Input based language learning is a familiar theme here. Recently there has been some lively discussion on this subject. I want to set certain things out. Let’s ask some basic questions about language learning. Why learn a language? If you don’t kn…
Chris brought Benny The Irish Polyglot’s latest challenge to my attention. Benny intends to spend 3 months in Berlin and achieve the following; 1) to learn to speak German so well that he would be mistaken for a native Berliner, by Berliners; and …
I have to travel to Europe next week. I will be in Sweden from April 12 to 20 and then in Hamburg and possibly Vienna the following week. When I know more details I will advise. It would be nice to meet up with LingQers.
Inflatable Sumo suits used as party props are racist according to Queens University, in Kingston Ontario. Read this article from the National Post. While you’re at it check out the other article about a study that found that racism is widespread a…
Ta Falado is a great source of learning material for Portuguese learners from the University of Texas at Austin. These resources are available free of charge on the internet. This particular series is a pleasant review of Portuguese usage in Brazi…
We are going to add languages to LingQ, but we will do so at a leisurely pace. Vote on which language we should add next at LingQ. The language with the most votes on June 1 will be added. Tell your friends to vote too! This vote is not limited to…
We learn languages because it is enjoyable. If it is not enjoyable, it is difficult to learn. We do not learn well if it is only for the utilitarian reasons so often given.
Una discussione con Adalberto, di Bari, uno studente di scuola superiore, e membro LingQ . Discutiamo del apprendimento del inglese in Italia.
For those using these podcasts to work on their English, the transcripts for two recent podcasts, “Speak to Fluency” and “The Religious Shall Inherit the Earth” are now in the LingQ English Library. This makes 6 items in the Collection “Steve’s La…
I had my tennis lesson today with Kuniko, my new tennis coach, at the public tennis courts. (I am determined to get back into tennis.) Our session was at 2.30 in the afternoon. Kuniko had a ten year old boy she was working with, whose name was Ale…
