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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #30 November / December 2017
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FEATURED
Building a Language Dream
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LingoHut started with an idea from two people united to help others like them. This is how it began.
Learning Multiple Languages with LingoHut
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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
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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
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Vincent Esnoul tells how his site, TeachMe.vn and LingoHut joined forces to reach more people.
The Opportunity to Succeed
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Author John C Rigdon explains more of Kendal's efforts to bring LingoHut to life and ensuring its place in the learning community.
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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
Speaking with Aliens
When we travel beyond this planet in science fiction movies and TV shows, we are bound to meet non-humans, yet we always find a way to communicate. We will look at some o...
Spanish E-training – The 'Big Bang' Investment
How can organizations prepare employees to communicate in Spanish to see top-line growth? Guest writer Kendal Knetemann shares her thoughts and experiences.
A Peek into Pinyin
Languages with non-Latin alphabets are often a major concern for language learners. The process of converting a non-Latin alphabet into something familiar is called "Roma...
GlobTech
Google Translate Section
GlobTech is a new column dealing with new ways of utilizing globalization technology on the internet. In this article, we look at the Google Translate Section function.
More About Cognates Than You Ever Wanted to Know
Languages interact with each other, sharing aspects of grammar, writing, and vocabulary. However, coincidences also create words which only looked related. John C. Rigdon...
Language Learning In The Globalization Era:
Translation, Culture And Power Relations
Though language learning is considered, by many, as an entertainment, it is also a political action by which the learner becomes either empowered or a subject.
Constructed Languages
Making It All Up
Artificially made languages, called "constructed languages", or conlangs, are a large part of the language world, having their own purposes. They also sometimes bring out...
Why Fluent English Language is Important for Business
Speaking English fluently is an important part of handling successful business transactions around the world. Guest writer Ben Russel speaks about this and how fluent Eng...
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