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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #30 November / December 2017
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FEATURED
Building a Language Dream
LingoHut started with an idea from two people united to help others like them. This is how it began.
Learning Multiple Languages with LingoHut
Games for Language creator Ulrike Rettig looks at how LingoHut can be used to learn and maintain multiple languages at the same time.
LingoHut - A Simple And Effective Language Learning Resource
Teacher and language site skeptic Oliver Elzingre shares his thoughts on the learning platform.
The Beginning Of A Surprising But Promising Partnership - LingoHut and TeachMe.vn
Vincent Esnoul tells how his site, TeachMe.vn and LingoHut joined forces to reach more people.
The Opportunity to Succeed
Author John C Rigdon explains more of Kendal's efforts to bring LingoHut to life and ensuring its place in the learning community.
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Being Special
Special issues are done for a reason. With the revamping of LingoHut, such a reason has come again.
Review
LingoHut
Blogger Chiara Grandola gives a review of LingoHut from the perspective of a language learner.
The Technical Secrets of LingoHut, Maybe
Language lover and programmer examines some problems and possible solutions to building systems like LingoHut.
Language Puzzles
Join us here every issue for a new language puzzle
In Focus
Amsterdam, Netherlands
See pictures from others' travels here and be inspired to embark on your own journeys.
Proverbs from the World
Spanish
Proverbs add spice to languages. Tarja Jolma shares some from Spanish here.
Basic Guide to Turkish
Turkish is the most commonly spoken Turkic language with over 76 million speakers worldwide. Join the millions with this introduction to the language.
At A Glance
Quick look at various language websites and resources
IN OTHER ISSUES
How to Learn Any Language
- Breaking Down the Language Guru Myth
When studying a new language, why do so many people look to a polyglot for help? What qualifies these gurus capable of teaching and why do we ignore so many others?
Language Conflicts
Bokmål vs. Nynorsk
Languages don't always get along with each other. Sometimes, they don't even get along with themselves. Norwegian is a language that has two written forms: Bokmål vs. Ny...
Revisited
Early Bardic Literature in Ireland
The literature of a country is often founded firmly in the history and even the land of the country itself. In Ireland, the richness of the recorded history acutely mingl...
Benjamin Whorf
Relativity of Language
Whorf took a very unconventional approach to studying linguistics, both in the manner in which he started and the views he took. His work extended into several fields and...
Which Language Is...?
People love to ask questions about languages and language learning. There are a variety of them that really can't be answered, and it those that we will attempt to answer...
Special Feature
Avoiuli
Cultures and languages influence each other, but how often does a cultural practice become a form of writing a language? On the island nation of Vanuatu, this has happene...
Chatting in Languages Online
Part 2: Voice Chats
This is the second part of our article on online chats. It talks about using voice chats, specifically Team Speak and Skype, and the problems with getting people using th...
A User-Friendly Introduction to the Tuvaluan Language
On what was formerly known as the Ellice Islands lives the Polynesian language Tuvaluan. Ulufale mai! Learn some of it yourself with this look at the language.