Want to learn more words in your target language? And want to learn them faster?
38 Experts share their most effective vocabulary-building method with you.
Probably the most balanced advice on learning vocabulary you’ll ever find.
Author: Noel van Vliet
Noel is the founder of Smart Language Learner. When he isn't learning languages or writing about it, you can find him enjoying the good life of Costa Rica, where he lives with his wife and 4 children.
Interview with Polyglot Steve Kaufmann
Steve Kaufmann… If you’ve browsed the internet language scene for more than 5 minutes, then you’ve probably heard of him.
He’s a Canadian polyglot who speaks an incredible 17 languages… and counting.
Steve has been learning languages for more than 55 years and is also the co-founder of LingQ, a popular language learning app.
Notably, he’s learned most of his languages later in life, thereby busting the myth that language learning is only for young people.
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Want to Speak Spanish? This Course Will Take You There… and It’s 100% Free
Did you know that the best Spanish language course is a completely FREE download?
It’s called FSI Basic Spanish, and it’s an extremely effective course.
You’ll be speaking Spanish at a very decent level if you complete it.
In fact, I know of no other Spanish course (or app), free or paid, that gets results like FSI Basic Spanish.
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What NOT to Talk About When You’re in Another Country – 9 Lessons I Learned by Traveling and Living Abroad
So you’ve made it…
You can now speak your new language well enough to…
1) Talk about more than just the weather. 2) Say more things than just “your country is nice” (Benny, is that you?).
You’re ready to travel to the country where they speak your new language.
When you’re there, you just go out and talk, right?
Well, you may want to think again.
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You Don’t Want to Learn a Language at All
You have it all planned out, don’t you?!
Travel the world, interact with natives, and feel like you’re one of them.
Maybe even emigrate to a sunny place and start a new life there?
Your new language could unlock it all for you.
It’s there for the taking.
The only problem?
You don’t want to learn a language at all.
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