Why learn a foreign language
Why learn a foreign language? We hear the usual reasons for learning a language; that it’s looks good on an application, there are a lot more languages in the world other than English but have you ever considered the unconventional reasons for learning a foreign language. Here are some corky reasons for learning a foreign [...]
10 interesting facts about Japan
Here are ten interesting facts about Japan 1) You can find almost any thing in a vending machine Japan is know for having the most vending machines in the world per square mile. Literally everywhere you go in Tokyo there is a vending machine for something. There are vending machines for umbrellas, balloons, [...]
10 reasons for learning Spanish
Spanish is a lot more important than you think. Here are ten reasons for learning Spanish and why Spanish is so important. Spanish has a lot of native speakers Spanish is estimated to have about 390,000,000 native speakers and that surpasses the estimated number of native speakers for English by a couple million. [...]
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Learning Korean Through Songs (EXO-k – History Lyrics)
Learning Korean? Well here is a cool Korean song that can get you moving while you are on your language learning journey. Who said language learning was boring? This one comes from EXO-k (personal favorite) and ofcourse there is EXO-m (koreans singing mandarin songs) A Little About EXO Exo is a South Korean-Chinese boy [...]
Review: Spanish for Dummies
Spanish for Dummies is a very easy book to use. This book was truly created for absolute beginners to get you through the beginner A1- A2 stage of Spanish. Chapters The chapters are divided for beginner learners. It starts with learning the basics as if you were a baby. Once you read [...]
Which Language Is Easier To Learn? Mandarin Chinese or Japanese?
While it is believed that both are hard for westerners to learn, it is also believed that both have their own little ways of making things easy. For Mandarin, reading and writing characters are among the hardest things it has the SVO sentence though so it is closer to English than Japanese. Japanese, however, has [...]
Why Do I Keep Losing Interest?
Let’s just get straight to the point, do something that makes what ever you are doing fun to you. In this business, fame lasts for a second. You can be blown up and be blown down. People keep losing interesting faces because new ones come along every single second. I’m one at the moment. Tomorrow I won’t [...]
How to learn any language
What makes language learning hard is your approach If you don’t like the language you are learning Then learning will be a lot harder Step 1: Change your attitude Having a good attitude will help you to learn. So, even if learning seems hard at first just don’t give up Step 2: Find the [...]
Assimil review
Assimil is a teach yourself language learning guide. Assimil has been around for more than 80 years and is one of the best language teaching guides out there. Normally Assimil comes with a book and an audio file (CD or MP3). Assimil audio files are only done in your target language and you can follow [...]
English Literacy Sample Test
Nouns A) Underline ALL the nouns in these sentences, then write each noun on the line below. The dog has a brown and white tail. ______________________________________________________________________________ The taxi runs past my school. ______________________________________________________________________________ Susan has a computer in living-room. ______________________________________________________________________________ The young man lost his books, phone and car keys on Monday. ______________________________________________________________________________ The girl [...]
Cartoon Characters Names In Chinese
Here are a few of our well know cartoon characters names in chinese. Enjoy Name Name in Chinese Name in Pinyin Bambi [...]
Setting Mini Goals.
Setting and making mini goals and working your way up is one of the best ways to get you on your way to fluency, which is the ultimate goal. What’s the purpose of a mini goal? Its like a stepping stone towards the bigger goal, more like climbing the stairs to success. So, say for [...]
Interview with Simon Ager (Omniglot)
Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing. – Giles Lytton Strachey (Taken from Omniglot proverbs) Simon Ager is the founder of Omniglot. Omnilgot is the largest encyclopedia of languages on the web. Ager is able to speak “five languages – English, Mandarin, French, Welsh and Irish, he has basic conversations [...]
