Notes on learning Russian, learning software, and the development of Filingo.
A free alternative to the Langenscheidt vocabulary trainer that is available on multiple operating systems is the flashcard program Anki.
For French or Italian, there is sufficient demand. It makes financial sense for publishers to produce linear learning materials for these foreign languages. That is no longer the case for Slavic languages.
Vocabulary learning works especially well when it is interactive and synesthetic — that is, when it engages multiple forms of perception. That’s why learning with a vocabulary notebook during school was particularly dreadful.
The first positive experience I had with an online learning program was while preparing for the theoretical part of my driving test.
Workbooks are initially a wonderful complement to textbooks. Textbooks convey the theoretical material. Workbooks contain ready-made exercises to apply and internalize that theory.
