For people who love languages, or would but were discouraged.
- Believe in yourself and have the right attitude
- Put in an hour a day
- Use a system that works... like LingQ
Free19Sep
19 Sep 2017
Ser Vs Estar & The Subjunctive in Spanish
Every language has some issues, often grammar issues, that cause learners difficulty. In the case of Spanish, it appears that there are two problems that give people special trouble. The first is the existence of two forms of the verb “to be”. In Spanish, both ser and estar translate into English as “to be”. The […]
Read more Ser Vs Estar & The Subjunctive in Spanish13Sep
13 Sep 2017
Levels of Language Proficiency: What Is Fluency?
I recently watched a video which features polyglots Luca Lampariello and Anthony Lauder. In it they make the point that you don’t need to have a large vocabulary in order to be fluent. Anthony has said in the past that even with a few hundred words you can be fluent, or you can be fluent at a relatively low level of proficiency in a language. I don’t agree at all.
Read more Levels of Language Proficiency: What Is Fluency?01Sep
1 Sep 2017
Montreal Language Festival (LangFest) 2017
This summer, from August 25-27, language enthusiasts from all over North America, and even some from Europe, gathered at Concordia University in Montreal for the second annual Montreal LangFest. What is the LangFest? LangFest is a place for people to indulge their interest in languages and learn from each other. There were workshops on […]
Read more Montreal Language Festival (LangFest) 201729Aug
29 Aug 2017
Similarities & Differences Between the Slavic Languages
The most popularly spoken Slavic languages are Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian in the east, Polish, Czech and Slovakian in the west and then the the languages of the former Yugoslavia in the south.
Read more Similarities & Differences Between the Slavic Languages22Aug
22 Aug 2017
How to Learn Any Language: 7 Tips for Staying on Task
We live in the golden age of language learning. The Internet brings us an unprecedented cornucopia of language learning resources, tools, communities, exchange websites and more. We can buy audiobooks, ebooks, access online newspapers and magazines in the language of our choice. We can follow these resources on our iPhones and iPads, and have them […]
Read more How to Learn Any Language: 7 Tips for Staying on Task15Aug
15 Aug 2017
Self-Empowerment Through Learning: Take Charge with These 4 Steps
Human beings are learning machines. We spend our lives learning. We can’t help but learn. The only question is what we will learn and how it will affect our lives.
Read more Self-Empowerment Through Learning: Take Charge with These 4 Steps09Aug
9 Aug 2017
Inspiring Words: Find Your Language Learning Motivation
Sometimes I wonder if I am just spinning my wheels writing and doing videos about language learning. Maybe I am beginning to sound like a broken record. And then there are moments that make it all worthwhile. This was in response to a Tweet from Roman Waschuk, the Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine. I immediately remembered […]
Read more Inspiring Words: Find Your Language Learning Motivation01Aug
1 Aug 2017
How To Learn Portuguese
Many of us are watching the Olympics in Brazil. Despite all of the bad reports that we always get in the lead up to any Olympic Games – some British newspaper called the 2010 Vancouver Winter games the worst Olympics in the world ever, then there were all the problems with toilets in Sochi and now pollution in Rio – it looks like actually things are proceeding swimmingly, so to [...]
Read more How To Learn Portuguese25Jul
25 Jul 2017
All You Need to Truly Ace the TOEIC Test
TOEIC, the Test of English for International Communication, is probably the most widely taken test of English language proficiency in the world. TOEIC is taken by around seven million people every year, according to this article in the Wall Street Journal. Just what is TOEIC? For a long time, TOEIC only tested listening and […]
Read more All You Need to Truly Ace the TOEIC Test18Jul
18 Jul 2017
Motivational Language Quotes: The Tao of Language Learning
Language learning is an endurance sport, and we all need a little encouragement along the way.If you’re in a rut, struggling to move to the next level or just need a gentle push to start your study session for the day, let my Tao of Language Learning set you on your way. “A good traveler has no fixed plan, and is not intent on arriving.” - LaoziIf you are learning a language, listen [...]
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