[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Let’s start with this: do an assessment in order to get a clear, multi-faceted, and detailed picture of your current skill set. (see part 1 here) Optimally, your assessment will allow you to have a more objective, accurate idea of your current proficiencies. This description should be clear in that it uses language you understand…
When many language learners hear the word “assessment” or “evaluation,” they immediately tense up. Language learning is a humbling process, as you become a child again in a new environment and relearn how to interact in the world. So it makes sense that critiquing your ability in a foreign language would be a stressful, undesirable…
„Before I came to France I attended an intensive course in „Elementary French“. Now, I am in France and I am astonished: Nobody seems to speak elementary French“. Sylvia Simmons Everybody knows: There are differences between school and life. This seems to be the problem of Ms. Simmons. But, it may be an even bigger…
“How many words do I need to know in order to learn this language?” As a language coach, I’ve been (pleasantly) surprised that I haven’t heard his question more often. But people do sometimes wonder what level of vocabulary they’ll need in order to function. The first question you need to ask in order to…
As a language learning coach, when I discuss with people their language learning plans, they often tell me, “I’m a visual learner. I have to see the word on the page in order to remember it.” Ten years ago, I would have said the same thing. But what does it mean to be a visual…
Some of us are talkers; speaking comes naturally, and we almost always have something to say. Others of us, however, are much more comfortable listening, and marvel at how some people can seem to talk endlessly without ever coming up for air. Whether or not you have the gift of loquaciousness will no doubt affect…
Most everyone in the world has tried to learn another language, if only a few words. And there are almost as many language learning methods out there as there are language learners: everyone has his or her own method, however well-defined it is or not. But not all methods are created equally. Some simply conform…