Lingq is a language learning platform created by my friend and hyperpolyglot, Steve Kaufmann. Steve is a big fan of the pioneering research of Dr. Steven Krashen and his comprehensible input theory. This basically means that one needs a lot of input (listening and reading) in the new language in order to make effective progress. […]
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Vocabooster Ukrainian is a new course from LanguageBoost. It promises to teach you the first 600 words in your new language. I recently tried out Vocabooster as part of my Learn Ukrainian Mission in Lviv, Ukraine. So I went through Vocabooster and released a video about using it during my Learn Ukrainian Mission. So what was my
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Assimil consists of a pocket sized book and 4 audio CDs and promises an intuitive method. I bought it for Romanian and read through a few chapters each day as each chapter is quite short. The book is based on a series of short bilingual dialogues. I bought the French version as there was no
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In the late 1980s, founder Allen Stoltzfus envisioned a new kind of language program. One that emulates natural immersion by using a sophisticated new computer technology that simulates the way you learn your native language – using images and sounds in context, with zero translation. What followed was one of the most ground-breaking (and controversial)
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Michel Thomas claimed that there was no such thing as a bad student, only a bad teacher. I discovered the Michel Thomas beginners courses at the time I became interested in learning Italian. I had just spent two fabulous weeks travelling around ‘Il Bel Paese’ when browsing through the language learning section of my local
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