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3 Benefits of Thinking in Your Native Language
Language Learning

3 Benefits of Thinking in Your Native Language

Raise your hand if you have been told this in the past: "If you want to learn a new language, you have to stop thinking in your native language!" or "Stop thinking in your mother tongue, that's why you are struggling!". Well, things might not actually

  • Maria Inês Teixeira
Maria Inês Teixeira Jun 9, 2018 • 5 min read
10 Embarrassing False Cognates in Spanish
Spanish

10 Embarrassing False Cognates in Spanish

When you come across a text in Spanish containing the words actor, animal, central, chocolate, editorial, familiar or oriental, you are likely to come to the accurate realization that Spanish and English have a lot more in common than we give them credit for! However... False cognates - or, as

  • Maria Inês Teixeira
Maria Inês Teixeira Apr 17, 2018 • 8 min read
12 False Friends to Know When Learning French
French

12 False Friends to Know When Learning French

When learning new languages, one common technique to significantly improve your vocabulary is to identify the Cognate words, also known as true friends. These words are words that you recognize from your native language and mean the same thing in another language. For example opinion is the same word and

  • Ludwine Probst
Ludwine Probst Nov 21, 2017 • 6 min read
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