Italy is one of the most preferred tourist destinations in the world, and the main language of its people is Italian. The history, culture, and food bring myriads of people to Italy, yet your travel experience could be even better if you were able to communicate in Italian. People learn Italian in various ways, including […]
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I’ve been traveling and learning languages intensively for more than 10 years in which I’ve learnt over 10 languages. But Russian has definitely proven to be the most challenging. So how did I finally manage to learn Russian? In this article I’ll outline the materials I used and the scoop on how I really learnt
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What is Esperanto? Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed language in the world created by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof in 1873. Zamenhof was born in this town, Białystok, Poland, which at the time was located in the Russian Empire. Białystok at the time was a mix of Polish, Yiddish, Russian, Belarusian and German. Zamenhof was
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Many teachers feel that social media is a barrier to their students’ learning. However, the ease of use and accessibility mean that it’s actually an excellent tool for learning. It’s all down to just how you use it in your studies. Here’s how you can use social media to teach and learn another language. Everyone
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The relationship between English and German is an ancient one and both languages are closely related linguistic siblings. As a native English speaker who has learnt German, I am always surprised that other native speakers consider German ‘difficult’ to learn. While I found German relatively easy to learn in the beginning (due to the similarity
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As you can see from the photo for this article, I have successfully gained some language certificates in the past. However, I’ve never really seen them as a goal for me personally as I’d rather focus on gaining practical language skills for communication on my travels around the world. That said, I’ve rarely had a
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Growing up in Ireland, I was constantly exposed to both British and American English (and the Australian variety as well) through the medium of television. Every day I would hear both versions with their myriad of regional and societal variations for several hours, along with Irish English of course. I wrote ‘British’ but the vocabulary
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Traveling around ‘Eastern Europe’ is one of my passions as is learning languages. When I travel across this region I normally use Russian as it’s the most useful lingua franca for communication. Now that may surprise many readers, especially those who are used to speaking in English no matter where they travel. For historical and
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