by Adam David Broughton | | Language analysis, Psychology of learning
There’s a really common expression we use in English to say that we know a person really well. If I’m talking about my friend Simon, I would say, “I know him like the back of my hand”. That got me thinking. How well do you know the back of your hand? Yes, it’s in...
by Adam David Broughton | | Education, Psychology of learning
We have a store room in our house, the trastero as it’s called here in Spain. I’m almost scared to go in there. Not because there are ghosts in it or anything, but because I have no idea what’s in there. Actually, I have an idea what’s in there but I prefer not to...
by Adam David Broughton | | Psychology of learning, Vocabulary
I was lying on a sun lounger next to the swimming pool in the baking heat, with only the sound of the crickets in the August air. I started munching on the figs I’d just plucked from the branches of the fig tree next to the pool. I felt I’d earned them. I’d just...
by Adam David Broughton | | Practice, Psychology of learning
Now I don’t want the title of this post to demotivate anyone. If you’re reading these words, then that means you didn’t jump out of the window in desperation. Well done! I titled it this way because if you really understand how the brain “learns” a language, this will...
by Adam David Broughton | | Psychology of learning
Don’t forget to leave a comment! The human brain is undeniably the most powerful, incredible, efficient learning machine that has ever existed. It‘s hardwired to learn. If it doesn’t understand something or if something isn’t giving the desired result, it tries...
