Category: Articles

How to Learn Chinese in China – Infographic

Have you ever considered moving abroad to learn Chinese in China? China is an incredible country with more linguistic diversity than you can shake a stick at, and the rewards to be gained by those who take the time to study it – be it Mandarin, Hakka, Cantonese or any other of the innumerable languages…
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My Journey in Arabic

by Thomas Dalsgaard Clausen I’ve been studying Arabic on and off for several years now. It all started with the French language, which first got me into language learning. I had studied it on my own for about four years until one day I found myself living and studying in Paris. It was an exciting…
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Learning Curse Words in a New Language: Dirty Everyday Slang

Expletives: something most of us use more often than we realize – or probably should. Those things we have to remind ourselves to avoid when the grandparents are over for the holidays. We try to keep them out of schools, away from kids, we consider them to be disrespectful but despite all of our efforts…
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Fans and Professionals Discuss the Value of Language Learning

By Dimitris Polychronopoulos The first time I ever saw a ‘polyglot video’ was on the BBC website, where Alex Rawlings, age 20 at the time, speaks in eleven different languages. It would have been in 2014 when I saw the video for the first time. I found the video thoroughly enjoyable. All of Alex’s eleven…
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Review of FlashAcademy

It has been a while since I’ve been able to write a proper review of a truly awesome language learning app so I’m really exited to show you my review of FlashAcademy. This new application draws on most of my favorite features from a number of existing applications, plus one truly amazing new feature that…
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Babbel vs Rosetta Stone: Which One is Really Better?

**Please note** As of November 2019, this article is somewhat dated. It was written in 2016 and is in need of an update or twelve. I hope to get to this relatively soonish. It is my understanding that both products have expanded their services to some extent, which is to be expected. However, from what…
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