Language Mentors #3: TED Speaker Lýdia Machová Shares How She Learned 9 Languages
Lýdia’s translation clients have included Tony Robbins and Slovakia's former prime minister. Here’s how she learned 9 languages.
Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
Lýdia’s translation clients have included Tony Robbins and Slovakia's former prime minister. Here’s how she learned 9 languages.
Last week I shared some FAQs for a long-term traveller, and taking a bunch of questions that readers have been sending me on Facebook, twitter and the LHL email list, now I’ll discuss some language learning issues that people have been wondering about. Note that I discuss FAQs about the website and my missions separately […]
Want to learn another language or another new skill as an adult? Then it's important for you to understand how adults learn.
The issue of parents teaching their children comes up often and I’ve even had someone guest post on the blog about it before. That’s great if you speak the languages yourself, but what if you are monolingual and still want to give your child the best possible head start in this wonderfully global world?
Christine, who blogs at AlmostFearless and who has been travelling with her husband since 2008, has thought long and hard about this while she raises her own son, and is even writing a book about the experience. If you want to help out, see details at the end of the post. Otherwise, enjoy her take on what parents can do to help their children learn languages that the parents themselves don’t speak fluently yet!
Do all Spanish accents sound the same? Find out the difference between Mexican, Castilian, Rioplatense, Chilean and Caribbean Spanish dialects and accents.
[Before I put April Fools’ in the title of this post, quite a lot of people were falling for it! Rest assured that nothing here is true 🙂 ] I am writing this post with a heavy heart, but the lies must end. I can’t do this any longer – the guilt is tearing me […]
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Language learners from all around the world share their answer to the question: "Why learn a foreign language?"
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