Tips for Using Online Language Tutors
Tips we’ve learned from using online language tutors for over 500 lessons total for a variety of langauges.
Learn languages intensively by living in the country where they’re spoken.
All our resources on learning Arabic, Swahili, Hebrew, Farsi, Chinese, Korean, and other languages we might study in the future. If you like this and want to see more of it, sign up below.
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Tips we’ve learned from using online language tutors for over 500 lessons total for a variety of langauges.
Awesome free resources for learning Egyptian Arabic, including a dictionary, idioms and learning with music.
Why learn an arabic dialect vs MSA, and why learn Egyptian Arabic vs other dialects of Arabic.
Fifteen Chinese idioms that you absolutely have to know. With audio.
A resource page for learning Swahili. Discover which Swahili words we use in English and other facts about the language, including key phrases like “Hello” and “How are you?”
Our guide to learning languages faster — 80-20 style, by focusing on the most common words.
An overview of learning Swahili, the language of Tanzania, and informally of Uganda and Kenya.
Chinese proverbs that will teach you about Chinese culture and history, for intermediate and advanced Chinese language learners.
Trying to choose what language to learn? Read our detailed guide, analysing how hard they are, how many people speak them, and more.
Our review of our favourite apps like italki and Glossika to learn languages fast, plus reviews of Duolingo, Memrise, Lingvist, and Glossika.