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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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How Yoga Can Make You a Better Language Learner

written by Jeremy Ginsburg

I took a friend of mine to my yoga studio last week. When we walked out of the classroom, I asked him what he thought of the class. He could barely talk. “That was the hardest thing I’ve done in the last year.” I shrugged my shoulders. “Yeah, yoga can be hard.” Truthfully, I hadn’t […]


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Reading time: 6 minutes

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How to Use Tinder as a Language Learning Tool

written by LC Hunter

I used Tinder for two years, before I met my boyfriend. As a shiftworker, I worked odd hours and thought the app would be a good way to meet people – in my hometown of Sydney, Australia and as an expat in both Doha, Qatar and London, England. I mostly viewed it simply as a […]


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Reading time: 7 minutes

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