Learn by Listening to Today’s Top 25 Foreign Language Songs
Something I found pretty crazy when I traveled around the world was that no matter if I was in Vietnam or Greece or Peru, I would always hear...
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Everything You Need to Know About May 1st in France
May 1st wears a few different hats in France. You might hear it referred to as la Fête du Travail, laFête du Muguet, or just simply le 1er...
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I Put Rosetta Stone’s Live Coaching to the Test: Unit 1 vs. Unit 17
I’ve been using Rosetta Stone for language learning since it was just this huge box filled with CDs. Over the years I’ve watched the company evolve to also...
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Music Recommendations From Around World
When I was in elementary school I went to a Spanish immersion school. And when I was in first grade, an obsession rippled through our school. The obsession...
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Introducing Skordalia: Garlic Mashed Potatoes’ Greek Cousin
My happy place is sitting by the sea at a plastic table with a red and white checkered tablecloth. The wind is salted and warm, and I’m on...
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Can You Say These Foreign Tongue Twisters Five Times Fast?
In German, “tongue twister” is translated as Zungenbrecher, or “tongue crusher,” whereas the Italians translate it as scioglilingua, or “tongue melter.” In French its virelangue, or “tongue turner,”...
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Virtual Museum Tours: How I Went to Holland and Learned Dutch Without Leaving My Bed
Earlier this afternoon I was standing oog in oog met (face to face with) Van Gogh in Amsterdam. There he was with his green eyes and red beard...
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All About the French’s Favorite April Fools’ Joke: Poisson d’Avril
Our modern day calendar hasn’t changed much since the first 12-month calendar was invented thousands of years ago, but there was a 12-year period in French history where...
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10 Movies in 10 Different Languages You Need to See
I tutor a French middle schooler, and he speaks almost perfect English. We’ll talk for 30 minutes and he’ll make one, two or sometimes zero mistakes. I also...
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