Raising a Child With Two Languages
Explore flexible, pressure-free ways to support a child growing up with two or more languages through family and community life.
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When Online Polyglots Disagree – Much Ado About Something
Spats between online polyglots make for good entertainment… but there’s also a bigger positive side, as Steve Kaufmann explains.
How Speaking from Day One Helped Me Conquer Love and The Spanish Language
How I learned a new language using the “speak from day one” approach - plus how I found love and become fluent in this process.
Spanish Accents and Dialects Around the World
Compare major Spanish accents and dialects, with examples of pronouns, pronunciation and vocabulary plus clear notes on regional variation.
How to Break Through the Intermediate Spanish Plateau
If your intermediate Spanish feels stuck, diagnose the gap and use listening, speaking, reading and feedback to start progressing again.
A 5-Step Method to Improve Your Listening Skills
Use a five-step listening practice with short audio, a transcript and repetition to improve comprehension, notice connected speech and track progress.
Foreign to Familiar: How to “Language Proof” Your Immediate Environment
Sometimes, when you’re surrounded by a new language, it can overwhelm your capacity to pick up new things. It’s almost too much newness, and you just draw a line. Everything from the toothpaste to the billboards to the TV is filled with the unfamiliar. You end up looking at words and noting that you’ve seen […]
Conversation Exchange: How an Online Language Buddy Took Me from Fear of Speaking to Confident Conversations
How I found an online language buddy for a conversation exchange, so I went from feeling scared of speaking to having real conversations in a new language.
Is “Learning from Mistakes” Really a Thing? Here’s What the Science Says…
Talking about learning from mistakes... “Did I really just say that?” I asked myself as I was chatting to my future Italian mother-in-law over dinner.
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