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Now That Speed Reading Is Broken, Here Are Three Ways to Read Instead

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Seven years ago, I was convinced that my eyes were becoming superhuman. The pencil told my eyes where to focus, like a strict director’s baton. The mind made sure that no words were actually uttered – focusing instead on the text, and on moving my eyes in a frog-like fashion from one place on the text to another. Page after page. It felt good. It felt like progress. Apparently, it wasn’t worth all that much. Now that the sound of the Great Speed Reading Debunk echoes across the internetz, what can you do instead? Try these with me.

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8 Reasons to Love Translated Literature

wordle indiegogoThis is a post about books in translation, and about a question that doesn’t really need an answer: why is it important to read lots of translated books? I’m giving you eight answers – useful for foreign language learners and for literature geeks alike.

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2015: The year you finally read much more. Here’s how I’ll do it!

learn-iconI think it started as I ran out of bookshelf space: that quiet, nagging feeling that I should be doing something. Books, ebooks, useful articles and clippings all clogged up the spaces I designed for them.

“I don’t read as much as I used to,” I told my friend. She got worried.
“No, don’t do it to me. Not you. Make time, somehow!”

So here’s how I’m planning to do this. Your tools will vary: I’m leaving you with a handful of good questions that fit any setting.

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Guerrilla Language Learning Update: German Learning Habit Revived With 7 Apps

me_and_wolfgangFor the past few days, I’ve been learning German again, and this time more new elements have fallen into place. This is just a quick re-cap of how I’m doing. Remember – my goal is not learning fast. It’s learning by maximizing resources, and language learning on a budget. Here are seven tools I’m using to accomplish this.

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The Multilingual Is The Political: How Language Learners Can Make a Difference

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There is no way I could write a different post today. The election results made me angry, frustrated and motivated at the same time. The thing I know best – foreign languages – turns out to be a political device, as powerful as any other. If you think you’re only learning a foreign language for fun, move on – but it you agree that things can change when languages are shared and used, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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Language Learners – How Do You Read?

So many books, so little time

One of the greatest joys of language learning is being able to read. Being bilingual means twice as many stories, twice as much joy – from reading in two languages. But the day-to-day practice of this is a bit more complicated. So what does your reading look like, polyglots? And what could it look like?

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