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Science of Language: Newborns learn speech sounds using same brain regions as adults

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : June 30, 2022
  • Categories : Science of language
  • Tags : Research ,Science of language learning ,Neuroscience
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Who needs language laws?

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : May 30, 2022
  • Categories : Opinion and analysis
  • Tags : Politics ,Minority languages ,French
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Is it worth hiring a language tutor as a beginner?

  • Date : January 22, 2022
  • Categories : Language learning
  • Tags : Beginner language learning ,Teach yourself a language ,Language learning tips
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How I Passed the Goethe B2 German Exam With a Nearly Perfect Score

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : December 19, 2021
  • Categories : German ,Language learning
  • Tags : German exam ,Language learning tips ,Learn german
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10 Great German Science Youtube Channels

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : March 13, 2021
  • Categories : Language learning ,German
  • Tags : Learn german ,Recommendations ,Comprehensible input
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The best German Anki template ever. Probably.

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : February 28, 2021
  • Categories : Language learning ,German
  • Tags : Learn german ,Anki
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Science of Language: Newborns learn speech sounds using same brain regions as adults

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : June 30, 2022
  • Categories : Science of language
  • Tags : Research ,Science of language learning ,Neuroscience

A new study found that newborns start recognizing vowel sounds just hours after birth using a speech-processing system very similar to the one adults …

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Real Language Stories: French, Fast and Slow

  • David Guy
  • Date : June 20, 2022
  • Categories : Language learning ,Real language stories
  • Tags : French

My language learning journey started in an American high school. I studied French for four years. I was a serious student. I had always felt drawn to …

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Who needs language laws?

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : May 30, 2022
  • Categories : Opinion and analysis
  • Tags : Politics ,Minority languages ,French

Last weekend, thousands of people assembled in Belfast, Northern Ireland to march through the regional capital in protest. The red-clad crowd numbered …

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Language Diary #2: Italian Crosstalk

  • Elise Cutts
  • Date : February 9, 2022
  • Categories : German ,Italian ,Language diary ,Language learning
  • Tags : Language learning tips ,Teach yourself a language ,Beginner language learning

Welcome back to my language diary. Which is apparently biweekly now with posts appearing on either Wednesdays or Thursdays, depending on how I feel. …

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Language Diary #1: Italian and making short-term language plans

  • Date : January 26, 2022
  • Categories : Italian ,German ,Language diary
  • Tags : Learn german ,Learn italian ,Beginner language learning ,Advanced language learning ,Speakly

I sincerely hope that future Elise will have a much better idea what she’s doing with this whole language business than today Elise, and with …

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Is it worth hiring a language tutor as a beginner?

  • Date : January 22, 2022
  • Categories : Language learning
  • Tags : Beginner language learning ,Teach yourself a language ,Language learning tips

I didn’t book my first lesson with an online tutor until about one and half years after starting to learn German. My lesson was my first …

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