French is one of the most widely taught and spoken languages on earth. There are officially 21 French speaking countries across the globe, the mother tongue of 77 million people, …
In the same way that a house is composed of walls and each wall is built with bricks, a language is composed of words and those words are built with …
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman Bedtime Stories All Day Long Stories are the stuff of childhood, and …
Portuguese is the seventh most spoken language in the world today, according to the latest edition of Ethnologue. It surpasses Russian, French, German and Italian and is spoken in 15 …
The most important lesson I learned about speaking a new language is to stop trying to be perfect. Language is not an exact science! In science there is often a …
Like many in the language-learning community, I have learned that there is no such thing as “spare time”. The myriad combination of sounds that reach my eardrum truly matter! It …
That Dior handbag is going to cost the eyes out of your head! Your coworker entered the conversation like a hair in the soup. Little by little, the bird makes …
One of the first things you know in a language, even as a child learning your mother tongue, is how to count. Numbers are the basis of a variety of …
There’s something to be said about visiting France just to see the Eiffel Tower, or to drink the world’s finest wines while munching on the country’s world-renown baguettes. However, while …
LingQ User Stories are articles written by LingQ users. This is their chance to document their journey to fluency and share their experiences in order to help inspire other language …
