In this new series, we will be sitting down with our Founder and language expert, Steve Kaufmann for some Q&As. Each week we will be touching on topics relating to language and how it applies to LingQ’s language learning methodology. Idiomatic expressions have always been a challenge when learning a foreign language. How important is [...]
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Member’s Corner: Josh’s Language Story
Without a doubt, LingQ loves when its members take the time to share their personal language stories. We all have different reasons for wanting to learn languages: employment opportunities, travel, heritage, or just plain old interest. It is inspiring to hear our members stories… This is Josh, an inspiring 14 year old LingQ member from [...]
Getting The Most From Language Immersion
Immersion is one of the most effective ways to improve fluency in a language. Ideally, you are challenged to practice on a daily basis by interacting with native speakers. Sometimes that is not always the case. Perhaps you find yourself lodging with someone who wants to speak your native language or who is not fluent [...]
Join LingQ On Google+ Hangouts!
Would you like to learn more about LingQ? Visit our Google+ Page and join us in one of our regularly scheduled hangouts! In these hangouts, we will teach you how to learn languages on LingQ, and help by answering your questions about the site or a…
Our first time!
We did it! We did it for the first time! We watched our first episode of “Dr. Who” in English.Some time ago Helen suggested watching a famous British television program, called “Dr. Who” . I checked the German television schedules but it wasn’t be…
English in classrooms
On Steve’s Blog there was an interesting discussion about how English is taught in the classroom. I know that Steve’s has the opinion that language learning in schools is very inefficient. On his Blog he often refers to a lot of statistics, which …
Accent reduction
Here is a video on accent reduction in language learning.
