52 Languages 2 weeks ago on the Language Heroes vk.com page, there was a 1-week challenge sponsored by Benny Lewis with his “Speak in a Week” language learning crash course. Many language enthusiasts participated and we all took part in learning a new language that we had never tried before. […]
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Launched on January 13, 2016, this is the beginning of an international crowdsourced library of children’s stories including text, recordings, and illustrations. Please leave a comment below if you would like to help contribute to this project. Thanks! “Simón, el Bobito”, written by Rafael Pombo, a Colombian writer. Recording by […]
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If you listen to language podcasts with dialogs or use language books with accompanying CDs or .mp3 files, you can turn your listening practice into active speaking practice by editing the audio files with a free audio editing program, such as Audacity or WavePad. For this example, I’m using the […]
How to turn audio dialogs into interactive roleplays
In my last post, I wrote about how to effectively use audiobooks to improve your listening, reading, and pronunciation. In this post I would like to talk about 4 ways you can use community language learning websites to get feedback and corrections on your writing and speaking. On the links […]
How to get feedback on your writing and speaking
There are many engaging activities that you can do to make the best of audio files and text files, but before we start let’s discuss a few language learning concepts. I’m going to compare and contrast how children acquire language through listening and speaking and how adults acquire foreign languages […]
How to effectively use audiobooks when studying foreign languages
Here is a list of some of my favorite links related to studying English: Test your current reading level in English Engaging English has a 10-day free trial of reading materials based on your current reading level. There is a free reading test to obtain your Lexile score, which is […]