Language Learning
The Novel as Teacher: How Long Books Become Your Best Language Tutor
Reading a novel in your target language is ambitious. Reading it the right way — with re-reading woven in at every scale — is transformative.
Language Learning
Ideas, methods, reflections, and experiments related to learning languages — especially vocabulary growth, reading, comprehension, and long-term skill building.
Language Learning
Seriously Though: Why Jokes Are Some of the Best Language Learning Material Around
Short story jokes are tiny, ruthlessly efficient packages of vocabulary, culture, and grammar. And they are surprisingly hard to forget.
Language Learning
How Many Times Should You Re-Read? (And What to Do Each Time)
Re-reading without a plan is just reading twice. Here is how to make every pass count — and how to know when you are done.
Language Learning
What to Re-Read: Choosing Materials That Actually Teach
Not all content rewards a second look equally. Here is how to find texts worth returning to — at every level.
Language Learning
Why Re-Reading Is a Must for Language Learners
What children and their bedtime books can teach us about acquiring a new language.
Language Learning
How to Fit Two Hours of Language Study into a Busy Day
Two hours of language study on a busy day rarely looks like two hours. It looks like twenty minutes here, ten minutes there, half an hour while walking. The trick isn't finding more time — it's asking better questions about the time you already have.
Ember Reader
Why saving a word is not the same as deciding to learn it
When people read in another language, they save words, phrases, and half-understood moments all the time. But saving something is not the same as deciding to learn it. Between saving and study, there should be judgment.