How can instant messaging help in learning a foreign language?

Throughout time, the methods and tools for learning a foreign language improved and enriched a lot: from the traditional learning of a foreign language at school based on books, reading, writing and translation, to using audio CDs and watching videos. The immersion into a community speaking the targeted language was, for a long time, [...]

What do you think about the Pimsleur method of learning a language?

Besides the fact that it doesn’t teach you to write the language. So far, I have completed one unit of Pimsleur’s French and I have a hard time remembering the words and phrases. Is this normal for the first unit?

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Can you Really Learn a Foreign Language in your Sleep?

The average human utilizes less than 10% of the brain. What’s happening with the rest? Can it be harnessed while you sleep? The answer is a qualified ‘yes’.
Sleep learning has been employed with varying degrees of success for many years. It is not a completely passive process, however. You can’t plug in [...]

Stress-Free Foreign Language Learning: Eliminate Frustration when Listening

If you get frustrated listening to a language you’re trying to learn, you’re not alone. Difficulty understanding the spoken word is one of the common complaints language learners have. Fortunately, though, this problem is relatively easy to solve if you go about it the right way. Forget Perfection. Most of the frustration [...]

Bernhard Niesner: Easy and fun language learning with BUSUU @ LeWeb

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Future of language learning

A discussion on language learning in Cantonese

What are the different brands/kinds of self foreign-language-learning systems?

I’m looking for a comprehensive list of all the main foreign-language-learning brands/systems (i.e. Pimsleur, Berlitz, etc.). It’d be nice to hear about preferences or experiences with different ones, but I’m mostly looking for a list of all the main (and not so main) ones.