Author Archives: jamestest582

The clarity of thought of Stephen Krashen is a delight. I was able to talk with him for 30 minutes on language learning. I hope I get the chance to do this again. Continue reading →

Every year I travel with my family to Big White for skiing and even some evening time hockey in the open air. Almost all of the cabins and apartments are on the hill, so that it is truly a “ski in ski out” resort. We have been doing this for almos… Continue reading →

Students take 14 years to pay back their student loans according to this Financial Post article, and that is after the tax-payer has paid for the larget part of the tuition fees. How efficient are universities at delivering their knowledge? If stu… Continue reading →

Here is a fuzzy photo of our old timers’ hockey gang at our Christmas lunch, after our last game of the year. See if you can find me. All appearances to the contrary, we had only one beer each to stay below the 0.5 % alcohol limit. One of our memb… Continue reading →

The number of words we know is the best indicator of language and literacy skills, in my view. This belief is at the core of the LingQ system. It turns out I am not the only person who thinks so. Check out The Word Brain. The number of words we kn… Continue reading →

新しいLingQ 2.0のレッスンページ，Steveの説明と自由意見交換。日本語で Continue reading →

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MOOC’s (Massive Online Open Courses) will change higher education forever says this article in the Boston Globe. I believe that this will happen, perhaps not as fast as the article implies. Language learning is a great field for online learning. T… Continue reading →

I agree largely with Krashen, and Kato Lomb, the legendary Hungarian polyglot. Input is the key to language learning success. It takes commitment, discipline and curiosity. It is very rewarding. Here I talk about this in three languages. Chinese J… Continue reading →

Join us to talk about language learning and LingQ. Thursday November 22 Pacific Standard Time, which is 24.00 UTC (GMT). Let me know if you are interested and what language. Continue reading →