A polyglot shares life lessons seventeen years of language learning has taught him.
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Life Lessons Languages Have Taught Me—Part 1: Take Your Time
A polyglot shares life lessons seventeen years of language learning has taught him.
How to Never Forget the Gender of a Noun (And Also Blow Things Up)
Do you have trouble remembering certain word categories in your target language? This memory trick is quick, simple, fun and will imprint what you’re trying to remember into your mind so well, you’ll never forget it.
5 Things to Look for in a Language Tutor
What sets the good language tutors apart from the less than good ones? What qualities should you look for in a language tutor? Here are 5 things I’ve noticed good language tutors have in common.
This Question Is Sabotaging Your Language Learning—Please Stop Asking It, My Friend
“HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR ME TO LEARN (insert language here)?” We’ve all heard it. “A person can learn Italian in X amount of time.” “You need X amount of hours to reach conversational fluency in Russian.” “It takes X years to master Japanese.” I’ve been teaching languages since 2015 and I’ve been learningContinue reading “This Question Is Sabotaging Your Language Learning—Please Stop Asking It, My Friend”