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Team-curated bops to boost your language learning and input.

Though infinitives might seem like a small grammar point, a good understanding of infinitives is critical for proper acquisition of your target language.

Charity’s story about her time on the beautiful la Isla de Chiloé during our unforgettable Spanish immersion trip in Chile.

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.

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.

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!

 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.