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Spanish language and culture
(site’s own description) Spanish Grammar Exercises is a work in progress. I add to the site as I have time and inspiration! Thank you to all the students and teachers who use this site and send me...
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Spanishdict.com
(Site’s own description) SpanishDict is the world’s largest Spanish-English dictionary, translation, and language learning website. We develop and provide reliable, accurate, easy-to-use resources for...
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Breaking the Japanese Reading Speed Limit
When I ask people that are studying for the JLPT, what their biggest hurtle for passing the test is, reading always seems to crop up a lot. After all, it seems like vocabulary and kanji can be drilled...
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Spanish Sentence Starters and Filler Words (Muletillas): The Grease of the...
An extremely common problem amongst people learning a new language is smoothness, that ability to keep talking without herky-jerky stop-and-starts in their sentences (lots of awkward silences and...
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We are learning languages the wrong way says this article from the New Statesman. I don’t agree with everything in the article, but there are some important points. I have always felt that the emphasis...
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Dinosaur Comics for 8/26/2013: Click on the image for a larger version that lacks some mouseover text helpfully glossing what is expressed by “*sigh*”. Hat tip: Bonnie Krejci
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I'm almost finished with Veltman's Сердце и думка [Heart and head] (see this LH post), and I think I see why the young Dostoevsky liked it so much; not only does it show considerable psychological...
View ArticleHow Going Public Can Supercharge Your Motivation To Learn Languages
I’ve just come back from a great weekend at the Problogger Event with 450 other bloggers (put together by Darren Rowse of Problogger). As a writer and someone passionate about being part of an online...
View Article9/15/13 - fritter
1. (Verb) Waste (time), piddle, loaf. 2. (Noun) A small piece, fragment, or shred. 3. (Noun) A lump of fried batter containing fruit, vegetables, or meat.
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"Cows Have Accents … And 1,226 Other 'Quite Interesting Facts'", NPR Weekend Edition 9/14/2013: Did you know that cows moo in regional accents? Or that 1 in 10 European babies was conceived in an IKEA...
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Learn Russian Vocabulary on iPhone and Android with the Word Bucket App
Android and iPhone App for Learning Russian Vocabulary Word Bucket is an app for both iPhone and Android that allows Russian learners to easily find, save and learn new vocabulary. It's quite handy on...
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Learn about the Finnish Language
Discover the Finnish Language If you're learning Finnish you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well...
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Learn about the Swedish Language
Discover the Swedish Language If you're learning Swedish you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well...
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Learn about the Bengali Language
Discover the Bengali Language If you're learning Bengali you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well...
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Learn about the Latvian Language
Discover the Latvian Language If you're learning Latvian you may very well want to get an overview of the language, some of its unique features, geographical information about native speakers as well...
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'Borgman' Named Dutch Candidate In Oscar's Foreign-Language Race - Variety
'Borgman' Named Dutch Candidate In Oscar's Foreign-Language RaceVarietyDutch vet helmer Alex Van Warmerdam's daring psychological thriller “Borgman” has been tapped to represent The Netherlands in the...
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This entry is part 6 of 5 in the series The First World Problem is Choice“Don’t make the right decision; make the decision right” Dunno who first said it, but I heard it from Ali Brown Once, a little...
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This glorious and unruly English language that lets everyone in - The Guardian
The GuardianThis glorious and unruly English language that lets everyone inThe GuardianBut even the stoutest anti-imperialist in any former British colony has to admit that the empire left us a rather...
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