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Ask The Readers: Language Specialist or Jack-of-All-Languages?
21 responses - Posted 05.30.13

It was my birthday yesterday and some of my favourite Korean students made me a cake out of chocolate cookies.
They spent all their pocket money to buy the ingredients! 
As a late birthday request I was wondering if you…

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Guest Post: The Road to Albania Is Paved With Plantains
2 responses - Posted 05.24.13

G’day all.
Today’s guest post is by Ashley Wood of Atlanta ,Georgia who holds an MA in Hispanic Linguistics and speaks Spanish, German and Russian.
Ashley spoke to me recently about a project she’s planning which I think is fantastic –…

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Are There Easy Languages and Hard Languages?
17 responses - Posted 05.05.13

G’day all!
I know I don’t ask this question often enough but…
How’s your own language learning going?
Hopefully you’re staying committed and putting in some serious hours to get the successful outcome you deserve!
I’ve now been here in…

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The Most Balanced Rosetta Stone Review You’ll Ever Read
11 responses - Posted 04.19.13

One of the most frequently asked questions in language learning discussions is whether or not Rosetta Stone is worth the investment.
Does it work or is it just a well-marketed waste of time?
There’s no doubt that it has dominated…

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Donovan Nagel has written 99 posts.

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I’m an Applied Linguistics graduate, ESL teacher and translator with years of travel and language learning experience. I have a huge passion for language learning and for helping to raise awareness of endangered minority languages around the world.

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