it comes to learning foreign vocabulary, rote learning is what most language learners dread most.

Fortunately, research now suggests that vocabulary is best learned by using the different senses.

According to a recent study, done by the Max Planck Institute, performing gestures while learning new words is particularly effective.

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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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