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Languages, Learning

5 Steps to Follow in your First Week of Learning a Language from Scratch

Are you learning a language from scratch? Here are five tips that can help you get started: Define your motivation Having a strong motivation is one of the keys to acquiring a foreign language. Learning a language from scratch takes a lot of time, so make sure you have a good reason to learn it. It sounds contradictory, but I chose to learn a totally … Continue reading 5 Steps to Follow in your First Week of Learning a Language from Scratch

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Languages, Learning

New monthly language challenges! 🗣️

New monthly language challenges ! 🗣️ Sweet October comes and brings new challenges ! 🍂 Holidays are over and we’ve already got so much to do, but challenging our brains from time to time can help us keep our minds sharp. 🧠 Learning a foreign language and exposing yourself to a different culture is one of the best brain exercises. 💪 Most of us usually … Continue reading New monthly language challenges! 🗣️

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Creative writing, Education, Learning, Literature

Learn to write from the Masters: #2 Charles Kiefer – “Para ser escritor”

The writer’s struggle for the right word is the most painful struggle. This is Charles Kiefer’s statement, Brazilian literature professor and author who shares his thoughts on the most common challenges writers face. Finding the right word, or le mot juste that Flaubert himself struggled with, is obviously one of the obstacles in the writing process. In Flaubert’s case, this struggle turned into obsession (it … Continue reading Learn to write from the Masters: #2 Charles Kiefer – “Para ser escritor”

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Languages, Learning

Sounding as authentic as possible when speaking a foreign language

This is a question that language enthusiasts often ask themselves – is good pronunciation important when speaking a language, or what matters is being able to understand and be understood by natives? Is grammar important? Is it more important to be able to speak or to write? Learning a foreign language is not an easy process, especially because languages constantly evolve. The fact that it … Continue reading Sounding as authentic as possible when speaking a foreign language

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