In part two of Benny’s chat with Elle Benny talks about the mental life struggles he has experienced over the past few years, how he is overcoming them and what he is doing to help people going through anything similar.
LingQ was instrumental for my language learning. When I began studying French, I would do cold reads of various stories. I knew NOTHING except “merci”, “bonjour,” and that’s about it. I remember reading the stories and being clueless as to the vocabulary. Through these cold reads I began to assess the language. It’s something I often do with other languages. I did it with Italian and Portuguese, and after French, with Catalan, Norwegian, and Indonesian.
According to the US Department of State, it takes 2200 hours of learning Japanese to become fluent. With that in mind, it’s critical that you enjoy the process of learning …
After university I lived in China and really internalized Chinese. The problem is, once you’re not in that environment, how do you keep the language sharp? How do you keep it fresh and gradually let it grow without letting it atrophy and fade away?
If you are determined to talk like a native in Russian, it is not enough to merely speak fluently. To sound authentic, you need to know some sayings. They make …
At some point in your language learning process, you’re probably going to want to graduate from single words and short phrases to longer and more complex French sentences. While this …
Whether it’s a typo or learning error, English learners frequently use words in speech and writing that sound right (to them) but are actually wrong. But don’t worry, even native …
ずらずらと連なる中国語の文字を見て、絶望してお手上げだと感じたことのある方へ。この記事はそんなあなたのために書いています。 中国語の発音 はよく聞くほど難しいものではなく、文法は英語を話す人にとってはそれほど簡単なものではありません。実際に中国語のリテラシーを身に付けることは、長い長い旅です（だからこそ 子ども向けのストーリー から始めてレベルを上げていくのがいいアイディアだと思っています）。 今回は、この言語の旅のあらゆる段階で役立つガイドをご紹介します。始めたばかりの人でも、既に数年間学習している人でも、常に中国語を読む力を向上させる余地はあるのでしばしお付き合いください。
Imagine that someone did something nice for you. So, what would you say? Thank you, of course. The answer seems pretty straightforward until you consider all the variations you can …
Every language is unique and has its own set of words that really set it apart from the others. The Dutch language is full of words that’ll help you get …
