If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times; when it comes to language learning don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. So often I see or hear about prospective language learners seeking out a program such as Rosetta Stone or Pimsleur with the very simple and straight forward notion that…
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In the last few years I’ve begun work on several different language projects ranging from Quechua to Kyrgyz to most recently Japanese, with some having come almost naturally, some put on hold for a while, and others that didn’t work out and were more or less tossed aside. Looking back on these projects – successful…
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Just kidding, it doesn’t. Unfortunately a lot of people seem to think that a foreign accent makes you sound elitist or pompous. For what ever reason there is a certain stereotype surrounding the speaking of foreign languages – particularly the French language- that causes monolinguals (I use that term to represent the population that is…
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We’ve all been there. Your monolingual friends or coworkers find out that you speak or are learning another language and the first thing they want you to do is “say anything!” They don’t care what you say, they just want to hear your language, either out of legitimate curiosity or to call you out for…
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Would you ever decide to study a language that was spoken by only 50,000 people? What about 5,000 people? 500 people? 5? Many of us make decisions about which language(s) to study based on a perception of their global worth. That is to say that we’re usually most interested in languages that can confer upon…
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BIG FAT EDIT**: Like so many of the apps and programs I have reviewed in the past and loved or hated, Vocab Ninja is gone. This happens when the programmers decide it’s no longer worth it, money runs out, nobody uses it, or, as is the case of certain programs such as WeSpeke, the company is…
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