When learning a language on your own for the first time, it’s hard to know what path to follow. There are so many popular methods, strategies, and learning pathways out there that most people just pick the first method they find and start learning. This works well for a while, but most people soon find that the method ...
Verbs are the driving force of any language. As words of action, verbs help us describe what's happening—what we're doing, what we're saying, what we're thinking, and much, much more.Verbs are so essential, in fact, that there's not a language on earth that doesn't have them. Despite that, it must be said that essential does not at all imply ...
If you have young children in your family, try this experiment:Ask them what the “plural” of the word “dog” is. They’ll likely stare at you wide-eyed for a few seconds, not having any idea what you’re talking about. Now, say this.“Pretend I have one dog”. “If I get another one, I have two…” The moment they catch on, ...
After all, that’s just a dream, isn’t it?Forget speaking with perfect pitch and pronunciation, moving from topic to topic, knowing the meaning of every single word, and crafting elaborate sentences one after another.Sure, it would be great, but for the most part, we language learners are simpler souls with simpler dreams.We want to speak a language fluently. We ...