Author: A. A. S.
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How Learning a Language Changes the Way You See the World
Learning a language rearranges things. Not all at once, and not in ways that are immediately obvious. It happens slowly, in the background, while you’re busy translating signs in your…
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Why You Don’t Need to Be Fluent to Call Yourself a Language Learner
“Are you fluent?”The question lands heavier than it sounds. It arrives early, sometimes before you’ve even finished your first sentence, and it demands a yes or no to something that…
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The Biggest Lie People Believe About Learning a New Language
You need to be good at languages. It’s said casually, almost kindly. The way people excuse themselves before they even begin. As if language learning were a talent you either…
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What Being Bilingual Actually Changes About the Way You Think
There are moments when I reach for a word and realize I have two options. Not just two translations, but two tones: two ways of saying the same thing with…
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You’re Not Bad at Languages
I used to think being bad at languages was a personality trait (ike being bad at directions or math or parallel parking). Something you either had, or didn’t. Something that…
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Can Kids Mix Languages and Still Be Fluent?
Have you ever heard people switch between two languages in the same sentence? It might sound like they are mixing things up but what they are actually doing is way…
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Does Your Personality Change When You Switch Languages?
If you speak more than one language, you might have noticed something very interesting: you don’t always feel like you are the same person in each language. Maybe you are…
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How Do Young People Talk Globally?
Every single generation has had and will have its own way of speaking, and slang is a huge part of that. It usually isn’t found in textbooks, so you can…
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Can AI replace Language Teachers?
With all of the new apps and AI tools out there, it is okay to ask: Can technology replace language teachers? While AI can do a lot, the answer is…
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Why Some Words Are Harder to Translate Than Others
Have you ever tried to use an online translator and felt that the results did not make any sense? That’s because not all worlds or ideas can be translated easily.…
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