There are few things more annoying than understanding more than you can speak.You might be able to watch native content without too much trouble.Perhaps you can dig into some books that are fairly advanced.But when it comes time to open your mouth or...
In language learning, making mistakes isn't a bug. It's a feature. You can try and speak perfectly from day 1 all you want, but sooner or later, you're going to mess up. Mistakes come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, they're barely noticeable.Othe...
The other day, I came across an interesting concept called "More, Better, New".While this concept is not exclusive to language learning, I would argue that if you're having trouble, you probably need to do at least one of those 3 things. To give cred...
Like most people living in the United States, my first experience with learning Spanish happened in the classroom. My teachers were very nice and well-meaning for the most part and did their best to try to teach me and my classmates this beautiful la...
The other day, I saw someone post on Reddit asking how to know you're learning enough each day. For context, his target language is German, but it can be applied to any language. His goal is to hit C1 in 2 years, and he's currently self-studying at h...
The language learning niche is mostly made up of 2 different kinds of people and/or companies. On the one hand, you have people and/or companies who go very broad with their approach. Duolingo is probably the best example, but besides them, there's S...
Few things will challenge you more than learning how to speak and/or write in your target language. It's one thing to be able to read and listen well. Those are passive skills and only require you to follow along. But producing the language is a whol...
Challenges can be a lot of fun.They can push you outside of your comfort zone and allow you to attain results that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise.A while back, I remember people talking about a challenge called "75 Hard". It was created by Andy F...
Babbel and Duolingo are both heavy hitters in the world of language learning apps. However, their approach to language learning couldn't be more different from one another. One focuses on gamification and making language learning free and accessible...
You probably know by now that I'm not a fan of videos that promise you can become a polyglot in some unreasonably short time.Welp, guess what I came across recently?Yet another person with a clickbaity title on how to become a polyglot practically ov...
