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For several months, I’ve had the feeling that I’m not really advancing in my language learning. Treading water. A podcast here, an video there, spaced repetition... far from giving me a sense of progress, my ‘activities’ left me feeling guilty for whatever else I was not doing. Clearly, I was needing some structure. At the same time, if I’m honest with myself, I already find my daily adulting…
Comencé este blog hace cuatro meses con un impulso de entusiasmo. Llevaba años dándole vueltas a la idea de compartir notas y tips sobre mi experiencia aprendiendo idiomas. Así que me propuse finalmente dejarme de excusas y publicar algo para que, tal vez, conectara con algún lector. Pero como muchos otros proyectos, lo he dejado medio arrumbado. La verdad es que, en los últimos cuatro meses, este…
At the end of last year, I experimented with the Goldlist method to review Korean and German phrases. My main way to populate lists would be by marking physical books with transparent sticky page markers, then making a list once I reached 8-12 items. 20 items was not realistic for me. Sometimes I would source expressions from lessons, conversations with native speakers, or audio material, but…