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My daughter Lucia is just 1.5 years old and already understands everything we say to her – in both Slovak and English. Sometimes my husband and I casually mention the “playground” or her “shoes,” and she immediately goe…

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Want to add a mobile app to your language learning? My clear recommendation is DuoCards, a flashcard app for vocabulary made by a small team from the Czech Republic. It’s the app I recommend to my students first. I find…

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Duolingo has millions of users, beautiful graphics and a powerful motivation system. But is that enough to learn a foreign language? It’s no secret that we recommend using Duolingo as a fun addition to your study plan,…

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“I’m learning vocabulary over and over again but I only remember the words for a short period of time.” Does that sound familiar? Do you feel like you’re spending hours trying to memorize new words but they simply don’t…

(If you prefer reading to watching videos, you can find all the information from this video in the article below.) What are the methods of polyglots? (00:48) What is really crucial in the process of learning languages?…

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Have you ever wondered whether you could learn a foreign language by listening to songs? Or are you learning with a set plan, but want to bring something fresh into the process? Whatever your reason, this article answer…

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Do you want to build a house? You’ll need bricks. Do you want to speak a foreign language? You’ll need vocabulary! Without knowing lots of words, you won’t make it very far. In fact, you will neither understand people s…

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The combination of words “parental” and “leave” has always sounded absurd to me. When you’re on leave, you are essentially absent from work. However, anyone who has kids knows that it’s like working three full-time jobs…

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Polyglots are normal people like you who happen to have mastered 5 or more foreign languages… without possessing any kind of magical talent for languages or spending hours in a language school. How is that possible? I a…

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Even though language courses sometimes underestimate its importance and focus on other skills instead, listening is one of the most important activities because it can get you lots of contact with your foreign language.…

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