I taught at the Arab American Association today. Three students and I spent part of our session playing card games with my Arabic-English flashcards. It was a great idea, I think—so much fun! The principal game was that a…
Because of poor sound quality, I am getting earaches and headaches from the Arabic III lessons I purchased from Pimsleur reseller PimsleurAudio.com. I am pissed off. I bought the lessons as downloadable files rather than in CD format; it’…
PimsleurAudio.com finally sent me replacement audio files. They are better, but still not of the same quality as the dozens of Pimsleur lessons I have already done in Russian and Arabic. Nonetheless, there is no longer any danger of…
A few days ago I joined Facebook. I don’t know what came over me, but after years of recalcitrance, I did it on a whim while in the office. I was pleased to see that it has Arabic script…
Today I went to Café Margot for my coffee. Soon after I sat down, a woman and her daughter, around five years old, came into the café. The little girl was speaking English. The mother, however, did not look American…
Today I woke up super early. Too early. So I got out my Pimsleur lessons and started doing one in bed, and within a few minutes I was asleep. Thanks once again to Dr. P.—who I think could be…
Although I could have allowed myself to become a lame-duck language learner on the final day of my two-month Russian and Arabic stints, I have so far been good about continuing through to the very end. Today I woke up,…
New York is home to many Italian-Americans, Italians, and Italian speakers, so this is a great place to study the language. All that Italian constantly swirling around me has not previously resulted in my learning any Italian, however. Nor has…
Today was my birthday. It was the best birthday in ages, because I am doing something I love. I got up and did Pimsleur lesson 9 (Level I). Then I went out for a five-mile run and did lessons 10, 11, and part…
I started the day with Pimsleur lesson 15 (Level I), which went fine. This is so, so much easier than Arabic or Russian. Today Barnes & Noble delivered the VocabuLearn I ordered. I listened to it in the shower and while…
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