Serial guest writer Paul Mains has created another brilliant piece for us, this time about the genesis of Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) Give it a look and tell us what you think! ~Brian —————————
It may seem these days that the age of the public library has all but run its course. With Internet access more common than not many – if not most – of us have turned away from this traditional font of learning and education. But when it comes to language learning, it’s important for us…
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In the past decade the world has experienced a communications boom brought on by an insane amount of increased connectivity; widespread use of the Internet, and of course; cellphones. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’re also probably aware that these devices and methods often fall under considerable scrutiny for somehow helping to undermine…
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It doesn’t matter how much you love learning languages: sooner or later a time will come when your language study starts to get tough, and you won’t always feel tough enough to keep going. If the hardest part of a language learning project is getting started in the first place, the second hardest is what happens…
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So you’ve bought all the books, downloaded all the apps, discovered all the sites. You’ve secured yourself a language exchange via Skype twice per week and are considering paying for a professional tutor to really round yourself out. Great! Sounds like you’re right on track. So what can you do to give yourself the extra…
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Is language learning a hobby or an obsession? Erik Zidowecki; blogger, writer, cofounder of UniLang and the creator Parleremo explains in this guest article that for some of us language learning isn’t just something we do because it’s cool but a passion, an obsession and a way of life. ~Brian ——————————————————————————————————————- A friend of…
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