Learn New Languages: Chunking Vocabulary is the building blocks of languages. All those words you learn can be built up into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. Clearly, the more words you know, the easier it is to learn a new language. There is this idea that you can learn a lot of words, they start working… Read More Learn New Languages: Chunking
Language Learning Journals: Novice-level Prompts Start with The 5-Week Linguist Audio Training. This audio training will show you how long it will take to reach your language goals and where to focus your time and efforts. Get your tools ready: My iphone with the following apps: Voice Memos, but any that records will do. Google… Read More Language Learning Journals: Novice-level Prompts
Teaching a Foreign Language: Using Play for the Rough Spots I LOVE teaching foreign languages! With that said, it requires a lot of planning, and is not always considered the easiest of subjects. Any time I can infuse some games to get over the rough spots, bringing the words and phrases we are studying to… Read More Teaching a Foreign Language: Play for the Rough Spots
Language Learning Apps: Create the Ultimate Language Learning Lab Anyone who loves languages knows (and loves) Duolingo and Google Translate- they are great language learning apps. While they are both super useful and definitely popular (Duolingo has more than 100 million users alone), you’ll need further practice to bring your language skills to real fluency. … Read More Language Learning Apps: Create the Ultimate Language Learning Lab
Advanced Spanish Lessons Online: Week 5 Episode 5 Barcelona Using advanced Spanish lessons online by podcast in this series: First, read through the essential words and phrases. Next, listen to the conversation once. Review the words and phrases. Listen to the conversation again with all that you learned. Lastly, do the fluency exercises. Essential words… Read More Advanced Spanish Lessons Online: Week 5 Episode 5
Advanced Spanish Course Online: Week 5 Episode 4 Madrid How to learn by podcast in this advanced Spanish course online: First, read through the essential words and phrases. Next, listen to the conversation once. Review the words and phrases. Listen to the conversation again with all that you learned. Lastly, do the fluency exercises. Essential… Read More Advanced Spanish Course Online: Week 5 Episode 4
Advanced Spanish Lessons: Week 5 Episode 3 Ecuador Advanced Spanish lessons by podcast in this series: First, read through the essential words and phrases. Next, listen to the conversation once. Review the words and phrases. Listen to the conversation again with all that you learned. Lastly, do the fluency exercises. Essential words and phrases to… Read More Advanced Spanish Lessons: Week 5 Episode 3
Spanish Podcast for Advanced Speakers: Week 5 Episode 2 Cuba How to learn with this Spanish podcast for advanced speakers: First, read through the essential words and phrases. Next, listen to the conversation once. Review the words and phrases. Listen to the conversation again with all that you learned. Lastly, do the fluency exercises. Essential… Read More Spanish Podcast for Advanced Speakers: Week 5 Episode 2
Speak Spanish: 4 Tools to Set Goals and Test Your Fluency Did you know that there are more Spanish speakers in the U.S. than in Spain now? Speaking Spanish will also allow you to communicate with a fifth of the ENTIRE world. 17 percent of Duolingo users are there studying that language. Being able to… Read More Speak Spanish: 4 Tools to Set Goals and Test Your Fluency