5 Ways to Understand Spoken French Like a Parisian

Wondering how to quickly and effectively improve your French listening comprehension?  Most online language learning tools are for beginners. Advanced students can watch movie and TV shows, and talk easily to mother-tongue speakers to pick up on slang and small refinements. Intermediate students, though, are often caught between the two …

The 6 Best Language Learning Apps of 2022 — Ranked

The best language learning apps are a diverse lot — and offer everything from live, one-on-one instruction to five-minute sessions designed to build your vocabulary one word at a time. Here, our picks for the best language learning apps. There’s something below for all levels, abilities, and ambitions — starting with our …

How to Learn Chinese: 7 Video Series to Get You Going

Wondering how to learn Chinese? Whether you’re studying Chinese to speak more easily with your family, bolster classroom instruction, or travel more freely in China, you’re in luck: There’s a huge variety of video programs to choose from, at all ability levels. These are our favorites. 1. Everyday Chinese Everyday …

Dual Subtitles: a Great Tool for Learning Languages

More and more people are unlocking the secret to successful and enjoyable language learning: dual subtitles. What are dual subtitles? Well, we generally watch foreign language films with a single set of captions that provides a translation. Unlike dubbing, subtitles allow us to understand what’s going on without missing out …

Why Social Self-esteem Makes Us Feel Good – and How to Get it in a Foreign Country

We humans are social animals. If you have high status within your social group (your tribe), you generally feel better, even your health, and for man your can try the Mens Journal products. Youíll enjoy all kinds of privileges that those lower on the social ladder can only dream of. …

Dictation for Language Learning: Introducing Scribe

Hi Yabla Subscribers, have you played Scribe yet? Look at what the Internet TESL Journal (Teachers of English as a Second Language) say about dictation as a language learning tool:  “Dictation helps to develop short-term memory. Students practice retaining meaningful phrases or whole sentences before writing them down. Dictation can …

Building Your Vocabulary – No Pain, No Gain

Many years ago, on my first trip to Venezuela, in particular the little seaside town of Adícora — I was talking with the local baker. I use the word “talking” loosely because I really knew very little Spanish. Luckily for me he spoke little English, and nothing builds language skills …

I Studied French For Years But Struggled to Be Understood in France

I took French classes for several years before moving to Paris for a French Language program at the Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne. However, after I received the results from my placement test I was was really disappointed. I tested in just above a novice level! I was …

Is One Language Ever Really Enough?

With more than 350 languages spoken in the United States, many children grow up speaking two different languages. Children raised learning dual languages face unique challenges, but they likewise benefit from certain special advantages, ones that far outweigh the disadvantages of learning more than one language. Disadvantages Let’s analyze some …

Language Learning Tip: Start Small

Starting from scratch. Back to the basics. Square one. When learning a new trade or skill, including adopting a foreign language, the beginning will always be the most difficult part of any learning process. When we first spoke our native language, we had to begin with small goals, the building …