When it comes to working on individual competencies, grammar is hardly the favorite of most learners. Many of us have been traumatized by the standard teaching approach in foreign language classes, where we were made to believe that communication can’t happen without flawless grammar—and that the best way to learn it is to slog through …
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After discussing the conjugation of the verbs “essere” and “dire” in Italian, it’s time to focus on the “andare” conjugation. “Andare” is another fundamental verb, which mainly means “to go”. It is used when we want to talk about movement from a point to another one, no matter if it’s on foot or by any …
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Finding good learning materials for Polish is no easy task. Sure, a quick Google search should be enough to find dozens of relevant sites, but how do you tell the best resources from the less useful ones? As it turns out, the most valuable materials are not necessarily the ones that get the most exposure …
A birthday is a very special occasion in the Korean culture, and the importance of a birthday celebration is practiced right from the start, as the biggest celebration of all is a child’s first birthday. However, this practice of celebrating each other’s birthday continues, and just like in English, we celebrate each other’s birthday by …
The purpose of this article isn’t to sell you some miraculous method that would supposedly bring you to fluency in two weeks. Let’s be realistic: even the fastest way to learn a language still requires a lot of work. Learning to speak a foreign language is an immensely demanding task. Two weeks of practice with …
Learning a language isn’t easy. Chances are, you spent years sitting in a high school classroom studying one, but still aren’t even close to mastering it. That’s because learning a language takes months and even years of dedicated study. Of course, this just gets you to conversational. If you want to be fluent, that will …
Lets face it: pouring over grammar books and vocabulary flash cards can get old. Whether you’re learning French for the first time or you’re just brushing up, its important that you stay engaged and entertained. Otherwise, it’ll be hard to maintain the steady commitment you need in order to learn French fast. Fortunately, there are …
Learning to say ‘I love you’ in Korean is actually quite simple, but because of the way this special phrase can be used in many different contexts, learning its direct translation is not enough. We also need to learn the various ways this phrase can be used. So in this article, we’ll first look at …
Learning a language is a task which never completely ends. Whether you’re a fresh-faced newbie or a grizzled veteran, there is always new vocabulary to learn and grammatical structures to refine. The article examines the best way to learn a language, how best to focus your learning at the various stages of your linguistic development …
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Hi, my name is Suzie and I’ve been tasked with the impossible feat of describing all the Spanish pronouns to you. I won’t claim that it’s going to be easy – in fact, Spanish pronouns are one of the last things I fully understood about the language. But they are extremely necessary, and used daily …
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