On taking a break from a language

A person on Reddit says they've been studying their TL for about 2 years and have found themselves getting frustrated from time to time since they don't understand a lot of what's being said. Now, they're wondering if it would be a good idea to take...

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Aug 14, 2025
Big Update: Tool & App Library

The folks over at Refold have been hard at work with their time tracking app. Recently, they dropped something new that I'm really excited about called the Tool & App Library. The way it works is that they've created a catalogue of some of the mo...

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Aug 13, 2025
New Blog Post: Why French is Important

French has been a relatively important language in my life. Both of my parents come from former French colonies (Haiti and Mauritius) so there's a fairly strong French influence in my family. In fact, my mother and most, if not all family members fro...

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Aug 12, 2025
On Speaking from Day 1

The other day, a Redditor posted that he heard from many places that the best way to learn a language is to start speaking right away.However, he doesn't understand how someone can speak when they know little to no words in their target language.I ca...

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Aug 11, 2025
Motivation is overrated

Language learning requires a lot of things. It requires time, effort, and maybe even a little bit of money. However, the topic of motivation does get brought up from time to time and I'd like to give my two cents on the matter. Being motivated to lea...

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Aug 08, 2025
Advice for speaking in your target language

The other day, someone on Reddit asked when it comes to speaking, should you focus on quality or quantity.I really like this question, and this is something I used to wonder about at one point.After spending more than 2,500 hours in language learning...

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Aug 07, 2025
New Blog Post: History of Spanish

You probably know by now that Spanish is one of the languages I'm focusing on.While it's not necessary to know the history of the language to learn it, it can give you some unique insights into how the language came about and how it evolved over the...

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Aug 05, 2025