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		<title>Talent For Language</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2011/04/talent-for-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You hear it all the time and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard it before&#8230; The struggling learner with the &#8216;once a month&#8217; study plan says it. The person that studied Spanish in high school while reading a comic book and not paying attention says it. The &#8216;average&#8217; L1 English-speaker says it&#8230; It&#8217;s the monolingual catchphrase:  &#8221;I don&#8217;t have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Log: 1-hour</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2011/04/german-log-1-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language Learning Log]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a silly idea... document a self-assessment after set intervals of study; 1-hour, 5-hours, 10-hours and so on. So, after 1-hour of study what have I achieved? A rough assessment would be: understanding of basic grammar ability to use simp]]></description>
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		<title>A German Odyssey</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2011/03/a-german-odyssey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As ever it's a very sporadic update... Apologies. Work and family keep me busy and I'm never able to post as often as I like. I'm going to attempt to keep a language log from now on as I want to document my progress somewhat. While I use Korean]]></description>
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		<title>Korean: Confidence</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/korean-confidence/</link>
		<comments>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/korean-confidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language Learning Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign language learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[korean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language log]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a short note on confidence builders in the last week. I've been chatting a little with Koreans on several sites (mostly sharedtalk; no link because I don't really like the site) recently to try to add variety to how I approach some pretty typ]]></description>
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		<title>Academic Vocabulary</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/academic-vocabulary/</link>
		<comments>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/academic-vocabulary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 04:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language Learners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign language learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you will know, the study at university in an English speaking country you're likely to need the right TOEFL or IELTS score. And that's a lot of work. Speaking to some of my international classmates though, I've come to realise something.]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Arabic</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/the-truth-about-arabic/</link>
		<comments>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/the-truth-about-arabic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 02:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[arabic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foreign language learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's no doubt that the people from the Middle East are very proud people. They are proud of their country, of their history and of their language. Except when speaking English... many of those I speak to wish to lose all traces of the  markers t]]></description>
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		<title>Accents: Native or Not</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/accents-native-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/accents-native-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 02:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language Learners]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foreign language learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language skills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend Ultimate Attainment is back again. He's someone we're talking about a lot in my seminars lately and unfortunately, certain people do believe the falsehoods about sounding like "native" being the ultimate. It's also a fundamental aspect of]]></description>
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		<title>How long for fluency?</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/how-long-for-fluency/</link>
		<comments>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/how-long-for-fluency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 11:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language Learners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign language learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language acquisition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common question... variable answers. It all depends on what the learner considers fluent, which language they are learning, the environment they are learning in, how motivated they are, how often they study, and so and so forth. Let's set the g]]></description>
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		<title>Korean: Conversation</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/korean-conversation/</link>
		<comments>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/korean-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 06:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language Learning Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign language learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[korean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language log]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last two days have been a bit of an anomaly when you look at my time back in Australia. I do have a fair amount of chance to practice Korean in Perth, but due to being busy with research and having a family life, this isn't all that realistic. H]]></description>
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		<title>Size Matters: Vocabulary</title>
		<link>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/size-matters-vocabulary/</link>
		<comments>http://languagebubble.com/2010/05/size-matters-vocabulary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language Learners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign language learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vocabulary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How many words do you know? Something that in reality, I consider to be, err, a stupid question. I don't really care how many words I know, and it doesn't really matter how many words I know. What matters is that I know the words that I need. A]]></description>
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