We all need help to stay motivated when learning a new language. That’s why LingQ developed a system that rewards and encourages you every step of the way. All progress …
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LingQ Academy Week 4: The Sting of Rejection
Rejection. It’s something startup PR and marketing people get used to.
Sometimes you think you’ve written the perfect pitch to an editor or journalist. You’ve read their articles, you understand the audience they appeal to, you’ve reached out on Twitter and suggested a story you’re sure they’ll be interested in. A week goes by and nothing; no response to your “killer pitch”. You send a follow up email, then another a week later. Still nothing.
We wanted to protect our students from the pain of rejection, but we knew they would have to experience it sooner or later. It’s par for the course in the startup world.
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Need Inspiration to Stick with your Language Learning Goals?
The end of February is here, and for some that will mark the end of a 90-Day Challenge. How have you done? Are you close to reaching your goals?
Keep Fighting to Achieve Your Language Learning Goals!
Whether you’re at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a challenge, seeing how other people are doing is a great way to re-motivate yourself to achieve your goals.
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Keep It Up: English and Japanese Stats
How are we doing 90-Day-Challengers? I hope the beginning of your challenge has been full of reading, listening and LingQing!
Wondering how other LingQ members are doing in their challenges?
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5 Free Language Proficiency Tests
As you may know, LingQ recently launched a free language proficiency test that you can use to evaluate your skills in your target language. I used the Spanish test numerous …
LingQ 90-Day Challenge Review
I have finally done it. I have reached the end of my 90-Day Challenge and I think it’s time I write a little review or summary of my experience, before …
4 Hacks To Make Learning Grammar Less Stressful
When I went to school and took German classes, I did pretty well in my oral exams, but I completely flunked the written tests because of all the grammar rules. This …
Online Education Versus Traditional Education: Which Is Best?
This week I would like to talk about the battle between online education versus traditional education. I believe that I am learning Spanish so much faster and a lot more …
Statistics – Measuring My Language Learning Progress
This week I want to talk about statistics – not something I usually care to talk about as the thought of stats makes me yawn uncontrollably – but there is …