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…
Spanish stories are a fantastic language learning resource. Not only do you get to lose yourself in a literary world (or something closer to the real world if you’re reading …
In Spanish, it‘s very simple to make a mistake. Just leaving out a small detail like an accent mark can completely alter the meaning of a word or a sentence. …
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 …
Last week the Canadian city of Montreal hosted the 2017 LangFest, a gathering of language enthusiasts from all over the world. The event was jam-packed with interesting talks on topics …
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 …
Any time I want to see all the words and phrases I have made LingQs for, I can find them on the Vocabulary page. I can tab between All LingQs, …
This week I thought I’d write something a little different. As you may know by now, I write this blog to keep myself – and hopefully anyone who reads it …
In order to master a language there are four skills you need to focus on: listening, reading, speaking and writing. Some learners prefer to only read a language and never …
A few years ago the British Council started a project called the 1000 word challenge. They did this in the hope that more people in Britain would try to learn at …
