Did you know that Persian (also known as Farsi) is one of the oldest languages in the world? And it has not evolved that much: today, a person can read texts from the 1600s with greater ease than we would if reading Shakespeare. Persian is one of the main languages of Iran (previously called Persia …
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Contents Reasons for learning a new language The two systems of memory How important is vocabulary in speaking and writing? Where does grammar fit in? My top 5 grammar rules How are foreign languages taught in education? All together now Efficient-est foot forward References There are many ways in which learning a language can be …
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When I first moved to Sweden, I immediately registered for the free language school known as SFI (Svenska för Invandrare/Swedish for Immigrants). I had a wonderful teacher who gave great suggestions for different ways we could practice on our own to learn Swedish more quickly. I was eager to learn and tried most of her …
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When thinking about Chinese languages, most people automatically think about Mandarin Chinese. But China is very linguistically diverse, with many varieties of the language spoken around the country. One of them is Cantonese, which is in fact the second most-spoken language in China, and the dominant language in Hong Kong and Macau. Now, we know …
Did you know that Icelandic is one of the few languages that has almost no dialectal variation? This means you will hardly find any differences in vocabulary, pronunciation or grammar of people speaking the language. For example, Spain and many countries in Latin America speak Spanish, but have many dialectal differences. If you go to …
Some might say that the Greek language is one of the most complex languages in the world. But imagine understanding the deep meaning of the very first words ever used to describe music, when music was born. To specify theater when theater was invented. To define medicine when medicine was just a crazy idea. To …
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We’re excited to share this review of Clozemaster by Elysse who has studied over 10 languages, and is currently using Clozemaster to learn Turkish.
I stood at the grocery store checkout counter and tried to appear calm while my heart pounded inside my chest. The cashier looked at me and said, “Vill du ha kvittot?” and my hopes were dashed. I had to admit that I didn’t understand and ask her if she could speak English. She was kind …
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No matter how many times you practice saying a sentence, out loud or in your head, any conversation will come to an abrupt end if you can’t understand the response. Have you ever been in a situation where you prepared a perfect French sentence and said it with confidence, only for the person you’re addressing …
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Adding new vocabulary is very important to improve your language skills. A few hundred words are enough to interact with others while travelling, but you will need around 1,500 words if you want to reach a basic conversational level. Meanwhile, advanced users know 8,000 words, and 15,000 words make you as fluent as a native …
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