Category: Resources
Useful tips, tools and reviews to help in your language journey.
Going Through Culture Shock With Your Kids
Culture Shock B.C. (Before Children) I remember the first time I left the country. I went to Honduras with some college friends to visit some of their friends. This was no tourist trip to Roatan.... Read More
Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit! Happy St. Patrick’s Day to You!
St. Patrick’s Day Wouldn’t Be Possible Without Language Learning Happy St. Patrick’s Day! If your family is anything like mine, your kitchen smells like corned beef and cabbage to... Read More
Abbyy Lingvo, the best dictionary ever!
Ok, maybe you aren’t like my wife and read the dictionary for fun, but if you are serious about language learning, one tool that I literally never leave home without is Abbyy Lingvo. They have... Read More
Total Physical Response
Get your move on! Perhaps one of the best methodologies I have encountered for language learning is Total Physical Response, or TPR. As the name suggests, it really gets you up and moving! TPR is ... Read More
Phonemes and Minimal Pairs: Why Pronunciation Matters.
Did you know that there are well over 100 different distinct sounds that can be produced by the human vocal system? Yet the average language only uses a couple dozen of them. The sounds used in a... Read More
What is your motivation: Grades or friends?
A right thing for a wrong reason. I remember one day when we heard our three-year-old son washing his hands. We’d had talks with him about germs and the need to wash up after using the restroo... Read More
I speak un poquito… under the right circumstances…
I this really communication? “Hello, my name is Sergey, and I forgot 500 English words.” I can’t even count how many times I heard my Ukrainian friend say this. Sergey, who i... Read More