When it comes to learning a new language the single greatest strategy is going to be any in which there is direct contact between yourself and a native speaker – be they a professional teacher in a classroom setting, a one on one tutor or just a fellow language learner with whom you’re engaged in…
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If you’re looking for a new language learning program to throw in with your existing strategies I may have found just the thing for you. Linkword Languages is a unique piece of software designed around a fast paced, mnemonic learning model that uses an approach I haven’t actually seen before; which says something. But before…
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When I was approached by Rocket Languages last year to do a review I really wasn’t especially optimistic. The program looked overpriced and I was really unsure of how effective it would ultimately be. This review of Rocket Languages has taken me far longer than any I’ve done in the past because I really wanted to…
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*Note* This list is a couple of years old. In that time, some of these apps have changed considerably, some of them for the better – some maybe not so much. I can’t say that my feelings for any of them are particularly strong and many still have the same issues they did when this was…
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My office is almost always messy; a fact that irritates my wife and leads my feet to small sharp objects from time to time. Every so often I attempt to clean it a little bit but following Christmas this year I am finally able to take advantage of the piles of junk and use my…
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I don’t usually write for companies, agencies or corporations. I write for individual learners, private people looking for a leg up in language learning or a curiosity about language in culture.But this time is different. This time I’m talking directly to you; companies in the language industry, big and small. Some of you are amazing…
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