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Forever a student: My multilingual recording in 11 languages

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The Beauty of Chinese Character

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Oppa Gangnam Multilingual Style

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Why should we really be learning Russian?

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Latvian Television Online

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 09, 2012

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How not to forget languages you have learned by Steve Kaufmann

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 01, 2012

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24H Songs

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Multitasking Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 22, 2012

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Recent Updates

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 16, 2012

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Summer Chinese

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Hardest Languages to Learn

Posted by Teddy Nee on June 28, 2012

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American Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on June 19, 2012

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The Power of Español

Posted by Teddy Nee on May 30, 2012

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Spanish, English, and Indonesian

Posted by Teddy Nee on May 22, 2012

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Alex Rawlings, Oxford University Student, Speaks 11 Languages

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My Failed Chinese Test

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用中文來estudiar español

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No Language called Chinese

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Language Discussion with Lingspark

One of my amazing polyglot friends, Sal from Sweden, invited me to have a discussion to talk about how we take control of our language learning. During the 30-minute discussion, we covered various issues, from using apps to living overseas. Besides, we also shared our learning Mandarin experience since both of us are not native Mandarin speakers. Sal lived in Taiwan for some time, while I remain in Taiwan since 2008.

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I spoke 4 languages: Hokkien, Indonesian, English, and Mandarin on my recent trip to Penang. There was no communication barrier since the Penangnites are mostly multilingual too, at least, they know a bit of each language. They are also familiar with the Indonesian language because of the many tourists from Indonesia, either for tourism or medical checkups. I had learnt Tamil before but it was not enough for me to have a conversation yet. I will learn Tamil more seriously from now on, so I can use it on my next trip to Penang.

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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

Jangan bikin awak palak (Don't annoy me) Have you heard about Medan ? Maybe yes, maybe no. It is not so famous as Bali or Jakarta, however, this city and the culinary is worth to explore.

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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