Why do you talk so fast?!
Something that has always struck me about Spanish speakers is that they talk so fast in their native language. I’ll normally catch the beginning of a sentence (or at least the first word!), but the...
View ArticleWord talks
You’ve probably heard of the famous TED talks. Well, TED have created a playlist of talks that have been given on various aspects of language. I particularly like Patricia Ryan’s talk, titled ‘Don’t...
View ArticleSpeak up!
I think it would be fair to say that speaking is the main problem area of my language learning attempts. Whilst I’ve had some success picking up individual words, and have decent reading skills in...
View ArticlePinterest for language learning
In case you haven’t heard of it, Pinterest is a pinboard-style photo sharing website, where you can ‘pin’ images from around the web on boards that you’ve created. You can also use it to help with your...
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Language switching
Have you ever wondered how bilingual people can switch between languages so easily? According to new research, it seems they have separate “sound systems”. The study, at the University of Arizona,...
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