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Michael

Michael has been an avid language learner and traveler for many years. His goal with LanguageTsar is to discover the most fun and effective ways to learn a language. He is currently learning Japanese, French and Indonesian.

Português do Brasil e Português de Portugal: as diferenças e semelhanças?

By / Português, Regional Linguistic Differences / 5 minutes of reading

Guest Post de Fernando Saraiva Resposta rápida: não, eles não são a mesma coisa. E provavelmente sua primeira pergunta depois de ler isso é: por quê? Resposta rápida: Porque inglês americano e inglês britânico também não são a mesma coisa. Há basicamente duas razões para isso, além da mutação natural das línguas: isolamento geográfico e […]

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Spanish of Spain & Argentina: Differences & Similarities of the Dialects in Two Capital Cities

By / English, Regional Linguistic Differences / 4 minutes of reading

Guest Post by Paul Mains With over 40 million inhabitants each, Spain and Argentina are two of the most populous Spanish-speaking countries in the world. Their capitals — Madrid and Buenos Aires, respectively — are bustling metropolitan hubs, rich in history and tradition. But despite having the same official language, the two cities are quite

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Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese from Portugal: Differences and Similarities

By / English, Regional Linguistic Differences / 6 minutes of reading

Guest Post by Fernando Saraiva Quick answer: No, they are not the same. And probably the first question of yours after reading this is: Why? Quick answer: Because British English and American English are not the same either. There are basically too main reasons for that event, in addition to, the natural mutation of languages: Geographic

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Duolingo App Review

By / English, Product Reviews / 4 minutes of reading

Duolingo’s website carries the claim that, according to an independent study, an average of 34 hours of Duolingo are equivalent to a full university semester of language education. Since a one-semester university course usually takes more than 34 hours of work, this suggests that Duolingo is more effective than an average university language course. Duolingo

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What kind of Polyglot are you?

By / English, Language Learning Techniques, Polyglottism / 6 minutes of reading

The word ‘polyglot’ has its origins in Greek meaning the ‘ability to speak many languages’. Having reviewed the literature and theories on polyglottism, it seems to me that an intersubjective examination is needed on where the thresholds should be with the polyglot community. So to what level should I speak a language in order for

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Puoi migliorare la tua “pronuncia” magicamente? di Antonio Libertino

By / Italiano, Language Learning Techniques / 6 minutes of reading

GUEST POST FOR LANGUAGE TSAR Guest Post di Antonio Libertino Ti è mai capitato di leggere qualcosa e mentre lo leggi facendoci scorrere i tuoi occhi, ti trovi perso nella lettura e più continui a leggere e più ti senti bene e meno ti sforzi e più ti perdi nella lettura… perché mentre da una

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How to Learn a new Language in 1 month without Studying

By / English, Travel / 9 minutes of reading

Guest Post by Jan van der Aa As you read this title you might be thinking, is it really possible to learn a language in one month for a normal person? “Without studying?” What does that mean? My interpretation of “studying” is learning from grammar books, learning wordlists and taking classes. Those are often things

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