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 …
The Complete Guide to Importing on LingQ
The LingQ import function gives you the power to learn from whatever you like. You can import ebooks, news articles, blog posts, song lyrics, movie scripts, recipes or whatever it …
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Learning New Languages from Content You Love with LingQ
Learning new languages is easier if we make the process fun. Of course, it can’t always be a fun and games. There have to be times when we struggle, convince ourselves …
Get Closer to Fluency with the LingQ Language Challenge!
Learning a language is an epic quest. In the beginning you move quickly, gaining words and phrases daily. It feels good to see progress week to week. From not being …
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The New LingQ 4.0 Mobile App is here!
Since we first launched a LingQ app for iOS way back in 2010, it’s been a very popular add-on to our web functionality. The new LingQ 4.0 app for iOS …
8 Steps To Overcome Fear Of Speaking Your Target Language In Public
Some people are shy and don’t feel like speaking in their target language while others have no problems getting right into a conversation, even with a small vocabulary. I’m a …
Think You’re Bad At Learning Languages?
Like me, you may have had a bad experience with learning languages in school. This may have affected your self-confidence, and perhaps as an adult you’ve given up on language …
Why Learning A Language In Your 30s Is The Perfect Time
If you are hesitant to learn a language or studying overseas because you think it is something only people in their late teens or early 20s do, you should think …
How NOT To Offend Anyone, Anywhere, Ever – Or How To Say ‘Sorry’
Last week, I wrote about LingQ’s new 1000 word Challenge and mentioned that it was inspired by a similar challenge created in England by the British Council. I also mentioned …
Spanish Idioms – Cats, Turkeys & Husbands Falling from the Sky
I have spent the last couple of weeks in Denmark due to a big family event that I wanted/had to attend. I hadn’t been back home for three whole years, …