Tag: Learn
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16 Easiest Second Languages To Learn For English Speakers
In this article, we will be taking a look at the 16 easiest second languages to learn for English speakers. If you don’t want to get into the details of learning a second language, feel free to skip and head straight to the 5 Easiest Second Languages To Learn For English Speakers. Learning a second…
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18 of the Easiest Languages for English Speakers to Learn
In this article, we will look at 18 of the easiest languages for English speakers to learn. We will also analyze the online language-learning market and key players in the language-learning industry. If you want to skip our detailed analysis, you can directly go to 5 of the Easiest Languages for English Speakers to Learn.…
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How to motivate yourself to learn a language
I am extremely surprised at how few foreigners living here never really grasp Japanese. Kind of sad. It really limits the experience of being here. Pretty much everyone comes to Japan with the intention to learn and study. But many don’t want to actually put in the effort to do so. They arrive and say…
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Springfield educators, nonprofits help refugees learn English
Christmas came early — Wednesday morning, to be exact — for a group of refugees at Springfield’s Stalnaker Boys and Girls Club. About 20 women and their children, plus a couple of husbands, received gifts not from Santa Claus but Springfield Public Schools Superintendent Grenita Lathan. Some of the women, incredulous that they had gifts…
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How to learn a language in an hour a day
Just like exercise or musical instruments, people recommend a shorter amount of practice time on a regular basis rather than larger chunks on a more sporadic basis. Baker says this is because without a consistent schedule the brain fails to engage in any deep cognitive processes, like making connections between new knowledge and your previous…
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Infosys Announces Free Spoken English Course ‘Learn English with Kris Srikkanth’ to Empower Language Learners
Infosys, a global IT company, moves to empower language learners with its free spoken English course called “Learn English with Kris Srikkanth”. The course is designed to help learners improve their spoken English skills through interactive lessons, practice exercises, and feedback from a certified English instructor. This will help individuals to enhance their communication skills…
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How a Chicago school is helping parents learn English and gain confidence
This story was originally published in Block Club Chicago. All is quiet inside a Humboldt Park elementary school filled with student artwork, class pictures and flags — except for one classroom, where there’s soft chatter in English and Spanish. It is home to Lowell Elementary School’s first English as a Second Language class, where about…
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How Do We Learn To Speak?
How do we learn to speak, write and think in our native language? This question is far easier to answer when applied to a second language rather than a first. For one thing, we tend to learn a new language in a systematic, intentional way. In contrast, learning our native language is not planned…
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Why Can’t Immigrants Learn English?
“Speak English!” can be one of the cruelest things for an immigrant to hear. It can sound simultaneously like a demand for instant assimilation, an accusation of disloyalty, and a presumption of stubbornness or ignorance. In some circles, the call for immigrants to speak English has fused with a call for less immigration in general,…
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‘You’re in America, learn a language other than English’
“You’re in America, speak English.” That’s the sentiment that has been hurled at people speaking a foreign language in public time and time again. While the United States has no official language, 70% of Americans feel that for someone to be truly American, they must speak English. This assumption has led to the belief that…