There are jobs that require you to speak different languages and do so well. Luckily, landing such a job goes in one package with a fully-fledged language training, like one for diplomats in the US Foreign Service Institute. Being experts in language learning, researchers from FSI know exactly how long it takes for their future … Read more Here’s Exactly How many hours You Need to learn a language
So here’s the magic equation. If you learn how to memorize vocabulary fast, your speed of learning a foreign language will skyrocket automatically. How is that? Because language learning is 80% of memorizing, forgetting and relearning vocabulary. I know, we both want the second word has never existed. And yet, it’s there. And like a … Read more How to memorize vocabulary fast: 7 everyday strategies
One rainy evening I sat down to watch The Intouchables in French with the full confidence that I would understand every single word. By the time I had a solid B1 level in French and no problem with understanding French vloggers on YouTube. But that evening it appeared to me that I unlearned all my … Read more How to Understand spoken language better: 7 atypical shortcuts
Language learning is no different from any other area of your life where you hope to achieve a result. Even before you start, you need to have a vision of where you go. It requires a good deal of planning (have I already lost you?), tools and working methods. Without a compass, a map and … Read more Beginner’s guide to language learning: 5 energy saving rules