Spanish
May 31 • 10My Theory of Language Acquisition
The stages language learners pass through in their quest for fluency.
May 30 • 10A Walk Through Washington Heights
May 28 • 10Definite Articles, Flashcards, and Soccer
From grammar books to parks, some Spanish encounters.
May 26 • 10Conversation: Foiled!
Finding opportunities to speak Spanish can be a challenge, even in New York City.
May 25 • 10Just Six More Days of Spanish
A flashcard-studying, Spanish-news-watching kind of day.
May 19 • 10Vision Restored!
Now that I can see well again, studying has suddenly become much easier.
May 18 • 10Urgent: More Grammar Needed
Grammar matters, for foreign-language study and for life.
May 16 • 10A VocabuLearn Excursion
I study Spanish vocabulary in Central Park.
May 15 • 10Eyeball Obstacles
Studying is harder when the words are blurry.
May 14 • 10El Diario
May 13 • 10Extreme Polylingualism; Also, Williamsburg
I talk to impressively multilingual people and visit a Brooklyn melting pot.
May 11 • 10Library Crisis, Language Crisis
A huge cut in funding for the New York Public Library.
May 10 • 10Beyond Monolingualism
Errands, appointments, and language encounters around town.
May 9 • 10An Italian Tea Party, Then Back to Spanish
An afternoon tea tests my Italian recall.
May 6 • 10An Italian Detour, Continued
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