Inspirational Stories One, two, punch: How a “bad” language learner became a polyglot For Sebastiao, the main goal of language learning is to be able to communicate with the people around him. He believes that learning a language is a lot like boxing: you have to train yourself first.
Inspirational Stories Opera Singer to Polyglot: "No character opens their mouth to speak unless they want something" Having spent his young years singing on cruise ships, Markos has been to many countries and was fascinated by languages. Markos tells Glossika how he went on to learn more than five languages and why he believes that baptism by fire is the best approach to learning a language.
Inspirational Stories An English/Chinese teacher’s insights into effective language learning Katie Blackburn has been living in Taiwan for more than 10 years, teaching English and Chinese. In this interview, Katie tells us about her journey to the Chinese-speaking world and the language-learning insights she found along the way.
Inspirational Stories Teaching English to Orphans: How a retired professor found his purpose Sam and his wife fell in love with Bali 25 years ago when they first visited as tourists. Now they volunteer for the SOS Children's Village orphanage in Bali. Sam told Glossika how he teaches English to the children at the orphanage and what difficulties he had to overcome to learn Indonesian.
Inspirational Stories Beyond Grades: Chinese software engineer on the joy he found in learning English Benjamin Tan says that most people in China learn English just to get a passing grade on the national exam. That was the case for him, too, but everything changed after one incident Ben calls “the disaster”.
Inspirational Stories Food, culture, and a polyglot mother’s journey to the Korean language Gina grew up speaking French and Creole, and she studied many languages to various levels throughout her life, including English, Spanish, and German. Now she’s preparing for a trip to Korea to research their traditional recipes.
Inspirational Stories "Get comfortable feeling silly" — How a dad went on to learn his third language Adham is a software engineer from the UK who has studied languages extensively throughout his life. We spoke to Adham about his goals and challenges, and how Glossika fits into his language-learning routine.
Inspirational Stories Finding Memories: How a polyglot won his languages back after a brain injury Having woken up from a coma, polyglot William Hearn realized that all the languages he had ever known were competing for the same space in his head — but he could no longer express himself in any of them properly. In this story, William tells Glossika how he won his languages back.
Inspirational Stories Buddhist Monk in Thailand and His Thai Learning Journey On an Adventure Both Spiritually and PhysicallyMy first visit to Thailand was in 2011. I had just spent 6 months in a Thai Buddhist monastery and decided to go and visit the country
Language Learning Tips Tips to Learn a Language on a Busy Schedule You Can Learn a Language on a Busy Schedule!I am the leader of an international animal protection organization. My job is really fulfilling but also consumes a really big part of my
Inspirational Stories How Glossika Finally Helped Me Breakthrough to Fluency My name is Keith, and I wanted to share with you how Glossika finally helped me breakthrough to fluency after a year and a half of independent language study. I left the active
Inspirational Stories Achieving Fluency in Hindi for Her in-laws Through Oral Training Rachel is a sign language interpreter who lives in Seattle. Because of her job, Rachel has always loved dissecting languages in all kinds of aspects. During our interview with her, she mentioned that
Inspirational Stories 7 Things this Polyglot TV Writer Avoids to Achieve Fluency Peter's parents took him on a trip to Paris when he was a child. He didn't speak French at the time, and he didn't like the feeling of not being able to speak
Inspirational Stories Developer Surprised that Ignoring Grammar Can Result in Fluency Growing up in a Ukrainian household in the U.S., Michael's first take on foreign language was at home with his grandparents who would speak Ukranian. Then, he took Russian in college. Later
Inspirational Stories Music Student Finds his Confidence to Speak Fluent French Because of his German grandmother, Brandon started taking German in middle school. In addition to German, he's also taught himself Japanese. And that's also when Brandon fell in love with learning languages. Currently,
