If you want to learn a language quickly and efficiently, but aren’t sure where to start, you’ve come to the right place! On this page, you’ll find all kinds of advice, resources, and technology that can help you progress in your foreign language study. You can also become a member of our free learning club and receive exclusive tips and resources every week.
This page will explain where to start as you navigate our blog. We’ll point out a handful of articles you might find interesting and useful as you embark.
If you’re new to MosaLingua, we’re the creators of a language-learning method (for English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, French, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic) available for smartphones and tablets (Apple and Android) and computers.
Where to start: Your to-do list
Welcome! To make sure you get off on the right foot and take full advantage of all our tools and techniques, here are a few things you can do right off the bat:
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Download our app for Android / iPhone
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- Read our About Us page
What you’ll find on this page
Motivation and organization
Here at MosaLingua, we believe that strong motivation and good organization are the key to successful language learning. In the list below, you’ll find shortcuts to a few of our articles that offer tips to help you stay motivated to accomplish your goals, and advice on how and where to start in order to set yourself up for success:
- How to Boost and Maintain Motivation to Learn a Language (5 Tips)
- How to Learn a Language in 3 Months
- Knowing Your Learning Style is Crucial for Independent Learners
- DOs and DON’Ts: Language Learning Mistakes and Best Practices [VIDEO]
- Why People Fail at Learning a Language… and How to Make Sure You’re Not One of Them [VIDEO]
Reading and listening skills
Next, we have two pillars of language learning: reading skills and listening skills. That is, understanding what a person (or a text) is telling you. Below, you can find a few blog highlights to walk you through improving these important skills:
- Improve Your Comprehension with Podcasts and Audiobooks
- What Books to Read to Improve Your Language Skills [VIDEO]
- 63 Foreign-Language Books to Enjoy This Summer
Speaking and practicing a language
We’ve almost made it to the end! If you’re learning a language, it’s almost certainly in order to speak, and fluency in a variety of contexts is the ideal. That’s why we’ve written a bunch of articles to help you find ways to practice your target language aloud:
- When and How to Start Speaking a Language [VIDEO]
- How to Find Conversation Partners: The Best Language Exchange Sites and Tandem Apps
- 3 Suggestions for Getting the Most out of Online Conversation Courses
- 5 Tips for Shy Language Learners
- Speak Globish and Make Yourself Understood Abroad
Learn a language quickly
Learning or even mastering a language is not something you can do in a matter of weeks. But there are methods that can help you memorize, understand, and speak as quickly as possible. It’s essential that you use useful tools that will teach you what you need to know to get by during your travels, for example. Here are a few tips to help you optimize your learning:
- The Spaced Repetition System (SRS): Memorization for Life
- When and How to Learn Grammar
- How to Improve Your Pronunciation in Any Language
- How to Learn Vocabulary Quickly and Effectively
- 4 Ways to Create Mental Images That Improve Your Memorization [VIDEO]
- How to Improve Your Memory with Lifestyle and Food Choices
Innovative language learning methods
We know it – trying to learn a language from a book just isn’t very effective! MosaLingua loves to explore and study experimental methods to make language learning fun and efficient. Here are a few that we’ve tested and approved:
- 7 Original Methods to Learn a Language [VIDEO]
- The Best Video Games for Learning Languages
- How Music and Learning Go Hand-in-Hand in Becoming Fluent
- Using Frequency Lists to Boost Fluency
Learn a language differently
Learning a language doesn’t have to be an academic activity. You can have fun while also improving your skills. Movies, TV shows, and podcasts are all great ways to relax and immerse yourself in your target language at the same time.
Getting started: Our video resources
Below, you can find a list of videos that can help you navigate your learning path. In addition to providing information, our videos offer inspiration and entertainment:
- How to Boost Your Motivation
- How to Set Goals to Learn a Language
- Get Organized and Learn Any Language Quickly
- Learning a Foreign Language At Home: My 4 Secret Tools
- How to Improve Your Oral Comprehension
- How to Learn Tons of Useful Words and Phrases in Your Intended Language
- How Regularity Will Make You a Smarter Language Learner
- Why Making Mistakes Will Help You Reach Fluency
- How to Fit Language Practice into Your Daily Life
- Practice a Foreign Language Without Moving Abroad
- Overcoming the Intermediate Plateau to Become an Advanced Speaker
- How to Stick to Your Language Learning Habits
Where to start: List of free language-learning resources
At MosaLingua, our mission is to make language learning accessible to all. So that’s why we’ve curated a list of free resources you can use to help you learn the language of your dreams:
| English | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese |
| French | Russian | Japanese | Chinese |
Our YouTube videos
You can find all kinds of language-learning content in a variety of languages on our YouTube channel. It’s free and open to all!
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and never miss a video.
Conversation guides
Our conversation guides are written by native speakers to help you learn the essentials of your target language. Learn how to greet people, ask for directions/other information, introduce yourself, and other useful phrases. And they’re free!
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Our podcast for language learners
Another free resource we offer is the MosaLingua Language Lab podcast. Listen for interviews, reflections, and tips. (The Language Lab podcast is in English.)
The MosaLingua newsletter
All you have to do to subscribe to our free monthly newsletter (news, sales, and all kinds of useful info) is provide your email address via this online form.
All our language courses
We invite you to explore all of MosaLingua’s course offerings:
- MosaLingua Premium: Learn vocabulary and grammar + immerse yourself in your target language and practice using a variety of resources.
- MosaSeries: Improve your listening and reading comprehension with an engaging story in your target language.
- MosaSpeak: Improve your speaking skills, confidence, accent, and fluency.
- MosaTraining: Learn any language independently quickly with advice from polyglots.
There are so many great tools out there to help you along as you work toward your language goals, but it can be overwhelming. We hope this guide provided some direction so you know where you start your language study. Plus, you can try out MosaLingua Premium for free with a 15-day trial! Why not give it a shot?