Welcome to The Five-week Linguist Show. We’re going to talking about language learning during the summer and the apps that can help you accelerate your progress on language learning. (0:38) – Hacks to learn languages anywhere (1:18) – There are alternate ways to learn languages during the summer when you can’t travel (1:47) – App… Read More Language Apps
Want to learn Brazilian Portuguese? Travel is the perfect context. Whether we are traveling or not, travel is the ideal context to learn a new language. Everything is designed to get you communicating. It is also served up in meaningful chunks- the perfect way to learn grammar in context. Check out these themes to learn… Read More Learn Brazilian Portuguese for Travel and Beginners
Welcome to the 5 Week-Linguist Show. This episode is dedicated to the amazing teachers and language teachers in particular. (0:28) – Dedicated to language teachers and colleagues (0:50) – Teachers work hard for their kids (1:26) – Teachers deals with the rough bits and people’s insecurities of not being successful (2:02) – First summer tip… Read More Language Teachers and Summer
Welcome to the 5-week Linguist Show. This week, we’re going to talk about private language schools. Prepare to study abroad next summer with these tips I’m a huge fan of private language schools in different countries. And I tend not to do them at home and I have some reasons for that. Firstly, I certainly… Read More Study abroad next summer
Reading to learn languages is the most powerful way to learn any language anywhere. Some activities that I do during the summer to improve my language skills and sort of how the whole five-week thing came to be, and this week, I want to talk specifically about reading because it’s something that you could do… Read More Reading to learn languages
Reactivating languages: my 3 top tips 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,… Read More Reactivating languages: my 3 top tips
3 Critical Insights for Any Learner of Languages from Tim Ferriss Tim Ferriss became a household name after publishing The Four-Hour Work Week. Like many others, I was certainly intrigued by the title and read the book in search of a life with more fun and relaxation, less stress, and less work. I can’t say… Read More Tim Ferriss and Languages: 3 Great Takeaways
Movement is so important. Teaching foreign languages gives us lots of opportunities to get exercise and language teaching into the same activity. Language immersion. One of my very favorite activities is called Batuka. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s sort of like Zumba but in Spanish. You can find it on YouTube. They have… Read More Exercise and Languages
Music is a great way experience culture. Here are my top tips to use music to learn languages. I use songs sparingly in languages for several reasons. Songs are essentially poems and they don’t always make a lot of sense. Using them to teach students how to communicate isn’t particularly useful. With that said, there… Read More Music to learn languages