How To Improve Your Speaking
Some people are afraid to speak in their target language. It needn’t happen. We can prepare for speaking. We can recognize speaking as a part of our learning process, not a performance to be judged by...
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The BEST Way to Measure Language Learning Success
The journey is the reward. As long as you are actively engaged with your target language, listening, reading, speaking or writing, in ways that you find meaningful and enjoyable, you will achieve your...
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A Language Is Like a Lump Of...
Travelling around Poland has made me realize that there is always more to a place than initially meets the eye. This is true for cities and also languages. When we start exploring a language we see th...
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Learn Languages Fast By Learning Slow
We need to be patient when learning languages. We will learn and forget, learn and forget over and over again. This isn’t a sign of failure but rather the natural way we learn new things. Relax into i...
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How Should We Define Languages and Dialects?
I have always been interested in the origins of languages and the differences between languages. In my latest video I explore some world languages that share a lot in common and try to answer the ques...
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How This Polyglot Starts Learning Languages
Beginner material needs to contain lots of high frequency words and these words should repeat many times within one lesson. There should also be many lessons. The Mini Stores at LingQ check all these ...
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Why Some Language Learners Are Afraid to Speak
It’s easy to get caught up in negative thinking when learning a new language: I make so many mistakes, my speaking is so unnatural, I don’t understand when people speak to me, etc. What if we chose to...
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Boomers Need to Be More Grateful!
Should seniors pay more taxes? We are, generally speaking, a bigger burden on the health system. My answer might surprise you…
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