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What Features Would You Like To See On Language Learning Advisor.com? I've enjoyed so much building my website for myself , but sometimes I forget that it's really for everyone else! So, with that in mind - what features ... Alternatives to Rosetta Stone Rosetta Stone is the 800 pound gorilla of language learning software. They are on TV, all over the internet, on radio, in magazines, malls and airport ... Casual Language Learning With the right mix of learning resources, with reasonable short and long term goals, it is possible to get a good foundation in a language by learning ... How Long Does it Take to Learn a Language? There are a lot of factors at work here, but I'll give you the answer. 400 Hours. How did I arrive at that number? Some time ago, I wrote an article on ... Where I Find the Most Time for Language Study Probably the biggest problem people have when it comes to language learning is how to find the time to do it. The most common reason people give for not ... Langup App for Tracking Your Language Learning Activities I have a number of apps for my iPhone devoted to language learning and I'm always looking for more. One that I just found is perfect for tracking your ... A New Resource For Learning Scottish Gaelic I get a surprising number of visitors looking to learn Scottish Gaelic. Unfortunately, there are really not a lot of resources to learn Gaelic. The problem ... What is an SRS? An SRS is basically a system for reviewing flashcards in order to optimize the learning curve. SRS stands for 'spaced repetition system' and is an increasingly ... Are You Working on Your Language Every Day? Days off are killers when you're learning a language. You need to be doing something with the language you are studying every single day in order to maintain ... Inspiration From The Polyglot Project Every once in a while I like to see what other language learners in the world are doing. Sometimes what I see other people doing reassures me that I am ... Learning a Language Intensively Without a doubt, there is no more effective or efficient way to learn a language than to do it intensively. It is possible to learn a language in a surprisingly ... Lingq is Adding Beta Languages For a long long time, Lingq users have been clamoring for more languages to be added. But the people at Lingq clearly have their hands full managing ... Babbel Adds New Languages Babbel has anounced that they are adding four new languages to their site - Turkish, Polish, Dutch and Indonesian. This means that people who want to study ... Trying Out a Language and AlbanianHow about this - learn as much or as little of a language as you want. No deadline, No goals, no pressure, just to see what it's like. I call it 'trying out' a language, and I do recommend it to people just to get a feel for learning languages and trying something new.How about trying out Albanian? Interesting language. Difficult to find resources for it though, and I've never meet anyone who speaks Albanian yet, so I imagine it might be a little difficult to find people to practice with - but I'm sure it's not impossible. Are you using your phone to help you learn your target language?When I first began research for this website (almost ten years ago already?! I can't believe it!) I started compiling ways to study a language that you could use all day long, anywhere. I didn't even imagine at the time that the common cell phone would become an absolutely ideal way to do it. Look at some of the techniques people use to study languages besides from a coursebook - audio courses, audiobooks, music, radio, internet radio, books, magazines, newspapers, websites, videos, games - your phone can now do all of those things! Are you using your phone to it's fullest potential? Are you using your time to it's fullest potential in order to learn your target language?While researching resources for learning Malay (my newest language page on the site, as well as Bulgarian), I came across a great website. L-Lingo.com is a website for learning Asian languages. It has an interface that runs in your browser (although there is also a downloadable version) that uses pictures, audio and text to present the language in bite-sized chunks. There are a few helpful extras also - like a pdf reference for each lesson, flashcards, quizzes and downloadable mp3 audio. The best part is that the first few dozen lessons are available for free, and that the monthly subscription is very affordable. I am using it right now for Tagalog and finding it very helpful. In spending a lot of time with other students of Spanish, I notice how much trouble they have with the sounds of it, or rather, how little effort they put into improving their accent. It is not difficult to get a good accent in Spanish, but people (ie my fellow Americans!) don't seem to try very hard. They're spending too much time worrying about verb conjugations and word gender. So, I wrote this article to try to give people some easy tips on improving their Spanish accent.
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