When it comes to free online and mobile language learning programs its hard to find one that trumps Duolingo. What makes it so special? In this article I’ve outlined for you the reasons why you need to be taking advantage of the services Duolingo has to offer! While Duo does come with a few drawbacks…
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Spoken by over 160 million people in Southeastern Asia, Bahasa Indonesia (literally Indonesian language) can claim a seat amongst the most widely used languages on Earth. So why then, if so many people speak the language, is it so infrequently studied by language learners, never taught in foreign schools and entirely neglected by language…
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The advent of mobile technology has allowed language learners and educators to take their learning and teaching experiences on the go. The potential for easily accessed learning has never been higher but for some reason many – if not most – language learners still don’t take advantage of the devices they carry around with them…
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It’s an extraordinarily common misconception that children learn learn languages better than adults. One of the claims made most frequently by language software companies is that their product will help you to learn organically. They claim that you can learn a second language the same way that you acquired your first language, by more or less absorbing…
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The above unattributed graphic that periodically makes its rounds throughout the language community, illustrates somebody’s impression of the top 8 difficulties experienced by those studying new languages. I’m not sure what the original source of these figures might be, but actual statistical accuracy aside these are by far the most common 8 reasons I hear from struggling…
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When I write a review I usually approach it from the standpoint of a language learner rather than an educator, but when it comes to Rosetta Stone, I have a little bit more personal experience to offer. Prior to the creation of LATG I worked as the program coordinator for an ESL non-profit called the…
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