French has been a relatively important language in my life. Both of my parents come from former French colonies (Haiti and Mauritius) so there's a fairly strong French influence in my family. In fact, my mother and most, if not all family members fro...
The other day, a Redditor posted that he heard from many places that the best way to learn a language is to start speaking right away.However, he doesn't understand how someone can speak when they know little to no words in their target language.I ca...
Language learning requires a lot of things. It requires time, effort, and maybe even a little bit of money. However, the topic of motivation does get brought up from time to time and I'd like to give my two cents on the matter. Being motivated to lea...
The other day, someone on Reddit asked when it comes to speaking, should you focus on quality or quantity.I really like this question, and this is something I used to wonder about at one point.After spending more than 2,500 hours in language learning...
When it comes to learning a language, there are broadly 2 ways to go about doing it.The first type is known as language learning and as the name implies, this is where you make a conscious effort to learn the language in question.If you have ever tak...
You probably know by now that Spanish is one of the languages I'm focusing on.While it's not necessary to know the history of the language to learn it, it can give you some unique insights into how the language came about and how it evolved over the...
Language learning can be a lonely journey at times.If you're self-studying like I am, then you probably spend a good amount of time by yourself learning your target language.There's nothing necessarily wrong with that.I'm a bit of an introvert to beg...
The language learning industry is a huge market. In fact, this year it's projected to hit around $70 billion. There's no shortage of people out there who start with the intention of learning their first or next language with all the hope and motivati...
The great Nelson Mandela once said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.”There are many reasons to learn another language but by far, one of the mos...
Most people who are familiar with Esperanto know that it's an artificial language. It was started by one guy by the name of L.L. Zamenhof and was publicly introduced back in 1887.Since then, Esperanto has tens of thousands of speakers all across the...
