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Language Learning is a monthly series that is posted on the third Monday of every month. Our latest post explores teaching your children several languages at an early age. Paz from the blog International Cravings dives into a few of the pitfalls parents can step into when trying to help their children learn along with ways to [...]

In a week my flight will be landing in Switzerland. Have I learned a word of German yet? No of course not. I have been practicing my Italian however. Mike and I have been listening to the Pimsleur Italian Short course I picked up from the library ever chance we get. Dek is so tired [...]

If you are a visual person, language books can be the best approach to beginning your language studies. Whenever I listen to audio programs I wonder if I really am pronouncing a word correctly or if I misunderstood what the native speaker said. I need to have that visual reference to see how a word [...]

Anyone that has ever tried to learn a language knows it’s not easy, especially if you are not dealing  with your native alphabet. Barbara from The Dropout Diaries shares some of her struggles trying to learn this difficult, but necessary language . Walkingon Travels:  What is your language background? Apparently I speak very good English [...]

Getting the toddler set interested in learning a new language can be tough. They learn so much by seeing and doing. Interacting with other kids their age and exploring their language with you are primary ways they are figuring out how to communicate. If all they hear is English than that is what they will [...]

If you have ever studied a new language you might have found yourself learning loads and doing just fine. Then you hit a wall. Learning on your own hit a plateau. You studied all of the grammar and did the vocabulary drills. Why can’t you have a decent conversation yet? It’s time to bring in [...]

Before Dek was born I took a few Spanish classes at a local language school. One learning technique the teacher taught us was to watch Spanish soap operas (aka Telenovelas). There was a lot of dialog, but like most English-speaking soap operas, not a whole lot happened. Even if I could only pick up every [...]

Last week I uncovered 3 ways to squeeze a little extra language learning into your day. This week I am going to help you put that into practice with the chance to win a copy of the Behind the Wheel audio learning system. Behind the Wheel: Spanish Level 1 came my way a few weeks ago. [...]

Anyone who tells you that learning a language is easy must be a genius. No, that’s not true. They just have more time on their hand than the average parent. I can’t even manage a shower until 10pm most days and I am most definitely a morning shower person. It is my cup of coffee [...]