Portuguese (European)
I’ve added Portuguese (as spoken in Portugal rather than Brazil )to SL. There is nice, clear audio and the usual flash-card type games. The new word game can be used with all the phrases. Peace, MF.
I’ve added Portuguese (as spoken in Portugal rather than Brazil )to SL. There is nice, clear audio and the usual flash-card type games. The new word game can be used with all the phrases. Peace, MF.
I’ve added and now fixed a new word game on SL, and here is an example in Afrikaans chosen at random. This leads neatly into – because of the awesome programming of SL 😉 … As a programmer I’m good enough … Continue reading
I’ve added a new language language learning game to SL. For the technically inclined it uses a mixture of jquery, javascript, ruby and html, and naturally took me longer to get working than I hoped. I have also discovered there is … Continue reading
I tend to work on Surface Languages in fits and starts depending on what else is going on in my life, and also when I have ideas of how to improve it substantially. I’m reasonably sure I’ve come up with a … Continue reading
I haven’t written about my Italian/Polish year for some time. Well, there is no time like the present especially when you are trying to avoid something painful – see below. I’ve had two Polish experiences this week. One on-line via … Continue reading
We have all heard of SMART objectives haven’t we? Right ! RIght ? Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Timely. These are the things I don’t have in relation to this site or to anything really. Until now. The four objectives I … Continue reading
Here are a few useful Spanish bits and pieces referring to Spanish as spoken in Spain. Mainly so I don’t forget what to use in certain situations … The Spanish word for chips is patatas fritas. And if you want a … Continue reading
I’m writing this at 6.40 in the morning. I had read somewhere that a distinguishing characteristic of many successful CEO’s was that they got up early every day to do important ‘stuff’. This coincided with my wife leaving extremely early … Continue reading
I just noticed/remembered/panicked over my rather ambitious goals for Polish, and starting to realise that they are likely to be unachievable for me over this time scale. After a brief panic, I decided not to stress over this to much … Continue reading
I’ve been learning Polish for more or less ten weeks and it’s time for an update as to my progress or lack thereof. Finally, I am making some slight progress. I can almost make a sentence. Yep, it has taken me … Continue reading