What is comprehensible input? Here's what language learners need to know
Comprehensible input is anything in your target language that you can mostly understand. And research shows it’s the key to language …
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How I self-taught German to C1 using immersion — despite being busy and disorganized
As one reader put it, teaching myself German took “2 years of not really doing much actually”
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Real Language Stories: Ten Years of Russian
What started with a nerdy crush on the Cyrillic script ended up launching Dack into a 10-year love-hate relationship with Russian. Here’s what he …
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Real Language Stories: Becoming an Imperfect Language Learner
Upon moving to Italy, Heidi Lovejoy wanted to learn Italian, but her perfectionism was a bigger obstacle than anticipated. Making progress required a …
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Language Diary #2: Italian Crosstalk
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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Is it worth hiring a language tutor as a beginner?
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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