Life
Notes from Thom’s life of teaching, reading, and travel.
The Importance of Doing It Over and Over
We cannot expect a short-term effort to give a long-term result.
Taking Notes Is Creating
Do not create; record life as truthfully as you can.
Priorities in Language Education
If a child is making no progress in a foreign language, the problem may lie in the mother tongue
Timothy Doner, and the Journey Through Languages That Made Him
Tim set out with, and “arrived at”, the same interests he had held from beginning to end: languages, history and politic...
Every Grandparent and Parent Loves a Child Who Can Give Their Whole Attention
How can children learn “mindfulness” and “impermanence” while they are still small?
You can change
“ANYONE, WHATEVER THEIR NATURE, CAN BE TRAINED TO BECOME ANYTHING.”
Infants’ language ability, and what parents can do
Contrary to what you may be thinking, this piece is not about the age at which to start learning a foreign language.
Learning How to Learn
In November 2022, Barbara Oakley — the instructor of the Learning How to Learn course I once took on Coursera — came to...