Tag: language learning

• Use that language or lose it!

  When I left Vietnam in December of 2003 after living there for nearly 10 years, I was fluent in the language. I could hold a conversation with anyone on most any non-technical topic (and even some of those if they were related to history or culture.) I revisited Vietnam and 2005 and felt like I […]

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  August 18, 2015

  History & Culture

  language learning, language practice, speaking fluency, Vietnamese

• The Best Way to Learn a Language: Follow YOUR Goals

  The methodologies of language learning are as various and self-inflated as political opinions on Capitol Hill. Every language guru thinks her method is the best, the truest, the most sure-fire way to conquer a new language in 30 days, or six months, or one year. I’d like to make this declaration: all language methodologies are […]

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  May 30, 2015

  Teaching & Education

  best way to learn a language, language learning, language methodology, language tutors vs. teachers, self-language learning

• When Language Learning, ask “how” not “why”

  A wise man once told me, as I was about to head off overseas for the first, “Don’t ask ‘why’ ask ‘how’.” I’ve never forgotten this good advice. If you really want to learn a language, or if you are living in a new culture and really want to fit in, questioning the legitimacy of […]

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  January 3, 2014

  History & Culture

  culture learning, language learning, language learning techniques, second language learning, Vietnamese language

• Come to think of it, I was always a writer – Part III

  In a couple previous posts (PART I HERE!PART II HERE!), I did a little reminiscing over my life, acknowledging the fact that I’ve always enjoyed writing, even if I often doubted my skills. But in each segment of my life, writing played a meaningful role in one way or another. As I now look over my […]

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  September 1, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  language learning, learning Vietnamese, Sasse novel, writing, writing process