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]
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 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]
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]
Balanced, Honest and Detailed RussianPod101 Review
RussianPod101 NOTE: I highly recommend this online audio course as another course alternative for Russian. *** UPDATE (Feb 2017): Since initially writing this review, RussianPod101.com has significantly improved in terms of its overall quality and content amount. They’ve since produced A LOT of great new video lessons with their instructor Katya and the user interface has… [Read More]
How To Speak A Foreign Language Without An Accent
Today we have another guest post by Danielle Swisher. Danielle has published five books including Murder on O’Hollow’s Eve and Other Short Stories (which is a collection of short stories inspired by her life in France, Boston, Everglades City, Florida and South Carolina), and a poetry collection on love and loss called When You Were Here…. [Read More]
Honest Integrated Korean Textbook Series Review – Is It Worth It?
Today we have another guest review by Christiana, a linguistics student from the University of Alabama. Christiana’s learning Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Thai and is sharing her experience today with the Integrated Korean textbook series. Over to you Christiana! 🙂 *** For those learning Korean, there are amazing tools out there for you to use. You can buy… [Read More]
10 Reasons Why You Should Do French Immersion Outside Paris
Today we have a guest post by Danielle Swisher, a political science major who has a blog called The Traveler Next Door. Danielle has published five books including Murder on O’Hollow’s Eve and Other Short Stories (which is a collection of short stories inspired by her life in France, Boston, Everglades City, Florida and South Carolina),… [Read More]
The Most Honest Assimil Review You’ll Ever Read
Assimil NOTE: Be sure to check out my Essential Language Learning Tools page for other alternatives to Assimil. I use and recommend this course as a more comprehensive online audio resource (multiple languages). *** After a lot of years of sampling and reviewing just about every major language product (and some hopefuls) on the market, I… [Read More]
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