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How to (Re-)Learn Your Mother Tongue
Farsi | Editorial | Korean | Language Learning | Languages

How to (Re-)Learn Your Mother Tongue

ByDana Hooshmand May 15, 2022June 2, 2022

Learning your heritage language isn’t an easy tasks. Here are a few things we’re doing and tips for you to learn your mother tongue.

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AwesomeTTS, The Best Anki Plugin for Language Learning — Our Complete Guide
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AwesomeTTS, The Best Anki Plugin for Language Learning — Our Complete Guide

ByDana Hooshmand November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

How to use AwesomeTTS to add voice to your Anki flashcards.

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The One Sentence a Day Method — My Current Favorite Language Learning Technique
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The One Sentence a Day Method — My Current Favorite Language Learning Technique

ByDana Hooshmand September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

My method of learning languages in one sentence a day. Learning slowly, but well.

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How to Learn a Language from Google Translate — Five Tips to Not Sound like a Robot
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How to Learn a Language from Google Translate — Five Tips to Not Sound like a Robot

ByDana Hooshmand July 10, 2021July 10, 2021

Can you learn a language using Google Translate? Yes — but you might get tripped up. Here are five tips to do it better.

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Black Friday Language Learning Deals 2021
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Black Friday Language Learning Deals 2021

ByDana Hooshmand November 10, 2020February 21, 2022

All the Black Friday language learning deals for products we love.

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“Earth Apple”: The Potato in Five Languages
Chinese | Farsi | French | Hebrew | Language Learning | Languages

“Earth Apple”: The Potato in Five Languages

ByDana Hooshmand October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

The five languages (and language groups) that call a potato an “earth apple”. And Chinese, the “Earth Bean”.

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How to say “Say Cheese!” in Different Languages
Arabic | Chinese | Farsi | French | Korean | Language Learning | Languages | Spanish

How to say “Say Cheese!” in Different Languages

ByDana Hooshmand October 4, 2020November 10, 2020

How to say cheese in different languages, including French, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and more.

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Glossika vs Speechling — Two Awesome Language Apps Compared Exhaustively
Language Learning | Languages

Glossika vs Speechling — Two Awesome Language Apps Compared Exhaustively

ByDana Hooshmand September 12, 2020April 23, 2022

Comparing Glossika vs Speechling as the best language-learning sentence bank app.

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Glossika Spanish Review — Exhaustive Spanish-Specific Analysis
Language Learning | Languages | Spanish

Glossika Spanish Review — Exhaustive Spanish-Specific Analysis

ByDana Hooshmand September 11, 2020December 19, 2021

Glossika Spanish review for those who want to try the “Listen and Repeat” method of language learning with Glossika.

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The New Best Language Learning App — A Year with Speechling
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The New Best Language Learning App — A Year with Speechling

ByDana Hooshmand July 29, 2020December 19, 2021

Our Speechling review — our new favourite app for which to learn languages with feedback from a human tutor — for free.

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