The Most Unconventional Way To Learn A New Language in 2018 (with LucaLampariello.com)
So, you want to learn a new language. It’s a dream shared by many. In fact, I’ve never met a person who didn’t want to learn a foreign language at some point in their life.Whether it be for work, for pleasure, for travel, love, or just the mere challenge of it, nearly everyone I’ve spoken to […]
Continue readingHow to Learn Spanish for Beginners
“Caminante, no hay puentes, se hace puentes al andar.” (Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks.) ― Gloria E. Anzaldúa When I visited New York for the first time in 2015, many things were just as I had imagined: the frenetic pace, the impressive Manhattan skyline, the buzzing nightlife. What I […]
Continue readingHow Modern Learning Methods Can Breathe New Life Into Dead Languages
Every person alive today comes from a long, unbroken line of humanity, since well before the advent of recorded history. Our ancestors, themselves the products of a long evolutionary chain with its own twists and turns, lived their own, unique lives which led unknowingly to the life you’re leading at this very moment. You owe […]
Continue readingChanging How We Look at Language Education
A few weeks ago, I received a very exciting email: It came from Rachel M. Paling, a famous language coach and language learner who created the method called Neurolanguage Coaching® and one of the first-ever language coaching certifications in existence, accredited by the International Coach Federation and known as the ELC Language Coaching Certification®. The […]
Continue readingThe Power of Positive Language Habits
Have you ever set a New Year’s resolution to learn a foreign language? Have you ever sat down and studied a language on January 1st, full of hope for new and bright learning opportunities, only to drop everything after a few weeks? You started off so strong, so passionately, and then, much to your dismay, […]
Continue readingWhy Learning a Foreign Language in School Doesn’t Work (and How to Make it Work)
Hundreds of thousands of people across the globe study one or more languages at school. However, after years of study, most of these same people cannot string together even the simplest of sentences. How is that possible? In this article, I’d like to explore some of the reasons why students find in-school language learning difficult, […]
Continue readingHow to Learn a Language Abroad
Do you need to live in a foreign country to learn its language well? Most people think so. In fact, as soon as people find out I speak multiple languages, they automatically assume that I’ve lived in just as many countries. And that’s not true. Though I have lived in a couple of countries where […]
Continue reading5 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Began Learning Specific Languages
We all make mistakes. In over two decades of language learning, I’ve made my fair share of them. Just like learning a single language is a process, learning how to learn languages is a process, too. Generally speaking, there are no shortcuts to this process. You only get better with time, effort, and deliberate practice. […]
Continue readingHow I Maintain 13 Languages and Still Have Time to Learn More
I’ve been learning languages for over two decades. In that time, I’ve reached fluency and beyond in over a dozen of them. Naturally, this means that the question I get the most is: “Luca, how is it possible to learn all of those languages?” Surprisingly, learning languages is the easy part. You learn one. And […]
Continue readingHow to Watch Movies to Improve Your Foreign Languages
Watching movies is a great way to improve your foreign languages Why? That’s simple. Movies are fun, emotional, dynamic, audiovisual, and use authentic language, in nearly any language you want to learn. You can start watching target language movies at any stage in your learning. However, I typically recommend using movies as learning materials at […]
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