Try These 15 Japanese Tongue Twisters!
We all know about Sally and how she sells seashells by the seashore. This is just one example of a tongue twister. Many try to repeat a tongue twister until …
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Cancel Culture with Steve Kaufmann
It’s a good topic because I think some people like to shy away from controversial subjects, but a lot of people have different opinions on it. So to that extent, maybe a lot of people will find this conversation interesting. And if something is interesting, then you’re more likely to listen and it’s good for your language learning because you’re engaged.
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Learn Korean with Squid Game and LingQ
If you or anyone you know has Netflix then you’ve certainly heard of the biggest new series on the web: Squid Game. Released on September 17th, this South Korean …
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Spanish Pick Up Lines You Should Try!
Whether you‘re on vacation in Guatemala or the new girl you’ve been crushing on is from Venezuela, it might be worth it to have a few Spanish pick up lines …
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Ser Vs Estar: Get It Right Every Time
Out of all the common Spanish verbs, most learners have trouble knowing the differences between the verbs “ser” and “estar”. In English, the verb is literally translated as “to be” …
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The Main Rules of Portuguese Pronunciation
People say that Portuguese pronunciation is very difficult, but I’ve seen harder (wink wink). Learning Portuguese is a little bit easier than learning French but not the same as learning …
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Learning Japanese, Music and Japanese Culture: Interview with Nyk (ニックちゃんねる)
I actually didn’t have any specific interest in learning Japanese, per se, until I was faced with having to choose a second language elective when I entered high school and at my high school, they had French, German, Spanish, and Japanese as options for us. And as someone who at the time was not particularly interested in language, I figured out of those four why not Japanese?
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Russian Question Words: The Who, What, Where, and Why
In English we have 7 question words: What, Who, Why, Where, Which, When and How. In Russian we have a whole host of new ones to learn! Today, we are …
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Learn Japanese Using Anime and LingQ
Hey everyone, it’s Eric from LingQ and today I’m going to show you a new, better, faster method to import anime into LingQ to create your own interactive lessons. Let me quickly show you what I’ve done. I have imported an episode of Shirokuma Cafe into LingQ, episode one to be exact.
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Learn French Online with LingQ
LingQ was instrumental for my language learning. When I began studying French, I would do cold reads of various stories. I knew NOTHING except “merci”, “bonjour,” and that’s about it. I remember reading the stories and being clueless as to the vocabulary. Through these cold reads I began to assess the language. It’s something I often do with other languages. I did it with Italian and Portuguese, and after French, with Catalan, Norwegian, and Indonesian.
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