Articles on Language Learning

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Fresh reads on learning, method and mindset. New pieces land here regularly.

Not the app, not the grammar book. A simple first four weeks for adults starting a language, from someone who has started seven.

Rereading a list is why you forget. The brain keeps what it works to recall. How to use that when learning vocabulary as an adult.

A plateau is not an effort problem. It is a feedback problem. What actually causes the intermediate wall and how to get moving again.

Usefulness will not carry you through month three. Curiosity will. How to build immersion at home around something you genuinely love.

Motivation is not the problem and discipline is not the answer. How to build a language routine that survives a bad week.

What comprehensible input means, why it works, and where it stops working on its own. A plain explanation for adult learners.