Back in the day, I used to do Anki a lot.In case you're unfamiliar with it, Anki is a flashcard app that you can use to memorize just about anything.It's pretty popular among medical students, but for our purposes, we'll be focusing on Anki as it app...

I've been using Duolingo for over 700 days now.However, on Sunday, I missed doing a Duolingo lesson.Shameful, I know.Normally, when you miss doing something for a day, your streak goes back to zero.But Duolingo, in all its wisdom, decided to extend a...

The other day, I was hanging out at home and came across a video by Steve Kaufmann with the title "Why it’s never been EASIER to learn a language", and that got me thinking. This guy is absolutely right. In the 21st century, if you want to learn a la...

Last Wednesday, I was in Manhattan heading to my dentist appointment when I saw something that stopped me for a brief second.I saw a guy sitting on the sidewalk, holding up a sign.Unfortunately, homelessness is a big problem in New York and this guy...

Most people think about language learning as something you do. And there is some truth to this. For example, you might take classes, study grammar, work on your pronunciation, and so on. However, those who have a ton of success with learning language...

In language learning, you're going to go through different phases.When you're just starting out, you might notice that you're picking things up relatively quickly.Every new word you learn feels like a big achievement.Perhaps you found an app that you...

Esperanto is undoubtedly the world's most successful constructed language.But that doesn't mean it's perfect, whatever that means.Some people have brought up some valid criticisms against Esperanto such as its Europe-centric focus, the confusing natu...

We all know vocabulary is important when it comes to language learning.There's a fairly noticeable correlation between someone's level of fluency and the amount of words they know.When it comes to learning vocabulary, there are 2 routes we can take:...

Like many people in the United States, I first got introduced to language learning in school. Spanish was the first language I ever tried to learn. And it kinda makes sense too if you think about it. The United States literally shares a border with M...

Recently, someone asked on Reddit, what are some of the most underrated yet effective methods for learning languages. As you would expect, it was a fairly popular post that got a ton of responses. We'll go over a few of them here. One person said get...