Nowadays, you’ll easily find a wide variety of coursebooks and resources both online and in stores that offer you vocabulary lists, grammar rules, and exercises that teach you (some of) what you need to learn a language. But finding resources that tell you how to speak the language (or how to best use those aforementioned books to learn a language) are much rarer to come...
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Language Resources
While I think that language specific learning resources – like course books, podcasts, and flashcards – can be incredible, there is something to be said for language learning guides, the books and resources that help steer you in the right direction when you first embark on your language learning journey. When you’re just getting started with a new language, you often spend a lot of...
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So you’ve decided to learn a new language. If you’re like me (or many of my fellow language learners), your first step was to probably head over to your nearest bookstore to browse the foreign language book section. After much deliberation, page turning, and likely at least one paper cut, you choose a book or two, take them to the checkout counter and head home....
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Until quite recently, most of my language learning revolved around the use of various text resources. I definitely fell into the category of learners that hoped to put off speaking until I knew the language to perfection. The conclusion I came to, however, was that I would never speak my target language perfectly (I mean, I don’t even speak my native language perfectly). And I...
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Welcome to the latest installment of my favorite language learning and travel tips. These are my favorite posts for the month of November! Here is this month’s collection of resources for language learning and travel from around the web. Language Learning Tips Unlocking Your True Language Learning Potential from Transparent Language // This is a really great post about getting the most out of your...
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Hey all! I am a few days behind in getting this post up (I just returned from a wonderful Cruise in the Caribbean which I’ll be sharing photos for soon), so I just now have regular internet access for the first time in about two weeks. Once again, welcome to our #clearthelist linkup where we share our monthly goals. For those of you unfamiliar with...
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Welcome to the latest installment of my favorite language learning and travel tips. These are my favorite posts for the month of October! Here is this month’s collection of resources for language learning and travel from around the web. Language Learning Tips 3 Reasons Why Video Games Are Underestimated for Language Learning // I have read similar articles around the web, but I thought it...
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I have been at this whole language learning thing for a few years now, and while I like to celebrate my successes here with you on Eurolinguiste, I’ve had my own fair share of failures, too. It’s important to spend time enjoying the times that you succeed. It’s a great way to stay motivated and keep moving forward. But it’s equally important to take a...
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In case you missed my recent email newsletter, I sent out a note asking you to send me your language learning and travel questions. Many of you replied – thanks so much, you all are awesome – and I had a lot of fun both chatting with you and answering your language-related questions. I’m hoping to turn this into a regular thing, so if you...
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I know, I know, before you scold me for giving my post such a cliche expression as a title, let me explain why I’ve done so. For anyone learning a language, or even multiple languages, time management is a huge issue. We have to decide just how we can use our language study time effectively so that we do not become a jack of all...
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