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1. How to Type Foreign Language Characters on Your Keyboard
Often one of the hurdles when learning a language is figuring out a way to type foreign characters. The Internet has solutions, but most require a lot of memorization or necessitate switching keyboard layouts. This article describes a simpler method.
2. English Grammar: It's or Its? Who's or Whose? Help is Here!
A large percentage of people, including a huge number of native English speakers, use words like "its" and "it's" incorrectly. Take a few minutes to read this article. Then try the quiz to see how well you understand these pesky l...
3. How You Can be Smarter: Some Study Tips for Exams
Is it best to study large chunks of information at a time, or should you try to master small bits of it? Should you review the material again the next day, or is it best to let a few days go by? These questions and more are answered in this article.
4. Learn and Speak a New Language without Taking a Single Class
If you only speak English and find yourself in a country where English is not the first language or in some cases not spoken at all, it is very difficult to find your way around. However, do not despair! You can learn another language quite quickly.
5. Ten Commandments of Successful Foreign Language Learners
Have you tried to learn a foreign language in the past but you struggled or felt like you did not achieve the level of success you desired? Here are ten simple rules, which if followed, will guarantee your foreign language success.
6. Three Effective Techniques to Learn a Foreign Language
How would you feel if you fluently spoke five languages? I am Bulgarian but I also speak English, German, French, and Russian. I have never made nightlong efforts to learn, yet I have certificates proving my communication skills in all of them.
7. A Summary of the Types of Written Language in Use Today
Writing systems are a written representation of language using graphic means to communicate the spoken idea or sound. There are several different types of written languages systems in use today. This article discusses them.
8. Pavements or Sidewalks? American versus British English
Although both the US and the UK speak English, the two forms of the language differ quite substantially. English, as a language, does not just differ from the UK to the US, it differs from region to region within both countries.
9. Suggestions to Enhance Your Learning a New Language
Learning a new language can be very challenging, but it is so rewarding. If you are going after this marketable skill, you might be discouraged. However, follow a few of the suggestions in this article - and you could be fluent in no time!
10. Language Advice - Why Do They Keep Telling Me to Stop?
Free advice from in-laws, unsolicited comments from near strangers, and the well meaning suggestions from your neighbors all add up to confusion for some parents. Here is why you should not stop the second language journey with your very young child.
1. How to Type Foreign Language Characters on Your Keyboard
Often one of the hurdles when learning a language is figuring out a way to type foreign characters. The Internet has solutions, but most require a lot of memorization or necessitate switching keyboard layouts. This article describes a simpler method.
2. English Grammar: It's or Its? Who's or Whose? Help is Here!
A large percentage of people, including a huge number of native English speakers, use words like "its" and "it's" incorrectly. Take a few minutes to read this article. Then try the quiz to see how well you understand these pesky l...
3. How You Can be Smarter: Some Study Tips for Exams
Is it best to study large chunks of information at a time, or should you try to master small bits of it? Should you review the material again the next day, or is it best to let a few days go by? These questions and more are answered in this article.
4. Learn and Speak a New Language without Taking a Single Class
If you only speak English and find yourself in a country where English is not the first language or in some cases not spoken at all, it is very difficult to find your way around. However, do not despair! You can learn another language quite quickly.
5. Ten Commandments of Successful Foreign Language Learners
Have you tried to learn a foreign language in the past but you struggled or felt like you did not achieve the level of success you desired? Here are ten simple rules, which if followed, will guarantee your foreign language success.
6. Three Effective Techniques to Learn a Foreign Language
How would you feel if you fluently spoke five languages? I am Bulgarian but I also speak English, German, French, and Russian. I have never made nightlong efforts to learn, yet I have certificates proving my communication skills in all of them.
7. A Summary of the Types of Written Language in Use Today
Writing systems are a written representation of language using graphic means to communicate the spoken idea or sound. There are several different types of written languages systems in use today. This article discusses them.
8. Pavements or Sidewalks? American versus British English
Although both the US and the UK speak English, the two forms of the language differ quite substantially. English, as a language, does not just differ from the UK to the US, it differs from region to region within both countries.
9. Suggestions to Enhance Your Learning a New Language
Learning a new language can be very challenging, but it is so rewarding. If you are going after this marketable skill, you might be discouraged. However, follow a few of the suggestions in this article - and you could be fluent in no time!
10. Language Advice - Why Do They Keep Telling Me to Stop?
Free advice from in-laws, unsolicited comments from near strangers, and the well meaning suggestions from your neighbors all add up to confusion for some parents. Here is why you should not stop the second language journey with your very young child.