I have always had a passion for languages. At first, for my native – Russian. I used to read more than any of my classmates at school and my groupmates at university. That’s probably why I have what you could call a natural born literacy, it’s common among those who read voraciously. And would you believe – my first reading lessons were mere hell both for me and my mum. (далее…)
I bet you ask yourself this question when you are at an early stage of learning a language. Actually, you are wondering how long it will take you to learn A LANGUAGE. At least that is what I mean when asking myself these sorts of questions. You see, I am totally against the ‘learn-five-words-a-day’ scheme. Why? Just imagine: yesterday you had a headache and failed to learn these five. (далее…)
Once, in Thai class we were talking about reading rules in different languages and a Russian guy said, ‘My kid is 6 and now he is trying to learn to read Russian. Gosh, you should have heard him!’ That reminded me of myself 24 years ago, when I was learning to read. Though I was 5 I still remember what a nightmare it used to be for both my mum and me. (далее…)