My heart was pumping at a fast rate, I was about to see if my year-long experiment had paid off. Backtrack to one year ago, I had made the decision to surprise my girlfriend on her next birthday by only conversing in her native Swedish language. Did it work? At first, she didn’t understand what …
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We’ve all heard it before. When learning a new language, the most effective way is to start speaking the language as quickly as possible. Although I do agree with this statement — especially if you’re conversing with a native speaker — you need to make sure you’re doing it correctly in order to get the …
When I first approached learning a new language, I came across some great advice to speed up the process; learn the 1000 most common words used in that language. It won’t make you fluent, but it’ll definitely help you get by. Similar to the 80/20 rule, you’ll find in life that we only use 20% …
Before I begin outlining how I managed to drastically improve my comprehension with the Swedish language in a short amount of time, let me explain why I wanted to put myself through all of those long arduous hours. You see, there’s a girl involved. Don’t all great stories start like that? My girlfriend was born …
I remember coming across a YouTube video of a young man reviewing Rosetta Stone. I was watching this because I was contemplating whether or not I should purchase the iconic yellow language learning programme to help me learn Swedish. In his review, he mentioned he had reached the end of the programme and assured the …