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		<title>Hack! Cough! Ugh! Why Is It So Dusty In Here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am maneuvering, tip toeing, sidestepping these days around the cobwebs that this blog has gathered recently.  It seems my last post was (gasp!) over three weeks ago.  Obviously, this summer has not been a good time for my blog.  I&#8217;ve been completely taken over with responsibilities from my job, to the point that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Just Write This Stuff For The Fame And Fortune</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/31-07-2011/i-just-write-this-stuff-for-the-fame-and-fortune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, people have come to me occasionally with questions about blogging.  &#8221;How do you start a blog?&#8221;  &#8221;What do I need to do with my blog?&#8221;  &#8221;How would a blog help me?&#8221;  I&#8217;ve helped where I could.  For about a year I kept my own blog about technology, search engines, and general internet news, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Is Language Year?</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/29-07-2011/where-is-language-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, life has taken its toll, and this blog has had to take a back seat.  My boss reminded me this morning that I have to oversee the development of 2 new websites, negotiate our organization&#8217;s acquisition of new office space, and take 3 trips out of town, all in the next month.  So, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Film Festival Is Not Going To Be The Best Way To Continue Learning Bosnian, But It Sure Looks Like Fun</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/15-07-2011/the-film-festival-is-not-going-to-be-the-best-way-to-continue-learning-bosnian-but-it-sure-looks-like-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may be aware, each year Sarajevo hosts an international film festival, welcoming actors and directors from far and wide, and treating locals to screenings of several independent films.  Here&#8217;s the website: http://www.sff.ba/ba/main?site=sff. I&#8217;m sorry; I know many of you can&#8217;t read that, but I don&#8217;t think there is an English version.  And that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do You Need to Bring With You When You Are Going To See A New Language Professor For the First Time?</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/13-07-2011/what-do-you-need-to-bring-with-you-when-you-are-going-to-see-a-new-language-professor-for-the-first-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notebooks. Your calendar. Pencils. Pens. Typing paper? A pocket recorder? Highlighters? Markers? Old textbooks? Today is the beginning of a new relationship.  It&#8217;s kind of like a first date&#8230; except in a much more professional sense. At long last, I&#8217;ve finally called and made an appointment with my wife&#8217;s language instructor, who apparently is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still Looking for a New Instructor</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/10-07-2011/still-looking-for-a-new-instructor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife says I should call her language instructor. &#8220;She&#8217;s really good,&#8221; she says. &#8220;I will,&#8221; I said. &#8220;But don&#8217;t tell anyone.&#8221; She smirked at me.  &#8221;Why?  Because everyone goes to her?&#8221; It was nice, for a period of time, to be using a language instructor that none of my coworkers or close friends were using. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Journey To Language Acquisition Takes a Detour</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/06-07-2011/the-journey-to-language-acquisition-takes-a-detour/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/06-07-2011/the-journey-to-language-acquisition-takes-a-detour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I haven&#8217;t stopped learning the language here; I actually feel like I have reached a level where I can learn faster than I have ever before.  However, here I am sitting, wondering how I am going to continue in my journey toward language acquisition. My professor quit me.  She didn&#8217;t quit instructing students; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sitting in the Wannabe McDonalds in Sarajevo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/04-07-2011/sitting-in-the-wannabe-mcdonalds-in-sarajevo/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/04-07-2011/sitting-in-the-wannabe-mcdonalds-in-sarajevo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting in the food court of Alta, the mall just down the hill from my house in Sarajevo, thinking of how I&#8217;ve failed to post anything for the past week or so. Yep, for the past several days I&#8217;ve been a failure as a blogger. It wasn&#8217;t without reason &#8212; my family and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mysteries of the World (Of the Croatian World, Anyway)</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/25-06-2011/mysteries-of-the-world-of-the-croatian-world-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/25-06-2011/mysteries-of-the-world-of-the-croatian-world-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult things in my journey of language acquisition has been finding good reading material.  I can go into a bookstore and pick up just about anything I want, but usually I&#8217;ll find myself unsatisfied with my selection.  Past attempts at finding good reading material have been mostly unsuccessful.  This time, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn off, Turn on, Get out, and Get on</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/20-06-2011/turn-off-turn-on-get-out-and-get-on/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/20-06-2011/turn-off-turn-on-get-out-and-get-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post on the Linguist&#8217;s blog made me think of a conversation I had with a friend today about words in English, and how they translate into Bosnian.  &#8221;There are so many different words,&#8221; he said.  &#8221;It&#8217;s so much simpler in English.&#8221;  Now, of course he said that, he&#8217;s an American.  But then again, he&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Professor Doesn&#8217;t Want To Teach Me Anymore</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/19-06-2011/my-professor-doesnt-want-to-teach-me-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/19-06-2011/my-professor-doesnt-want-to-teach-me-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am the biggest advocate of finding a good textbook or making a connection with a qualified instructor when you want to learn a language.  Or anything, for that matter.  If you have to learn it, you probably shouldn&#8217;t rely on yourself to be the teacher, coach, and tutor.  And relying on others usually takes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning A New Language Is About Always Believing (Back After A Long Absence)</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/17-06-2011/learning-a-new-language-is-about-always-beleiving-back-after-a-long-absence/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/17-06-2011/learning-a-new-language-is-about-always-beleiving-back-after-a-long-absence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journey]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen to the song. Wait for it. Wait for it. If you fall into a certain age range, then this famous song from the band Journey probably comes to mind every time you hear the words &#8220;Don&#8217;t stop believing&#8221; uttered in one sentence. It does for me, anyway. The song is perfect for what I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using a New Language Is About Letting Go of Pride</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/10-06-2011/using-a-new-language-is-about-letting-go-of-pride/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/10-06-2011/using-a-new-language-is-about-letting-go-of-pride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I scraped my knees while I was praying And found a demon in my safest haven Seems like it&#8217;s getting harder to believe in anything Than just to get lost in all my selfish thoughts&#8230; And the worst part is Before it gets any better We&#8217;re headed for a cliff And in the free fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zmajavac, Srednik, And Other Unusual Names</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/06-06-2011/zmajavac-srednik-and-other-unusual-names/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/06-06-2011/zmajavac-srednik-and-other-unusual-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zmajevac &#8211; Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina Today, a student from Sarajevo took me and a friend up to Barice, which is above Zmajavac, to enjoy the panoramic view of Sarajevo for a few minutes.  It was a great excursion, and a great opportunity to get to know someone as they showed us pieces of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a Public Speaker (Who Doesn&#8217;t Speak At All, Normally)</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/05-06-2011/confessions-of-a-public-speaker-who-doesnt-speak-at-all-normally/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/05-06-2011/confessions-of-a-public-speaker-who-doesnt-speak-at-all-normally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t read this book, but I hear it&#8217;s good.  A review recently appeared in my stack of things to read in my Google Reader, and the title has stayed in my mind for the past couple of weeks.  Anyway, today I had to speak in front of a group of people at church.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders Are Like Eagles: More Comments on Leadership</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/03-06-2011/leaders-are-like-eagles-more-comments-on-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/03-06-2011/leaders-are-like-eagles-more-comments-on-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[competence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I realized last night that yesterday&#8217;s post may have led some to question my situation here.  &#8221;Why did you write that?&#8221; one reader said.  &#8221;Do you have bad leaders?&#8221;  Well, let me break the suspense, and go ahead and answer the hanging question before I insert the ubiquitous &#8220;Click here to read the rest of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading People Who Learn a New Language</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/02-06-2011/leading-people-who-learn-a-new-language/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/02-06-2011/leading-people-who-learn-a-new-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My time in Bosnia has been a primer on one thing, more than anything else.  No, not language.  More than any other aspect of work in general, since arriving in Sarajevo I have been continually fascinated with the task of leadership.  No, I am not a leader in my job &#8212; well, not officially, anyway. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Teach Me That, I Just Need To Learn Business English</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/31-05-2011/dont-teach-me-that-i-just-need-to-learn-business-english/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/31-05-2011/dont-teach-me-that-i-just-need-to-learn-business-english/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 18:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday my language tutor brought me a Serbian translation of a book of poems by Sergej Jesenjin, a Russian poet who lived through the Bolshevik Revolution in St. Petersburg.  &#8221;After a year of reading things like this, you&#8217;ll speak better than I do&#8230;  If you want to speak intelligent Bosnian, then this is the way.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefit Of Learning a New Language Is Hearing People In Their Own Words</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/27-05-2011/the-benefit-of-learning-a-new-language-is-hearing-people-in-their-own-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 19:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Memorial Day weekend in America, one of the biggest weekends for travel in America, and also a special weekend to remember those who gave their lives in defense of the United States and for the cause of freedom around the world. &#160;It is most interesting that, on this most sacred of American holidays, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Pardon: Not Sad, But Deep</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/26-05-2011/seeking-pardon-not-sad-but-deep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 19:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; It seemed like a good thing to do three days in a row, so why not do a fourth?  Here is a fourth installment of poetry from the region of former Yugoslavia.  This one is from a collection of poems from the Serbian author and professor Desanka Maksimovic, and it deals with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Death, All Are Equal: Another Sad Song</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/25-05-2011/in-death-all-are-equal-another-sad-song/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/25-05-2011/in-death-all-are-equal-another-sad-song/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, tell me if this is getting old.  Today is the third consecutive installment in a series of &#8220;sad songs&#8221; &#8212; Bosnian, Croatian, or Serbian poems that have appeared in my language textbooks, and seem to always look on the dark side of life.  Today&#8217;s installment is entitled &#8220;Zemlja&#8221; (Earth), and was written by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving Children Behind: Another Sad Song</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/24-05-2011/leaving-children-behind-another-sad-song/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/24-05-2011/leaving-children-behind-another-sad-song/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 13:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I realized that yesterday&#8217;s post wasn&#8217;t actually that sad.  The poem alluded to the poplar tree at the end as a symbol of pride &#8212; a sign that, in the middle of all that is bleak, there is still one thing that stands tall.  However, this one &#8212; this is sad.  Here&#8217;s another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Always a Sad Song&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/23-05-2011/always-a-sad-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Bosnian classes, lately I have had to read a lot historic Bosnian, Croatian, or Serbian poetry.  It&#8217;s all very interesting, but one thing I cannot get over: it&#8217;s always incredibly sad. Here&#8217;s an example, from the poet Antun Matos: Olovne i teške snove snivaju oblaci nad tamnim gorskim stranama; Monotone sjene rijekom plivaju, žutom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pozdrav iz Rovnja!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/21-05-2011/pozdrav-iz-rovnja/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/21-05-2011/pozdrav-iz-rovnja/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 13:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; Even though we are on a short break from Sarajevo, I&#8217;ve still found a few minutes to throw something on the blog.  After my wife&#8217;s meeting in Zagreb yesterday, we decided to go out to Rovinj, a city on the Istrian coast of Croatia.  Here are a few pictures: These are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisdom of Crowds, in Zagreb&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/18-05-2011/the-wisdom-of-crowds-in-zagreb/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/18-05-2011/the-wisdom-of-crowds-in-zagreb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 21:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our family is off to Zagreb for a Friday meeting, and as such I will be unable to post on the blog for the next couple of days.  An article over on Wired.com got me thinking about how things might go and what we might experience during our short stay in Zagreb.  There are plenty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apparently Stephen Hawking Heard of my &#8220;Razlog za Vjeru&#8221; and Felt Inclined to Comment</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/17-05-2011/apparently-stephen-hawking-heard-of-my-razlog-za-vjeru-and-felt-inclined-to-comment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 13:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those that follow my blog will remember yesterday&#8217;s post, where I rambled in Bosnian about my various reasons for faith in God (read the essay here in English, here in Bosnian). And those that follow the world even from a distance will know of the prominent scientist Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Razlog za Vjeru (A Reason for Faith)</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/16-05-2011/razlog-za-vjeru-a-reason-for-faith/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/16-05-2011/razlog-za-vjeru-a-reason-for-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 14:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below I have posted an essay I just finished for today&#8217;s Bosnian language class.&#160; Last week my professor said calmly, &#8220;OK, Jonathan, for next week write for me an essay on the reason for faith.&#160; The reason for God.&#160; Something like that.&#160; You figure it out, and bring it to me next time.&#8221;&#160; My professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A la Carte, Sunday, May 15</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/15-05-2011/a-la-carte-sunday-may-15/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/15-05-2011/a-la-carte-sunday-may-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 21:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day is coming to a close, and I figured I would keep the streak going with another post on the ol&#8217; blog.  It looks like I&#8217;ve posted something each day for an entire week now. I just finished another essay in Bosnian, this one entitled The Reason for Faith.  It&#8217;s all of one page [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Language Fad: Infographics</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/14-05-2011/the-latest-language-fad-infographics/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/14-05-2011/the-latest-language-fad-infographics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 11:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I am just slow to catch on to trends like this, but I sure have noticed a lot of informational graphics, or &#8220;infographics&#8221; popping up all around the web, especially in relation to information  about languages.  I did manage to blog already about one related to the difficulty of learning Bosnian, and this one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 to 15,000 Words Until Fluent?</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/13-05-2011/12-to-15000-words-until-fluent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 06:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fluency]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent discussion over at the LingQ forums caught my attention because it begins to get at the question that I&#8217;m sure plagues language learners of all persuasions at one time or another: how many words do you need to become &#8220;fluent&#8221; in a language? According to &#8220;Steve&#8221;, the founder of the forum, it&#8217;s 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes Ahead</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/12-05-2011/changes-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 04:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My language tutor is moving.  How am I going to keep learning now?]]></description>
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		<title>Universal Grammar Lives On</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/11-05-2011/universal-grammar-lives-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems a new study at Johns Hopkins University has found evidence that Chomsky&#8217;s hypothesis about universal grammar may have been right, after all.  If you keep up with this blog, you might remember me writing about another study that seemed to debunk Chomsky&#8217;s hypothesis.  It does seem strange, though, that researchers would need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Books for You!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/09-05-2011/no-books-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 21:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article online has decried the plight of Bosnian publishers during the current economic situation.  I bring up the article, first because it is a good read, but second because it made me think of the idea that my language tutor pointed out this morning. &#8220;You know what you should do&#8230;&#8221; he said, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give Me Motivation!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/08-05-2011/give-me-motivation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More posting from around the web today.  In the waning hours of this Sunday evening, I happened upon this incredibly compelling video on YouTube (thanks, Linguist, for the heads up) about 3 elements that truly motivate people in all levels of professional life.  Three elements &#8212; autonomy, mastery, and purpose &#8212; are necessary to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Traveling: Bjelasnica</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/07-05-2011/more-traveling-bjelasnica/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/07-05-2011/more-traveling-bjelasnica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 20:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Saturday, another opportunity to travel through some of Bosnia&#8217;s beautiful countryside.  Today we went with some our friends the Irbys to the Igman/Bjelasnica area to let the children play and take in some of the great scenery and mountain air.  It was a good chance to relax and retreat from the busy city.  Below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jajce and the Effectiveness of a Traditional Classroom Setting</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/03-05-2011/jajce-and-the-effectiveness-of-a-traditional-classroom-setting/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/03-05-2011/jajce-and-the-effectiveness-of-a-traditional-classroom-setting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 08:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, my family and I made a day trip to the Bosnian city of Jajce, northwest of Sarajevo, near Banja Luka.  The drive took about three hours, and afforded views of some of the most beautiful countryside in Eastern Europe.  Jajce was wonderful: the city is complete with a medieval fortress, fortified walls surrounding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work As Language School</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/01-05-2011/work-as-language-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 21:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While situated comfortably here in Sarajevo, going about my business, my learning, my training, it&#8217;s hard for me not to think about the bigger picture.  Am I going about things the right way?  Is my method of language acquisition the best way for me?  If things were structured differently, could I do things another way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Room With a View</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/27-04-2011/a-room-with-a-view/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Spring, when the weather gets really nice, Sarajevo really begins to spread its wings, in a manner of speaking.  Since the city is located in a narrow valley, mountainsides and vistas are common.  Almost every house more than 100 yards from the center of town has some kind of glorious view of something.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Musings on Word Order</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/26-04-2011/more-musings-on-word-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was incredibly busy, and there was no time to post.  The weekend was glorious: warm and sunny, with time for going take the family to a mountaintop meadow for an Easter egg hunt.  But, again, no time to post.  So, here I am, after a three-day absence, finally updating the ol&#8217; blog. Recent postings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Trumps Biology (Again)</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/22-04-2011/culture-trumps-biology-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s post, I know, kind of left the subject hanging.  It was late, and I thought the Wikipedia quote was already decently thought provoking.  Pertinent articles from around the web are here, here, and here.  Anyway, the debate still rages on.  Actually, it probably kind of goes on at a normal speaking volume, since it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Triumphs Biology. Really?</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/21-04-2011/culture-triumphs-biology-really/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/21-04-2011/culture-triumphs-biology-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have read a couple of stories around the internet recently (here&#8217;s one) about recent work done in an attempt to deduce whether different languages evolved completely separately from each other, spun out of different cultural factors, or if language in general is something that is &#8220;hard wired&#8221; into the human brain, simply an inevitable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Bosnian Essay: Adeline Paulina Irby</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/20-04-2011/my-first-bosnian-essay-adeline-paulina-irby/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/20-04-2011/my-first-bosnian-essay-adeline-paulina-irby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;For next week,&#8221; my professor announced, &#8220;your homework will be to write a short essay &#8212; just one page, Jonathan, nothing too long &#8212; about your latest project.&#8221;  As the words flowed from her mouth, I immediately thought of my involvement in a project to help in the publishing of a book about the life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Television: A New Revelation</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/19-04-2011/television-a-new-revelation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I had an epiphany.  Over the last several weeks, I had been searching for a way to advance in my journey toward language acquisition.  I thought about my classes, my sessions with my language partner, the texts I was reading, and realized that I needed to find some way to immerse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning A Language As You Go</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/18-04-2011/learning-a-language-as-you-go/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/18-04-2011/learning-a-language-as-you-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is another guest post, written by my colleague Joy.  Joy has some great thoughts and experiences to share about the trials and triumphs of learning a new language &#8220;on the go&#8221;.  Enjoy! As soon as I realized that languages were something I loved and that learning them was fun for me (yes, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, Bosnian and Croatian are just as hard as Serbian</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/14-04-2011/yes-bosnian-and-croatian-are-just-as-hard-as-serbian/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/14-04-2011/yes-bosnian-and-croatian-are-just-as-hard-as-serbian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday a useful comment came from the nice people over at Voxy, makers of the graphic from yesterday&#8217;s post.  According to Voxy, who cited information from the Foreign Service Institute’s language difficulty rankings (available here), Bosnian and Croatian are indeed both level 2 languages, equivalent with Serbian in difficulty for English speakers.  I didn&#8217;t really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Speak Serbo-Croatian! (Not Really)</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/13-04-2011/i-speak-serbo-croatian-not-really/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/13-04-2011/i-speak-serbo-croatian-not-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the golden years of Yugoslavia, Tito was in power, everyone had a job, Yugoslav citizens enjoyed relative freedom and prosperity, and the citizens recognized one language as the official language of their country &#8212; Serbo-Croatian. Amazingly, after the breakup of Yugoslavia, the resulting seven countries &#8212; Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Kosovo, and Montenegro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking You Beyond Limits</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/12-04-2011/taking-you-beyond-limits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post marks (finally) the return of normalcy to this blog, and ventures a bit toward the more inspirational side of the scope of Language Year&#8217;s subject matter. The following is a video from the TED conference (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design), a fairly important conference for the world of, well, technology, entertainment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Swift Kick In The Pants</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/11-04-2011/a-swift-kick-in-the-pants/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/11-04-2011/a-swift-kick-in-the-pants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What am I to say?  Four days have gone by since my last post, and every knowledgeable blogger would say that, in order to have a halfway decent blog, one must post at least every day.  But, again, what can I say?  Sometimes, the duties of life simply require a blog to be less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s On Fifth Floor: More Fun With Word Order</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/07-04-2011/lets-on-fifth-floor-more-fun-with-word-order/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/07-04-2011/lets-on-fifth-floor-more-fun-with-word-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you read yesterday&#8217;s post, you got to see my first experiment with Bosnian-English word order.  Today I&#8217;m posting, without translation, another conversation, this time between two fictional characters who have just entered into one of the newest and coolest shopping malls in Sarajevo &#8211; Alta.  The resulting transcription below is written in English, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did You Me Understand?</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/06-04-2011/did-you-me-understand/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/06-04-2011/did-you-me-understand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Did you me understand?&#8221; &#8220;I am.&#8221; &#8220;What did said?&#8221; &#8220;It means that I am paid two times last month, so I don&#8217;t need that I pay for this month.&#8221; &#8220;So it is.&#8221; &#8220;Thanks.  I must that I go.  Until sighting.&#8221; &#8220;Until sighting.  Bye!&#8221; No, the above gibberish was not a transcript of the latest conversation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Coffee Snobs</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/05-04-2011/american-coffee-snobs/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/05-04-2011/american-coffee-snobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When in Rome,&#8221; some have said, &#8220;do as the Romans do.&#8221;  One thing this blog has revealed (to even my own surprise) is my own penchant for pithy sayings and proverbs.  It is always easier to write when you have some wise statement from which to draw.  When you come to Bosnia, unless your life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better To Remain Silent&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/04-04-2011/better-to-remain-silent/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/04-04-2011/better-to-remain-silent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe it was Abraham Lincoln (or, some say, King Solomon) who said that it is better to &#8220;remain silent and seem a fool, than to open one&#8217;s mouth and remove all doubt.&#8221;  In language learning, it is all too true that opening the mouth will make one a fool, but the alternative is hardly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Playing With Language Year</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/02-04-2011/update-playing-with-language-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who may have read my previous post, you may have been wondering what I was talking about.  Soon after posting, I began to change the theme again, and the &#8220;underwater&#8221; elements would not have been visible, had you read the post more than a couple of hours after I wrote it.  For now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing with Language Year</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/02-04-2011/playing-with-language-year/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/02-04-2011/playing-with-language-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obviously, I&#8217;ve been messing around a bit with the themes and colors for the Language Year website.  I can&#8217;t shake the idea that the theme ought to have some connection to water, or being underwater, since the whole idea of the site is that it&#8217;s a blog about being immersed in language acquisition.  Hopefully, I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bosnia: Diamond in the Rough</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/31-03-2011/bosnia-diamond-in-the-rough/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/31-03-2011/bosnia-diamond-in-the-rough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, more blogging from web articles.  Today a Facebook friend recommended an article about Bosnia which touts the virtues of Bosnia as a land of hidden treasures that have not been lost to the tourism monster, which long ago turned many similar European gems into over-hyped, over-commercialized tourist traps.  What was once beautiful often becomes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Are Not Prepared to Read This Article!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/29-03-2011/you-are-not-prepared/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/29-03-2011/you-are-not-prepared/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just found a fascinating article today that dealt with the various facets of learning, as they relate to language acquisition.  Now, I don&#8217;t know anything about the author, so I can&#8217;t check his credentials to see if he is some kind of actual expert on education or learning (probably not, since his articles appear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Got More Alphabets Than You</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/28-03-2011/weve-got-more-alphabets-than-you/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/28-03-2011/weve-got-more-alphabets-than-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bosancica]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My language professor was talking to me today about how the Bosnian language formed, and out of curiosity I began to do some cursory research on the internet after I came home today.  I learned something I didn&#8217;t know: though modern Bosnian uses the Latin alphabet (like english), ancient Bosnian actually used another alphabet that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Can Talk To A 3-year-old!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/27-03-2011/i-can-talk-to-a-3-year-old/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/27-03-2011/i-can-talk-to-a-3-year-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As it is Sunday here (and the first day of Daylight Savings Time in Bosnia, no less), I will keep this post short.  Last night we made time for a brief excursion, taking our son down to the small park below our neighborhood and meeting friends there for some fast food at one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I (Still) Don&#8217;t Have Time to Learn a New Language</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/26-03-2011/i-still-dont-have-time-to-learn-a-new-language/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/26-03-2011/i-still-dont-have-time-to-learn-a-new-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting down on a Saturday morning, I once again turn my thoughts toward learning language, or rather toward the difficulty of making time to learn a language.  Many embark on this quest of language acquisition, and in recent months I have realized that few succeed in fully acquiring a new language simply because of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spring of Bosnia</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/25-03-2011/the-spring-of-bosnia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post was about the coming of Spring in Bosnia, and today my family and I were able to make a short trip to the literal Spring of Bosnia.  &#8221;Vrelo Bosne&#8220;, literally the &#8220;Spring of Bosnia&#8221;, is the source of the River Bosna, one of the most important rivers in Bosnia.  Surrounding the springs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Months of Darkness</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/24-03-2011/six-months-of-darkness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first day of Spring was just a few days ago, and today was the first day of relative warmth in Sarajevo this year.  I was able to sit outside without shivering, and many people did the same, congregating at cafes who had finally set up tables and chairs on sidewalks all around town. People [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick to Listen, Quick to Speak</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/23-03-2011/quick-to-listen-quick-to-speak/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/23-03-2011/quick-to-listen-quick-to-speak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people have probably heard of this well-known Christian proverb: &#8220;My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak&#8221;  James 1:19 It is interesting to me how the relationship between listening and speaking plays out in learning a new language.  It has occurred to me several times in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courage Don&#8217;t Use No Contractions</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/23-03-2011/courage-dont-use-no-contractions/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/23-03-2011/courage-dont-use-no-contractions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I should not be writing a post about the use (or non-use) of contractions in the recent movie True Grit.  A cursory search of the internet has produced several other blog and forum posts (as well as a peer-reviewed scholarly article that I need a dictionary to understand) that have also speculated on the subject. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Man Called Courage</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/22-03-2011/a-man-called-courage/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/22-03-2011/a-man-called-courage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week I had the opportunity to see the second film adaptation of the 1968 novel True Grit.  The first, many will immediately remember, was a John Wayne film, and the second, which I saw, was nominated for 10 academy awards in 2011, taking home none. I cannot say enough good things about this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Languages Live!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/18-03-2011/let-the-languages-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am continuing to mull the McWhorter article mentioned in yesterday&#8217;s post over in my head.  Another interesting quote from the linguist&#8217;s research: According to one estimate, a hundred years from now the 6,000 languages in use today will likely dwindle to 600. The question, though, is whether this is a problem. Is it a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let The Languages Die!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/18-03-2011/let-the-languages-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing in my newfound infatuation with something called the New York Times (obsessed with punctuality, pretpostavljam), I happened recently upon a section called Idea of the Day, a blog which, not surprisingly, daily muses briefly on new ideas.  An article from late 2009 entitled Why Save Dying Languages? caught my attention because of its colorful title. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future Tense</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/16-03-2011/the-future-tense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I discovered another incredibly interesting resource (or, maybe it&#8217;s more like an excursion &#8212; it seems to have been meant purely for liesure) on language, called, fittingly, On Language. It&#8217;s a column in the New York Times magazine which, as I realized moments after starting to read, has apparently run its course.  In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memory Fails</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/15-03-2011/memory-fails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said this before, but in case this is your first time reading this blog, I use a software application called Anki to help me review and remember words.  &#8220;Anyone who needs to remember things in their daily life can benefit from Anki,&#8221; the application website claims, and I&#8217;ve been using the software for about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Language Is Music to My Ears</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/14-03-2011/learning-language-is-music-to-my-ears/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/14-03-2011/learning-language-is-music-to-my-ears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gibonni]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I saw a billboard that said &#8220;Hvala za povjerenju&#8221; (Thank you for trusting).  It reminded me immediately of a favorite song by Gibonni. Dvije duše što nam je Bog povjerio (Two souls that God entrusted to us) Umjesto da se ljube ja sam i to iznevjerio (Instead of loving each other, we failed) Izdao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Guts No Glory!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/13-03-2011/no-guts-no-glory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img class="size-large wp-image-164" title="Skakavac Beginning" src="http://languageyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DSC01559-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="352" />
<br /><br />
Skakavac was incredible!  If you read yesterday's post, you know that my wife and son and I were planning to go out to Skakavac, a waterfall about "5 miles" outside of Sarajevo.  The short version of the story is that we went, and it was great, and we didn't even get to see the waterfall!]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is Your Country Important to You?</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/12-03-2011/why-is-your-country-important-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/12-03-2011/why-is-your-country-important-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we are taking a short trip to Skakavac, a waterfall about 5 miles outside of Sarajevo.  Like most European cities, Sarajevo is very densely populated near the center, but sparse around the edges.  So you don&#8217;t have to go very far to feel like you&#8217;ve made a real trek. Thinking about what our family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Accent Is Giving Me a Headache!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/10-03-2011/your-accent-is-giving-me-a-headache/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/10-03-2011/your-accent-is-giving-me-a-headache/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Normally, when you hear someone say something like &#8220;Your accent is giving me a headache,&#8221; it&#8217;s in an anxious tone of voice, usually accompanied with some kind of heated exchange.  Today, it was a quote from my language class, and was directed at me, as I feebly tried to read through a Bosnian newspaper article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Have Time to Be a Parent And Learn A New Language</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/09-03-2011/i-dont-have-time-to-be-a-parent-and-learn-a-new-language/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/09-03-2011/i-dont-have-time-to-be-a-parent-and-learn-a-new-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Taylor Irby, a colleague of mine and occasional contributor to this blog. At the beginning of my language year, my 3 year old daughter was in preschool and I stayed at home three days a week with my one year old son.  I wanted to maximize learning language together, so I googled learning language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Learn A New Language? English Is Enough</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/08-03-2011/why-learn-a-new-language-english-is-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/08-03-2011/why-learn-a-new-language-english-is-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day my Bosnian language professor stopped our class for a second and asked me pointedly, &#8220;Tell me, why is it so important to you that you learn our language?&#8221;  Her reasoning was understandable.  My job requires me to work within the university system here, and I have frequent contact with college students who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bog Te Pozdravi&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/07-03-2011/bog-te-pozdravi/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/07-03-2011/bog-te-pozdravi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I realized that in my previous post about Bosnian greetings and salutations, while I did say what the single word probably means, I forgot to state the actual origin of the greeting &#8220;Bok&#8221;.  As I said then, &#8220;Bok&#8221; is derived from the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian word for God, &#8220;Bog&#8221;, but it comes from a phrase that was probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, Goodbye</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/05-03-2011/hello-goodbye/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/05-03-2011/hello-goodbye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hello.&#8221;  &#8221;Goodbye.&#8221; Politeness is something that a lot of people strive for, and it usually includes greeting people nicely and wishing them well, in some fashion or another.  When you learn a new language, one of the first things you usually want to learn is how to use polite greetings to meet people and ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bilingual, I am NOT.</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/03-03-2011/bilingual-i-am-not/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/03-03-2011/bilingual-i-am-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Bosnian customs agent sent me a text message the other day.  It reads, &#8220;Jonathan, Hi.  It&#8217;s [Davor from] City Sped.  Your &#8220;rjesenje&#8221; [document] for customs clearance is finished, and you can come to pick it up when ever you can from 8 &#8211; 16 hours Monday till Friday.  Best regards.&#8221; For all intents and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Like A Teenager</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/02-03-2011/talking-like-a-teenager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://languageyear.com/?p=120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, as I was entering new words into my Anki &#8220;flash-card memory software&#8221; (is that really a category of sofware?), I saw that my list of entered words has now grown to 800.  I sat back for a second, and enjoyed the momentary feeling of accomplishment.  A few months ago, I felt like I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Second Time Around</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/01-03-2011/the-second-time-around/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/01-03-2011/the-second-time-around/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gibonni]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow night I&#8217;ll be playing guitar and singing with a band at a cafe in town.  My organization sponsors a weekly &#8220;cafe&#8221; meeting in downtown Sarajevo for university students, and part of the night incorporates live music.  Most of the songs we play are popular rock, R&#38;B, or pop songs; some are requested by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playgrounds and Preschools: Children and Language Acquisition</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/28-02-2011/playgrounds-and-preschools-children-and-language-acquisition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is a guest entry from a friend and colleague of mine, Taylor Irby. Taylor went through a year of language acquisition after arriving in Sarajevo, and I asked her if she would share something about her experience.  Her perspective is quite different from mine, as she had to balance language acquisition and other work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen and Obey</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/27-02-2011/listen-and-obey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Sunday again, which, as I&#8217;ve said before, in my family is a day for church, family, and rest.  In keeping with the general theme of language, and specifically Bosnian language, there are two words that I&#8217;ve often heard on Sundays that have an interesting connection in the Bosnian language &#8211; in English, they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ЈАХОРИНА!!!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/26-02-2011/%d1%98%d0%b0%d1%85%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week has been a week for snow, and so today, Saturday, is a day for SKIING!  We are heading off to Jahorina, one of the Olympic mountains just outside Sarajevo. Jahorina, located in the Serb Republic portion of Bosnia, is an interesting place for several reasons, but one reason is that once you arrive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are You Listening To?</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/25-02-2011/what-are-you-listening-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[American culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just in Alta, a new shopping mall in town, and was surprised to suddenly hear the near-forgotten lyric &#8220;I want to know why&#8230; I want to know why&#8230;&#8221; coming from the mall radio.  It was the song &#8220;Unforgetful You&#8221; by the American CCM band Jars of Clay, one of those Christian bands successful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Aspects of Language Acquisition: Grammar</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/24-02-2011/two-aspects-of-language-acquisition-grammar/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/24-02-2011/two-aspects-of-language-acquisition-grammar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is about grammar, and I actually cancelled my grammar lesson today.  With family visiting us this week, something had to give. As I said before, it seems to me that there are two parts to learning a language: vocabulary and grammar.  Yesterday I talked a bit about how I am trying to enlarge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Aspects of Language Acquisition: Vocabulary</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/23-02-2011/two-aspects-of-language-acquisition-vocabulary/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/23-02-2011/two-aspects-of-language-acquisition-vocabulary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grammar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s post started to get into opinions I have begun to form in the process of this year.  Regardless of your approach to learning, the most important factor in acquiring a language is the level of your desire.  In other words, at the start, if a language student doesn&#8217;t have a keen desire to one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Aspects of Language Acquisition</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/22-02-2011/two-aspects-of-language-acquisition/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/22-02-2011/two-aspects-of-language-acquisition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, I want to acknowledge, and apologize for, yesterday&#8217;s post; it was not really related to language acquisition &#8211; not even indirectly.  I am sorry; my intention was to create a focused blog, and it seems it only took a few days for me to stray from my topic. With that, I want to talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permission To Move Freely About The Country</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/21-02-2011/permission-to-move-freely-about-the-country/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/21-02-2011/permission-to-move-freely-about-the-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I (finally) was able to pay for the insurance and registration for our new (well, new to us, at least) car!  Tomorrow will be the day of liberation, as we go to back to the dealer, put the new plates on, and drive the car away. With the minor exception of when we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sundays are for Church</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/20-02-2011/sundays-are-for-church/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/20-02-2011/sundays-are-for-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[spoken language]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As is the case every week in our family, Sunday is day set aside mostly for going to church.  In many ways it is the highlight of the week, a day completely different from the other six and yet giving life and inspiration to the week that follows.  Church usually provides a good forum for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Remembering Easy</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/19-02-2011/making-remembering-easy/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/19-02-2011/making-remembering-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;ve finally (&#8230;finally!) found a little time to start cataloging all the Bosnian words I am supposed to have learned up to now.  By &#8220;little time&#8221;, I actually mean less than an hour, about 45 minutes.  It was enough to enter about 120 words into a new &#8220;flashcard&#8221; application I found last week while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tongue Tied</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/18-02-2011/tongue-tied/</link>
		<comments>http://languageyear.com/posts/18-02-2011/tongue-tied/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bosnian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have canceled my &#8220;Language Practice&#8221; &#8212; my daily meetings with a local Bosnian friend/tutor to practice language &#8212; each of the past two days.  My personality type is generally very comfortable with change and uncertainty; however, for some reason I am always very upset inside when my language schedule gets messed up.  I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excellent Text</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/17-02-2011/excellent-text/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t say enough about the textbook that I have been using for my language learning:  Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: A Textbook with Exercises and Basic Grammar, by Ronelle Alexander.  The book comes with a companion grammar book.  The casual learner should be warned, these texts are fairly advanced (even from the beginning), and move quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Weekly Language Schedule</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/16-02-2011/my-weekly-language-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a first &#8220;real&#8221; language post, I thought I could share a little about my normal language-learning schedule during the week.  Keep in mind that, even though I&#8217;ve set this up myself, I am still dissatisfied with it in several ways.  However, I believe it is the best that I can do, while attempting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permission to Enter!</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/15-02-2011/permission-to-enter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Language Year</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bosnia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An &#8220;Enter&#8221; sign in a parking lot Today I received word that our visa (&#8220;Boravak&#8221;, in Bosnian) has been finished, and the papers are available for me to pick up.  Thus ends a long period of waiting and uncertainty.  It&#8217;s as if part of our stay here in Sarajevo has been validated.  We are now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Start (Another) Blog?</title>
		<link>http://languageyear.com/posts/14-02-2011/why-start-another-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, here&#8217;s the big question: why start another blog? If you&#8217;ve followed me up until now, you may have seen my past attempts. In the past, I&#8217;ve tried to keep blogs running, but I&#8217;ve always run into a wall after some time. After months of good activity, steady content, and new ideas, I&#8217;ve always reached [...]]]></description>
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