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Colour me Russian
Colour me Russian
On learning Russian as a third language.
Rayne Murray
Nov 17, 2019
How I self-learn Japanese
How I self-learn Japanese
and my best resources for that
Thomas Filaire
Jan 24, 2017
I Will Never Speak English Like You
I Will Never Speak English Like You
Learning the language is life-long journey
Anastasia Shch
Oct 29, 2018
10 Tips To Learn A New Language
10 Tips To Learn A New Language
Learning new languages isn’t as difficult as we make them out to be. Check this article out to learn more!
Binati Sheth
Nov 12, 2019
6 Ways To Shut Down: “Don’t Learn a Second Language. Everyone Speaks English Anyway”
6 Ways To Shut Down: “Don’t Learn a Second Language. Everyone Speaks English Anyway”
As a language learner, I cannot count the number of times I have been slapped with: “Why bother. Everyone speaks English”.
Nichlas Walsted
Oct 17, 2019
The Beauty of Languages
The Beauty of Languages
The average person speaks up to 3 languages in their lives including their own 1st, 2nd, and 3rd language.
Suzan Dalia
Oct 3, 2019
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How to ask strangers a question in Japan
How to ask strangers a question in Japan
Two tricks to elevate your spoken Japanese
Blake Anderson
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The Biggest Language Mistakes I Made
The Biggest Language Mistakes I Made
Dating your mother and eating cars.
Nyse Vicente
Feb 14, 2021
5 Easy Ways To Practice a Language
5 Easy Ways To Practice a Language
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Nyse Vicente
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Slight tricks to make your Chinese sound more native
Slight tricks to make your Chinese sound more native
It’s common knowledge that textbooks are useful for giving you a foundation in a second language, but following their directions to a tee…
Blake Anderson
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Things I’ve learned from struggling with Japanese
Things I’ve learned from struggling with Japanese
A few tips for those self-studying the language.
Blake Anderson
Nov 28, 2020
Pet names for your partner and friends in Japanese and Chinese
Pet names for your partner and friends in Japanese and Chinese
I recently watched a video from YouTubers Rachel and Jun that discussed the use of pet names for your significant other in Japanese…
Blake Anderson
Nov 27, 2020
Language, Grass, and the Beauty of Complexity
Language, Grass, and the Beauty of Complexity
When the seemingly simple is anything but.
Y. Chwyldro
Nov 19, 2020
28 Words That Don’t Exist in English — You’ll wish they did!
28 Words That Don’t Exist in English — You’ll wish they did!
Powerful untranslatable words for the moments you need to be precise
Princely H. Glorious
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The fascinating world of Mandarin Chinese
The fascinating world of Mandarin Chinese
I wasn’t expecting to fall for a language, but Mandarin Chinese swept me off my feet. What started as a mild curiosity to converse with…
Blake Anderson
Nov 9, 2020
Unorthodox Language-Learning Tips from a Polyglot
Unorthodox Language-Learning Tips from a Polyglot
One ice breaker I like to tell people is that I can speak eight different languages — and flirted with two others. After all, it’s a feat…
Blake Anderson
Oct 25, 2020
Why Aren’t Our Languages Simpler?
Why Aren’t Our Languages Simpler?
Languages are surprisingly hard-to-learn and stunningly irrational, so why have we never altered them for the better?
Calum Johnson
Oct 23, 2020
Tips & Tricks to learn Danish
Tips & Tricks to learn Danish
Learning a new language can be terrifying. Especially when you move to a new country and don’t understand any word of it. In order to…
Daily Danish Lessons
Oct 13, 2020
How to Create an Immersive Language Learning Experience
How to Create an Immersive Language Learning Experience
When you don’t live where it is spoken
Prajwal Madhav
Oct 8, 2020
Language Learning Lessons from Polyglots
Language Learning Lessons from Polyglots
How to learn a language from those that are best at it.
Michael Wilkins
Oct 7, 2020
"Saudade" can be expressed in other languages
"Saudade" can be expressed in other languages
Portuguese speakers love being exclusive with this false affirmation
Felipe Xavier
Sep 22, 2020
How I learned to speak English
How I learned to speak English
and how it can help you learn any languages
Anne-Charlotte G.
Aug 21, 2020
On Adopting New Souls On the Language Learning Journey
On Adopting New Souls On the Language Learning Journey
an essay on childhood kitchens, ordering Parisian hot chocolates and failed match-making attempts
Nyse Vicente
Aug 20, 2020
4 Ways to Develop Life-Changing Skills at Home.
4 Ways to Develop Life-Changing Skills at Home.
It is never a good idea to “kill time”. As a matter of fact, some abilities in the next paragraph allow you even to “create” time.
Levi Borba
Jul 8, 2020
How to Overcome Foreign Language Anxiety When Speaking with Locals
How to Overcome Foreign Language Anxiety When Speaking with Locals
Learning a foreign language can be an incredibly rewarding experience — it challenges you to rewire your neural linguistic pathways, you…
Isabel Cohen
Jul 6, 2020
Is Learning in a Foreign Language a Good Idea?
Is Learning in a Foreign Language a Good Idea?
The long and short of it.
Rayne Murray
Jun 5, 2020
6 Mexican Class Stereotypes, overexplained
6 Mexican Class Stereotypes, overexplained
Fifí, chairo, godínez, naco — you’ve seen these words in tweets and memes, but what do they really mean?
Jesse Libra
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The 4 reasons why you don’t sound like a native speaker
The 4 reasons why you don’t sound like a native speaker
Your accent is comprised of all the sounds you’ve learned to make in your own language since you started speaking it. It is a collection…
Rod Liberal
Apr 23, 2020
How Language Lets You (Or Makes You) Think Differently
How Language Lets You (Or Makes You) Think Differently
I find myself wondering on an almost weekly basis what life would be like without language.
Jonny F. Bråten
Apr 17, 2020
How to fit language learning into a busy schedule
How to fit language learning into a busy schedule
It starts with a mindset change.
Lindie Botes ✦
Apr 5, 2020
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes when you speak your second language
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes when you speak your second language
I’ve heard some pretty funny mistakes over the course of my short career as an English teacher. I’ve also made some pretty funny mistakes…
James Levin
Feb 22, 2020
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