Amidst a veritable sea of language learning programs, audio courses, online courses, web-apps, mobile apps, books, games and the odd bipolar disorder medication, it can be hard to select the best learning tools for the job. But there are three attributes that many of the larger, more commercial language product companies always try to lure…
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If you’ve ever wondered how to learn Chinese as a beginner, chances are there was some motivating spark behind the idea. Maybe you read about a promising new business opportunity in China. Maybe you just liked the idea of learning a new language to keep your mind sharp. No matter what got you thinking, you…
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Medellin is the second most populous city in Colombia, after the capital Bogota, and is located in the department (like a province) of Antioquia. The people who live there are formally referred to as Antioqueños, but more commonly, people call them Paisas.
In case you’re planning a trip out to the land of the Paisas, here are 30 words, idioms and expressions you won’t hear elsewhere.
There’s no reason why learning a language needs to be a colossal yawnfest. We can combat the tears of manic boredom with the gamification of our projects and the integration of learning into everyday activities.
Check out some of these somewhat more unconventional language learning strategies designed to help you both save time and keep things light.
The more I write the more it becomes painfully and abundantly clear that outside of language circles, the general population does not really understand much about the practical aspects of language or the differences between many of the titles bestowed upon various roles within the language community. Many people have done no more with language…
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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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