Today we have a guest post from Hudson Lee, a 17 year old student from a private school that offers Arabic. Hudson recently travelled to Jordan and has some tips to share based on what he’s learned. I think it’s great to see young people enthusiastic about Arabic and the Middle East! Over to you,… [Read More]
Introducing Talk In Arabic v.2.0: New And Improved!
Earlier this year I announced that we had begun work on a brand new and updated version of TalkInArabic.com. Well, I can finally say it’s up and running. 🙂 There were some major delays unfortunately so the site development took a few more months than it was supposed to (which I apologize for to those… [Read More]
Learning Jordanian Arabic? Why You Should Use Diwan Baladna (Review)
Today is the first in a series of mini reviews that I’m putting together for various must-have Arabic resources. I’ve had the chance recently to use and comb through different books and tools – some of which have been incredibly useful to me while working with TalkInArabic.com – so I figured it would be a… [Read More]
Best Resources For Teaching Your Child A Second Language
As you all know, my wife and I recently welcomed our son into the world (first child!) and I’m already talking with other polyglot parents to gain more insight into strategies for raising young kids to be bilingual. Today Shannon Kennedy who blogs over at Eurolinguiste is sharing some of what she’s been doing and resources she’s using… [Read More]
Paradise Pack Review: How To Live An Immersion Lifestyle
UPDATE: The Paradise Pack is over again for 2017. If you could pack your bags and go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go? What language would you learn if you had complete freedom to travel? And free time. I mentioned recently in a blog post that some people have told me… [Read More]
Why I Don’t Recommend Michel Thomas (Review)
UPDATE: For a quality alternative to Michel Thomas, I recommend this audio course. I was recently sent a few copies of the Michel Thomas Total Arabic and Perfect Arabic courses from the good folks over at Hodder Education in exchange for an honest review. This is a product that I’ve wanted to look at for a long… [Read More]
How To Stop Anxiety When Speaking A Foreign Language
I had an interesting thing happen to me recently that prompted me to write this today. I was out walking here in California and came across a Lebanese food truck on the side of the road. I thought to myself: “This is a great opportunity to practice some Arabic and meet some new people.” I stood… [Read More]
How To Tell The Difference Between European And Brazilian Portuguese
Today we have a guest post from Lucia Leite who runs a blog called Lingholic. Lucia’s from Portugal herself and in this post she’ll share some interesting info on some of the differences between the Portuguese varieties spoken in Portugal and Brazil. Over to you, Lucia. *** Portuguese and Brazilians do not agree on many things… [Read More]
Results Of My Arduous At-Home Language Immersion Experiment
A while back, I shared an idea I had for an experiment to try and replicate (as much as possible) in-country language immersion at home over Skype. My goal was to truly maximize the potential of online immersion and measure its results. ‘Online’ or ‘Skype’ immersion is thrown around a lot but I think it needs to… [Read More]
HUGE Life Update + New Talk In Arabic Site Coming Soon
G’day all! You might remember that back in July last year I shared two huge updates with you: 1) I got married. 2) We found out we were going to be parents for the first time. I was beyond excited to share these personal announcements with my long-time readers here and got some really touching well-wishes… [Read More]
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