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How I Learned 5 Languages in One Year

written by Evgenia Kashaeva

Last year was incredibly busy, but productive and fun. My little daughter had just turned two. She was enrolled in early development programs with a “Kindergarten is Too Late” approach. We had no nannies or grannies to help clean our apartment or feed a hungry husband (a standard set of responsibilities for a Russian housewife […]


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Reading time: 7 minutes

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5 Hacks to Learn Languages by Reading Literature

written by Igor Barca

Nothing is better than a great book. And, if it is a foreign book? Even better! You can learn a lot from reading books in your target language. You can benefit from a book’s message and equally from its language. In other words, a book can improve your way of life and your language learning […]


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Reading time: 8 minutes

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Why Tonal Languages Aren’t as Hard as You Think

Why Tonal Languages Aren’t as Hard as You Think

written by Jeremy Ginsburg

Here’s my take on language difficulty: All languages are created equal. Mandarin Chinese. English. Russian. Arabic. You name it. They all have their own challenging aspects. But – here’s the kicker – humans can speak all of them. I’ve yet to hear about a language that went extinct only because it was so difficult to […]


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Reading time: 14 minutes

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