What? Slow language learning? You mean that it is possible to learn a language slowly? Certain ideas spread through the internet like an epidemic. In the language learning world, this particular idea is that it possible to learn a language fast … Continue reading
I’ve now being using Assmil Polish for 35 days, so I’m just over a third of the way through the 100 lessons. The idea is that around half an hour is sufficient for each lesson, and after 100 days you … Continue reading
I’ve just added the initial parts of two new language courses to Surface Languages. These are Italian for beginners and Polish for beginners. The courses are simple, consisting of short sentences, made up of a few words only and for … Continue reading
Well, I have been busy. Living the dream and so on… I’ve also added the first part of the Italian language course that I’ve been talking about for some time. There are currently twenty lessons and over time there will … Continue reading
Well. I now have translations (and explanations) for the first of two new free language learning courses which I am adding to Surface langs. They are for Italian and Polish. You can see the beginning of the free Italian language … Continue reading
Secrets revealed. Part 1! I have wanted to expand the content in the existing languages on Surface Languages for some time. I have wanted dialogs and explanations making up language courses rather than groups of phrases. I am only one … Continue reading
Day 7 of Assimil Polish. Luckily the seventh lesson is a revision lesson, designed to consolidate knowledge. I’ve used my half hour today to go through lesson 7 and revise the previous six. Half an hour was not long enough … Continue reading
It is rapidly becoming clear that completing an Assimil lesson a day in only half an hour is going to be testing. The difficulty is that Polish words don’t by and large have any relation to English words, which makes … Continue reading
I thought it would be interesting to document my progress of using Assimil Polish. (It is actually called Assimil Polonais as I’m using the French version.) I’m not particularly going to talk about how to use the Assimil courses but … Continue reading
I’ve been learning Polish since the start of this year, and frankly my progress has not been stellar. The book I was vaguely using was called ‘krok po kroko’ , and I was using it for reasons which are now … Continue reading