Discover Top Language Learning Apps and Online Platforms of the Year
When looking for the ideal online language course, individuals often find themselves investing considerable time and effort. It is crucial to remember that different learning styles exist, making it crucial to locate an option that suits your specific needs. Fortunately, assistance is available. We have collected the best online language courses with different approaches and different intensities of classes. Studying these courses will allow you to choose the best way to learn a language online.
Top Language Learning Apps and Online Platforms
How to Become a Successful Spanish Learner
So you have decided to learn Spanish (or any language) but don’t know where to begin! Does this sound familiar? There is a lot of different advice online and from different people it is hard to know which to follow. Should you focus on learning vocabulary, or grammar? Should you start watching the news in Spanish? Should you throw yourself in the deep end and set up a language exchange with a native speaker? In this blog post we will give you 8 tips to get you started on the right track to get you speaking Spanish as soon as possible. Continue reading
8 Ways to Pick Up Learning a Language After a Break
When learning a language most people find they have to take a break from study at some point. This may be unavoidable if you become too busy with other things happening in your life or it could be through choice – maybe you lose motivation and study for less and less time each day, week or stop altogether. However, this is not always a bad thing as a break can be a good way of taking stock of where you are with the language, what you do know, what you don’t and what you need to work on.
The aim of this blog post is to help people who have taken a break from learning a language get back on track with the language. Continue reading
6 Ways to Progress From a Beginner to Intermediate Spanish Learner
A lot of people start studying Spanish completely from scratch and after a few months they cover all of the basics. To get by in a language you need to know roughly 3,000 words. At this level you know the key nouns, verbs and can express your needs and wants and communicate with native speakers in a simple way.
Once people reach this stage they wonder how to move on and start to study as an intermediate learner.
This blog post will give you ideas as to how to break out of the beginner stages of language learning and to move to an intermediate level.
Build successful business relationships by speaking your client’s language!
If your business deals with clients or suppliers in abroad it is clear that if you can speak their native language you will be in a much better position to build a good rapport with them and create a more positive business relationship with them and ultimately trade more successfully. This blog post looks at other advantages your company could gain by learning to speak your client’s mother tongue.
“If you speak to a man in a language he understands that goes to his head. If you speak to him in his language that will go to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela
The Future of Dialect – Are Mother Tongues Dying Out?
Merging accents
Dialects are becoming increasingly intertwined as the world continues to globalise. We are more exposed to a wide range of languages, cultures, and dialects than ever before thanks to media and travel. As a result, many people have adopted phrases or words from different areas into their own speech patterns, resulting in previously unseen accent blending. Although this may not appear to be a problem and may be viewed as an incentive to learn more about the history of dialects, blending different accents into a single dialect is becoming increasingly problematic in the modern world. As more people move and migrate to places where they do not speak the local language, they are unable to communicate effectively with the citizens of their host country. As a result, a phenomenon known as merging accents has appeared, in which people blend two or more distinct accent influences. Continue reading
6 Ways to Use the 80/20 Rule with Language Learning
The 80/20 rule also known as the Pareto Principle states that 80% of your results are produced by only 20% of your efforts.
This means that if 80% of your efforts will not have a big effect on improving your language level then it is clear that you need to identify the 20% that will have the biggest impact on your progress.
Only a small fraction of your efforts will bring in the greatest results.
This is a really important concept because if you apply this rule, it will make you a much more efficient language learner and will help you to make the most progress with the minimum amount of time and effort.
In this blog post we will look at ways to make sure you are concentrating your efforts on the 20% that will have the biggest effect on your language learning. Continue reading
Black Friday Offers!
This week is the time to take advantage of some special Black Friday deals for language learners. This could be a unique Christmas present for a friend or relative who is learning a language or a great starting point for someone who has been thinking about starting to learn a language.
For “Black Friday” week you can download any of our online self-study Spanish courses with a 30% discount.
Don’t miss out! These offers are only valid until 30th November!
8 Ways Learning Another Language is Beneficial for Business
Learning a new language for a holiday or extended travel abroad is clearly a good idea and helps you get more out of your trip and make it stress-free, however, can learning another language help you in a business environment? In this blog post we will look at how learning a foreign language can help you do better at work or benefit your business. Continue reading
Most popular language exchange websites
When you are learning a language it is important to be able to practise with a native speaker of that language. A great way to do this is by using a language exchange website where you can find people who speak the language you are learning to chat with over email, Skype or even meet up with later on. It can be a good way to make friends in other countries and to find out more about their language and culture.
Here are some of the most popular sites to find a language exchange partner: Continue reading
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