Hi, my name is Niel, otherwise known as Confused Laowai. I blog about my exciting, yet often confusing adventure learning Chinese.
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The Four Strands of Language Learning
By Confused Laowai | Date: June 20th, 2012 | Category: Language
In the pursuit of acquiring a language, there are various methods, techniques, guides and approaches which are often emotionally and personally motivated. In my research, and on a personal level, I’m interested foreign language acquisition. It fascinates me. I’m not the best language learner out there. I’ve only been learning one foreign language (Chinese) since University, while now and then dabbling on other languages, like Spanish or Japanese. However, my pursuit in understanding the processes [...]
