Why can’t we learn a language at school?
As far as I know, almost all the school systems in the world require learning of at least one foreign language (besides English, in non-English speaking countries). And yet, no […]
Michel Thomas’s method explained
After completing Michel Thomas’ Foundation, Builder, Advanced and Vocabulary courses for Spanish, I think I can explain what the “secret” of this method is. In the last 2 decades, a […]
My opinion about Assimil
My experience with Assimil: I went through a quarter of Assimil Perfectionnement Allemand, all 109 lessons from Assimil Spanish with Ease and half from Assimil Hebrew. I have seen many […]
How I got from B1 to B2+ in German
I have been speaking German since I was four, largely because my parents put a great emphasis on learning this foreign language. But due to the incompetence of the school […]
My opinion about Glossika
Most language learners probably haven’t heard of Glossika. Indeed, this product does not enjoy too much popularity, perhaps because of the relatively high price (30$ per month or 298$ per […]
Why is the Romanian slang unique
Romanian is a very strange language. Structurally, it is a Romance language, but the Slavic and Turkish influences are very strong. You can see the presence of Turkish influences through […]
Which languages do I want to learn?
Ever since I discovered language learning, I have a list (which I update almost weekly) with languages I want to learn. And, although my list has by now 8 languages […]
Anki statistics explained
This seems to be a bit difficult to interpret, right? Let’s see what these charts mean. Anki is a free and open-source flashcard program that utilizes spaced repetition (an evidence-based […]
Are Romanian and Romani different?
In Romania there are several cultures, different customs and different languages. I find it very interesting to write something about them, and also to show you the particularities of the […]
Why is Japanese so popular?
r/German has 123k members, r/learn_arabic has only 25k. r/LearnJapanese has 230k. Why? We can certainly say that, in the last 2-3 years, the community of Japanese learners has become larger […]