When we learn a language, we often think of it as an academic subject. This brings to mind books, pens, computers, taking notes, doing exercises, memorizing vocabulary, and practicing speaking—along with all the typical assignments linked to language learning. However, language has a unique feature that sets it apart from…
One challenge of speaking a target language is being able to respond effectively to your conversation partner. Speaking might feel relatively easy as you draw upon your knowledge and pronunciation skills, but when your interlocutor replies, speaking quickly and perhaps more fluently than you, it becomes crucial to understand and…
If you’ve ever been an Arabic learner or a learner of a language whose script is different from that of your native language, you would know that one of the challenges in learning such languages is to decipher that script and to become comfortable reading in it without much effort.
Every one of these language learners will have their own reasons why they are interested in this or that language, but I would like to give you, what I hope to be, good reasons for you to consider learning a second language, that is if you’re still on the fence about it.
