I don’t have the best party tricks. My elbows and one thumb are double-jointed (see GIF), but I haven’t parlayed that into on-demand entertainment. I don’t do any good impressions. I can’t fold my tongue into a swan shape, although I can fold a hand towel into something like a Cornish game hen (picture below, video […]
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Spare No Tupperware: Erasmus on living in the language
Like most people, I read some Erasmus this morning. A friend had asked for a particular passage in Erasmus’s booklet De Ratione Studii (roughly, “On Study Habits”); after finding the passage, I was intrigued enough to read the book from the beginning. Several pages in, I found a delightful, Indwelling-Language-evoking passage in which Erasmus discusses internalizing […]
This Day In History: A quick, expandable source of language and culture
Yesterday’s #indwelli was about using a Today in History list in your target language to get bite-sized pieces of both language and culture. In this post we want to expand on the value and uses of Today in History for acquiring a language. As a language learner, you should always be on the lookout for input […]
On the Go, In the Language: Introducing #indwelli
You’re stuck in line at the DMV. (In other words, you’re at the DMV.) How do you you use the time? Maybe you check Facebook. That’s fine—probably better than checking it when you’ve got time to do something else. Maybe you make a shopping list. Maybe you don’t “use” the time at all; maybe you […]