Steve Kaufmann, one of the founders of The Linguist, recently attended a language learning conference in Germany. One of the ideas he came back with from one of the workshops was that not all failure in communication across cultures is language-ba…

At The Linguist, we’re now starting to attack the local market here in Vancouver … and in fact in any North American city with a sizable immigrant population. Our system can really help businesses that would like their employees to speak not jus…

Oooh! Ahhhh! Pretty pictures! Colorful graphs! It’s always interesting to see where people are coming from when they are visiting The Linguist Community Blog. I checked the stats this evening and this is the summary: What that beautiful pie chart …

In my continuing quest to find blogs that deal with learning English, I’ve turned up the Language Log. This one is a little different, however. It’s actually a blog by a number of linguists, and they debate the fine (and the really, really fine) p…

Mark and the team have gotten out a new newsletter chock full of great articles … be sure to check it out. This newsletter is great for those who are learning English as a second language (ESL) or English as a foreign language (EFL), because eac…

Reading and writing are critical for students of English as a foreign language. But don’t take my word for it. Here’s what Rong Chong, a Chinese immigrant to the United States, has to say: Finally, I am going to talk about reading and writing. The…

Machine translation, or using some kind of technology to translate between languages, has long been a dream of translators all over the world. Imagine if you could instantly translate documents into multiple languages … or even better, if you co…

We at The Linguist have, for the first time, chosen our Linguist Learner of the Month—a Linguist Student who has demonstrated an exceptional work ethic while using The Linguist system to greatly improve his or her English language fluency. A Lingu…

This is an extract from Steve’s book. I’ve posted it here and it is also in the latest edition of our newsletter. If you wish to listen to this as well as read it – which is always a great idea when you’re learning English – click here to listen t…

People who are learning English as a second or foreign language might find this list of common errors in English helpful. It’s actually designed for native English speakers … the errors are fairly frequent … but it will likely also be helpful …