This blog has written about the subject of sentence mining in learning a language twice, once on using word frequency lists to learn a language, and in the post about overcoming a language learning plateau. Another post also spoke about a source of free French literature that’s a good source of French sentences. Lernhelfer.de is […]

Rocket Languages offers a free 7-day trial for its Spanish course, as it does with French.  

Language learners are often interested in the opportunity to gain certification for their knowledge, and the Goethe-Insitut exams were discussed in another post for proving one’s knowledge of German. The Alliance Francaise is the French equivalent of the Goethe-Insitut. The Alliance Francaise is a non-profit based in Paris which is devoted to promoting the French […]

Many language learners wonder how many months or years it will take to become fluent in their target language, but the length of time is best measured in hours. Two people can both study a language for six months, but if one of them studies for two hours a day, that person will learn more […]

As the world is getting more interconnected, an increasing number of parents are interested in exposing their children to a foreign language at a young age. A young child might not understand a formal language class, or have the patience to sit through it. However, there are many toys with which a child can still […]

  MOOCs are one of the most popular online trends, and it’s not hard to understand why. MOOCs present the opportunity to get education from some of the best universities in the world, without having to go through a complicated and highly competitive application process and at a much lower cost. There’s also the advantage […]

Here are a number of statistics about language learning.

Not many language course companies offer a course in sign language. However, Rocket Languages offers a course in American Sign Language. It uses short video clips of around three to ten seconds to easily teach words and phrases. There’s a free 7-day trial for this course to see if this way of learning ASL is […]

One problem which a lot of language learning methods have is that they don’t provide a lot of opportunity to hear the language spoken. Podcast based courses help to overcome this problem. FrenchPod101.com offers a podcast-based course complete with lesson transcripts and grammar lessons. The course consists of nearly 1200 short podcasts. You can select […]

There are numerous opportunities to document your knowledge of German. For a beginner’s to early intermediate level, there are a number of credit-by-exam programs listed here which offer college credit. For a higher intermediate or more advanced level, there’s the option of getting a language certificate from the Goethe Institut, which is a German non-profit […]