Applied Linguistics

Learning languages the way children do is something adults are capable of, despite what many believe. I'll explain and demonstrate how to do this.

• Children
• Applied Linguistics
• Speaking
• Listening

Language fluency does not necessarily equal language proficiency and vice-versa. What causes confusion for people is blurring their distinction.

• Applied Linguistics

My son just turned one year old and I've been able to make some interesting observations of his language development that I believe are helpful to us as adult second language learners.

• Children
• Applied Linguistics

Here are a few of the ways scientific studies have shown that men and women learn differently and how we can use these differences to be mutually beneficial.

• Guest Posts
• Applied Linguistics

You can't learn a language passively. Language learning – whether they''re our first, second or eighth – is the result of active use and engagement.

• Listening
• Literacy
• Applied Linguistics

Did you know that monolinguals (people who can only speak one language) are a minority group in the world?

• Applied Linguistics

Today I want to explain what fluency is and what it isn't (which I believe differs to what a lot of other people say) and also build on a few points I've made in the past.

• Applied Linguistics

I'd like to begin to explore some vital areas of language learning that don't receive enough attention and how increasing our understanding can have a positive impact on our progress.

• Applied Linguistics
• Speaking

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

• Applied Linguistics

I'll tell you the main reason why your 3rd and 4th languages are easier to learn than your 2nd.

• Applied Linguistics

Did you know that the most common and erroneous way that a lot of us try to learn foreign language vocabulary, phrases and expressions is by repetition of the foreign language word/s and the translation in our native language?

• Applied Linguistics

I've spent a few hours this morning checking out the website and Youtube channel of Alexander Arguelles, one of the hyperpolyglot subjects of Michael Erard's new book Babel No More.

• Applied Linguistics
• Linguistics

A lot of people are under the impression that to be fluent in another language means that you speak it as well as, or almost as well as, your native language.

• Applied Linguistics

How many languages do you think in? Most people aren't aware that when we thinking is like an internal conversation we have with ourselves.

• Applied Linguistics