eBooks: A Language Learner’s Best Friend
Just as the printing press democratized access to the written word, ebooks are again revolutionizing how information is produced, distributed and consumed.
“The Polyglot Project” is Now Available!
The Polyglot Project, a collection of language learning tips from polyglots and language enthusiasts across the globe (including yours truly), is now available...
To Busuu or Not to Busuu… That is the Question.
Busuu.com is a fast growing online language learning community with over a million users as of early October 2010. The site is named after a Cameroon language...
Free Up More Time for Language Learning with Tips from The Get-it-Done Guy
Work Less and Do More! I am a big fan of the Get-it-done Guy podcast and have applied his tips to great success in business, relationships, and yes, language...
What are the best Chinese dictionaries for Android and Apple mobile devices?
A quick search in the Android Marketplace or Apple App store reveals pages and pages of Chinese dictionaries, including free, ad supported versions, as well...
Review of The Polyglot Project, an Online Foreign Language Reading Tool
The Polyglot Project is a new online reading tool with pop-up translations when you double click on words. The site is still in its infancy, but holds a lot of...
Review of YellowBridge Online Chinese Dictionary
YellowBridge (黃橋 HuángQiáo) is one of the best online Chinese dictionaries available today. When I studying on or near my computer, it is the first place...
How Languages are Learned
I was just poking around LingQ.com, a fantastic language learning site I can’t recommend enough, and saw this video on how languages have been learned...
Interview with LiveMocha VP of Marketing & Product, Clint Schmidt
In this interview with Clint Schmidt, LiveMocha’s VP of Marketing & Product, he explains what makes LiveMocha special, introduces some exciting new...
Review of LiveMocha: The World’s Largest Language Learning Community
With over 5 million registered users spread across 200 countries, LiveMocha is the world’s largest language learning community. And with sufficient...
Review of Dictionary.com, Perhaps the World’s Best English Dictionary
There are countless online dictionaries available today, most of which are fairly decent. But all pale in comparison to Dictionary.com; the only dictionary I...
Review of “Walk, Talk & Learn French”
I first came across Walk, Talk & Learn French not in iTunes where I usually get my podcast fix, but via Tivo! I had no idea that you can stream or download...
What Makes for Good Foreign Language Learning Materials?
With so many foreign language websites, podcasts, CDs, CD-Roms, textbooks, and language programs available today, how can one decide what to use? Foreign...
Learning English Using Hulu (and other online TV sites)
In addition to endless English listening input, Hulu.com is now a source of reading input, too. How could a TV site be used for reading input? The answer is...
Review of Pimsleur Foreign Language Learning CDs
Next to Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur is the most popular self-study language learning program on the planet. The system was developed by the late Dr. Paul...
Google Chrome Finally Gets Webpage Translation Right
There have been a number of attempts over the years to create browser add-ons that automatically translate entire webpages into various languages. If you have...
Review of Rosetta Stone language learning products
With $210,000,000 in sales last year, Rosetta Stone is far and away the best selling language learning product on the market today. But Rosetta Stone’s...
Top 5 Apple Apps for Learning Foreign Languages
The iPod Touch, and it’s big brother the iPhone, are perhaps the best language learning tools to date. Their portability and massive storage allow you...
Podcasts: THE Tool for Language Learning
As mentioned elsewhere on this site and other blogs on language learning, interest and motivation are the most important factors in successful language...
Mind Mapping: A Wonderful Tool for Language Learning
The first thing I’d like to say about mind mapping is how upset I am for not knowing about it sooner! Why wasn’t it taught to me in elementary...
Learning Kanji Using Imaginative Memory
When I first began learning Japanese in college, I made the same mistake most learners of Japanese or Chinese do: I tried to learn characters the way they are...