Vocabulary

If you're serious about learning Spanish, I don't need to tell you how important it is to learn the days of the week (días de la semana).

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• Beginner

Learning how to use 'por' and 'para' in Spanish is often challenging for beginners. Here's a guide to help you easily understand their differences and correct usage.

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• Grammar
• Vocabulary

Understanding the differences between por qué, porque, por que and porqué is often challenging – even for those who speak and write Spanish at a native level

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• Grammar
• Vocabulary

If you're serious about learning French, it's obviously really important to learn the days of the week early on. Here's a quick guide for beginners.

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• Beginner

This list of commonly used Spanish slang words and phrases will help you understand some of the expressions, slang phrases and colloquialisms used by native speakers.

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• Speaking

Here you'll find a detailed list of some of the best and most popular Arabic boy names along with their audio pronunciation and meaning/etymology.

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• Vocabulary

You might already know some common Spanish adjectives, but a richer vocabulary and comprehensive understanding of various descriptive words can be incredibly useful.

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• Vocabulary
• Beginner

When you're ready, you can explore this list which will help you to start throwing the Spanish nicknames into conversations with your friends and family.

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Here you'll find a detailed list of some of the best and most popular Arabic girl names along with their audio pronunciation and meaning/etymology.

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• Vocabulary

This review of WaniKani examines its course quality and effectiveness, answering the questions: is WaniKani worth it? Does it work?

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• Literacy

Using Japanese onomatopoeia, or words that imitate sounds, is a great way to add some flair and vivid descriptions to your Japanese speaking or writing.

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It's very true that the English and German languages historically and etymologically have the same origins. This can benefit you as a learner of German.

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• Vocabulary

If you’ve ever taken a language class and the teacher has asked you to roleplay visiting a doctor or attending a job interview, then you’ve seen task-based learning in action. Cooking in the target language is essentially the same type of lesson.

• Vocabulary
• Immersion

Although Brazil and Portugal share the greater part of the language, there are many variations both spoken and written.

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• Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Pronunciation
• Linguistics

If your goal in learning is getting to a level of basic holiday-style communication, it’s better to reduce the time spent looking at verb tables and conjugation patterns.

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Today I'm going to convince you that Russian is actually far easier to learn than you've been led to believe.

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• Vocabulary
• Pronunciation

This will help you if you're switching Arabic dialects to Moroccan or considering which dialect to learn.

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• Vocabulary
• Pronunciation

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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• Vocabulary

With China’s rising influence in the world, there’s a greater need than ever for people to be able to learn Chinese to a high level in order to understand China on its own terms and foster cultural exchange.

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• Literacy
• Vocabulary

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

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I thought it'd be a good idea to write this post and explain a thing or two about what I believe to be the best variety of English in the world.

• Linguistics
• Vocabulary

The Korean language isn’t as hard as you may think it is and here's 10 reasons why.

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• Vocabulary

Today I thought I'd share some of my personal strategy for effective vocabulary acquisition - a few points that you might benefit from.

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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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• Vocabulary

Spanish numbers (and counting) are incredibly simple and straightforward. Here I'll show you everything you need to know about counting en español.

• Counting
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If you want some genuine advice on how to master at least 20% of every conversation in your target language then keep reading.

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This is a guest post by Jared Romey of SpeakingLatino.com | Real World Spanish.

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• Vocabulary
• Grammar
• Linguistics

Rhinospike and Forvo are indispensable tools for language learners. This article explains the difference between the two.

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• Pronunciation