Mandarin Chinese Learning Resources — The Ones We Used
Mandarin Chinese was my sixth language to learn to fluency. Here are my favourite resources that I used, all of which are the best today. Most of them are free or cheap!
Our Favourite Spoken Hebrew Language Learning Resources
The best resources we used to get good in beginner Hebrew fast, all of them cheap (and some free).
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Lingvist Review: Fun, but Incomplete [2021 updated]
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.
How Hard is Korean for English speakers? Three Years Review
I at first thought Korean wasn’t too hard, but I’ve changed my point of view as time has gone on. Here’s my view, as an experienced language learner, of how hard it is.
Hebrew and Spoken Arabic — How Similar Are They?
They’re both Semitic languages… but how similar are they? After learning to speak Arabic (and decent Hebrew) I try to answer this question in an easy-to-understand way.
Egyptian Arabic in 60 days: From Start to Finish and What we Learned
We learned to speak Egyptian Arabic in 60 days. See the video evidence, read how we did it and what we learned for our future challenges.
How to Use Anki — For Language Learners
Heard flashcard are the bee’s knees but are freaked out by Anki? This’ll make getting started a breeze.
How to Be a Good Online Language Teacher (From Students)
How to be a great online language teacher. Tips for teachers from students.
How We Learn Languages
Everything we’ve learned from learning eight languages. Updated after our 2019 Egyptian Arabic challenge.
Are you making these common language learning mistakes?
Find out some common language-learning mistakes to avoid falling into, from people who’ve fallen into (and climbed out of) dozens before.