As well as time and motivation I'd add opportunities to use the language. That becomes a limiting factor when you start to reach a higher level,...
I've only skimmed through FSI French (and done the phonology course), but a lot of the language in it seemed a bit formal and old-fashioned. That...
I've not had a chance to watch the video but I'll try to later. I've certainly also already thought about the similarities between music and language...
Interesting question; my first instinct was to immediately say that writing is easier because you have time to think, but Stelle's post made me look...
"Did you know that French has genders: some words are masculine and others are feminine." Really? I never noticed during all those years of...
Speaking too, definitely, for the same reasons outlined by the other replies. I also find that I can prepare sentences well in my head and then they...
I agree in principle that French pronunciation is a lot simpler than English, especially when it comes to prosody: simple syllable-timed rhythm, not...
I've found that for both face-to-face and online language exchanges, I get contacted by many more women than men, so as a result most of the...
Ah, the classic "why are you learning language X? You should learn Y instead!". "Italian's a useless language, why the hell are you learning it?" is...
I agree. I think it would be great for hearing and putting into practice the theory you've already learned, since it has so much repetition. My lack...
Accent is pretty important in French, and hard to get right! Pimsleur might help with pronuncation if you're the sort of person who has the talent of...
I asked friends for some recommendations a wee while ago, and here are some of the ones that weren't already mentioned. All from Spain. Ones I've...
I came across Lingual Media Player a while ago; it's a video player that does double subtitles (either from files or generating them with Google...
I grew up in Stirlingshire (although my parents aren't from there) and I don't remember ever hearing that expression... interesting one. Anyway I...
My main cardio exercise is cycling to work every weekday, it's about 2.5 miles each way and the way back is all uphill; a bit of exercise is nice...
Personally I find that passive acquisition of basic to intermediate vocabulary mostly takes care of itself through exposure and usage. The thing I've...
"Modeling" sounds exactly like the "chorusing" method we were discussing, at least my interpretation of how to do it without a teacher: listening to...
It's an obvious one but not mentioned yet: RTVE A la carta. Lots of Spanish TV, including a few of the series mentioned above which I'm not able to...
Another amateur musician here... I play guitar, mostly electric but a bit of acoustic and I recently bought a classical as well. I play in a couple...
I didn't mention Pimsleur because I also disagree with the "Pimsleur is good for pronunciation" meme. It's just listening and repeating, and as...
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