Languages
Listening in a language you are learning
Listening is the skill learners find hardest and practise least, and the gap has specific causes.
Topic
practice
Every I Am Talkative article tagged practice — 7 pieces across 3 sections.
Languages
Speaking a language badly on purpose
Waiting until you are ready to speak is the most common way to never speak, and there is a case for the opposite.
Public Speaking
Rehearsing properly
Reading the slides through in your head is not rehearsal, and the difference shows in the room.
Public Speaking
Teaching and training a room
Training is not presenting, and the most common mistake is treating a workshop as a talk with breaks.
Writing
Finding your written voice
Voice is not a decoration applied to writing — it is what remains when the borrowed habits are removed.
Languages
Practising a language without leaving home
Immersion is a set of activities rather than a location, and most of them are available anywhere.
Languages
Learning a language as an adult
Adults have advantages children do not, and the methods that work are different from school language teaching.