A good meal is made delicious with good friends, a nice view is made memorable when shared with someone special to you, and the most exciting of secrets are made more precious when shared with a friend. These things are true because we are social creatures, and we enjoy social activities. Language learning can also be a social activity
The modern language learner has many advantages over his/her ancient counterpart. In fact, you can learn much more from a language school today than you would have 50 years ago. Why can we say that? Because there have been a multitude of advances in language teaching and learning methods over recent years, and these make learning much easier.
Posted in Life as a Polyglot
Tagged bilingual, Language Learning, methodology, modern methods
Aside from the ability to communicate with others around the world, the presence of better learning technologies can really help language learners, no matter the language they’re trying to master. I’m not talking about expensive gadgets just for learning; the most helpful learning technology is easily accessible. In fact, you probably already have what you need.
So, I’m almost never on schedule with comics. I have to read them online, or else wait until I get to the states to buy them. As a result, I’m always behind. For example, I’m just now reading Marvel’s Civil War (from, like, 2005 or something). But I’m struggling to catch up with one awesome aspect of comics—that’s DC’s New 52.
Learning another language is easier now than ever before. Gone are the days of dusty old libraries, boring textbooks, demanding grammar-centric teachers, and daunting language tests. Now, language learning is not only easier, it’s hipper and more exciting—so much so that there really is no excuse to remain monolingual any longer.
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