I would like to start this week’s post with a quote from a happy LingQer who has made the same discovery as I recently did, namely that the most amazing …
Statistics – Measuring My Language Learning Progress
This week I want to talk about statistics – not something I usually care to talk about as the thought of stats makes me yawn uncontrollably – but there is …
Flashcards – When Reading & Listening Is Not Enough
I have been reading and listening to the same beginner lessons in LingQ for a while now and to my surprise and pleasure I am actually starting to understand some …
Language Learning & Patience (or lack thereof)
Suffice it to say that patience has never been a virtue of mine. I have tried to learn to play the guitar, the piano, the drums and driving (I am …
LEARNING SPANISH & GETTING RID OF THE BLUES!
The very 1st day of my 90-Day Challenge in Spanish and I was all pumped up and ready to begin. I wrote Steve Kaufmann an email about some work related …
The 90 Day Spanish Challenge
Hi – my name is Lykke – if you already know something about languages, you may know that Lykke is a Scandinavian name (It means happiness – true story). It’s Danish, …