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38 Language-Learning Experts Reveal Their Favorite Methods for Learning Vocabulary

Noel van Vliet — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Want to learn more words in your target language? And want to learn them faster?

38 Experts share their most effective vocabulary-building method with you.

Probably the most balanced advice on learning vocabulary you'll ever find.

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Is Writing Sentences With Pen and Paper a Good Way to Learn Foreign Vocab?

Noel van Vliet — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:45:10 +0000

Would you remember more writing something down as opposed to just typing it?

Studies suggest: Yes.

And it makes sense:

Typing is just pushing some buttons, while writing involves creating the shape of the characters on your own.

It’s also slower, which exposes you the material for longer at a time.

So then, I thought, it could work with language learning as well.

And that’s what I wanted to find out, albeit in a humble way.

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How Should I Learn Foreign Grammar? 22 Experts Show You How

Noel van Vliet — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:00:04 +0000

Learning grammar -- for many the horror of learning a new language.

But does it have to be this way?

Let's find out in this second edition of Ask the Experts.

20 language-learning experts give super balanced advice on how to learn foreign grammar.

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The Biggest Language-Learning Lesson I’ve Learned

Noel van Vliet — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 00:16:39 +0000

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

Noel van Vliet — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:10:00 +0000

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

Noel van Vliet — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:37:54 +0000

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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