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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #17 September / October 2015
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FEATURED
The Cost of Free Language Resources
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When learning a language, it is great to find so many resources available which do not cost anything to use. However, nothing is ever truly free, and someone gave up something to make that for you.
Review of Polyglot Workshops: Brazil
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Guest writer Patrick Lencastre gives us his thoughts and experience, as well as sharing some tips he learned, at the Polyglot Workshop in Brazil.
Easier Way to Learn Languages Fast
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There are a few tricks you can use to learn a language easier, as guest author Teddy Lee shows us. It is all in the family.
Dream, decide, do - tips from a polyglot
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Polyglot and CEO of Europeonline gives us her list of tips on how to learn languages and become inspired for life!
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The Cost of Free Language Resources
When learning a language, it is great to find so many resources available which do not cost anything to use. However, nothing is ever truly free, and someone gave up something to make that for you.
Review of Polyglot Workshops: Brazil
Guest writer Patrick Lencastre gives us his thoughts and experience, as well as sharing some tips he learned, at the Polyglot Workshop in Brazil.
Easier Way to Learn Languages Fast
There are a few tricks you can use to learn a language easier, as guest author Teddy Lee shows us. It is all in the family.
Dream, decide, do - tips from a polyglot
Polyglot and CEO of Europeonline gives us her list of tips on how to learn languages and become inspired for life!
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Free Things
Who doesn't like free things? Just remember, even free things cost something to someone.
At the Cinema
Cambio de Ruta
Nicté is a wonderful tour guide in Mexico whose life abruptly changes when her company is sold and she falls in love with the son of the new owner.
Languages in Peril
Talysh
The Northwestern Iranian language of Talysh and its people have been persecuted and are now in danger of becoming extinct. Even with current efforts to revive it, Talysh ...
Where Are You?
Guess the city and country from the article and picture.
App Rev
Tandem
A review of the language learning app for iOS "Tandem"
Book Look
Language Master Key
A review of Ron Gullekson's book "Language Master Key".
At A Glance
Quick look at various language websites and resources
IN OTHER ISSUES
A New Sicilian Author on the Horizon
Life has a way of taking us on paths we never expected but ended up being somehow right. Bestselling author Mary Ann Vitale tells how her life brought her to writing chil...
Teddy Talks
Can You Speak Bahasa?
Teddy talks about Bahasa language and how it is related to other languages around it.
Are You Wasting Your Money on Language Classes?
The traditional approach to learning a new language is to attend classed for it. But is spending the time and money taking those classes really worth it, or are you wasti...
Playing Games with Language
Learning vocabulary for a new language can be boring and tedious. But what if it was fun, like a game, and you got rewards for doing it? Enter the newest trend in learnin...
Liber Linteus
Mummified Language
The Egyptians liked to preserve things, as can be seen with their pyramids and mummies. Something else they preserved, although by accident, is the longest piece of Etrus...
We Are The Linguists
Linguists and students come together for their own version of the song "We Are The World".
13 Fascinating Facts about Marshallese
Languages exist all over the world, wherever there are people, even where nuclear testing has been done. Jared Gimbel explores other amazing facts about Marshallese.
Languages in Peril
Sayonara, Ainu
Indigenous languages and people are often wiped out by an invading force or a competing culture. Such it is with the Ainu people of northern Japan, but they did not give ...
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