Language Resources
As I announced a short time back, I recently began studying Russian. Of course, even though I started out ready and equipped myself with my Top 8 Resources, but I’m always on the lookout for new materials, especially those created by companies that specialize in particular languages. I had seen Russian Step-by-Step on various social media channels, so when they contacted me, I was familiar...
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Language Resources
Today I’d like to talk about something that we’ve all probably experienced as language learners. A lot of us – but not all – have the tendency to be resource collectors. We have hundreds of bookmarks in dozens of language learning books, but we have yet to actually work our way from cover to cover in any one of them. I’m certainly guilty of this, and...
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Language Resources
I discovered my first dual language book while at FNAC in France quite a few years ago. It was before language learning became something that I actively pursued, but I cherished that book. In fact, it still has a place on my bookshelf right above my desk. It was a French-English version of Sherlock Holmes that offered a side-by-side translation of the text. (And you...
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Language Resources
First, I wanted to say that this post was inspired by Justin G who wrote me an email to ask about this very topic. So, hi Justin! Thanks for the inspiration behind this post. I hope you don’t mind that I used some of my response to you to write it! His question was: “I was wondering if you have any tips when it comes...
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Last night, I hit an incredible language learning milestone. I finished my first book in Mandarin Chinese. Yes, I know, I’ve been studying Chinese for a year, so why was this such a big milestone for me? For every language I’ve learnt up until this point, the thing that I struggled with the most was listening comprehension. I assumed it would be the same with...
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Language Resources / Travel
Welcome to the latest installment of my favorite language learning and travel tips. These are my favorite posts for the month of September! Here is this month’s collection of resources for language learning and travel from around the web. Language Learning Tips This series of essential components in Mandarin from Fluent in Mandarin // This series of articles discusses radicals and other such things that...
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This article has a free PDF resource available for you to download at the end of this article. Scroll down if you’d like to skip ahead and get your copy of 50+ Chinese Measure Words. As I make an effort to improve my speaking ability in Mandarin and really get to the next level, there are a few things that I really want to hone...
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Hey all! It’s only a few days away from being September (and my birthday month – woo!) and that means that it is time for me to share my monthly language learning strategies update as part of Maximize Your Month. For those of you just joining us, Maximize Your Month (here’s last month‘s post), is a goal-sharing link up I co-host with a team of...
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Language Resources
It is confession time, my dear friends, and my confession to you is that I have a couple of languages that I have sorely neglected these past few years. If you haven’t already guessed, likely from watching my IGLC update videos, my Italian, German, and Spanish are in need of some serious love and attention. And by serious, I mean ridiculously serious. And while I’m...
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Language Resources / Travel
Welcome to the latest installment of my favorite language learning and travel tips. These are my favorite posts for the month of August! I appreciate all of your feedback on last month’s post. Here is this month’s collection of resources for language learning and travel from around the web. Language Learning Tips How to Read Your Way to Second Language Fluency from FluentU // Reading is...
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