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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
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...
An Art Exhibition That Spoke To Me
Inspiration is all around us, often crossing mediums. Olivier Elzingre reveals how a performance piece affected his thinking of languages.
Google Translate Exposed:
The Truth Behind Everyone's Favorite Translator
While being the most used machine translation service in the world, Google Translate has both good and bad aspects. Guest writer Paul pulls back the digital curtain to sh...
Language Learning and Translation
It isn't always beneficial to be thinking in you target language as you learn. Sometimes, translating between your native language and the new one can give you more insig...
Language Learning Methods
Software
The fourth in our series of articles about language learning methods is about one of the newest forms: software.
The Phaistos Disc
Puzzle of Crete
Perhaps the worlds greatest linguistic puzzle, the Phaistos Disc, found in the basement of an ancient palace, has confused scholars for a century with it's unknown text a...
The Voynich Script
Cryptic Codex
This medieval book contains bizarre illustrations and a mysterious script which no one has been able to translate. Is it a fantastical look at the world around us, or som...
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.