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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
When Pigs Fly
One of the hardest parts of becoming fluent in another language is becoming able to properly use and understand figurative language. In this article, Tarja Jolma shares h...
The Digital Language Collective
While there are so many people competing to be the best in their field, when the goal is to help others learn, sometimes a better alternative is working together. The Dig...
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...
Revisited
Slang
English slang develops in many ways, even adopting and distorting words from other languages. We look back to an article from almost one hundred years ago to see how accu...
Fiverr and Languages:
Finding Translators on the Mini Jobs Network
One person's experience with using Fiverr for small jobs, including translating and proofreading foreign texts.
Mixing Languages and Relationships
With Valentine's Day coming soon, many of us are thinking about our relationships. Our love of languages can be a major part of those, but not always in a good way.
How Do You Say It?
A look at sound notation systems
A new language means new words, new grammar, and new sounds. But how do learn to pronounce those new sounds if you only have written resources? We look at some common sou...
Language Conflicts
Flemish vs. Walloon
When two languages fight for dominance in the same country, the outcome is usually either violence or separation. For now, Belgium is managing to avoid those, but just ba...
