As if I didn’t already love Lingua.ly before, this brand new feature really sealed the deal. The Lingua.ly iOS app has been updated and with it comes one of the most unique and entertaining features I’ve ever seen in a language learning application. I’m speaking of course of the brand new “Snake” game, and if…
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Thinking about becoming a translator? Marek Nowak explains in a guest article about why he decided to become a translator and how it has influenced his life and how it might influence yours should this be a path you’re pursuing. ~Brian
Fun and games are great, but hardcore linguistics isn’t bad either This might come off as a little dry, but I would have liked for my beginner level language course not to have started with a famous pop song (like this Flight of the Concords’ song for French) or learning those precious first few…
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What do you think the number one cited reason that people give me as to why they aren’t studying or can’t study a foreign language is? If you guessed time you’d be correct. Why is that though? Are we really as busy as we think we are? I’m not, and I assume you aren’t either. It’s…
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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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Do you use Memrise? It’s not an especially difficult system to take advantage of but there are many features that I feel the average user tends to overlook. To help you squeeze the most benefit out of your time using Memrise I’ve outlined a few ways that you can use the program’s tools and special…
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