A Fast-Learning Adventure in Vienna

In this first post, I am going to summarize the starting point for my language learning; in fact, what I believe is a fast track for language learning. Many people try to get all the grammar right from the beginning. In my opinion, that just slows us down! We did not get the declensions right, so what? Maybe the message was transmitted anyway. “Me want buy bread”  Can you understand what is meant in this sentence? Communicating is all that matters for now. From there, we will build up. I’d like to mention “Aprende Aleman en 7 Dias” by Ramon Campayo (ISBN-10: 8408131672), one of the books that are going to be my reference in this journey. If you can read Spanish, I definitely recommend it to you. Rule of 80/20: do the 20 percent of the work, that gets 80% of the results. The rule of 80/20 tells us to do the most important things, the ones that will get us 80% of the results, and develop the skill of not paying as much attention to the small details. It does not mean th...

After 4 years dedicated to my Ph.D. in London, I am moving to Viena for a short 4 months break to work in something different. This is a great opportunity for me to finally learn German. Since I am personal development and fast learning enthusiast as well as a researcher, I wanted to make an experiment out of this. I plan to use my favorite fast learning techniques and report my results here, explaining how I use them, and allowing people who is in the same path to benefit from them. If you have never heard of these techniques, my goal is to provide by-example guide on how to use them to also help you with your language learning. I love trying to be as effective as I can myself. Because of this, my personal goal is to help people learn more effectively. If I can help a single person to improve their learning, this effort would have been worth. I invite you to follow me in this journey! Happy Fast-Learning :) Talk soon!