Author Archive | Michael Cristiano

ItalianPod101 Review: Well-Rounded Lessons That Lack Speaking Practice and Spontaneity

“The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Italian and Italian culture!” That’s the promise that ItalianPod101 makes on …

EnglishClass101 claims it is “the fastest, easiest and most fun way to learn English.” It also says that you can …

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find a complete language learning program to take you from day 1 to …

When Napoleon’s French army stumbled upon the Rosetta Stone in 1799, it revolutionized the study of a previously undeciphered …

According to OnePoll, the average American spends more than eight hours a week in the car commuting to work …

For a number of years, Anki was a pretty obscure app on the language learning scene. Even though it was …

I’m sure you’ve heard of Memrise by now. Maybe a polyglot YouTuber mentioned it was a central part of their …

You’re already spending countless hours on social media. Wouldn’t it be great if those could double as language learning hours?…

LingQ promises to make any real, authentic content approachable to language learners. Upload news articles, blog posts, podcasts and practically …

According to Ethnologue, there are over 7,000 languages spoken around the world today. More than half the population speaks …

What’s easy to consume, bite-sized and all-around appetizing? Why, it’s language learning apps, of course! If you have an appetite …

And let’s face it: There are lots of language learning apps, programs and sites. But how do you know …

Coke or Pepsi? Superman or Batman? And in the field of language learning, which comes out ahead: Memrise or …

Inside every language learner, there’s an adventurer on a quest to find the Holy Grail. I’m not talking about …

If you’re interested in language learning, you’ve likely seen Duolingo’s little green owl. Duolingo is an incredibly popular app. But …

How about a language learning software that learns you instead of you learning it? Mango Languages is an online and …

For the longest time, Innovative Language has been touting itself as the “fastest, easiest and most fun” way to learn …