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Snack-Sized Language Episode 10: How to Say Goodbye in Japanese



In this episode of the podcast, we focus on learning how to say goodbye to someone in Japanese and you’ll learn the phrases for “goodbye,” “see you later,” and “see you tomorrow”. Wondering how to how to say bye in Japanese? You’ll learn how with these Japanese phrases in this week’s snack-sized lesson.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

“Goodbye” in Japanese – さようなら, sayounara“See you later” in Japanese – じゃね, ja ne / じゃまた, ja mata / またね, mata ne“See you tomorrow” in Japanese -　また明日, mata ashita

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Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is about what to do when you’re feeling burnt out or when you just don’t have enough time. With all the changes that have happened lately, this has been music for me. I haven’t had a single performance in over a year!

And so it’s been hard to keep up with music regularly with all the other things I have to do. And I realized the same could be true for language.

So one of the things I did to create opportunities for me to work on music is sign up for a course. That way, I have deadlines, assignments, accountability, and a need to work on it daily. It was just about committing to something to give myself a reason to spend time with that. And if you’re struggling to regularly study, this could be a great way for you to find a way to commit to your language.

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Ling App Review: Trying Out the Ling Language Learning App

When I first started out as a solo language learner, the resources available to me were mostly language learning course books and software. Today, it often seems the reverse is true — there are almost too many language learning resources available.

So how do you filter through everything available to find what’s right for you?

Answering this question is one of the things I aim to do in writing reviews of some of the language learning products out on the market. I’m happy to jump in, try things out, see where their strengths lie and where they might not be a good fit.

And today, I’m sharing my experience using Ling with you.

Full disclosure: Ling gave me access to the Premium version of the app in order to write this review.

Now, let’s get into the details.

What is Ling?

Ling is a language learning app available for iOS and Android devices, as well as on the web. Developed by Simya Solutions, a company based in Thailand, Ling uses a gamified learning experience to help you build a foundation in a new language.

With loads of mini-games and exercises, Ling has a mix of interactions to help you develop your reading, writing, and listening.

Its greatest strength?

The 60+ languages it offers — many of which just aren’t supported by any other app or tool on the market. Kannada, Mongolian, Armenian, Lithuanian, and Lao are just a few examples.

Who is Ling for?

Many language learning tools focus on content at the beginner or intermediate levels. Ling, on the other hand, splits its content into five levels:

BeginnerIntermediateUpper IntermediateAdvancedExpert

Each of these levels has ten skills you build with exams and other content to support you.

How does Ling work?

As I mentioned, Ling currently offers five levels, each of which with ten sections. Most sections include:

Four lessons where you’re taught vocabulary and basic phrasesA speaking lessonAn examA review section

The lessons each introduce you to a word and then give you that same word in a bit of context. In the latter, there are reports of mistakes in different languages, so this is something to be aware of when learning with the app. For the most part, it’s a good introduction to the language.

At the end of each lesson, there’s a dialogue section. The dialogue section gives you a short dialogue to help you better instill the material you learned in the vocabulary section.

The speaking lesson uses voice recognition, and like most voice recognition in language learning apps, it has its challenges. With Ling, it gives you a sentence and you record yourself reading it — it’s usually a hit or miss as to how your pronunciation gets graded.

The exam tests you on what you learn in each lesson. It’s a very similar experience to each of the four individual lessons except that it tests you on content in all four of the lessons for each section, is timed, and you can only make four mistakes before “failing” the exam.

Each lesson also includes a “review all” section, but it’s really just an overview of what you’ve learned in the lesson. There’s also a review section available on the home screen. It seems like this section just shows you random words from the lessons you’ve studied. This means it doesn’t use SRS (spaced repetition) to show you the material you most need to focus on and review.

Some of the languages also have a writing section. This seems to be for languages that have a different writing system (though it wasn’t available for Persian). The writing sections have three parts for each letter or character. The first shows an animation of the character being drawn. The second shows you arrows indicating the direction each part of the letter or character should be drawn. And finally, you’re given the space to practice writing the letter.

There’s another feature that was available for certain languages, but not others — the grammar section. This section included brief explanations of the grammar that appeared in the lessons.

Finally, there is the chatbot, which is exactly what you might expect. The chatbot is a dialogue where you can choose your response from a small selection of answers. It’s not really a test, but more of a way to experience conversation in a structured way.

My Experience Using Ling

I enjoyed using Ling — especially because they supported languages I’m learning that I typically can’t find a lot of resources for. So, of course, I dove in with Croatian. I also spent time trying out some of the other languages I’ve studied (making sure to aim for diversity), playing around with Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and Persian.

For Persian, a language that I still heavily lean on romanization with, I found that the romanization would occasionally disappear on the fill-in-the-blank questions where I needed to select the answer in Persian. This left me guessing which is not usually an effective way to learn!

I used the course for several days and I can say I’ve definitely learned a few things in each of the languages I tried out, though it definitely was geared more towards beginners.

What Ling does great

It has a lot of effective gamified elements. You get points, you build a streak, and you can see your fluency percentage build — what’s not to love about that?

It has audio recorded by real humans. And you just can’t beat that.

They offer a wide range of languages — many of which aren’t offered by its competitors. This is gold if you’re learning a language that isn’t often taught or offered by a lot of resources.

You learn as many as 1000 words. That’s a huge start, especially when you’re enjoying getting to those 1000 words.

The lessons are short. So it makes it a great tool to use when you’re busy and trying to fit language learning into your routine.

What could Ling do better?

At the time of writing, it seems that the content taught in each of the languages offered by Ling is identical. This cookie-cutter approach doesn’t really work for language learning because language, at least the way it’s used in everyday interactions by native speakers, is highly impacted by culture and what you may need to know in a language to be an effective communicator can vary vastly from one language to the next.

From the app’s perspective, developing content in this way makes sense. It’s easy to create a wide range of content for a large selection of languages. But it doesn’t do much to really differentiate Ling from other apps doing the same thing. Plus, from the learner’s perspective, this can be problematic. You may learn the language in a way that’s quite different from how it’s used in day-to-day interactions.

There were a few bugs and certain elements of the UI weren’t incredibly intuitive, but that improved when I became more familiar with the app.

Ling Vs Duolingo

So I’m sure you’re wondering… how does Ling measure up against the most well-known language learning app on the market, Duolingo?

The experience between Ling and Duolingo are very similar — especially when it comes to the app mascots who make random appearances to cheer you on and celebrate the end of each lesson.

Ling feels a little more scrappy, but there’s nothing wrong with that. It stands out, however, in the fact it offers so many more languages.

In Conclusion

Ling is a fun, engaging way to learn a new language. It’s a great starting point to help you learn the basics of a new language and its gamified elements help you build a language learning habit.

Ling is $54.99 for a year or $8.99 per month. Lifetime is $149.99. This is pretty on par with the Premium pricing of other similar apps, so it really comes down to your preference. If you aren’t sure if Ling is a good fit for you, you can try out the 7-day free trial. Otherwise, the first two units of each language are free to try.

Now, over to you. Have you tried Ling? What did you think? What other language learning apps have you tried and loved? Let me know in the comments!

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Get By In Croatian Season 1 Episode 3

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Clear the List | Monthly Language Learning Strategies Update | May 2022

We’re quickly approaching mid-year — how are your language goals going?

Here is my latest analysis of my language goals as a part of Clear the List, but also the latest Language Conqueror Quest!

We’re heading into May with a Quest all about mindfulness. This was a practice that was fairly new to me last year, but over the last twelve months, I’ve been aiming to better incorporate it into not just my language studies but also my day-to-day life. Plus, in this month’s Quest, we have Jessica from Sunnyside French join us in a special interview!

Join the Quest

What is Language Conqueror? It’s a course I work on with a monthly Quest focused on passion-driven learning. You can learn more, get a feel for my teaching style, and download our free PDF here: Get the Free PDF

And if that’s not enough, you can also get a feel for my teaching style with Snack-Sized Language!

Snack-Sized Language is a free podcast where we teach you snack-sized language lessons. So far we have episodes teaching general language learning tips, Japanese, French, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and German. Not to mention, more languages are coming soon!

You can subscribe to the podcast on your preferred podcast platform.

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts

And if you enjoy Snack-Sized language, we would absolutely love it if you left us a review!

Now, on to #clearthelist …

Wondering what #clearthelist is? Let me clear it up for you (see what I did there?). #CleartheList is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, and you!

We’d absolutely love for you to be a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your own goal post in the comments below.

So let’s get started, sharing our goals and motivating one another to #clearthelist!

Please feel free to tag your posts or photos with either #clearthelist on your favorite social media channels!

Last Month’s Highlights on InstagramLast Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // We’ve started playing with this. There are some basic phrases that I use often with the kids like “hurry up” and now I say them in Chinese and they reply to me in Chinese. I’m working on adding a few of these each week.

Maintain my vocabulary learning streak + maintain my Duolingo learning streak. // Yes, I’m quickly approaching passing 700 in several of my languages.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // Yes! I got my queue down from around 2,600 videos to 2,258. Woot!

Keep reading Game of Thrones in Russian. // I was on and off with this. To be honest, I’m struggling to adapt to the new LingQ interface.

Keep reading Eye of the World in Hungarian. // Same as above.

Read in French. // Same as above.

This Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in our use of Mandarin at home. // As usual, I’d like to continue to incorporate this more and more until we’re an OPOL household. It’s fallen off slightly, so it’s something I want to bring back. And while we’re heading in the right direction, it definitely needs more attention.

Maintain my vocabulary learning streak. // This has been a great way to rebuild my language routine, so it’s staying on the list indefinitely! I share my stats over on Instagram in my stories nearly every day, so if you’re ever curious about where I’m at, you can check out my stories. I am learning Persian, Hungarian, Croatian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // I’d like to try to break 2,000 this week. I hope to continue working at this in order to make consistent progress.

Keep reading Game of Thrones in Russian. // I really want to get back into this.

Keep reading Eye of the World in Hungarian. // Same as above.

Read in French. // Same as above.

Resources I Used This Month

A quick recap of the materials I am using.

What I Am Using to Learn Chinese:

LingQ – my favorite tooliTalki Lessons – I have weekly Chinese lessonsMemrise  

What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:

LingQListening to French radio/podcasts/musicDuolingo

What I am Using to Learn Russian:

Colloquial RussianLingQiTalki LessonsPimsleurMemrise

What I am Using to Learn Persian:

LingQPreply LessonsPimsleurTeach Yourself Complete PersianMemrise

What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:

Genki IiTalki LessonsPimsleurMemriseDuolingo

What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:

Colloquial CroatianiTalki LessonsLingQ Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:

Colloquial HungarianiTalki LessonsDropsLingQ Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Korean:

Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Spanish:

DuolingoMemrise

What I’m Using to Learn Portuguese:

DuolingoMemriseComplete PortugueseitalkiDrops

Not Currently doing any study for: German, Hindi, Norwegian, Hebrew, Italian

What I’m Using for Little Linguist

Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionitalki LessonsDuolingo ABCDropletsMovies in ChineseGus on the Go Chinese

Resources That Aren’t Language-Specific

Fluent in 3 Months ChallengeTodoist (to keep all my language lessons and to-do’s organized)Notion – my new favorite app for taking notes (I just set up a template for the way I use Notion to take notes if you’re interested in duplicating it for yourself)The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

When my son was around three, I switched from using exclusively Chinese to almost exclusively English because of a change of situation at home. Because of this, he really hasn’t retained anything except for a few basics.

I’m not really comfortable jumping back into using exclusively Chinese because I know it would be pretty frustrating for everyone involved. Instead, I’m working on slowly reintroducing it in contexts that make sense and it is working really well.

We focus on just a couple phrases each week and next, I want to re-introduce basic games (probably card games) to expand vocabulary and make re-learning the language fun.

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month!

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Ask the Polyglot Episode 1: Do You Ever Mix Up Languages?

This post originally appeared on the Drops blog.

Welcome to our first ever video in our “Ask the Polyglot” series featuring our Resident Polyglot and Language Expert, Shannon Kennedy.

We regularly ask what language learning questions you have on Instagram and Shannon answers them as a part of this series. Make sure you follow us on Instagram and keep an eye on our stories for the next opportunity to ask questions!

In this episode, Shannon answers:

How do you learn two similar languages without mixing them (i.e. Portuguese, Italian)?Is journaling in a foreign language effective?Which languages do you speak/how many languages do you speak?Do you ever mix up languages?What motivates you to learn several different languages?What are the best tips for retention?Have you ever studied multiple languages at once?How do I learn Korean grammar and sentence construction?

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Clear the List | Monthly Language Learning Strategies Update | April 2022

I’m a little late this month, okay… A lot late with sharing my #CleartheList post, but I’m here and so, let’s dive in!

Here is my latest analysis of my language goals as a part of Clear the List, but also the latest Language Conqueror Quest!

We’re heading into April with a Quest all about dramas. There are loads of ways you can learn a new language with tv shows and dramas, and in this Quest, my good friend Caitlin shares a few of her favorite language learning strategies for learning with tv.

Join the Quest

What is Language Conqueror? It’s a course I work on with a monthly Quest focused on passion-driven learning. You can learn more, get a feel for my teaching style, and download our free PDF here: Get the Free PDF

And if that’s not enough, you can also get a feel for my teaching style with Snack-Sized Language!

Snack-Sized Language is a free podcast where we teach you snack-sized language lessons. So far we have episodes teaching general language learning tips, Japanese, French, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and German. Not to mention, more languages are coming soon!

You can subscribe to the podcast on your preferred podcast platform.

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts

And if you enjoy Snack-Sized language, we would absolutely love it if you left us a review!

Now, on to #clearthelist …

Wondering what #clearthelist is? Let me clear it up for you (see what I did there?). #CleartheList is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, and you!

We’d absolutely love for you to be a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your own goal post in the comments below.

So let’s get started, sharing our goals and motivating one another to #clearthelist!

Please feel free to tag your posts or photos with either #clearthelist on your favorite social media channels!

Last Month’s Highlights on InstagramLast Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // We’re still working this back into our schedule with YouTube video lessons and other regular interactions in the language. He’s really into doing Gus on the Go at the moment.

Maintain my vocabulary learning streak + maintain my Duolingo learning streak. // Yes, my longest streak is 685 days with Croatian!

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // My queue had gone up to around 2,600 videos and I’ve got it down to under 2,500.

Keep reading Game of Thrones in Russian. // I totally fell off the tracks once more. I had a couple spotty days of reading, but nothing consistent. LingQ changed their interface and to be honest, I’m still getting used to it. It’s definitely slowed down my time in the app.

Keep reading Eye of the World in Hungarian. // Same as above.

Read in French. // Same as above.

This Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in our use of Mandarin at home. // As usual, I’d like to continue to incorporate this more and more until we’re an OPOL household. It’s fallen off slightly, so it’s something I want to bring back. And while we’re heading in the right direction, it definitely needs more attention.

Maintain my vocabulary learning streak. // This has been a great way to rebuild my language routine, so it’s staying on the list indefinitely! I share my stats over on Instagram in my stories nearly every day, so if you’re ever curious about where I’m at, you can check out my stories. I am learning Persian, Hungarian, Croatian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // As always, there’s a lot I need to get through. I hope to continue working at this in order to make consistent progress. Again, I’d just like the number of videos in my queue not to increase this month.

Keep reading Game of Thrones in Russian. // My goal is no longer to just generally read, but I need something more specific since I dropped off.

Keep reading Eye of the World in Hungarian. // Same as above.

Read in French. // I’d like to add reading in French each day to this list because I’m not using the language as much as before.

Resources I Used This Month

A quick recap of the materials I am using.

What I Am Using to Learn Chinese:

LingQ – my favorite tooliTalki Lessons – I have weekly Chinese lessonsMemrise  

What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:

LingQListening to French radio/podcasts/musicDuolingo

What I am Using to Learn Russian:

Colloquial RussianLingQiTalki LessonsPimsleurMemrise

What I am Using to Learn Persian:

LingQPreply LessonsPimsleurTeach Yourself Complete PersianMemrise

What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:

Genki IiTalki LessonsPimsleurMemriseDuolingo

What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:

Colloquial CroatianiTalki LessonsLingQ Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:

Colloquial HungarianiTalki LessonsDropsLingQ Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Korean:

Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Spanish:

DuolingoMemrise

What I’m Using to Learn Portuguese:

DuolingoMemriseComplete PortugueseitalkiDrops

Not Currently doing any study for: German, Hindi, Norwegian, Hebrew, Italian

What I’m Using for Little Linguist

Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionitalki LessonsDuolingo ABCDropletsMovies in ChineseGus on the Go Chinese

Resources That Aren’t Language-Specific

Fluent in 3 Months ChallengeTodoist (to keep all my language lessons and to-do’s organized)Notion – my new favorite app for taking notes (I just set up a template for the way I use Notion to take notes if you’re interested in duplicating it for yourself)The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

I’d have to say that this month, one of the things I’ve noticed is that I’ve gotten into too much of a routine with my language studies. I keep doing the same things and my progress has suffered because of this.

I’m hoping to add in a little more novelty in May to see how it goes!

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month!

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Clear the List | Monthly Language Learning Strategies Update | March 2022

We’re diving into the end of the first quarter of the year and so it’s time to share our language learning goals as a part of #CleartheList

So, let’s dive in! Here is my latest analysis of my language goals as a part of Clear the List, but also the latest Language Conqueror Quest!

We’re heading into March with a Quest all about one of my favorite topics… food. There are loads of ways you can learn a new language through food, and in this Quest, I share a few of my most effective food-related language learning strategies.

Join the Quest

What is Language Conqueror? It’s a course I work on with a monthly Quest focused on passion-driven learning. You can learn more, get a feel for my teaching style, and download our free PDF here: Get the Free PDF

And if that’s not enough, you can also get a feel for my teaching style with Snack-Sized Language!

Snack-Sized Language is a free podcast where we teach you snack-sized language lessons. So far we have episodes teaching general language learning tips, Japanese, French, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and German. Not to mention, more languages are coming soon!

You can subscribe to the podcast on your preferred podcast platform.

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts

And if you enjoy Snack-Sized language, we would absolutely love it if you left us a review!

Now, on to #clearthelist …

Wondering what #clearthelist is? Let me clear it up for you (see what I did there?). #CleartheList is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, and you!

We’d absolutely love for you to be a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your own goal post in the comments below.

So let’s get started, sharing our goals and motivating one another to #clearthelist!

Please feel free to tag your posts or photos with either #clearthelist on your favorite social media channels!

Last Month’s Highlights on InstagramLast Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // We’re still working this back into our schedule with YouTube video lessons and other regular interactions in the language. He’s really into doing Gus on the Go at the moment.

Maintain my vocabulary learning streak + maintain my Duolingo learning streak. // Yes, I’m quickly approaching two straight years of consistent vocab study!

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // Same as last month. I haven’t been getting through as many videos as I had in the past, but I am still consistently working through them.

Keep reading Game of Thrones in Russian. // I totally fell off the tracks with this one, but did pick it back up in March.

Keep reading Eye of the World in Hungarian. // Same as above.

Read in French. // Same as above.

This Month’s Goals

Continue filling the gaps in my Mandarin vocabulary I’ve noticed since Little Linguist’s arrival. // As usual, I’d like to continue to incorporate this more and more until we’re an OPOL household. It’s fallen off slightly, so it’s something I want to bring back. And while we’re heading in the right direction, it definitely needs more attention.

Maintain my vocabulary learning streak. // This has been a great way to rebuild my language routine, so it’s staying on the list indefinitely! I share my stats over on Instagram in my stories nearly every day, so if you’re ever curious where I’m at, you can check out my stories. I am learning Persian, Hungarian, Croatian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Keep working through my YouTube Queue.  // As always, there’s a lot I need to get through. I hope to continue working at this in order to make consistent progress. I’d just like the number of videos in my queue not increase this month.

Keep reading Game of Thrones in Russian. // My goal is no longer to just generally read, but I need something more specific since I dropped off. I want to get 26 LingQs each day this month.

Keep reading Eye of the World in Hungarian. // Same as above.

Read in French. // I’d like to add reading in French each day to this list because I’m not using the language as much as before. For this language, I’d like to get 13 LingQs per day.

Resources I Used This Month

A quick recap of the materials I am using.

What I Am Using to Learn Chinese:

LingQ – my favorite tooliTalki Lessons – I have weekly Chinese lessonsMemrise  

What I’m Using to Brush Up/Improve My French:

LingQListening to French radio/podcasts/musicDuolingo

What I am Using to Learn Russian:

Colloquial RussianLingQiTalki LessonsPimsleurMemrise

What I am Using to Learn Persian:

LingQPreply LessonsPimsleurTeach Yourself Complete PersianMemrise

What I’m Using to Learn Japanese:

Genki IiTalki LessonsPimsleurMemriseDuolingo

What I’m Using to Learn Croatian:

Colloquial CroatianiTalki LessonsLingQ Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Hungarian:

Colloquial HungarianiTalki LessonsDropsLingQ Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Korean:

Memrise

What I’m Using to Learn Spanish:

DuolingoMemrise

What I’m Using to Learn Portuguese:

DuolingoMemriseComplete PortugueseitalkiDrops

Not Currently doing any study for: German, Hindi, Norwegian, Hebrew, Italian

What I’m Using for Little Linguist

Lots of booksDay-to-day interactionitalki LessonsDuolingo ABCDropletsMovies in ChineseGus on the Go Chinese

Resources That Aren’t Language-Specific

Fluent in 3 Months ChallengeTodoist (to keep all my language lessons and to-do’s organized)Notion – my new favorite app for taking notes (I just set up a template for the way I use Notion to take notes if you’re interested in duplicating it for yourself)The Biggest Lesson I Am Taking Away from This Month

Knowing a bunch of words in a language doesn’t necessarily mean you can use it.

I really like bulking up on vocabulary. And sometimes I get too much into that headspace and leave out using the language in other contexts.

In fact, with Norwegian, that’s all I did — learn loads of words in Drops.

And then I had an opportunity to use it last weekend and… I couldn’t.

It’s a good reminder that if you want to be able to actively use your languages, daily consistent study with an app just isn’t enough. I knew this in theory, but I’ve been doing this for so long I sometimes just get into a routine that I need to remember to break out of every once in a while!

Don’t forget that I would love to hear all about your goals for this month!

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Join the Language Learning Community at Women in Language

Language learning can be lonely.

There’s a lot of work you do on your own even if you regularly meet with a language tutor or exchange partner.

And finding other people who share your passion and enthusiasm for learning new languages? Not always easy.

From March 4-6, 2022, Lindsay Williams, Kerstin Cable, and I are hosting Women in Language for the fifth time — a milestone we’re each so proud to reach this year. It’s an event we put together to champion, celebrate, and amplify women’s voices in the language field.

It’s three days of inspiring talks, panels, chat, and this year, you can even join in on two language exchange sessions.

And it’s a supportive community of people passionate about language learning with hundreds of people from around the world coming together to geek out over languages, support their peers, and learn loads!

Get your ticket to Women in Language 2022. (March 4-6, 2022)

Our Focus This Year at Women in Language

This year at Women in Language, the focus is on perspective – new perspectives, parallel perspectives, and (re-)connecting perspectives. 

They say that there are all kinds of benefits to gaining or recognizing other perspectives. You:

Become more objectiveDevelop flexible thinkingBreak old habitsGain experienceGain skills that help you focus on what matters

Those all sound like pretty awesome things to me. And Women in Language is the place to get introduced to new perspectives this year.

Why Women in Language

Many online conferences call for papers. That means that those who submit papers and present at these events are people who have the confidence and experience to submit proposals. Not always, but in a significant number of cases.

But what about those who may be intimidated by the thought of submitting a proposal? Or are afraid of being rejected? Or don’t have the means or ability to travel to an event?

They often end up not having the opportunity to share their stories, their research or their voices at these events.

And that’s why Lindsay, Kerstin, and I created Women in Language. To provide a platform where these lesser-heard voices can be heard.

Rather than call for papers, we brainstorm throughout the year and ask for recommendations from our event attendees. We keep a running list and when we start putting Women in Language together, we reach out to potential speakers.

This means we’re able to invite speakers you wouldn’t usually hear from, putting together a program of experts, researchers, learners, educators, and enthusiasts packed with new perspectives and voices.

This year, we have more than 20 speakers across three tracks:

Parallel Perspectives: Looking at holistic language learning and other aspects of our lives parallel our language learning so that we can use these areas to become better language learners.(Re-)Connected Perspectives: The different ways languages connect or re-connect us.New Perspectives: Innovative ideas and strategies for language learning.

Get your ticket to Women in Language 2022. (March 4-6, 2022)

Why Should You Attend Women in Language?1 It’s open to everyone

The “women” in Women in Language refers to the majority of the speakers and organizers. Everyone is invited to join us at the event. Regardless of how you identify, you’re welcome at Women in Language and we’d love for you to join us for three incredible days of learning.

And because the event is open to everyone, a lot of interesting conversations happen in the chat! It’s an exciting opportunity to connect and learn!

2 You’ll meet amazing people

One of the things we love about Women in Language is the community. Year after year the event Facebook group and live chats are filled with positive, uplifting, and encouraging conversations. New friendships are formed, language exchange partners are met, and new collaborations are set up.

3 You’ll learn loads about languages

Over the three days, we have two panels and numerous talks. Can’t make one of the talks at the time it’s happening live? No problem! When you get a ticket to Women in Language, you get access to the event indefinitely and all the talks are recorded. That means, you can always watch the talks when you’re able.

4 There’s a chance to win language prizes

With the purchase of your ticket to Women in Language, you’re automatically entered into a raffle, getting the chance to win one of three prize packages. This year, we have donations from LingQ, Fluent in 3 Months, Drops, and more. Each of the prizes include hundreds of dollars of language products.

5 You can attend from anywhere in the world

Women in Language is an online event. That means you can attend from anywhere in the world if you have internet access. You can join us from home, on the beach, or from the patio of your favorite café (just be sure you’re still practicing safe social distancing!).

6 You can practice your languages

During the event, we’re hosting two Speak Easy sessions. This is something Lindsay, Kerstin, and I took from something else we ran together (Language League). And basically, it’s an online language exchange/meet-up. You’ll join potentially hundreds of other learners and get put into a group organized by the language you want to practice and have an hour to chat away in your languages!

7 You can nominate speakers you want to hear from in the future

At the end of each event, we ask attendees to nominate speakers they’d like to hear from for future Women in Language events. So if there’s a female speaker you’d love to hear from, you can let us know and there’s a good chance we’ll invite them to a future Women in Language.

8 You get the chance to ask language experts your questions live

At the end of each talk, we hold a Q&A session with the speaker. You’ll be able to ask questions in the chat and Lindsay, Kerstin and I will share them with our speakers. So if you have anything you’ve been itching to know or ask, Women in Language gives you the chance to do just that!

9 You’re supporting Women for Women International

Each year, Women in Language donates 10% of profits to a charity. This year, we’re donating to Women for Women International, an incredible organization that supports women, works to end gender violence, works to support education, and helps women get back on their feet in conflict zones. 

Ready to join us? Get your ticket to Women in Language 2022.

The Details About Women in Language

Tickets to Women in Language are $29 for the three-day event.

It’s happening live March 4-6, 2022.

But if you’re unable to attend it live, you can still watch the recordings of the talks if you purchase your ticket before March 6th. When you get a ticket, you have indefinite access to the event. That means you can join us live, watch the recordings at a later time, or even do both!

Plus, you’ll get the opportunity to get access to the past years’ events (that’s five years of language talks + Women in Language Camp!). This is only available for those attending this year’s event.

Tickets are only on sale until the last day of the event, so don’t miss out on joining us!

Get your ticket to Women in Language 2022. (March 4-6, 2022)

Have questions? Let me know in the comments!

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Snack-Sized Language Bonus Podcast: Women in Language

In this episode of the podcast, we chat about Women in Language, an exciting online language event that spotlights lesser heard voices in the language learning space. Shannon is one of the founders and co-hosts of the event, and last year, Caitlin joined as a speaker. This episode was recorded last year, but you can still join us for the event this year!

You can get your tickets to Women in Language.

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Snack-Sized Language Episode 11: Flair for Dramas – How to Learn a Language with TV Shows and Dramas



In this episode of the podcast, we talk about how to learn a new language using tv and dramas. Yes, you can use your Netflix binge sessions to your language learning advantage!

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

Shannon’s method for learning with dramas and tv shows: Using subtitles to your advantage based on your current language skills. Then, find a drama or tv show you might be interested in watching in your language. As you watch, make a point to write down 5-10 phrases that you find useful using Shannon’s stop and rewind method.

Featured Trade Secret:

When it comes to learning with TV, try taking it in short chunks rather than long episodes. Watching short clips online can help you start to get the hang of the topics on the show. Plus, doing a bit of research into what the show is about and learning some vocab around that can give you a heads start. If you know you’re going to watch a high school drama, learn phrases for “classroom”, “teacher”, “student”, and so on, so as soon as you jump into the show, you understand a bit of it.

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