catwuver – Page 13 – Polyglot in Progress

What language(s) should I learn?

This question, or a variation of it, seems to be one of the most common things asked on language forums and groups by aspiring polyglots. The problem with this question…

Awesome free app for learning Chinese

Good resources for language learners can be quite pricey, especially for certain languages. However, once in a while, I am fortunate enough to stumble on a free or low cost…

End of book review/ language progress update – Norwegian

So, I finished this book and I figured I'd share what I thought of it now and how my Norwegian has progressed. First, I think I made a mistake…

Learning update / book review

Now that I have finished the book, I would to share how it has helped me in learning Irish. I really enjoyed learning from this book and when used along…

Practicing 13 languages

Here is a video from today where I practicing speaking a little in 13 languages: You can see this and more videos on YouTube. Also, I have a Facebook page here.

Learning Irish with Irish schoolbooks

When I first started learning Irish, I began with Duolingo and shortly after Teach Yourself Complete Irish. While I thoroughly enjoyed the book, I still had a lot of trouble…

The importance of reading in order to learn a language

In order to learn a language well, it is not enough to simply choose a language learning book, regardless of how 'comprehensive' it claims to be, not even if…

Learning Swedish

1 Mar 20161 Mar 2016

I started learning Swedish a few months ago with Duolingo, but I decided I needed a more traditional method to learn the language. Finally, I got this book really cheap…

Why I learn languages

1. It builds confidence. As someone with Asperger's, I'm used to not doing many things as good as others. In fact, part of the reasons I decided I had to…

Arabic

I started with this series because not only did it look very engaging and fun, but because there are so many dialects in Arabic that I wanted to learn the…