I do know that a lot of you have been following my adventures for years now so I want to share this big news with you.

To what extent does literacy benefit speaking? Can reading produce spoken fluency in a foreign language? Let me clear a few things up.

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  Books
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  Literacy

Often times it’s a real struggle to find even one solid resource for a minority or endangered language. Here’s what you can do.

Looking for the best online Japanese courses or classes? In this roundup, I’ll share with you my list of the best and worst resources for Japanese.

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  Courses

One of things I’m most thankful for is how much I’ve matured and grown as a person because of my overseas adventures over many years. Here are 6 reasons why.

Chinese doesn’t have letters or an alphabet. It has characters. Most official sources estimate there are over 50,000 characters in Chinese.

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  Literacy
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  Vocabulary

With China’s rising influence in the world, there’s a greater need than ever for people to be able to learn Chinese, and knowing Chinese characters is crucial to this task.

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  Literacy
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  Vocabulary

I started to learn Arabic 17 years ago. Here’s what I would do if I had the chance to study the language again (and what you should do as a new learner).

If you can grasp this then you’ll learn vocabulary a lot faster and more effectively.

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  Vocabulary