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Open New Worlds: Learning Words in Different Languages Speech. The phonic frontier. These are the adventures of aspiring language learners. To explore strange new words. To seek out …
Body Language in Different Cultures: 10 Ways to Speak Volumes Without Saying a Word Did you know that, in some cultures, making the “thumbs up” gesture that Facebook is so famous for can get …
Is Passive Listening Language Learning Possible? How to Learn with Music You’re a language learner. You have to keep your ears open and your mind actively engaged when you’re trying to …
How to Learn a Language by Watching Movies with Your 7 Favorite Websites They give you a break from reality. They take you on exciting adventures. They show that true love can overcome …
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How to Become an Interpreter: A Comfortable 5-step Guide Dreaming of being an interpreter? Your aspirations don’t just have to live in your head! Because today I’m serving up …
How to Become an Interpreter: A Comfortable 5-step Guide Night after night, you keep having the same dream. You hear voices whispering… then getting louder and louder. Frantic voices.…
“Why Do I Feel Like I Can’t Learn Languages?” 9 Possibilities “This is impossible for me…maybe I’ll just give up.” A short, impactful statement that’s a hallmark symptom of the nasty …
33 Fab Foreign Language Writing Prompts for All Levels When your language teachers and tutors advise you to get more writing practice, it can be hard to follow …
Step Up! 4 Paths to the Ability to Learn Languages Quickly A week or even a month of regular language study usually won’t get you far in a language, and dropping …
Shadowing Magic: An Amazing Language Learning Technique We’ve heard that if you talk to a man in his language, it goes to his heart. But what …
How to Become a Translator: 7 Steps to Your Dream Job Regardless of what language you choose to study, with the right skills and qualifications, you may be able to …
How to Conquer the 4 Top Foreign-language Speaking Fears Xenoglossophobia: The fear of foreign languages. When it comes to using a foreign language, even many well-educated speakers get sweaty …
3 Amazing Stories of Language Learners Who Changed the World Some people say that it takes some secret talent to learn languages. But would they say that about someone who …
9 Things to do to Keep from Forgetting a Language You’ve Learned Any language learner can tell you that they forget some information over time. You might remember common vocabulary words but …
Language Learning On a Shoestring: The Cheap Fluency Guide It’s hard to separate languages from money. All around the world, people are paying top dollar for access to language …
What’s Your Type? How to Type in Another Language If you plan to do any writing in the language you’re learning, you’ll want to eventually be able to …
6 Ways to Keep Your Language Study on a Roll After Duolingo Among language students, Duolingo certainly has a reputation as being one of the cool kids. Using spaced repetition, …
Certified! Your Guide to Language Certificate Success A language certificate is a lot like a sports trophy. They’re a way of proving not only to others but …
Family Time! 8 Easy Tips to Learn a Language as a Family Can family be your secret to language learning success? If you want to get into language learning but haven’t …
Fluency Unwrapped: 6 Ways to Answer “Am I Fluent?” Am I fluent? For language learners, the struggle is real. As you take more and more online language courses and …
The Four Language Skills: What They Are, How to Max Them Out Have you ever wished that you could just mix the right ingredients, say the magic words and—poof!—be fluent in the …
Understand What You Hear! How to Listen in Another Language Shhh. Quiet your mind and listen to your surroundings for a second. What do you hear? Are you on a …
Independent Language Learning: The Freer Way to Fluency Independent language learning. Sounds like some new movement of which you might be skeptical. Something cool and exclusive. And …
Google Secrets: How to Learn a Language Using Google On the journey to fluency, you might think of Google as a road. You use it to get to important …
The On-trend Polyglot’s Guide to 7 of the Most Studied Languages Believe it or not, there are times when going along with the crowd can have benefits. If you’re asking yourself, …
The Ultimate Guide to Translation Exercise Sites, Apps and DIY Ideas Wouldn’t it be great to be able to switch seamlessly between your native language and the language you’re learning?…
Your Future Self Will Thank You: Learn One of These Fastest Growing Languages In early 2018, The Guardian asked, “have we reached peak English?” There’s no doubt that English is a widely spoken …
How to Keep a Language Journal: 6 Ideas for Endless Entries Journals aren’t just for event-logging, hasty doodles and secret thoughts. In this post, we’ll walk you through the virtues of …
No More Aimless Scrolling! How to Learn a Language on Instagram Did you know that Instagram has over 2 billion monthly active users? 2 billion. That’s a ton of photos, …
Sustainable Language: 7 Recyclable Learning Challenges That Stay Fresh Every Day We try it every New Year. This year, I’ll make use of that gym membership. This year, I’ll finally clean …
The Simple 5-step Guide to Successful Language Shadowing You know what parrots are famous for: repeating what you say, for better or worse. With a technique called …
How to Learn a Language by Watching Movies? By Avoiding These 10 Common Pitfalls If you want to learn a language by watching movies, you might face some plot twists and obstacles on …
4 Convenient Ways to Keep a Language Learning Log Logging is a great way to note and remember important facts, ideas and thoughts. It can work for language learners, …
Get More from Your Kindle with a Built-in Foreign Language Dictionary It’s exciting to start a book in your target language, but every new word or expression can halt you …
14 Fun Methods to Practice Languages Online and Turn Study Time into Play Time When it comes to language learning, having fun while learning does as much for your education as it does for …
The Best International Languages to Learn for Traveling the World Do characters like Jason Bourne and James Bond make you jealous? Okay, so maybe you’re not interested in gun fights …
50+ Language Exchange Topics to Keep the Conversation Flowing for Days When it comes to learning a language, a conversation exchange is one of the best tools out there. It’s …
What Languages Are Spoken in Asia? A Learner’s Guide Through the Family Tree Each continent has a huge diversity of languages for aspiring polyglots to explore. Take a look at Asia, which has …
3 Ways to Put a Stop to Translating in Your Head Direct, or literal, translation is typically one of those strategies we employ when we learn a language. We take every …
Funny, Not Funny! 12 Humorous Errors and Mistakes in Language Learning to Avoid You never see them coming. They get you LOLing and even ROFLing. Let’s face facts: sometimes messing up is the …
What Are Mutually Intelligible Languages? The Answer, and Examples for 8 World Languages Foreign languages aren’t always as foreign as you’d expect. If you speak Russian, you might be surprised at how much …
We’ve Got the Magic Bullet! How to Learn a Language with a Bullet Journal I’ve got a secret. It’s a good one, too. Curious? Of course you are, so I’m going to spill it.…
The Ultimate Guide to Learning Slavic Languages: Tips, Tricks and Important Stats Countries across Central and Eastern Europe have a lot in common. And we’re not just talking about an overwhelming fondness …
How to Speak 10 Languages While Staying Sane and Motivated Is it an addiction? Maybe it’s just insanity. Nobody knows. The result is the same either way you look at …
Motivation Tracker: 5 Tips to Create a Foreign Language Notebook That Keeps You Motivated Without tangible evidence that what you’re doing is working, staying motivated is hard. Unlike when you start dieting and …
How I Learned to Speak 5 Languages (and You Can, Too) Do you want to learn how to speak five languages? As of this writing, I’m an expert in Berber, upper-advanced …
Raising Bilingual Children: How Any Family Can Get It Right Thinking of teaching your children more than one language? The benefits of bilingualism will impact all areas of their …
How to Effectively Memorize Words in a Foreign Language: 5 Foolproof Techniques To memorize a ton of vocabulary, you’ll need to channel your inner elephant. Your memory is kind of like …
From Ketchup to Mammoth: Over 50 Foreign Words Used in English When you look closely at it, English is practically a foreign language in and of itself. Try squinting. You’ll notice …
What Is Language Acquisition? Here’s Everything You Need to Know! Can a dog tell another dog a joke? Or can a cat (other than Garfield) describe an experience so vividly …
Epic Fail to Fluent: 5 Ways Funny Language Mistakes Can Help You Learn Oh no, they’re laughing at you! Having your friends laugh at your mistakes when you’re learning a new language may …
Light Up Your Brain with 10 Quotes About Language Learning “There’s no place like home.” “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” “Winter is coming.” Whether you …
Living the Dream! 6 Awesome Jobs That Require a Second Language If you’re job-hunting, chances are strong that there’s a recruiter out there who would love to spot your resume or …
Quaffing “Qawah” and Guzzling “Go Juice”: Coffee in Different Languages and Cultures “Coffee is a language in itself.” That’s according to Jackie Chan, the internationally famous actor, martial artist and (evidently) …
How to Master the 5 Stages of Language Learning Grab your backpack and your Five Star notebook. It’s time to go back to school. Don’t worry, this is school …
Intensive and Extensive: 2 Ways of Reading That Power Language Learning Reading is basic. It’s practical. It opens up worlds and broadens horizons. It’s also just enjoyable! The great news …
Let’s Get Classy! 4 Language Level Classification Systems Classifications may seem kind of stuffy. Nerdy, even. But they’re super important. They’re used to distinguish between different animal species.…
7 Ways to Take a Bite Out of the Intermediate Language Level As an intermediate learner, there are certain challenges you’ll face. Whether you’re an intermediate Spanish learner or an intermediate German …
Mega Multitasker? 4 Groups of Similar Languages You Can Use for Bonus Learning They’re as thick as thieves. They’re so similar that sometimes even their friends mistake them for one another. Yes, there …
Hungry for Fluency? Get There with Intensive and Extensive Listening “I don’t need any more listening practice. My listening skills are perfect.” Said no language student ever. But did …
The Relationship Between Language and Culture Explained Learning a language without comprehending the culture is like going to the vibrant Mexican marketplace pictured above and only eating …
Know Your Age and Love It! How to Learn a Language at Any Age Success has no age limit. It can come during youth or in old age. Literary legend Miguel de Cervantes…
Dive into the Science of Language Learning to Accelerate Your Studies Researchers have found some cool stuff that can make studying a language easy, fun and effective. The implications of this …
8 Ways to Make Language-learning Friends and Learn Together Being around friends is the best. Not just for hangout purposes—friends can help you learn a language! Whether any of …
How to Find the Best Time of Day for Language Learning on Your Schedule Everyone works, thinks and learns differently, even when it comes to the time of day that we’re at our best.…
4 Trusted Tips for Overcoming Foreign Language Anxiety Love. Life. Fear. What’s up with four-letter English words having so much gravity? That last one in particular throws us …
Improve Your Accent: 5 Tips for Sounding Native in Any Foreign Language You can sound exactly like a native speaker. Of course, an accent isn’t the end-all, be-all of foreign language …
The Recipe for Becoming the Perfect Language Learner A dash of study scheduling. Mix in some authentic target language media. And don’t forget a heaping cup of learning …
4 Ways to Become a Language Learning Genius by Taking Notes Think taking notes is boring? Well, if you’re learning a language, taking notes not only can be interesting and exciting, …
Language Learning Progress: 9 Ways to See How Far You’ve Come It’s important to pay attention to the signs you’ll see along your language learning road trip. How do you know …
The Dos and Don’ts of Learning Romance Languages While it’s true that Romance languages like Italian and French have reputations for being a bit seductive, they actually don’t …
10 Errors in Language Learning That Can Cause Anyone to Stumble Learning a new language can feel like you’re walking in a minefield and trying to avoid errors at all costs…
Increasing Your Foreign Language Confidence: No More Umms, Uhhs or Errs! When many of us start speaking a new foreign language, it can seem like our favorite new words are …
Endangered Languages: What Are They and Why Should You Learn Them? Across the world, they’re dying out at a rapid rate. Many that remain are on the brink of extinction. No, …
The World’s Most Common Languages: Everything You Should Know to Win Trivia Night Have you heard of Lahnda? What about Telugu? This may come as a surprise, but Lahnda (or Western Punjabi) and …
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Make Foreign Language Acquisition Less “Ruff” with 5 Simple Tips! Learning a foreign language is like learning how to drive. And no, it’s not because it involves a parent or …
The Dreaded Language Learning Plateau: How to Rise Above It Have you ever found yourself on the dreaded language learning plateau? Yep, your language education was moving along smoothly, and …
10 Untranslatable Words You Should Add to Your Vocabulary Arsenal Untranslatable words can be descriptive, entertaining and just downright cool. Many languages have words that are often considered untranslatable. These …
Good Language Learners Demystified: A Look at the Qualities That Make Them Successful The year was 1975. One simple question launched dozens of studies: What makes a good language learner? That’s right, scientists …
How to Turn Your Passive Vocabulary into Active Vocabulary There’s tons of research and discussion about how to expand your vocabulary in a foreign language. The kicker is, …
How to Remember a Language You Forgot: 13 Super Practical Tips Got a language zombie kicking around in your memory? Remembering a language you forgot isn’t the same as learning a …
10 Secrets for Learning Grammar in a Foreign Language Grammar. It’s a love-hate dynamic for many people. Mostly, it’s more hate than love. If most of us were asked …
The Modern Method to Learning Grammar in a Foreign Language Imagine how much more efficient you could be at learning your target language(s) if you knew how to approach learning …
3 Mindsets That Fire Up Your Motivation to Learn a Language It’s hard to stick with learning a language. How many times did you set a goal to learn a new …
Home Sweet Home: Convert Your Home into a Language Immersion Paradise Have you given up on being able to immerse yourself in a language to get to fluency? There’s no reason …
The Secret to Learning Languages Is Right in Front of You! Which class was easier for you in high school: trigonometry or gym? How about chemistry or driver’s ed? If you’re …
10 Super Cool Jobs for People Who Know a Foreign Language Learning a language can change your life—and your career. In this post, I’ll dive into some of the awesome …
Train Your Brain: How to Start Thinking in a Foreign Language We’ve all heard that thinking in a foreign language is a sign of real fluency. But I bet you …
Polyglot Problems: 21 Hilarious Problems That Only Polyglots Understand Do you speak multiple languages? Did you ever expect that it would be anything less than pure, multilingual bliss?…
So You Wanna Speak 3 Languages? 3 Hacks for Aspiring Trilinguals Some of us were initially monolingual learners, and the literature, movies and people of a second culture keep us …
Get It Right: How to Apply Error Analysis to Your Language Learning Today, we’re going to learn how to turn errors into lessons. We’ll turn bad into good and wrong into right…
You Can Trim Down the Time It Takes to Learn a Language with These 6 Tricks No matter where you’re standing, learning a language can look like a marathon and then some. If you’re about to …
The Motivation Language Learning Requires (and 8 Tips for Getting It) A momentary loss of your language learning mojo doesn’t have to spell the end of your language learning aspirations.…
The World Is Yours: 7 Diverse Types of Jobs That Only Language Majors Can Fill These days, there are ample benefits to being a language major. You’ll find graduates with filling crucial positions throughout …
10 Ways for Savvy Language Learners to Make Money on the Side (While Keeping the 9-to-5) Looking for a new side hustle that puts your knowledge of languages to good use? The growing presence of online …
How to Speak Many Different Languages (Without Losing Your Mind) Want to turn your life into a linguistic juggling act? One second language might be a small time commitment, but …
How to Become Bilingual When You Can’t Even Remember What You Had for Breakfast What were you just thinking about? Can’t remember, huh? Let me remind you: You want to become bilingual. Even …
8 of the Best Business Languages for Professional Polyglots The business world is becoming a tougher place every day for monolinguals. The most successful CEOs of the 21st century …
Total Immersion: 4 Daily Ways to Translate Your Life into a Foreign Language Nobody stuck a book under your nose when you first learned to ride a bike, swim at the pool or …
Creative, Smart and Self-directed: 3 Ways to Take Your Language Learning Rogue Learning a new language takes guts. After all, it’s a project that requires a lot of time, and it …
Natural Approach to Language Learning: What It Is and How 7.8 Billion People Have Successfully Used It How did 7.8 billion people become so fluent in their first languages? How did and when did they become so …
Advanced Self-study: 6 Ways of Snagging Fluency in Your Target Language Through Home Learning Congratulations, language learner. If you’re here, you’ve probably become proficient in a new language, maybe even on your own. …
How to Master Writing in a Foreign Language: 5 Steps at Any Level Have you ever gotten an email full of spelling and grammatical mistakes? Chances are you have, and chances are it …
Take It Easy: 7 Useful Strategies for Smooth Reading in a Foreign Language Here’s some good news: reading in whatever foreign language you’re interested in is probably easier than reading in English. In …
Use Foreign Language Podcasts to Propel Yourself to Fluency! There are lots of podcasts out there specifically made for language learners, but the best option for language immersion …
Mind to Mouth: How to Speak a New Language Fluently Faster You’re doing it wrong! Well, only if you’re not focusing the brunt of your attention on speaking your new language…
8 Practical Ways to Learn All the Foreign Language Vocabulary Needed for Conversational Fluency Simply learning 1,000 words in a foreign language can get you far in your ability to understand texts and communicate …
How to Improve Listening Skills in a Foreign Language in No Time at All: 5 Essential Tips Listening is incredibly important in making our everyday life satisfying, and is in fact the most used language skill…
3 Simple Steps to Create a Brilliant Language Learning Study Plan on Your Own Do you want to learn a language by yourself? Self study offers a unique alternative to traditional classroom learning, …
The 11 Easiest Languages to Learn Depending on Your Native Language and Learning Style Looking for a language that’s not gonna require 3-hour evening classes Monday through Friday for the next 10 years? There …
5 Secrets of Input-based Language Learning That Won’t Leave You out in the Cold Do you wish you could learn a language through TV and movies? Maybe you’ve tried textbooks and classes, but they …
How Not to Study a Language: 7 Common Mistakes You Might Be Making That’s probably no big news—but when you learn a foreign language, you might be surprised by just how many …
Beef Up Your Language Learning Memory in 4 Slick Ways Our memories are essential tools for learning a new language. Yet at times, it may seem impossible to retain all …
Reaching New Heights: How to Learn Multiple Languages to High Levels of Fluency So you want to be a polyglot? It’s not super difficult to learn how to ask for the bathroom …
You’ll Love Soaking Up Foreign Language Books with These 8 Extensive Reading Activities Uh, oh. That book just came out. Cancel all meetings. Postpone all plans with friends. Hire a dog/cat sitter …
Why the Heck Is Listening Such a Big Deal? 5 Reasons Why Language Learners Need to Listen Up You’ve been learning a language for a while. So why does it still sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher when you …
21st Century Learning: 4 Smart Strategies to Master a Foreign Language Online The web offers countless resources for learning a foreign language, including a dizzying array of educational blogs, entertaining videos and…
The Sound of Science: 9 Proven Techniques for Incredible Language Listening How did you learn your first language? Well, you listened to people talking around you, and it just sort …
7 Tried and True Language Learning Techniques for Any Skill Level Curse words are often the first things people learn in a foreign language. That’s because they get the most mileage—especially …
How to Improve Language Listening Skills: 5 Secrets for Success Listening is the mother of all language skills—or at least it should be. We’re taught to read and write. We’re …
Split It Up: The Top Technique for Learning Vocabulary in Another Language You’ve come here because you’re thinking: Why the %#@! can’t I learn foreign vocabulary? Welcome. Let me ask you a …
The Dynamic Duo: Music and Language Learning Join Forces Music and language learning is the best combo since peanut butter and jelly. I boosted my Spanish to fluency by …
3 Surprising Advantages of Learning a Foreign Language at Home Just because you don’t live abroad, doesn’t mean you can’t gain fluency in a foreign language. If you really …
5 Fab Tricks to Learn Any Language on a Busy Schedule No, language learning isn’t just an activity afforded by students, retirees and the independently wealthy. While getting comfortable in a …
How to Amaze Natives with Your Foreign Language Pronunciation “I would like a sheet of paper,” says the man. His accent is unmistakably foreign. “Excuse me?” asks the woman …
Why Any Adult Can Learn a Second Language Like Their Younger Self There are many reasons to believe that the popular opinion about how poorly adults learn languages is fundamentally flawed. Due …
Learning Two Languages at Once? Here Are 9 Tips You’ve Gotta Use Do you like living life on the edge and doing everything at 200%? Then I bet you’re learning two languages …
One Stupidly Easy E-book Hack That’ll Supercharge Your Language Learning Reading a full-length book in a foreign language without much prior reading practice? That’s like trying to run a marathon …
How Polyglots Learn Languages and Stay Sane: Gems of Wisdom from 8 of the Best Somewhere in the inner recesses of your head, you’re probably asking that one hopeful question: Can a mere mortal like …
The Art of Online Language Exchange with Skype Forget having to pay a heft sum for an immersive language experience, with easy access to native speakers. Enter language …
How to Find a Language Exchange Partner and Get Fluent Now The clearest path to fluency is finding a language exchange partner. Read on and I’ll explain the benefits of language …
The Proven 5-Step Formula for Masterful Reading in a Second Language Which books should you be reading to improve your vocabulary? Researchers focused on second language learning have come up …
How Do Children Learn Language? 4 Big Takeaway Lessons for Language Learners Kids are amazing language learners: In the span of about 20 months, they go from being a total newb…
3 Creative Language Learning Methods: Improve Fluency with Translation So, you think you’ve tried every language learning strategy? Well, I’m here to tell you about a cool, fresh way …
How to Teach Yourself a Language: 5 Creative Strategies You Haven’t Tried Yet Trying to learn a new language, but finding yourself in a rut? Feeling stuck with that new foreign book…
10+ Ways to Language-learning Success by Setting Goals You can equate the language learning process to a hike up a long trail. This path is filled with challenging …
4 Simple Strategies to Read in a Foreign Language Like a Native Are struggling to read in the language you’re learning? Fortunately, techniques exist that make learning to read in a foreign …
12 Wicked Fun Ways to Learn Any Language Looking for minimum stress and maximum fun? Too many “fun” ways to learn are just typical study tactics in disguise.…
Learning a Language by Reading Books: 5 Super Strategies Have you fallen in love with a native speaker and want to knock their socks off with confessions of love…
How to Learn a Language at Home: 9 Fun and Practical Activities It might be hard to think of home as a place for productivity. But if people can earn a …
An Amazing Way to Find the Perfect Video to Learn Vocabulary Words Let’s say you’ve got 10 words to learn by tomorrow. And you don’t want to go through the drudgery of …
9 Imaginative Tips for Absorbing Vocabulary Like a Sponge Language learners of all levels share one thing in common. Every last one of y’all needs to learn more vocabulary…
12 Simple Ways to Get Foreign Language Immersion Without Going Abroad Living abroad is arguably the best way to learn a foreign language. Can’t hop on a plane tomorrow? Stay …
The 5 Big Advantages to Learning Multiple Languages at Once It doesn’t matter how much you love languages—learning a few at once can be tricky. Turns out, there’s a lot …
7 Killer Ways to Use Technology for Instant Language Learning Imagine that you live in a world where there are no cars, iPhones, laptops, ATMs, TVs and no internet. What …
5 Unconventional Tips for Becoming a Polyglot Being a polyglot is serious business…or, is it? You’ll actually find average, everyday people speaking two or more languages all …
4 Simple Yet Powerful Strategies to Learn a Language by Listening Everything sounds gibberish at first. But as you keep learning a language, something happens. You start to understand one word …
8 Ways to Get Daily Language Practice on Your Coffee Break Taking the time to practice every day will work wonders for your progress. The eight activities in this post take …
How to Learn a Language by Yourself: 5 Rockstar Tips for Success Rock on – you’ve decided to learn another language! But solo? Is that possible? Absolutely! You can learn a language…
34 Amazing Polyglots Who Are Happy to Show You How They Do It Polyglots, people who are wise in the ways of foreign tongues, are uniquely dedicated people. We’ve taken it upon …
13 Tips on Learning a New Language Fast and Conquering Your Study Goals “I studied Spanish for seven years in school, but all I can remember is hola (hello) and adios (goodbye).”…
5 Killer Language Learning Strategies Guaranteed to Help You Make Time Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’d love to learn a foreign language but I’m just too darn busy. If …
