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What is comprehensible input? Here’s what language learners need to know

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : October 19, 2022
  • Categories : Language learning ,Science of language ,Tips and strategies ,Comprehensible input
  • Tags : Comprehensible input ,Language learning tips ,Research ,Science of language learning ,Teach yourself a language
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How I self-taught German to C1 using immersion — despite being busy and disorganized

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : September 27, 2022
  • Categories : Tips and strategies ,Language learning ,German ,Comprehensible input
  • Tags : Comprehensible input ,German exam ,Language learning tips ,Teach yourself a language ,Language self study ,Learn german
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Why I don’t like to “gendern” in German — and why I do it anyways

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : September 16, 2022
  • Categories : German ,Opinion and analysis
  • Tags : Learn german ,Inclusive language ,Politics
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How to automatically track language learning time using iOS automations

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : September 12, 2022
  • Categories : Tips and strategies ,Language learning
  • Tags : Language learning tech ,Organization
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Real Language Stories: Ten Years of Russian

  • Dack Powell
  • Date : September 1, 2022
  • Categories : Real language stories ,Language learning
  • Tags : Language learning tips ,Russian ,Language community
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How to automatically track language learning time using iOS automations

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : September 12, 2022
  • Categories : Tips and strategies ,Language learning
  • Tags : Language learning tech ,Organization

You can use iOS automations to automatically start and stop time tracking apps like Toggl when you open and close language learning apps — and much …

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Real Language Stories: Ten Years of Russian

  • Dack Powell
  • Date : September 1, 2022
  • Categories : Real language stories ,Language learning
  • Tags : Language learning tips ,Russian ,Language community

What started with a nerdy crush on the Cyrillic script ended up launching Dack into a 10-year love-hate relationship with Russian. Here’s what he …

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Real Language Stories: Becoming an Imperfect Language Learner

  • Heidi Lovejoy
  • Date : July 18, 2022
  • Categories : Language learning ,Real language stories
  • Tags : Perfectionism ,Language learning tips ,Italian

Upon moving to Italy, Heidi Lovejoy wanted to learn Italian, but her perfectionism was a bigger obstacle than anticipated. Making progress required a …

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Science of Language: Newborns learn speech sounds using same brain regions as adults

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : June 30, 2022
  • Categories : Science of language
  • Tags : Research ,Science of language learning ,Neuroscience

A new study found that newborns start recognizing vowel sounds just hours after birth using a speech-processing system very similar to the one adults …

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Real Language Stories: French, Fast and Slow

  • David Guy
  • Date : June 20, 2022
  • Categories : Language learning ,Real language stories
  • Tags : French ,Language community

My language learning journey started in an American high school. I studied French for four years. I was a serious student. I had always felt drawn to …

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Who needs language laws?

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : May 30, 2022
  • Categories : Opinion and analysis
  • Tags : Politics ,Minority languages ,French

Last weekend, thousands of people assembled in Belfast, Northern Ireland to march through the regional capital in protest. The red-clad crowd numbered …

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