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A shy girl is sitting on a cliff with her dog

How to Stop Being Shy (and Start Learning a Language)

written by Shannon Kennedy

If you’re anything like me – incredibly shy – then I’d make a firm bet that most of the language learning advice you’ve read online sets off at least mild anxiety. How many times have you heard this when you run a Google search for how to learn a language: The best way to learn […]


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The 4 Stages of Language Learning (And What to Do at Each Stage)

written by Andrew Barr

I was reading through a Spanish novel recently when all of sudden it dawned on me. I had read three pages in a row without having to look up a word. Years earlier, reading in my target language was the most painful exercise I could imagine. I used to have to stop to look up every […]


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