4 Tools Used to Learn 2 Languages In Only 1 Year There are literally thousands upon thousands of resources in gaining language fluency. Sometimes it may seem overwhelming […]
Motivation: The Most Important Factor in Learning a New Language
Today we have a guest post from Andrew, the blogger of How to Learn Spanish. He was kind enough to write an article for me on motivation when […]
Age and Language Learning
Yup, the Bengali author and poet said it rather nicely. What is it about the stages of life we go through that change the way we perceive the […]
Audio or text? The dilemma of the beginner language learner
And if we could learn a foreign language like we learnt our mother tongue? Surely, many of us have thought this while facing the challenge of learning a […]
How to Learn Any Language: Keep It Simple, Silly
A lot of people ask me questions about how to learn a language. Just this morning, I woke up to a two-sentence e-mail from someone asking me how […]
How to use and how to not use flashcards to learn words
Why you should do your own flashcards I bought a set of flashcards to learn German words but soon after the initial enthusiasm I realised that they were […]
Taking Advantage of Your Foreign Language Class
I believe the best way to learn a language is to be completely immersed in the language (sink or swim technique). There is no question that taking classes […]
Top 10 Tricks to Language Learning
Fluency is a fluid concept and is based relatively. Although it may take years to be considered 100% fluent in a language, fluency (being able to speak or […]
Psychology of Learning a Language
If you are considering learning a new language or already bilingual, trilingual or a polyglot, you know the hardest part of learning a language and maintaining that language […]
How to tell anecdotes in English
The one thing that all humans share in common is our ability to learn and share experiences through stories. Just think for a minute about your own life. […]
The Best Reason to Learn Another Language
Kaplan has published an infographic showing various benefits to learning another languages. Bloggers have been invited to argue which of the four—love, travel, intelligence or money—is the most […]
Five Top Tips for Reading in a Foreign Language
Reading is by far the best way to increase your vocabulary; this stands to be true in all contexts, whether it’s a native or foreign tongue. I’ve been […]