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Top German Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks for Language Learners

Commuting can be an incredibly draining activity that consumes a lot of your day. Instead of treating it like a time drain that gets you from point A to point B, start using that time to really work on learning German. You don't even have to do the same thing

Language Learning

3 Steps to Master Pronunciation in Any Language

Pronunciation can take its toll on our self-confidence. The awkward silences and the way our tongues just seem to be against us when it's time to actually talk! And all because of a couple of sounds...how frustrating is that? Well, great news! Pronunciation does not have to be your

Language Learning

The Truth About Why You Can't Learn a New Language

Bored, tired and overwhelmed. Learning a new language can be exhausting. Comparing yourself to that amazingly fluent student in your language course? Feeling so bored you can't even picture yourself writing a simple sentence, let alone conjugating verbs? We've all been there. Language learning is a game of the brain.

Spanish

The Best 6 Books to Learn Spanish

What are the best books to learn Spanish? There are countless ways to learn Spanish. You can play games, watch TV or listen to podcasts. Some people swear by drilling grammar and vocabulary flashcards for hours on end. The truth is, there’s not a right way or a wrong

French

3 Language Learning Strategies for Faster Results

You're headed to unknown territories and need to learn a language fast? This article suggests 3 ways you can boost your results, learn faster and more effectively.

Language Learning

Learning a Foreign Language? 10 Steps Guaranteed to Step Up Your Game

Learning a foreign language could be the challenge of your life. It requires focus, consistency, discipline, courage to put yourself out there and expose yourself to the target language. But what happens when you seem to have hit a plateau? What do you do when new words just seem to

Spanish

Learning Spanish in 90 Days: Day #90

Today was the last day of my 90-day challenge to learn Spanish. In early August, I was inspired by the story of how Speechling was started. A few guys made a bet to learn French in 90 days. I thought it was a funny story and I wondered if I

French

4 Tips to Improve Your Conversational French

Building up your French conversation skills is one of the hardest parts of the learning process. If you went down the conventional approach, you may have studied the grammar and learned the key vocabulary items that you need for day-to-day interactions. However, you may have faced a hurdle when it

French

Mental Obstacles to Overcome for French Beginners

Learning French is much more than just memorising a few nouns, learning how to conjugate verbs and mastering how to pronounce your 'r' like a native speaker. Often, a student can spend hours of precious time doing all of these things, yet still struggle to hold a conversation in French.

Spanish

7 Best Podcasts to Learn Spanish

Did you know that podcasts can be used to help you learn Spanish? What’s great about podcasts is that they’re convenient. You can listen to them while sitting in traffic, or during your morning jog. More and more education professionals are incorporating podcasts in their teaching plans because

English

Top 5 Podcasts to Help You Learn English

Someone had asked me this question before: "Is there an effective way to learn English without hitting the books?" Of course, the one thing that popped right into my mind was the usage of language learning apps on a smartphone. However, the person who asked wasn't quite fond

Mandarin

How to Create a Chinese Language Environment - Even If You’re Not in China

You don’t have to join a Chinese immersion program in China to immerse yourself in the Chinese language. In fact, you don’t even have to join a Chinese immersion program in the US. It’s more than possible to immerse yourself in Chinese from the comfort of your

French

Incremental Improvement: The Powerful Impact of Small Habits in your French Learning Journey

It should not leave you gawping in astonishment that small habits can make a surprisingly powerful impact. This is something we intuitively know for myriad other domains in life, but it is an important insight which is easy to miss when applied to learning French and languages more generally. Setting