No Bullshit Advice on Language Learning, Travel, and Living Abroad
Do you find it hard to keep your attention and stay awake while studying?
Have you ever wondered how you can solve this problem and become more energized, focused, and motivated while practicing a language (without consuming an overdose of caffeine and sugar)?
In this post, you’ll find 9 energy-boosting rituals that you can use to become a better language learner.
Duolingo, Babbel, Memrise – there are almost as many language learning apps out there as there are languages themselves.
However, these slick applications aren’t the only way to learn a language with your mobile phone. There are dozens of non-language learning applications which can help you learn your target language as well as assimilate the culture of its native speakers.
This article is a list of nine of my favorites – some of which you’ve definitely never heard of.
Difficult people can be hard to deal with sometimes.
And it’s even harder when you’re speaking in a foreign language.
Here are 5 ways to make sure they don’t destroy your dreams of reaching fluency.
They say love is blind, and for sure it often ignores distance.
You travel abroad, you live in a different country, or maybe you don’t actually move from the city where you’re born. No matter how you meet them before you know you’re in love with someone from another country.
In the beginning, all is sparks and fast heartbeats:
Then comes a time for reality.
I have two friends (okay, maybe more than two but for the purposes of this article…).
One is from Jordan and one is from Germany.
They came to America as adults, and they have virtually no accent.
Yes, linguists will argue that everyone has an accent. What I’m saying here is that the way they speak—their word choice, syntax, intonation, and pronunciation—is a dead ringer for my born-and-bred American friends.
Not to mention both of them have an uncanny knowledge of American pop culture, which definitely helps their cause, but in any case…
I. AM. UTTERLY. FASCINATED.
Do you feel the same way?
I’m the CEO, Account Executive and Quality Control Coordinator of Smart Language Learner…
Then I always wake up and realize I’m just an average guy with a website about language learning…
