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May 9, 20212 min read
Why you know more French than you think 23
English and romance languages share more thank you think...
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Apr 22, 20203 min read
YavaÅŸ yavaÅŸ 20
"She who's cautious, will go far safely. She who goes hard, goes straight to death."
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Apr 15, 20204 min read
The thinking method 19
Language learning like you've never done before... Learn the how, not the what.
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Apr 1, 20203 min read
La tramontana e il sole 17
About 2,500 years ago, on the Greek island of Samos lived the elusive Aesop. Rising from slavery, his master, a man named Xanthus freed him
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Mar 26, 20203 min read
Netflix and chill 16
I already talked about how some Albanian friends of mine learned Italian by simply watching TV and movies.
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Mar 11, 20205 min read
Failure 14
There’s an inherent awkwardness in trying to express yourself in a different language. It sucks. It makes you feel very stupid and that you
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Mar 4, 20203 min read
Be a hero 13
They will be patient, listen, try to understand, and answer in your target language.
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Feb 26, 20203 min read
Integration nation 12
This basic human drive is what pushes us to learn languages. Use it to your advantage.
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Feb 10, 20203 min read
The lingolist 11
Here you'll find everything I talk about in my blogs, and more! The best part about it? 100% free, for everyone.
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Jan 28, 20203 min read
Heroes and being like water 10
You have to adapt so that you train your brain subconsciously. This applies to so many things.
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Dec 18, 20193 min read
The perfect gift 9
With the holidays, we scramble around looking for meaningful gifts for people. Here's the ultimate language learning gift.
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Nov 27, 20194 min read
How to stay motivated 8
When learning a language, what are some practical things you can do, to keep this motivation up?
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Nov 20, 20193 min read
15 minutes a day 7
better to practice mindfully for 15 minutes, than for 2 hours "automatically"
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Nov 12, 20193 min read
Deconstructing a language 6
These sentences will give you a pretty good feeling for the language.
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Nov 6, 20193 min read
Flashcards 5
Learning 1000 words is easy… with the right tools.
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Oct 30, 20194 min read
fluent in Turkish: Movies and tv 4
It became part of our culture growing up, the cartoons in the morning and after school.
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Oct 23, 20193 min read
fluent in Turkish. Writing 3
After conversation, writing is key to your learning.
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Oct 15, 20194 min read
fluent in Turkish. Conversation 2
How are we expected to learn anything if we can't make mistakes?
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Oct 9, 20193 min read
fluent in Turkish. 1
What is the fastest you could learn a language, at least, enough for you to converse with a native? Years? Months? Weeks? Days? Hours?
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