A little place for learning languages
By thomas on Feb 26, 2008 in Japanese | 1 Comment
In the past 8 months or so I have made big changes to the way I study Japanese and it has paid off big-time. I’m still evolving how I study to maximize my learning while staying interested and I thought I’d post a little update on my current study habits.
The biggest change is that […]
By thomas on Feb 25, 2008 in Swedish | 2 Comments
So I was at the bookstore the other day and I just couldn’t keep myself away from the foreign language section. In a weakened state of mind I nabbed these:
For those of you who don’t read Japanese, those are beginning Swedish textbooks.
It looks like I’ve made the commitment to start studying Swedish. Yens have been […]
By thomas on Feb 20, 2008 in Swedish | 6 Comments
My grandparents on my father’s side immigrated to America from Sweden in the 1920s. Many Americans are obsessed about their “roots”, being proud of having Irish or Italian or whatever heritage, even if they have no contact or relationship with the land of their ancestors. I don’t know why exactly, but it may […]
