Learn French Best self-study strategies to learn French Studying French is riddled with pitfalls that many learners encounter. I'll share what the common obstacles are and how to overcome them with the best self-study strategies you can start using right away.
Language Learning Tips Busting Myths about Language Learning at Home Learning a language from home still sounds like an ambitious goal but many people successfully follow through. To succeed, I had to find out firsthand that not everything people say about language learning is true.
Language Learning Tips Glossika Founder's Takeaways from Learning Chinese Read insights from an interview with Glossika founder Michael Campbell on the Im Learning Mandarin podcast. Michael has dedicated his life to understanding and mastering languages and is fluent in many Chinese languages and dialects.
Learn French 80/20 Rule: Learn French Faster by Learning Essential Sentences By applying the 80/20 rule (Pareto principle) to language learning, we can potentially achieve fluency more quickly and enjoyably, focusing on the most impactful elements of the language.
Learn Chinese Australian student on learning Chinese by himself Matthew thought that if he could learn Chinese (notoriously known to be difficult for English speakers), he could learn any language. He started learning Chinese with Glossika and is now comfortable conversing with native Chinese speakers.
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.
Learn Finnish How I learned Finnish grammar… without studying it I had just bought the most beautiful engagement ring in California. I was back in my hometown in northern Sweden. I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this lovely young lady. The only thing was, she grew up speaking a completely different language than me: Finnish.
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.
Linguistics "Language Laddering", or why you might use a foreign language to learn a foreign language This is a bit of a longer post, but it boils down to this simple graphic:A comparison of the same sentence in English, Japanese, and Korean-Your goal here is just to notice
Learn Italian 7 Amazing Podcasts to improve Your Italian Listening Comprehension Turn washing the dishes into a learning opportunity with 7 Italian podcasts for language learners.
Productivity Enforced Scarcity: What Wordle Teaches Us About Overcoming Procrastination I admit it: I'm a planner, not a doer. I procrastinate. A lot.Now, I love everything about the process of figuring out how I'm going to do something. After unraveling that mystery,
Language Learning Tips How to Raise a Bilingual Child: The Three Main Strategies So you want to raise bilingual children. That's understandable! Research has consistly demonstrated that it's advantageous to be bilingual. Some of those advantages are obvious: it's more convenient to travel if you know
Language Learning Tips Should You Learn Two (or More) Languages at Once? I get it. I really do.If you're learning one language, you've probably thought about learning another. (More realistically, multiple). I'm personally shooting for ten. Currently, I'm at four — Spanish, Japanese, Russian, and
Linguistics How Many Words Do You Need to Know to Speak Another Language? A vocabulary of one-thousand words would allow you to recognize nearly 80% of the words in a given English text (Nation, 2006). Imagine my thrill, a few months into learning Japanese, when I
