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Polyglot profile: Richard Simcott Richard Simcott is a life-long language learner from Chester, England who studied more than 40 languages. Apart from being a language learner he is also a language teacher and consultant working worldwide. His experience is valued in the language learning community, he consulted for articles about languages learning in …
Words not easily translated into English Culture has a big influence on the development of language and cultures differ significantly around the world. That is why each language has a number of words which just can’t be easily translated into another. Why would the Spanish need multiple names for snow when they hardly …
Asian languages will be the future In an increasingly globalized world, learning foreign languages has become essential not only to get a good job, but also to learn more about a specific culture background. The interest in Eastern languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean is growing: according to data made public by …
Polyglot profile: Olly Richards Olly Richards is a polyglot who speaks 8 languages and is the founder of I Will Teach You a Language. As he advertises it himself, the website offers “study hacks and mind tools for independent language learners”. I Will Teach You a Language can help you with many …
10 hardest languages to learn for English speakers What are the hardest languages to learn for English speakers and why are they the hardest? Find out in this article. Chinese Be it Mandarin or Cantonese both are as hard to learn for an English speaker. Although the writing system is very beautiful …
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Books for language lovers Are you passionate about languages or want to get an inspired gift for someone close to you who is a language lover? This list of books for anyone interested in languages can be your list of books to read this year or a source of inspiration for a thoughtful …
Learn languages with YouTube part 1 Just because you want to learn a language unfortunately doesn’t mean you are actually going to do it. Why? Because your motivation will go down, because your off day is going to turn into an off week and you’ll give up, because you will realize it takes …
Unusual or fun ways to learn a language Nowadays people usually don’t have the time to traditionally learn languages. Sitting down a couple of times a week with workbooks, a pen and a notebook just doesn’t seem to fit into our schedule any more. There are many fun and unusual ways to learn …
Polyglot profile: Susanna Zaraysky Susanna Zaraysky has studied English, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Ladino, Hebrew, Arabic, Hungarian and speaks eight of these languages. She was born in the former USSR and has traveled to more than 50 countries. On her website https://createyourworldbook.com/ you will find out more about Create your World …
Gift ideas for language lovers The holiday season is approaching quickly. Choosing gifts is a hard and stressful process. You want to choose something that the person will like and enjoy instead of it being exchanged or passed on to someone else. If one of your friends or loved ones is passionate about …
