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How to Use Anki — For Language Learners
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How to Use Anki — For Language Learners

ByJo Hyun March 1, 2019October 19, 2020

Heard flashcard are the bee’s knees but are freaked out by Anki? This’ll make getting started a breeze.

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Five Tips for Being a Great Online Language Teacher (from Language Students)
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Five Tips for Being a Great Online Language Teacher (from Language Students)

ByDana Hooshmand February 24, 2019March 3, 2020

How to be a great online language teacher. Tips for teachers from students.

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How We Learn Languages
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How We Learn Languages

ByDana Hooshmand February 19, 2019November 13, 2020

Everything we’ve learned from learning eight languages. Updated after our 2019 Egyptian Arabic challenge.

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Are you making these common language-learning mistakes?
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Are you making these common language-learning mistakes?

ByDana Hooshmand February 17, 2019August 3, 2020

Find out some common language-learning mistakes to avoid falling into, from people who’ve fallen into (and climbed out of) dozens before.

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Learn Languages Faster with Books, not Apps
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Learn Languages Faster with Books, not Apps

ByDana Hooshmand January 23, 2019January 9, 2021

We like learning languages with books, not apps. (Except Anki)

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Six Tips to Get More out of Your Language Tutors
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Six Tips to Get More out of Your Language Tutors

ByDana Hooshmand January 14, 2019February 29, 2020

This post contains affiliate links. If you’ve followed along, we’ve been enjoying using iTalki for our tutoring needs. So far we’ve used it for Korean, French and Egyptian Arabic. Along the way we’ve learned a thing or two about how to get the most out of it. The Friend, The School Teacher and The Professional We…

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Get Fluent Faster with Easier Words
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Get Fluent Faster with Easier Words

ByDana Hooshmand December 15, 2018September 13, 2020

Our guide to learning languages faster — 80-20 style, by focusing on the most common words.

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Win the Language Hacker’s Toolkit – Launch Giveaway!
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Win the Language Hacker’s Toolkit – Launch Giveaway!

ByDana Hooshmand October 16, 2018February 29, 2020

Win nearly $400 in language learning tools, including nearly $300 in courses from Fluent in 3 months and $100 in italki credits, to celebrate the launch of Discover Discomfort.

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What Language Should I Learn?
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What Language Should I Learn?

ByDana Hooshmand September 30, 2018November 13, 2020

Trying to choose what language to learn? Read our detailed guide, analysing how hard they are, how many people speak them, and more.

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Our Favourite Apps to Learn Languages Quickly
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Our Favourite Apps to Learn Languages Quickly

ByDana Hooshmand September 30, 2018November 13, 2020

Our review of our favourite apps like italki and Glossika to learn languages fast, plus reviews of Duolingo, Memrise, Lingvist, and Glossika.

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