Inspiring Language Quotes from Famous Polyglots
This week I thought I’d write something a little different. As you may know by now, I write this blog to keep myself – and hopefully anyone who reads it …
10 Common Mistakes in English Even Native Speakers Make
English is hard even for native speakers. It seems that everyone makes a mistake here and there, no matter how long they’ve been studying. And you know something, that’s OK. Mistakes …
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8 Steps To Overcome Fear Of Speaking Your Target Language In Public
Some people are shy and don’t feel like speaking in their target language while others have no problems getting right into a conversation, even with a small vocabulary. I’m a …
Think You’re Bad At Learning Languages?
Like me, you may have had a bad experience with learning languages in school. This may have affected your self-confidence, and perhaps as an adult you’ve given up on language …
How NOT To Offend Anyone, Anywhere, Ever – Or How To Say 'Sorry'
Last week, I wrote about LingQ’s new 1000 word Challenge and mentioned that it was inspired by a similar challenge created in England by the British Council. I also mentioned …
Learn Language Through Music
As I have said before, learning a language can be very time consuming and tedious if you don’t use methods that motivate you. Steve Kaufmann talks a lot about doing things …
10 Awesome Reasons For Learning A New Language
Have you got any doubts about whether learning a new language is worth your time or not? There is absolutely no reason to doubt. While learning a new language isn’t …
5 Free Language Proficiency Tests
As you may know, LingQ recently launched a free language proficiency test that you can use to evaluate your skills in your target language. I used the Spanish test numerous …
How Many Words Do We Need?
How many words do we need to know before we can say; “I speak Spanish, Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, English” or whatever the case may be? Some people, such as Benny …
4 Hacks To Make Learning Grammar Less Stressful
When I went to school and took German classes, I did pretty well in my oral exams, but I completely flunked the written tests because of all the grammar rules. This …