Italian greetings are used for welcoming and acknowledging others in a variety of situations. This post will give you an overview of greetings so that you can learn what to …
Importing Your Favorite YouTube Videos into LingQ
When learning a language, content is key. If you can find content of interest, you will be motivated to spend the time with it and to understand better. One of …
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Practice Your French by Reading from These French Fashion Bloggers
Today, french fashion bloggers are one of the primary links between France’s elite fashion community and fashion lovers from around the world. With just a quick Google search, you …
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Learning to Read Japanese: A Quick Guide for Beginners
Does learning to read Japanese need to be hard? As both the regular readers of my blog know, I have been learning Japanese on LingQ this year, mostly to see how hard it is. I wrote some posts on it, if anyone is interested: http://tracesofdodo.blo…
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How to Teach Yourself Spanish, Japanese, and Other Languages for Free
If you’re wondering how to teach yourself Spanish, Japanese, or whichever language you’re interested for free, then you’ve come to the right place. Everyone thinks learning a language is expensive. It …
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29 Russian Idioms to Get Your Head Around
Idioms are phrases with overall meanings that are different than the meaning of the words that make them up. Just like in English, there are hundreds of weird and wonderful …
How You Can Use Your Favorite KPop Lyrics to Study Korean
Have you ever wondered what the heck your favorite KPop artists are saying? If you’re studying Korean, you have (or you will) come across Korea’s most popular music genre. …
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Getting to Know the German Question Words And Their Disguises
Sometimes it seems like life is all about questions. Language certainly is – my conversations at least wouldn’t get far if I just swapped stories with people and never asked anything …
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The 3 Best Chinese Podcasts For Learning Mandarin Like A Boss
Are you looking to improve your Chinese? If so, the best way to get your language skills up to speed is through meaningful content, as polyglot Steve Kaufmann always says. …
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6 Neat Tricks to Improve Your English Pronunciation
Let’s face it – proper English pronunciation is the gift that keeps on giving. What I mean is: even if you can communicate fairly well and you’ve aced every English …
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