Who hasn’t been guilty of this at least once in their language learning experience: You either try to translate a sentence from your own language into your target language, or you try to do word-by-word translation of the target language into your own language. Guilty? I know I have … [Read more...] about Don’t Do This When Learning to Speak French
5 Ways to Have Foreign Language Immersion from Home
Language immersion often sounds like the most daunting thing ever, but I love it because usually it's quite fun, it puts you and your home into a nice "exotic" vibe and is usually a dirt-cheap way to make great progress in language learning. Are you ready for the 5 ways to start your own language … [Read more...] about 5 Ways to Have Foreign Language Immersion from Home
What to Do When Your Brain Just Won’t Learn
She looked at me with the weary eyes only a tired student who's been up until late in the night can give you. "What's wrong?" I asked her. "Oh, it took me forever to go to sleep because I was studying until late." Sound familiar? It does not have to be that way! In fact, it shouldn't be … [Read more...] about What to Do When Your Brain Just Won’t Learn
Top 5 Free Online Resources for Learning French
You know the feeling? You just finished a long day at work and you can't wait to get home, take off your shoes, throw dinner into the microwave and crash on your couch to relax in front of a good movie? Well. That's not going to happen tonight. Because you now have to go to your … [Read more...] about Top 5 Free Online Resources for Learning French