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The entries below track my attempts to develop fluent listening (not speaking) comprehension of a foreign language, using mostly an “osmosis” type of approach.

Now we all know someone who has picked up a language or two by osmosis, but in most cases they were living in the country in which it was spoken. After a time, they just found themselves fluent, without ever really having to study.

Our brains are, after all, built to recognize patterns that they are repeatedly exposed to.

I’m attempting a similar approach, with one important difference being that I am not surrounded by native speakers. Instead I’m keeping my fingers crossed that internet audio can serve as a sort of substitute.

So for about an hour a day, I’m listening to news and interviews in Tibetan. In truth I am supplementing my learning with a few other tricks I’ve discovered along the way, but 95% of my time is spent just listening.

I’m hoping to never have to break down and start learning grammar or memorizing vocabulary lists. But we’ll see…

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