Speak a Foreign Language Like a Native
Is there anything more satisfying than being able to sing along to a new song in your target language?
Not only do you feel AWESOME but you’re doing some valuable language learning at the same time.
So it’s time to pick up that hairbrush, get in the mirror, and take these songs for a spin… !
Thinking about learning Japanese?
While the majority of our readers are native to either Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian) or Germanic languages (English, German or Scandinavian languages), consider that Japanese has an entirely different root.
Japanese is a member of the Japonic language family, which includes both Japanese and Ryukyuan languages (spoken on the Ryukyu Islands) and a number of Japanese dialects.
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If you’re anything like me, you’ll spend a good portion of your day listening to music, whether it’s while you work, while you walk or while you wait around.
So why not turn your downtime into learning time?
If you’re learning German, you’re not alone. There are 15.4 million people learning it with you.
German is the world’s 10th most spoken language. But if we rank the world’s languages in order of their economic impact (i.e. their GNP) German comes in fourth worldwide after English, Chinese and Spanish.
Additionally, the number of people learning German has increased for the first time in fifteen years. Europe continues to be the biggest home of German language learners, with 9.4 million students, and with countries such as Poland and France producing nearly 4 million learners between them! But according to a study done in 2015 (the next study is due in 2020) German has seen an increase in learners in countries such as Brazil, China and India as well.
Mandarin Chinese is spoken by over 1 billion people worldwide, which places it at Number 1 of the world’s most spoken languages. There are 873 million native speakers of Mandarin Chinese, and a further 178 million secondary speakers.
As a Mandarin learner, that means you’re instantly able to communicate with 13% of the world’s population (compared with Spanish, the third most spoken language, which unlocks just 0.55% of the world’s population.) Chinese is also one of the 6 official UN languages – the others being English, Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish.
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They say immersion is the best way to learn a new language, but not all of us are able to pick up and go and holiday in a country that speaks our target language.
So how can we achieve immersion from the comfort of our own home?
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