There are three words that can form a formidable opposition to learning:
supposed, should, and discipline
Maybe not the words you were expecting, but allow me to explain:
When you’re “supposed” to maintain the “discipline” to do something everyday, what happens when you miss a day? It means you lack discipline. You didn’t do what you’re supposed to [...]
An interesting post over on the All Japanese All The Time blog, revisiting Spaced Repetition Systems, or SRS.
Khatzumoto is making an observation about how certain knowledge makes its way into our long term memory that I would like to extend:
Why do you remember your own name? Because your mother sat you down one day and [...]
First off, my apologies for falling behind in posting. I was doing some experimentation with learning Japanese. But it all relates to the question at hand. What is “study” for?
This question isn’t unique to language learning, we could ask it for anything that takes years to learn. But it’s a question that, I think, is [...]
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