How did you learn your native language? That’s one of the questions that Steve Kaufmann asked himself when he designed The Linguist’s advanced English language learning system. We teach English via a lot of listening, a lot of reading (with audio)…
This is part of a continuing series of podcasts aimed at English learners all over the world. Both audio and full text are available, and you can access our podcasts on iTunes right here. Click to get the podcast Full text: We’re having one of the…
This is an excerpt from Steve’s book, in which he describes how he started on the path of The Linguist. Click to get the podcast Get full text My Adventure Begins The success of my efforts in Montreal made me more committed to mastering French and…
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OK, it’s officially a good idea. It’s one we’ve had before at The Linguist, and it’s one that I’ve sort of mentioned on this blog before: ESL podcasting. Now I see this article, which is talking about exactly the same thing. An excerpt: Thinking b…
I ran across this paper the other day on using weblogs in language learning scenarios. Tutors, learners, and classes as a whole can profitably create blogs that will accelerate and enahance the language learning process.
Where do the people who use The Linguist come from? It’s always interesting to check our site statistics and find out: The top few countries are: Japan Canada United States Germany China United Kingdom (Great Britain) Italy Switzerland France Indi…
I love Wikipedia. In case you’ve never heard of it, it’s an encyclopedia created entirely by volunteers. Anyone who knows something about something is welcome to add to the Wikipedia … even you! One page worth checking is the page explaining the…
I just learned yesterday that Tony, one of our learners from Taiwan, is going to be starting his own blog detailing his experiences and insights about learning English. Since Tony’s in Taiwan, he’s going to blog mostly in Chinese. I assume this me…
Steve Kaufmann, one of the founders of The Linguist, writes a linguistics and language-learning blog. I keep in touch with it, of course, and check his posts frequently. But there was a post half a month ago that I missed a critical piece of. It’s…
