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Most Spoken Languages in Africa

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 30, 2024

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Why did Esperanto fail as a common language?

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 28, 2024

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7 main languages of the new residents of Taiwan

Posted by Teddy Nee on March 28, 2023

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Celebrate New Year With Tuvalu

Posted by Teddy Nee on February 10, 2023

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Think in Italian

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 22, 2022

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How Taiwanese am I?

Posted by Teddy Nee on September 23, 2022

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Learn Chinese Mandarin with Cecilia Chen

Posted by Teddy Nee on March 29, 2022

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Guest Post: How Language, Culture, and Crisis Interact

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 02, 2020

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Learn Toki Pona to Understand the Basics of Language Learning

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 08, 2019

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Esperanto Day 2017

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 20, 2017

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Q&A for Learning Indonesian

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 06, 2017

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Fiesta Latina 2017

Posted by Teddy Nee on May 15, 2017

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Presentation about Argentina and Bolivia

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 03, 2017

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Palauan Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on November 21, 2016

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Guest Post: Talking about Time — How Language Shapes Our Thoughts

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 05, 2014

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Rap Songs In My Native Languages

Posted by Teddy Nee on November 29, 2014

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Songs in Similar Languages

Posted by Teddy Nee on November 16, 2014

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Marshallese Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 07, 2013

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Gilbertese Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 02, 2013

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Tuvaluan Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 01, 2013

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You may have watched videos of people speaking in multiple languages. Some of them even call themselves hyperpolyglots. Whether they really can speak fluently or not, we don't know unless we test them. However, here I shall present 5 renowned polyglots that have been on the news, in the community worldwide and have proved their exceptional linguistic capabilities.

Watching Cartoon

I have just realized one little but important method, watching cartoons. Watching cartoons can be an effective way in language learning. Cartoons are targeted for kids, although there are a few cartoons for the grownups. Apart from cartoons, you can also choose kids TV programs. They usually have lighter topics; hence, they use simpler language in order to let the under-age viewers enjoy.

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Learners learn languages in many different ways, such as attending language classes, playing games, or listening to audio. Whatever the methods are, they usually cover four aspects of language learning: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Mastering only one or two of these is not enough because, in reality, we read, listen, speak, and write.

Medanese Slang

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The Beauty of Chinese Character

People who have studied Chinese must realize that Chinese character is not just a character, but it is also an art. Every stroke in the character forms a beautiful combination of a meaning. It is said that Chinese character evolves from time to time based on the actual object. Although I cannot say that it is 100% true, there are books about Chinese pictogram. For example, you can see below how "sun" and "moon" was written in the past and the evolution of it until nowadays. Characters 日 and 月, on far right, are the characters used today.

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