Language Learning Tips

When learning a new language you might ask yourself if being able to speak the language is actually important. The short answer is that yes, being able to speak the language is important and it’s something you need to be able to do. While you can avoid speaking for a while, and it may even […]

When you are learning a language you can feel like there is a lot of pressure to start speaking. You can really feel as if your progress is only based on your ability to speak. While speaking can show you how much progress you have made, it is not always the best way to learn

When you are learning a language one of the most important things you can focus on is your pronunciation. This is especially true when you get to the point where you want to talk and actually communicate. Pronunciation can really make the difference between being understood or not when talking to someone, which is why

When you speak to people about language learning, you will often find that a lot of people start, but soon give up. I am not sure on the stats, but I would imagine that the vast majority of people who set out to learn a language do not actually achieve it (especially if you include

Learning a language is never plain sailing and you are inevitably going to face some difficulties along the way. It is a real challenge and often the same things cause the majority of the issues. These can make the whole experience miserable and can really make you want to give up. However, these difficulties are

I’m sure you have all suffered that awful experience, when you go to speak and nothing comes out, luckily this is quite rare in our own language, but that can’t be said about a language you are learning. Speaking a foreign language seems to cause our brain to freeze pretty much every time we open

You may have heard of the term “dead language” if you haven’t, I will explain below, but for those of you who are wondering if you should focus your time on one, well the answer is maybe. You should treat a dead language just like any other language you might want to learn. If you

Passive listening is something you hear being talked about in language learning and is often something that is suggested you should do. However, there are plenty of counterarguments to this, saying it is a total waste of time. So is it actually helpful for your studies? Honestly, it’s not really. It can have some small

Learning a second language can actually have an effect on your native language. Mostly the experience will be beneficial for you, but there can be times when it is not. I will go through the different ways your new language can affect your native one. How A New Language Can Positively Affect Your Native Language

Language learning takes a very long time and this can be extremely frustrating and is usually why so many people give up before they see results they want. It can be easy to underestimate the length of time that it can take to learn a language, but I will go through some of the main