When it comes to learning a language, we can roughly break it down into 4 different categories: reading, listening, writing, and speaking. If you can do all of those to a proficient level, then you can argue that you're proficient in that particular...
The other day, someone asked on Reddit if moving to another country is a viable way to learn a language. On the surface level, it does seem like a good idea. Let's say you want to learn Spanish and you decide to move to Spain for a year as a way to i...
Like most languages, Esperanto has a ton of words. According to Reta Vortaro, a popular monolingual Esperanto dictionary, there are over 34,000 unique words in Esperanto. This pales in comparison to English, with some estimates stating there could be...
Out of all the languages I'm studying, French Grammar has proved to be the most difficult for me. Spanish Grammar isn't too bad, and Esperanto Grammar is practically a walk in the park. But French Grammar is a different animal altogether. However, th...
Imagine spending a bunch of time learning a language only to forget it a few years later.Almost seems like a waste, doesn't it?Well, it's more than possible to forget a language, even your native language, if you're not careful.So, how do we prevent...
Someone posted on Reddit the other day that they read somewhere that if you make mistakes and no one corrects you, it can become a bad habit and/or hard to unlearn. As a result, they became afraid of making mistakes in general. While there is some tr...
If you look online today, you'll see a lot of people talking about Comprehensible Input.Heck, I even wrote a blog about it myself. To put it briefly, Comprehensible Input is content that's just above your level that you can understand. This theory wa...
At the time of me writing this email, I'm currently putting in about 6 hours per day into my language learning. I realize this may seem like a lot to some people. And it is. However, I didn't start here. When I first got back into language learning,...
One of my favorite features about Esperanto is its grammar. Unlike natural languages, which can be quite complicated at times, Esperanto's grammar is relatively simple and straightforward. Within just a few months of study, you can start putting basi...
About a month ago, Esperanto was featured on BBC, which stands for British Broadcasting Corporation.They're similar to PBS here in the United States, however PBS is a public non-profit corporation while BBC receives funds through annual household tax...
