Hi y’all. I’ve been metaphorically speaking umming and aaring about whether or not to carry on learning Polish. I’m finding it extremely difficult. I learn a Polish word. I forget it. I read inspiring stories about language learning. Enthused I … Continue reading
Due to circs. outside my control, I write this in bed along with a sleeping dog. Disgusting I know, and no doubt horribly unhygienic, but almost certainly good for a healthy immune system. And he isn’t actually under the dovet … Continue reading
I’m now on Day 58 (or thereabouts) of the Assimil Polish course. The Assimil courses consist of 100 lessons which are tackled in two waves: active and passive. The passive wave involves listening to the dialogs, reading the notes and … Continue reading
I’ve now being using Assmil Polish for 35 days, so I’m just over a third of the way through the 100 lessons. The idea is that around half an hour is sufficient for each lesson, and after 100 days you … Continue reading
Well. I now have translations (and explanations) for the first of two new free language learning courses which I am adding to Surface langs. They are for Italian and Polish. You can see the beginning of the free Italian language … Continue reading
Secrets revealed. Part 1! I have wanted to expand the content in the existing languages on Surface Languages for some time. I have wanted dialogs and explanations making up language courses rather than groups of phrases. I am only one … Continue reading
Day 7 of Assimil Polish. Luckily the seventh lesson is a revision lesson, designed to consolidate knowledge. I’ve used my half hour today to go through lesson 7 and revise the previous six. Half an hour was not long enough … Continue reading
It is rapidly becoming clear that completing an Assimil lesson a day in only half an hour is going to be testing. The difficulty is that Polish words don’t by and large have any relation to English words, which makes … Continue reading
I thought it would be interesting to document my progress of using Assimil Polish. (It is actually called Assimil Polonais as I’m using the French version.) I’m not particularly going to talk about how to use the Assimil courses but … Continue reading