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		<title>Can you learn a language?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part in the language learning guide we are publishing in simple English on Poligo.
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Before we start
Before we begin talking about the nuts and bolts of learning a language, we should address a few of the elements of the psychology and work habits required to pull it off. These are vital, though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to learn a language</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My brother, Michael, and I are publishing our guide to learning a language on Poligo. It is based on our experiences learning and teaching languages.
As a professional academic, Michael has had to learn 8 languages (classical and modern Chinese, classical and modern Japanese, French, German, Sanskrit and Tibetan) to different levels of proficiency. After two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you on drugs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learnt a good idiom from a student yesterday:
気は確かか？ //  Ki ha tashika ka?
It means something like, &#8220;Are you on drugs?&#8221; Or, &#8220;Do you have rocks in your head?&#8221; Another version is this:

気でも狂ったのか？ // Ki demo kurutta noka?

It is maybe a little more interesting than something like: ばかじゃない？
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		<title>Fluency in 3 Steps!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fluency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget studying for years for the JLTP! The secrets of the mysterious eastern language of Japanese have been revealed!
In just 2 minutes, one of New Zealand&#8217;s foremost sages will show you how to attain fluency in Japanese in three easy steps. Even if you have never studied Japanese before you can sound just like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>祝日</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week there was a public holiday in Japan, and I had no idea what it was for. Actually, asking my students, none of them knew either. So, I thought I might study the 祝日 (shukujutsu), and see what the hell is going on, and why Japanese people deem it necessary to kick up their [...]]]></description>
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