Language Learning

This is actually a very normal phenomenon in language learning. You can have much stronger comprehension than speaking ability, because understanding and producing language are related, but they rely on partly different processes in the brain. 1. Understanding is not the same as producing When you hear or read a language, your brain mainly needs to: Recognize → decode → understand For example, someone says: Mañana voy a trabajar. Your brain can recognize the words, understand

Learning a language is difficult! So, let's simplify the process in just FOUR steps. Step No. 1: Build your foundation Focus on high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures. This way, you'll learn things that are most commonly used in day-to-day life, which will get you speaking much sooner. When you learn sentence structures, you can also find different ways to use them. Let's look at an example in English. Say you want to learn the structure, "I like _____". You can su

Esperanza renace - Pam Muñoz Ryan This book centres around Esperanza, the daughter of a wealthy Mexican family who owns their own land. The day before Esperanza's birthday, her father is murdered, and the family finds themselves having to flee the ranch they call their home. They decide to flee to the United States with their former servants, and once there, they all have to adjust to their new life in a farm camp. At first, Esperanza struggles to adjust, since she is used to

A video of me speaking Portuguese after 2 years of learning I have been learning Portuguese for about two years now, and although I can't...

My progress about 3 months into learning Italian If you follow me on Instagram @anne.polyglotadventurer then you know that I started learning Italian this year (2025). Some of you commented that I have already made so much progress in the language, so I thought I would share with you four resources I have used to start learning Italian. Keep in mind though, that part of the reason I have been able to pick up Italian relatively quickly, is that I already know French and Spanis