At the moment, I’m in “should I walk the talk?” mode. This evening, I’m teaching about learning new things—how we can develop a unique skill set that no one else has but us. It’s an English class for a young adult—yes, singular, just one student. I’m that picky. I handpick my students myself. Or, if … Continue reading Unique
Language learning
Disconnected
This word is glued into my mind; disconnected. I just can't shake it off... And when this happens, I shall write. Disconnected will be my theme of the month. I'll be disconnected from my devices as long and as often as possible. It's not easy but not impossible. I am doing this so I could … Continue reading Disconnected
Playtime
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? Hmm... Does Duolingo count as a playtime? I have been playing it for 772 consecutive days. Perhaps the next question is : does it work? Can we really learn a foreign language through playing with Duolingo? It's a complicated question, but I'll say … Continue reading Playtime
Purpose
We learn to use language well, spoken or written, only when we use it for a purpose, our purpose, to say something we think is important, to people we want to say it to, or to make something happen that we want to happen Instead of Education, John Holt, page 105
TOEFL
Ketika melewati deretan buku-buku yang menjanjikan kunci-kunci tepat Untuk menaklukan TOEFL dengan Skor minimum 667!!!, muncul ide Untuk membuat tulisan ini. Buku bagaimana untuk yang penuh janji Manis, plus "Apa sih, tips Dan tricks yang paling tsanggih untuk mendapatkan Skor tinggi di ujian TOEFL? "--- demikian pertanyaan maha sering yang ditujukan mahasiswa pada Saya, membuat … Continue reading TOEFL
Expletive
Record
The point of the photo above? It's a reminder that to make a continuous progress in installing a new good habit, to record your 'new habit' is indeed very important. By actual record, we can literally see 'the chain' of that new habit. Of course we have huge tendency to break the chain we've made, … Continue reading Record
Fortune
It's a huge fortune if a person could converse rather fluently in a foreign language, a language that is far in difference from one's mother tongue. A foreign language is a whole different set of beliefs and values. The question for today: can we actually learned foreign language from an app such as Duolingo? Hmm... … Continue reading Fortune
January
Tomorrow is the last day of this month, and I'm doing well at this important time, at the commencement of the year. This month, I've been obsessed with Duolingo, the language learning app, tomorrow I'll hit 80 days streak. I am also starting to do a regular 30 minutes work out ( mostly treadmill). It … Continue reading January
Wunderbar
I'm 50++ days streak on Duolingo! I'm so proud of my self 😌. I mainly learn french and german, but I sometimes took Italian and dutch and even japanese. Why languages? Well for me... This device of communication of human ist sehr wunderbar 😁. The sounds of foreign language is really like a beautiful song … Continue reading Wunderbar
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