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Language learning content created and curated by the LanGo team to help our students and community members discover, learn, and speak a new language.
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Charity’s story about her time on the beautiful la Isla de Chiloé during our unforgettable Spanish immersion trip in Chile.
A collection of our favorite Spanish words and phrases that don’t have direct equivalents in English.
An intro to word structure (morphology) with key to determining whether an English word or word family is derived from Latin.
A useful, if somewhat challenging and abstract, way to think deeper about some apparent “vowel changes” in Spanish.
An overview of the ways that pronunciations in Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean reflect the sound system of Middle Chinese.
Most of southern Europe came under the control of Rome, and Latin was the dominant language. 2,000 years later we find in its place a continuum of languages and dialects, most of which are not mutually intelligible. What happened?
A few common ways Chinese-derived compound words build up their meanings from the meanings of their components.
More on transitivity for the language learner, the topic of LanGoPod episode #6.
More on phrases, a fundamental unit of syntax, the topic from LanGoPod episode #5.
A recap of our recent LanGoing Ons.
More on morphemes, the smallest meaningful parts of words, the topic from LanGoPod episode #4.
A round-up of neologisms that have entered our lexicon in 2020.
Even more on the syllable as a useful notion for language learning with examples from Korean and German.
More on the syllable as a useful notion for language learning with examples from English and Portuguese.
A LanGo-rific collection of short stories created/translated, read, and illustrated by our beginner Korean students.
An introduction to the wonderful Chinese character input system, 倉頡 Cāngjié.
More on our discussion of sound features from LanGoPod Episode #2.
Takeaways from our multilingual conversation hours and the words/phrases that were mutually intelligible… or not!
More on natural sound change, a topic we discussed in LanGoPod Episode #1.
Peter's story, from small-town USA to Tokyo, and from Tokyo to remote villages in the Pacific.
A whirlwind word-watching tour of the Spanish-speaking world and the linguistic features that characterize Spanish variation.
Marison shares the story of her language learning experiences with Spanish and French, and what has inspired her to learn and keep learning.
Enjoy our second collection of cross-linguistic wordplay: Korean-English (etc.) puns.
Tips for Spanish learners who are familiar with verb conjugations, but still find themselves scratching their heads when it comes to irregular verbs.
A reminder that language learning can be the perfect source of fun and positivity at a time that is otherwise uncertain and grim.
How to learn Mandarin through one of our favorite stories: 小王子 ‘The Little Prince’.
The Korean children's song 곰 세 마리 (gom se ma-ri) ‘The Three Bears’ as a fun example of language learning through music.
A word-watching tour through some of our favorite compound words.
A team-compiled collection of our favorite ambigrams and other cross-language wordplay for language learning (and for fun!).
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Though infinitives might seem like a small grammar point, a good understanding of infinitives is critical for proper acquisition of your target language.