Fast language fluency Prefer to read? Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. I wanted to share with you an old recording I made of my 200 hour challenge. As I’ve talked about in other episodes, and people ask often why five weeks? It seems like a bizarre random time period and it’s 100% not. Fast… Read More Fast Language Fluency: The 200-Hour Challenge
Krashen, SLA and Yabla Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show if you want to learn a language or you teach a language, you’ve come to the right place. Join Janina each week for tips, resources, and advice for making engaging language learning happen anytime, anywhere. Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. This week, I want… Read More Krashen, SLA and Yabla
Study Italian: 5-week Crash Course Study Italian with this fast 5-week course. This is a hugely important factor in learning a language, time. To learn basic Italian (it’s really closely related to English) you can invest between 750 and 1,000 hours of focused, immersive, input and practice, and hit a very basic level of fluency.… Read More Study Italian: 5-week Crash Course
Languages for teachers Welcome to the 5-week Linguist Show. Today I want to talk about language for teachers. So the very first thing that I want to say before I get into anything else is that you teachers are amazing. And I’ve been teaching for, I don’t want to tell you how many years, since… Read More Language for teachers
Prefer to read? Coffee talk and languages Bonjour. Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today, we’re going to talk about coffee talk and spilling the tea. So I have a really interesting family, I think. Regardless of what may go on in with the people in my family, I can say at the very least,… Read More Coffee talk: learning languages
Study abroad Welcome to the 5-Week Linguist Show. Today I want to talk about money and studying abroad. Studying abroad is one of my absolute favorite activities to learn a language. It’s travel, it’s eating, it’s connecting, it’s seeing places you’ve only dreamt about or read about. I’ve made this happen for myself a few… Read More Study abroad: money
Learn a language with AirBnb This article originally appeared here on Medium on December 28, 2018. Learn a Language with Airbnb Airbnb is one of the most exciting developments to happen to language learners in ages. Airbnb offers the possibility to study in a new country in what feels like your own house, short or… Read More Learn a language with AirBNB
Am I too old to learn a language? Prefer to read? Annyeonghaseyo. Welcome to the Five Week Language Show. Today, I want to answer a question that I get from people so often and it’s, am I too old to learn a language? And I think it’s such an interesting question, and I want to… Read More Am I too old to learn a language?
Future Tense Spanish Lessons Future tense lessons in Spanish are some of my very favorites. Students have often tackled many different verbs tenses by the time they have encountered the future. As we know in Spanish, all of the different forms, irregular verbs, spelling changes, etc., can be a challenge for even the most dedicated… Read More Future Tense Spanish Lessons