RLN Club – Learn a Language 01
Posted on January 1, 2010
Welcome to this course from Radio Lingua in which we’re going to be giving you some tips and advice on learning a language. Over the course of these weekly episodes we’ll provide you with a series of tips and ideas which you can put into practice straight away.
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Tags: colloquial language, developing confidence, how to learn a language, language-learning tips, making mistakes, motivation, starting to learn a language
Jan 02, 2010
The download audio (mp3) of the first Language Learning Tips seems to be defective. It sounds like a bottle band. Please fix and replace it. Thanks.
Peter Briscoe
Riverside, CA
Jan 03, 2010
See below, Peter, but also just to say I’ve tried to email you but my email bounced. Perhaps you can add support [at] radiolingua.com to your address book to ensure the email goes through?
Jan 02, 2010
Hi Peter – Sorry about this! I discovered this about 2am this morning and have been working all day trying to solve the problem. It turned out to be a problem in the method used to upload the files to the server (I had to upload something using ascii ftp transfer rather than binary and forgot to set it back).
Both the flash player and the download link are now updated so you should be able to listen to them without the underwater effect!
Jan 03, 2010
Thanks, Mark. I have a keen interest in listening to “Learn a Language 01″, and won’t miss an episode. I liked your use of the metaphors of a “journey” and a “path” in the first one. At some point later in the course I hope you will discuss the best approaches to learning two or more languages at the same time, e.g., how to allocate study time, whether to alternate or combine study, how to minimize interference between the two, exploiting synergies, etc. I’m sure you will have much to offer on this tricky subject. Thanks again.
Peter Briscoe
Riverside, CA
Jan 04, 2010
Thank you for create such a good program, Mark! I would love to hear your story about how to learning a lot of languages at the same time as well as how to keep them all ’cause I always have problems such as try not to lost my mother tongue (Thai), improve my English, keep my Japanese, while learning German, Spanish, Arabic, French and so on… I love to learn language, although i’m not so good at it! Thanks again… and looking forward to the next episode!
Pannita M.
Berlin, Germany
Jan 06, 2010
Thanks for your first episode Mark. Are the lessons going to be about general language learning, or do they become more specific? My interest is French ( I first heard about you from Coffee break French, which I really enjoy).
Best regards
Robert
Jan 07, 2010
@Pannita I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the first episode.
@Robert We’ll be trying to keep the lessons general, but as the course progresses we’ll be giving lots of examples and these are likely to focus mostly on French and Spanish as the majority of our Club Members will be learning one or the other.
Feb 10, 2010
I enjoyed the first eposode immensely Mark. Thanks.
Sitting at dinner and endeavouring to chat in French, I described myseld as an “ordinateur” (computer), rataher than an “informaticien” (IT worker). I was so mortfified that I had to leave the table and get some air; I felt deeeply humiliated. After I had overcome the humiliation and reintertptered the event in a positive and humourous light, I found that my confidence improved. I now look back on the episode fondly. Being able to laugh at oneself is usually something which endears one to others and sure, it’s an opportunity to connect with others. Laughter is a universal language. Bill
Aug 16, 2010
Will this course consist of practical teaching as well as friendly chit chat? It was a bit disappointing…I am raring to go now.
Barbs