Small Talk Is Harder Than It Looks
Why small talk is hard even at intermediate level, and how to prepare.
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Learning a language
Practical guides to speaking, listening and remembering a new language.
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When They Answer You in English
Why people switch to English on you, and how to keep the conversation going.
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Shadowing: Speaking Along With Native Audio
What shadowing is, how to do it properly, and what it actually fixes.
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Why Writing a Few Lines a Day Makes You a Better Speaker
How five minutes of daily writing feeds directly into your speaking.
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How to Keep a Language You Have Already Learned
How little it takes to keep a language, and what you lose first.
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How to Stop Translating in Your Head
Why translating in your head slows you down, and the practice that ends it.
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Is It Too Late to Learn a Language as an Adult?
Whether adults really learn worse than children, and what they do better.
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Enough Language for a Trip in Four Weeks
What to learn in the month before you travel, and what to skip entirely.
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The Intermediate Plateau: Why Progress Feels Like It Stopped
Why progress stalls at intermediate, and what actually breaks the plateau.
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Why Watching TV in Your Target Language Isn’t Working
Why hours of foreign TV produce so little, and how to make watching count.