Category Archives: languages

Parlez-vous français?

Posted on July 29, 2022 by midiguru

I had a couple of quarters of German during my chaotic college days, but I’ve never properly learned a foreign language. As an older adult I’ve considered a few languages, including Chinese and Hindi. Chinese is just way too difficult. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Splash on Me

Posted on November 2, 2020 by midiguru

I’ve never properly learned a foreign language. Okay, I had three years of Latin in high school (from a not very adequate teacher, or maybe I just wasn’t paying attention) and a couple of quarters of German at UC Berkeley, … Continue reading →

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Immersion Perversion

Posted on May 3, 2019 by midiguru

Good teachers are aware that not all students have identical learning styles. Visual vs. auditory, for instance. For the past ten days or so I’ve been starting to learn French using a free online system called duolingo. It has some … Continue reading →

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…and now for something completely different.

Posted on April 23, 2019 by midiguru

What is it that excites — gratifies — engrosses you? Or, as we say, what blows your skirt up? This is a serious question, one that each of us can and should examine seriously. I get a charge out of … Continue reading →

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