A Dari Language Lesson: Buzkashi – بزکشی
I learned to speak Dari, the Afghan dialect of Farsi or Persian, as a teenager. It is the only language … Continue reading A Dari Language Lesson: Buzkashi – بزکشی
Category: Teach
New Page
I’ve added a new page to our blog, entitled Online Language Resources. Check it out if you are interested. I’d … Continue reading New Page
Life after Pimsleur and the Marmite of Language Courses
I finally finished all 5 levels of Pimsleur Russian. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and loved being able to use my … Continue reading Life after Pimsleur and the Marmite of Language Courses
Language Teachers Hate This Man
Some years ago I came across advertisements for Pimsleur language products. They contained pictures of the late American linguist, Paul … Continue reading Language Teachers Hate This Man
Choosing Russian
Language learning has been an interest of mine for most of my life. It goes hand in hand with travelling. … Continue reading Choosing Russian
Seeds of Inspiration
Dovetail Joints and 3D Printing
Something that scares me about today’s society is what I perceive to be a loss of skills. I fear that … Continue reading Dovetail Joints and 3D Printing
Arts and Crafts
The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. – … Continue reading Arts and Crafts
Know the ‘Stans: Central Asia
In the same way that Scotland could be read as “land of the Scots,” Tajikistan means “Land of the Tajiks.” … Continue reading Know the ‘Stans: Central Asia
Know the ‘Stans: Pakistan
The suffix “stan” means “land” in Persian. And so in the same way that many countries end in ‘land (think … Continue reading Know the ‘Stans: Pakistan
Other Side of the Mountains 