SnackFever and Hand-crafted Flashcards
Winter recess is drawing to a close, and the Lexplorers have been deep in preparation for our upcoming trip to Korea, including reserving our flights on Korean Air. We started the winter recess with...
Winter recess is drawing to a close, and the Lexplorers have been deep in preparation for our upcoming trip to Korea, including reserving our flights on Korean Air. We started the winter recess with...
Winter is coming to the Northern Half-sphere. Cold weather makes it harder to be motivated to run outside, but it makes it a lot easier to sit inside and study a new language. And...
In the latest episode of the Creative Language Learning podcast, host Kerstin Cable and guest Chuck Smith have a very interesting discussion of the newest language learning apps. Since I am always looking for...
After spending a lot of time building a solid foundation of grammar and vocabulary for the Couch to Korean Challenge, I was itching to put it all together and explore the Korean language beyond...
The Lexplorers Podcast has been on hiatus for a few months while we focus on our other projects, including making progress on the Couch to Korean Challenge and writing up our backlog of Lexplorers...
As a long-time user of flashcards to study vocabulary, I am always looking for easier and better flashcard techniques. Back in my high school days I created a huge stack of paper cards to...
While the recent phase of the Couch to Korean Challenge has been mostly about building vocabulary, isolated words aren’t very useful without the grammar to glue them all together in a meaningful way. ...
I had heard a lot about Duolingo from other language learners who were using it to study a variety of languages. When I started the Couch to Korean Challenge, Duolingo did not offer Korean,...
There is an English idiom “to drink from the firehose,” which means to attempt to make some sense from an overwhelming quantity of information. This is a perfect metaphor for the past couple...
This phase of the Couch to Korean Challenge has been all about building vocabulary, and in the process I have explored and evaluated many different Korean vocabulary resources. In this post I will share...