I've been on Discord since 2020, and since that time, I've joined many Discord communities. Quite a few of them are related to language learning like Refold and Evildea's Discord server for example. Some of them relate to my other interests like the...

When it comes to language learning, it can seem difficult at first to figure out just how good you are at a language.If you're a native speaker at a language, then it's pretty self-explanatory.But what about languages that you're still learning?Fortu...

In language learning, there are 2 different ways to immerse in your target language. When I talk about immersion, I'm not talking about going to a country where they speak the language you're learning, although that technically is immersion.What I me...

Prior to 2023, I had been learning languages on and off for about 10 years. That isn't counting the time I spent learning languages at school. Having spent so much time making very little progress, you could say that I was an expert at not picking up...

According to a recent survey, the average American spends 4 hours and 16 minutes per day on their phone. I'm sure the numbers are similar in other developed countries. While there's much to praise regarding the utility of smartphones, there are almos...

A while back, I had mentioned that I was looking at the Refold app and was considering switching over from Toggl. Well, I finally made that switch over the weekend. And I have to say that this app is incredible.If the Toggl app is a Honda, then the R...

We all know learning languages isn't "easy".However, some languages are easier to learn than others.Generally speaking, the less distant a language is from your native tongue, the easier it will be for you to learn.This is why for many English Speake...

Many people think that becoming multilingual is reserved for a select group of people.We've all heard stories of people who can speak multiple languages like it's nothing.For example, Alexander Argüelles, an American linguist, is highly proficient in...

When most people want to learn how to speak a second language, they usually think that means focusing on speaking first.And while that seems logical on the surface, it could actually be holding you back.In fact, I made this mistake too.To illustrate,...

Roger Bacon, considered one of the greatest medieval polymaths, once said, "Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom". While there are many things that separate humans from all other animals, one of the biggest ones has to be our ability to us...