by Hongyu Chen Here is one of the most commonly asked questions regarding pronunciation: “Is it possible for someone to learn a new language after childhood and still sound like a native speaker?” This question is widely debated everywhere from Quora to Internet forums, and is a heated topic of academic research. With tons…
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by Jesse Reyes German, Russian, Czech, and Turkish…what do these languages have in common with one another? They all use grammatical cases. I first encountered cases when I started to study Russian. Previously the only other languages I had any experience with were Spanish and my native English. Needless to say, when I first…
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by Kamil Riaz It is a widely accepted notion that the best age to learn a new language is during childhood. This belief generally stems from the ‘critical period hypothesis’, which was popularized by linguist and neurologist, Eric Heinz Lenneberg, back in the 1960s. According to this hypothesis, the critical time for successful acquisition of…
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by Thomas Dalsgaard Clausen I’ve been studying Arabic on and off for several years now. It all started with the French language, which first got me into language learning. I had studied it on my own for about four years until one day I found myself living and studying in Paris. It was an exciting…
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Languages are pathways into new cultures, experiences, relationships, and deepen our understanding of the world. Anyone with first-hand experience of acquiring a new language will undoubtedly attest to the umpteen advantages that multilingualism offers in practical life. These merits include heightened concentration, conversational abilities, discipline, and improved skills of focus. However, recent studies have unveiled…
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By Asia Alyson With the advancements of the latest technologies, almost anything is possible. Even learning a new language virtually has become more than attainable. New innovations such as virtual reality have provided learners with a learning environment that doesn’t require them to go to school or meet lecturers. In fact, Unimersiv states that being…
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