The other day, I was checking out the language learning subreddit to see if there was anything interesting on there. I came across this one post when someone was asking for language learning hot takes. It seems every so often someone decides to make...
Many people chase the latest app, trend, or method to learn languages to no avail. They try to watch every polyglot YouTuber they can find to see what's the latest trick or hack. And to be fair, I used to be like that too. I used to think that there...
I've been learning languages on and off ever since I was in school. But I got back into language learning for good in 2023. In November 2023, I started tracking my language learning efforts. A little over 2 years later, I hit 1,000 hours in each of t...
I was watching a video the other day about language learning and I came across an idea that fascinated me. It gave me a new way to look at language learning that I think would be helpful for a lot of people. To explain the idea, let me give you a typ...
Some people hold off on watching content in their target language because they feel they don't know enough words to enjoy content. On the surface, this kinda makes sense. If you know next to nothing about your TL, why bother trying to consume content...
There are many ways to practice speaking in your target language.2 of the most prominent methods are language exchanges and hiring a tutor.Let's go over each one.Language exchanges are when you pair with someone who speaks your TL as their native lan...
Language learning takes a lot of time and effort. It's no wonder that most people quit. Of course, we can point to many reasons why that's the case such as poor study habits, ineffective learning methods, chasing the latest shiny object, and so on.Bu...
One of the most awkward places to be in is being able to understand a language particularly well but not be able to speak it. My younger brother falls into this category. He doesn't speak Haitian Creole but he can understand it fairly well. This is p...
It's easy to talk about the latest app and/or method in language learning. But the stuff that actually works is often not that sexy. One of those things in particular is self-discipline. For most of us, we probably don't need self-discipline to go to...
