Almost exactly six months ago I announced my plans to learn Gaeilge on my own using online resources with no prior knowledge of the language at all.

Today I’m going to share with you 8 important things you should do on an immersion trip abroad if you want to come home fluent in a foreign language.

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  Immersion

Here are 7 huge differences between European and Latin American Spanish that you should know about if you’re learning the language.

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  Grammar
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  Vocabulary

This is in response to a few questions that have been thrown at me now and again regarding ESL teaching as a means to fund immersion stays abroad.

According to some genetic research, polyglots tend to be male, have autoimmune disorders, are left-handed, and may be musically or mathematically talented.

Why learn several languages simultaneously and is it even advisable to do so? Here are some of my thoughts on the issue.

I’m making preparations to move to South Korea and learn to speak Korean in one year. Here’s how I plan to do it.

I read a lot of comments on forums and other blogs, and have received emails from people asking questions about the difficulty of Semitic languages like Arabic and Hebrew.

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  Grammar
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  Vocabulary

The issue that I want to raise here is whether or not a grammar first approach is actually advisable (or a grammar-at-all approach for that matter) when learning a language.

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  Grammar