Have you been studying English for quite a while now, but still feel like you aren't always understood when speaking to natives? There could be an issue with your pronunciation that is hindering communication. Or maybe you've just started learning and want to make sure you are memorizing the correct … [Read more...]
Learn How To Recognize Different Spanish Accents
If you are learning Spanish then it may be interesting, or even useful, to know how to recognize different Spanish accents. There are a lot of them! In fact, Spanish is the second most widely spoken language on the planet after Mandarin Chinese. So with over 400 million native speakers, it’s no … [Read more...]
How to Improve Pronunciation in a Language
This article can be applied to any language. When learning a foreign language, one of the biggest difficulties we encounter is when trying to reproduce its exact sounds. So, if you want to know how to improve pronunciation, the answer is you have to do it the correct way and put into practice these … [Read more...]
10 Common Spanish Travel Phrases to Know for Traveling
Traveling to a foreign country can be a bit of a sensory overload. Between the new foods, the new culture, the sights, and the smells, it can be easy to get overwhelmed. This is especially the case when you travel to a country where you’re not familiar with the language, as this can leave you … [Read more...]
How to perfect your accent with new media
It’s not at all uncommon for someone to focus so much on learning the details of a language -vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, - that they forget about the accent, the overall sound of the language itself as it trips off the tongue. Of course, knowing your vocabulary and your … [Read more...]
How to Ace the TOEFL Speaking exam
The TOEFL Speaking exam consists of six tasks: two independent and four integrated. It's probably one of the trickiest parts of the test, but if you prepare for it well, it will go smoothly! In the two independent tasks, test takers answer questions related to their opinion on familiar topics. In … [Read more...]
Learning a Language with Theater
Don't you feel that something sounds fishy about the term "a living language"?When we learn a language in school, there's nothing lively about it. We learn vocab, conjugation, how to write, but we don't necessarily learn how to put it into use. The language is often at the mercy of the student's … [Read more...]
How to Succeed on the TOEIC Speaking Section
The TOEIC speaking section aims to evaluate different aspects of your speaking abilities, such as the use of grammar, pronunciation and your proficiency with vocabulary.The TOEIC speaking section consists of 11 speaking tasks:Questions 1-2: Reading a text Question 3: Describing a … [Read more...]
The Seven Golden Rules of Studying with a Language Partner
Casual practice with a native speaker has had a profound effect on the progress I've made in Spanish. For years now I've perfected it by studying with a language partner. When I first started, I remember putting up ads to find native speakers in my city, and then Skype came out, and finally … [Read more...]
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