Language learning

The Philosopher’s Demise

What can one do after failing to achieve something? Learning from failure is a good way to utilise one’s painful […]

What helps people to acquire a new language? Surprisingly, it is not adding something new to their everyday practice. It

We need goals. They navigate us through the chaos of life. They help us to become what we want to

Have you heard about a language learning method called interlinear translation? I hadn’t, until recently. A few days ago, I

The first steps into a new language are the hardest ones. You know so little, you have to look up

The question of why some words look suspiciously similar in Russian and English first arose when I started learning English

“There is a large Russian community in my city, and I have made friends with some Russians. We meet on

I’m a great supporter of online education. The Internet opens literally unlimited opportunities, for example, everyone can learn any language

My English teacher always suggested that students read the whole paragraph first and only then open a dictionary and look

1. The Russian alphabet is weird itself. Some characters are exactly like in the Latin alphabet, while others look the