Four Unexpected Benefits of Learning a New Language
The benefits of learning a new language on your mental health, career, and education.… Read More
Reflections on a Year of Learning Languages
What we’ve learned from a year of learning languages and travelling.… Read More
Hardest Languages to Learn For English Speakers
An introduction to the hardest languages to learn in the world for English speakers.… Read More
How to (Re-)Learn Your Mother Tongue
What we’re doing to re-learn our mother tongues (Farsi and Korean) at home.… Read More
Language Exchange Conversation Topics that Aren’t Boring
Fun and interesting conversation topics to use with your language partner or teacher when studying any language, or English (ESL). Have fun!… Read More
How to Learn a Language While Working Full-Time
Our guide for learning a language while working full time, spending only an hour a day — how to learn as efficiently as possible.… Read More
Learn a Foreign Language with Netflix
How to use Netflix to learn a foreign language, including plugins to help you learn words, download subtitles, use two subtitle files at once and more.… Read More
Anki Pro Tips for Language Learners (a FAQ)
Our tips for using Anki by actual polyglots who’ve used it to get to nine languages (and counting).… Read More
Three Fun Ways to Remember Difficult Words
No matter how you try to learn words in a foreign language, there are always some words that get “stuck”. You just can’t memorise them. If you use flashcards, you have to keep marking them as a fail. If you’re … Read More
Review of Lingvist: Fun, but Incomplete
Lingvist is a fun app that teaches you sentences by getting you to put in the missing word. However, we wouldn’t recommend it for serious language study.… Read More