I was hanging out on Threads the other day and I saw a rather interesting ad from Meta. As you know, Meta is the company behind Threads, Facebook, Instagram, etc. In the ad, they were advertising Meta Glasses and it featured a guy hanging out poolsid...
If you've been around for a while, then you know that French is near and dear to my heart.French features heavily in my family background due to the fact that both of my parents come from former French colonies. When I got back into language learning...
Contrary to what some people say, translations can be very useful in language learning. Duolingo basically made a whole business out of it. When you're just starting out in a language, you need something to grasp onto so you're not free-falling. Tran...
I can attribute my success in language learning to several things. Finding a method that worked for me would definitely be near the top of the list. As the saying goes, "there's more than one way to skin a cat", and the same is true in language learn...
Learning a language can be a bit stressful at times. It's not all sunshine and roses as some people will have you believe. While I enjoy the process of learning languages more often than not, there are points where it can feel a bit much to deal with...
Many language learners view Comprehensive Input as the holy grail when it comes to language learning. Even I sang its praises in a blog post a while back. The concept is simple: you consume input that's roughly above the level of your current compreh...
Before I got into language learning, I was always a big music lover. I like a wide range of different styles like rap, r&b, dancehall, rock, etc. If it sounds good, I don't really care what genre it is. I'll listen to it. Anyway, it didn't take m...
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about language learning in your sleep. It's a pretty hot topic for obvious reasons. I mean, who doesn't want to learn a language by doing almost nothing?But, as I stated in the article, trying to learn a language i...
About 2 weeks ago, Steve Kaufmann, a world-renowned polyglot, published an interesting video on his YouTube channel. In the video, he argues that the best way to learn a language is to "learn it slowly". Seems counterintuitive, doesn't it?When you lo...
Learning multiple languages can be a bit tricky at times.And even more so if the languages you're learning are similar to one another.In my case, I'm learning Spanish, French, and Esperanto.Esperanto was heavily influenced by Romance Languages, and S...
