10Apr
Use TPRS to Accelerate Your Language Learning
10 Apr 2017

Use TPRS to Accelerate Your Language Learning

Learning Techniques
Storytelling is a powerful engine of  language acquisition. Apparently Blaine Ray, the originator of TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling), was also the first person to create these circling stories that are at the core of the three-part mini-stories that we are now developing both for LingQ and the language learning community in general. […]
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03Apr
Learning New Languages Through Mini-Stories: A Multi-Language "Wiki" Project
3 Apr 2017

Learning New Languages Through Mini-Stories: A Multi-Language “Wiki” Project

Learning Techniques
Learning new languages is easier when we have meaningful content. Content we can listen to and read that is interesting and yet somewhat comprehensible, in other words not too difficult. The three part mini-story is an example of such content; a wonderful form of storytelling for language learners.   The TPRS Method Over the past few weeks, […]
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15Jan
15 Jan 2017

Learning a Language Means Acquiring Words

Learning Techniques
People often say to me, “Steve, you’ve obviously got a talent for languages, that's why you’ve learned so many. Good for you, but I could never do it.”To which I say, to myself at least, why don’t you try doing it the way I do it? Maybe, rather than a question of talent, it’s a matter of the method that I use. What is my method? It’s really quite simple. It’s the relentless pursuit of words [...]
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23Oct
23 Oct 2016

Preparing for the TOEIC Test

Learning Languages, Learning Techniques, Online Learning
The TOEIC test, or the Test Of English for International Communication, is the most commonly used test of English proficiency around the world. The test is especially popular in Korea, where people need a good score to get a job, get into or graduate university and so forth. I spoke with LingQ Academy student Hanna, who is from Korea and has experience with TOEIC, about how LingQ can help [...]
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02Oct

Input, Output, and Language Hacking Techniques

Learning Techniques
In my view, there are three divergent approaches, in terms of their emphasis or principal focus, to language learning. This is true whether we learn in the classroom, online or on the street. One approach focuses on input, another on output, and a third on what I would call shortcuts and some people call language hacking techniques. These language hacking techniques include grammar study, [...]
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