BWL Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 http://www.thepolyglotdream.com/about/The link above is for a blog by Luca, an Italian language fanatic. He shares various language-learning techniques including how to (here we go!) remember vocabulary : http://www.thepolyglotdream.com/forget-it-the-secret-of-remembering-words/Take a look. His techniques may not work for everybody but they are based on years of experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mameha Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I wanted to post this blog but i see that it was already posted Anyway i want to up this because it is really interesting, he even has a youtube channel where he gives a lot of advices in addiction to the syte, it can really help a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 I know this blog, I really like his tips and tricks, but I really hate his website. Just open his website and you will be interrupted by: 1. A banner at the top (you can't remove it). 2. A big box begging you to subscribe (you can only minimise it). 3. A whole subscription wall. 4. (In some cases) a dark screen with a pop-up asking one more time to subscribe. It's just annoyance at its best, it's very surprising people seem to come back to his site nonetheless. Speaking of annoying: the comments section use infinite scrolling + "load more" button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Just solved most of the problems mentioned above. I just used AdBlock Plus to block all of the annoying banners/walls/pop-ups, making his site a thousand times more pleasant to read! Now I finally feel comfortable reading his website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mameha Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 I use adblock too! All those things are just annoying Now i can visit websites and watch movies without interrupting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) 11 hours ago, Mameha said: I use adblock too! All those things are just annoying Now i can visit websites and watch movies without interrupting I know, adblocker is very handy for blocking anything unwanted (not just ads). But I sometimes whitelist websites where ads aren't much of a hassle (like this website, which uses only 1 ad per page), and this site has no unwanted pop-ups of any sort. But there are websites that just spam with ads AND annoying pop-ups AND cookie walls, these sites just deserve to be adblock'd. Edited May 18, 2016 by Blaveloper Typo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mameha Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 My PC isn't so strong, i have an old processor and every ad, etc (i have more that one in one single page...) just make my computer run worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 That sounds horrible, considering there are many web trends these days that will make your computer lag a lot. I'm proud I don't use any of these, it's hipster technology any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takibari Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 What a coincidence! I was searching for language learning related articles on google yesterday, and saw this article: http://bit.ly/25dgk4x Generally, the article is about this 35-year old who speaks 11 languages and shares his tips to learn new languages. It really is the same guy as mentioned in the original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 2 hours ago, takibari said: What a coincidence! I was searching for language learning related articles on google yesterday, and saw this article: http://bit.ly/25dgk4x Generally, the article is about this 35-year old who speaks 11 languages and shares his tips to learn new languages. It really is the same guy as mentioned in the original post. And for those like me who distrust short URLs:https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/learning-11-languages-taught-me-11-crucial-lessons?bsc=engmag-a54-vid-bv15-lucalanguages-xo-ob&btp=1_eng_out_cd&utm_campaign=cd_engall_gen_cxo_lucalanguages_premium&utm_content=Aged+35+he+speaks+11+languages+-+his+11+tricks+on+&utm_medium=CON&utm_source=outbrain&utm_term=5291301 takibari 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trellum Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Thanks for sharing, I read the article on how to memorize vocabulary, but he said nothing I hadn't heard before... too bad he didn't even share the stage 1 technique No, thanks, won't be following such a greedy blogger. He should at least share one of his techniques, so maybe the people will want to buy the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingvo Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Ah, Luca Lampariello's method. Tried to use it when learning some japanese but didn't work, phonetically speaking japanese is very poor and pretty much a hell of ambiguity. I only think that japanese is only effectively learned by Kanji first, then sound flow afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanda Kaishin Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 I haven't read his vocabulary post, but imo Luca Lampariello is one of the most impressive "youtube" polyglots in the world. The hallmark of his method is what he calls full circle translation (Full circle: Target language (source files) => Native language => Target language). This actually detailed out in the blog A Woman Learning Thai http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/part-one-an-easy-way-to-learn-foreign-languages/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilof Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 The website is way too annoying and actually distracts you from the point of the page... He may be a language fanatic but he certainly isn't a website layout one. 宇崎ちゃん 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingualbabe Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 Aw, we have to buy his book to learn about his techniques. The article is great though and I think he touched up on the basics of language learning. I would check his YouTube channel out to learn more. I just wish that his contents were free although I do understand that's how he makes money. He had touched on the importance of repetition, which I think is very vital in learning new words or languages. Then, of course, the other factors like interest, association, visualisation and consolidation. I have read about these before but his affirmation is a great thing as well. I checked other articles from his blog and I found one about learning hard languages. I loved his point in this one, he compared learning hard languages to travelling. He said that we must prepare for the trip before even delving into learning a new language. Like, if you speak Italian then it might be easier for you to speak Spanish because the two languages have close grammar and intonation. But if you're Italian and wants to speak Japanese, then the distance between the two language might be further and it might be harder to learn the latter. However, it can be done, but you must prepare for it. Maybe try and learn similar languages to Japanese that are closer to your language. I loved that... I think he's on to something. I might check out more from his blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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