Learn a Language in a Month: Is it Possible?
Neither "speaking from day one" nor "getting a good grammar book and dictionary" will enable a person to learn a language more quickly. These things can be part of a learning strategy. Mostly, however...
22 Apr 20218min
How To Study Languages Effectively At School
A lot of language study takes place in schools. In the English language school system in Canada, very few school children outside of French immersion learn to speak French despite years of classroom i...
20 Apr 202110min
How to Study Effectively
Reading is the killer app for learning languages, but also for learning other things. In order to study effectively we need to work on our reading skills, and that means reading a lot. We should also ...
15 Apr 202110min
How Long Does It Take To Learn A Language
People ask me how long it takes to learn a language, sometimes with reference to a specific language. I feel like asking them "what's the hurry?". Just enjoy the language and enjoy whatever you are ab...
9 Apr 202110min
How I Learned Russian
Russian is not only a language rich in history & literature, it’s also a gateway to other Slavic languages, which share most of the same grammatical challenges(or delights). Study a language on LingQ...
3 Apr 202114min
What Is The Hardest Language to Learn?
Are some languages harder to learn than others? Yes, think so. Some have less or more forgiving grammar. Some have unfamiliar or hard to learn writing systems. Some are harder to pronounce or have lit...
27 Mar 202113min
Learning How to Learn: A Polyglot's Opinion
In order to be successful language learners, it can help to have some sense of the learning process, what is actually going on in our brains. This can determine our learning activities and our expecta...
20 Mar 20219min
Chinese Vs Japanese Vs Korean: Learning Experience
Three major East Asian languages, Chinese, Japanese and Korean share a lot of vocabulary, history and culture and yet each one is distinctive, and well worth learning. ___ Study a language on LingQ: ...
16 Mar 202120min
