Category: Articles

Review of Rocket Languages

When I was approached by Rocket Languages last year to do a review I really wasn’t especially optimistic. The program looked overpriced and I was really unsure of how effective it would ultimately be. This review of Rocket Languages has taken me far longer than any I’ve done in the past because I really wanted to…
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7 Awful Language Learning Apps You Should Probably Just Burn

*Note* This list is a couple of years old. In that time, some of these apps have changed considerably, some of them for the better – some maybe not so much. I can’t say that my feelings for any of them are particularly strong and many still have the same issues they did when this was…
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Primary and Secondary Language Learning Strategies Explained

In an earlier post about the first steps one should take when starting a new language I mentioned my method of classifying tools into something I like to refer to as primary and secondary language learning strategies. Any language learner who is serious about pursuing their language goals – be they long term or shorter term – needs to pay…
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9 Essential First Steps to Language Proficiency

“A journey of a thousand miles begins a single step…” Or so they claim. Studying a new language isn’t always especially difficult to do in and of itself. Sure, there are hurdles; words you just can’t seem to nail down and difficulties managing your time, but in general the hardest part of learning a new language…
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7 Things Your Language Company Needs To Start Doing

I don’t usually write for companies, agencies or corporations. I write for individual learners, private people looking for a leg up in language learning or a curiosity about language in culture.But this time is different. This time I’m talking directly to you; companies in the language industry, big and small. Some of you are amazing…
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