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How I used the internet to painlessly relearn a foreign language & you could too
Over the last year I’ve found many ways to practice Spanish every day that are extremely effective, and not only …
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What's language, and why do humans speak over 7,000 languages? Explore our curated articles, and discover the fascinating world of language and language learning apps.
Zach Daniel
Learning How to Learn Japanese
This essay is broken into four sections: 1) why I’m learning Japanese, 2) some basics about Japanese alphabets, 3) what …
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How I Learned French in 12 Months
A bit over a year ago, I was a completely monolingual English speaker with zero experience with the French language. Twelve …
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The language you speak changes your perception of time
“You know, the question of whether the language we speak influences the way we think, people have tended to approach …
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The Guardian
'I couldn't believe the data': how thinking in a foreign language improves decision-making
Research shows people who speak another language are more utilitarian and flexible, less risk-averse and egotistical, and …
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Dear Duolingo: Are any words the same in all languages?
For this post, I wasn’t able to research all 7000+ languages (unfortunately!). But I did look at a lot of them, and I …
LanguageNYU
Bilingualism Comes Naturally to Our Brains
The brain uses a shared mechanism for combining words from a single language and for combining words from two different …
LanguageSmithsonian Magazine
More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles
Dozens of traditional cultures use a whistled form of their native language for long-distance communication. You could, too.
LanguageThe Economist
The real reasons some languages are harder to learn
When considering which foreign languages to study, some people shy away from those that use a different alphabet. Those …
LanguageAtlas Obscura
What Is the Hardest Language in the World to Lipread?
For linguists, it is a tremendously controversial and fluid topic of study. What are lipreaders actually looking at? Just how …
LanguageBig Think
Talking with your hands alters the perception of your words
A new study found that words are more accurately heard when accompanied by hand gestures.
LanguageMedium
It's probably time to learn Chinese
Learning Mandarin has been one of the most rewarding I’ve ever done, up there with learning how to program.
LanguageNautilus
This Simple Structure Unites All Human Languages
Human language is amazingly creative. If you make up a sentence of any complexity, and search for that exact sentence on the …
LanguageElemental
The Cryptic Language of Non-Verbal Communication
Scientists are starting to decipher the things we don’t say with words.
LanguageMedium
MIT Scientists prove adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as children
You can become fluent in a language in a few years of work, I see it all the time. This paper further proves that even …
LanguageThe New York Times
500 Days of Duolingo: What You Can (and Can't) Learn From a Language App
Free language learning apps often promise the world — but don’t expect fluency from one. Here’s what to expect …
LanguageScientific American
Our Language Affects What We See
Does the language you speak influence how you think? This is the question behind the famous linguistic relativity hypothesis, …
LanguageMedium
Where Are You From?
Accents are a point of connection. We’re constantly influenced by the people around us, and that extends to accents — …
Language LifeQuartz
More than 2,000 of the world's languages are dying out
According to UNESCO, there are currently 2,464 threatened languages spoken around the world. 592 are classified as …
LanguageDiscover Magazine
My Forgotten Language
How the brain can lose — and reclaim — an abandoned mother tongue.
LanguageOpen Culture
A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes to Learn Foreign Languages: From Easiest to Hardest
Thanks to the research efforts of the Foreign Service Institute, the center of foreign-language training for the United …
LanguageQuartz
We still have no idea why humans speak over 7,000 languages
Why is it that humans speak so many languages? And why are they so unevenly spread across the planet? As it turns out, we …
LanguageThe Conversation
Why do human beings speak so many languages?
Why is it that humans speak so many languages? And why are they so unevenly spread across the planet? As it turns out, we …
LanguageDigital Culturist
The Sticky Truth about Modern Written Language
The oldest written language in the world didn’t have an alphabet. When written language began, it wasn’t used to …
LanguageNautilus
The Strange Persistence of First Languages
Losing your native tongue unmoors you not only from your own early life but from the entire culture that shaped you.
LanguageThe Economist
We went in search of the world's hardest language
English is pretty simple. Learning to speak Ubykh or !Xóõ presents more of a challenge.
LanguageHacker News
To those who became fluent in a second language, what did you do?
I’m overwhelmed by all the options out there. Duolingo, pimsluer, classes, books, etc. What did you do to become fluent …
LanguageThe Atlantic
The World's Most Efficient Languages
How much do you really need to say to put a sentence together?
LanguageHow do you communicate when you don't speak the language?
Can some of you that live or have lived in a country where you don’t speak the language tell me about your experiences. …
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How memory research can help you learn a new language
Moving beyond the obvious idea that more practise is better, it is likely that practise is most effective when combined with …
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