I read a post on Reddit the other day about a person who was dealing with some inner conflict about a language they wanted to learn and a language they feel they "should" learn. To provide some background, this person's family language is Portuguese...

Prior to 2023, I was on an extended break from language learning. I wasn't using any language learning apps. Didn't watch any polyglot content. Language learning was basically dead to me. Getting back into language learning was a bit tricky, but I wa...

In 2023, I got back into language learning after a long break and at first, I didn't really know what I was doing. I played around with a few apps and I started feeling that familiar feeling again of not really knowing what I was doing. But then, I d...

Spanish has a fairly complex grammar system. Some would argue that it's more complex than English. As someone who's been studying Spanish for a while, I'm still getting the hang of Spanish grammar. However, the good news is that learning the basics i...

When it comes to learning a language, many people have the goal of becoming fluent in their target language.And on the surface, this seems like a good goal to aim for.But upon closer inspection, you might realize that the word "fluent" is a rather tr...

The other day, someone posted on Reddit asking people what their personal "hot takes" or unpopular opinions are related to language learning. The thread was extremely popular and lots of people gave rather interesting opinions in regards to language...

When it comes to my language learning, there's a number of apps that I use on a regular basis. If you've been following my emails for a while, you probably know a few of them like Refold and Duolingo, for example. But there's a couple of apps that I...

As some of you know, I take an immersion-based approach to language learning. In other words, I do a lot of reading, and listening, among other things. One of the things you'll notice after you've been doing this for a while is that your listening an...

Learning a language demands a lot of time and energy.It could also set you back a couple of dollars depending on what tools you're using.For all this time and effort, is it even worth it?Everyone will need to answer this question for themselves but I...

The other day, someone posted on Reddit asking people what their most-used language learning tool is. Different people gave different answers, of course. One person said Anki. Another person said Duolingo. There was even one person who shamelessly pl...