Subscribed to Steve Kaufmann's LingQ Language Learning Site

Steve Kaufmann, as I have written in a recent article, is a polyglot (speaker of several languages) whose views about language learning pretty much line up with those I've embraced over the years.  He strongly stresses passive vocabulary amassment through reading and listening over the traditionally taught emphasis on perfect pronunciation and grammar, areas that are also worth studying but are secondary to the main goal: comprehension.  He has a company, LingQ (pronounced "link") whose website offers detailed instruction and practice in many languages.  After discovering that its free version gave few benefits, yesterday I finally decided to sign up for the premium, which provides all of Steve's touted advantages to language learning that appeals to me...it's only about nine bucks a month.  Last night I started out with basic lessons in six different languages...but the user can skip around to any level so desired.  There's also a feature in which I can import material from outside the site...I'll get around to figuring that out, I'm sure.  In any event, I needed something like this that offered quick, effective translation to what I'm reading and/hearing so that I can learn new words faster without slowing down my studying.  From time to time, I plan to write about how I'm doing here...should be an adventure of sorts...