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Review of Polyglot Workshops: Brazil
Did you ever feel that you really want to learn a language, but something is blocking you?
If yes, then don't worry; it is completely normal to feel this way. But a few months ago, in Brazil, we had a Workshop that could change so many lives of language...
September / October 2015
Easier Way to Learn Languages Fast
For some learners, learning one language is already a mission impossible. What about learning more than one? Although it may sound impossible to do, there are tips and tricks on learning languages faster and easier, which you do not learn in school.
Language...
September / October 2015
Dream, decide, do - tips from a polyglot
There are lots of tips on how to learn a language, I've come to my scheme, and I'll share bits of it with you.
Dream, decide, do! - this old formula works for success, why not to apply it to our language learning success?
Dream:
- dream about what...
September / October 2015
Broadening The Mind Travels The World
An American lecturer based in Germany suggested to me that many students participate in an exchange program in order to escape something, and that she wouldn't be surprised if a large percentage of those students suffer from some psychological imbalance....
November / December 2015
The Secret Life of Diacritics
For those of us who have grown up with English as our native language, we are very comfortable with our Latin alphabet. It is composed of 26 letters, 5 of which are vowels and the rest of which are consonants. Nothing tricky about it.
Well, at least...
November / December 2015
There Are No Wrong And Right Gestures, Only Cultural Differences
This article was published by Kendal Knetemann in her blog "LingoHut" in November, 2015 and is reprinted with her permission. The original post can be found here:
http://lingohut.com/blog/there-are-no-wrong-and-right-gestures-only-cultural-differences/...
November / December 2015
Google Translate Exposed: - The Truth Behind Everyone's Favorite Translator
Nobody would argue that Google Translate is perfect: machine-generated translations are notorious for missing the mark, often laughably so. Still, with over 200 million translations performed each day in over 90 languages from Albanian to Zulu, Google...
November / December 2015
Motivation - Expressing oneself and the expression of oneself in language learning
A quick exercise
Before I get into the topic, if you are currently learning a language, I would like to invite you to study the next two graphs. I suggest you draw them on a sheet (no need to be too precise!).
Graph 1. Year Trajectory
Look at the...
January / February 2016
Motivation Killers in Learning a Language
Before anything can be done, it has to be started. Once it is started, it needs to be continued in order to be completed or to succeed. What starts us going and keeps us working until completion is motivation.
What motivates us to do something could...
January / February 2016
Mixing Languages and Relationships
Relationships are tricky. There is so much give and take constantly going on between two people, and these become greatly pronounced in a serious loving exchange, whether it is just dating or marriage.
Probably the most vital part of making this work...
January / February 2016
On Being Bilingual
At a conference late last year I disagreed with a well-known linguist (Lourdes Ortega) about the way a presenter recorded the bilingual status of their respondents. Following a questionnaire they had filled in, the presenter had classed many of them...
March / April 2016
Language Creation and Deities
While I am sure that many of you have your own "language gods" in the form of various polyglots or hyperpolyglots you idolize, I want to look at the religious and mythical gods of language, as well as some of the ideas of where languages come from.
In...
March / April 2016
A Medley of Virtual Languages
When I talk about LingoHut.com 3 questions are commonly asked which are:
• Why was LingoHut developed?
• What teaching method does LingoHut use?
And...
• Why is LingoHut offered free of charge?
Why was LingoHut developed?
To answer...
March / April 2016
Language and Power: The Hidden Struggle
It would be difficult to argue against the view that languages has been key in human evolution and an instrument into making large conglomerates of people possible. While defining language would be a very difficult task, one I am not ready to indulge...
May / June 2016
4 Ways To Learn Through Reading
Reading is a simple, easy-to-do, and interesting pastime that everyone can do. I have seen many people spending hours reading in coffee shops, libraries, and bookstores. Whether you read for fun or read to gather information, did you know that you...
May / June 2016
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