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What Do We Mean When We Speak?
What Do We Mean When We Speak?
Considerations on why we use t-r-e-e to mean “tree”. The world isn’t real without language, but also there isn’t language without the…
M. Soledad Berdazaiz
Aug 21
Get to Know a Freelance Language Teacher & Author
Get to Know a Freelance Language Teacher & Author
Aka get to know more about me
Gina
Aug 14
The Inner Game of Language Learning
The Inner Game of Language Learning
If you’ve ever tried to learn a new language in adulthood, you know it’s a challenge. Conjugations, vocabulary, grammar, phonetics…it’s all…
Tony G. Rocco
Aug 14
How Language Welcomes Us In and Shuts Us Out
How Language Welcomes Us In and Shuts Us Out
Reflecting on the meaning of language for migrant individuals
Marco
Aug 14
How To Not Learn a Language
How To Not Learn a Language
As is usually the case, instead of doing something useful with my life, I have found myself on a bit of a wiki-dive. Except it wasn’t on…
Homeless Without a Cause
Aug 13
Insights From 1800 Hours of Learning Spanish
Insights From 1800 Hours of Learning Spanish
How long does it really take to learn a language?
LunarSanctum
Aug 7
An Alphabet Book Opened the World for Me
An Alphabet Book Opened the World for Me
Picture books are the windows and doors for children’s minds
Lisa Schamess
Aug 7
The Little-Known Therapeutic Benefits of Speaking a Foreign Language
The Little-Known Therapeutic Benefits of Speaking a Foreign Language
Too emotional? Try saying it in German.
Liz Boles
Aug 3
Translators Always Need to Know About… Everything?
Translators Always Need to Know About… Everything?
It may sound kind of absurd, as in nowadays concepts of “being effective”, you have to specialize in something, right?
Ernesto Morejon
Aug 3
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Muskrat Funk
Muskrat Funk
A Manitoba Mudlark’s Origin Story
Sally Ito
Jul 13
Lessons From My Portuguese Language Class
Lessons From My Portuguese Language Class
I learned more about cultures than the language
Becca Pollock
Jun 23
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