Cultural identity is realised through language and it is more than a cliché. Language is the most intimate, the most unmediated access to culture. After all, why do we want to learn a foreign language if we are not drawn to the culture it will unlock for us?

  Essentially everyone who has ever started a language exchange with someone else has been asked to “correct all of my mistakes!” or “tell me every time I get something wrong!” You’ve probably said it to your partners yourself. As useful and necessary as it is to receive language feedback from native speakers you shouldn’t…
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When it comes to language learning few things are more important in the grand scheme of your project than the ability to listen. It’s arguably the most difficult of the three primary aspects of language learning – speaking, listening and literacy – and in my opinion requires the most time and energy to master. One…
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Are you looking for a language exchange app for your iPhone or iPad? I recently discovered Tandem, a really awesome little app for meeting people all over the world ready at a moment’s notice for real, in person language exchange. I recently wrote a review of Tandem for Parrot Time, an awesome independent magazine dedicated…
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I’ve started a Patreon campaign to help carry the costs of maintaining and expanding LATG and I could use your help! Managing LATG is a labor of love.  Unfortunately as this blog and community continue to grow the costs of running it – both in terms of material and website related costs as well as…
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Update Jan 2019** If you’re wondering what happened to WeSpeke, as of about a year ago, the service appears to have stopped offering non-English language learning opportunities, has removed its exchange feature (which was the point, right?) and is now partnered with CNN to offer news-based content for English learners. I’m extremely disappointed. I’ll keep…
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