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active: 2025-03-03 → 2026-08-22

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VI Viktoria Verde, PhD · Language Lab

Can You Really Learn a Language in 6 Months? A Serious Answer from a PhD Linguist

A hard look at the fluency promise and the final verdict

Jul 04, 2026 · 17 min read · 346 claps paywalled #language #science #education

Can You Really Learn a Language in 6 Months? A Serious Answer from a PhD Linguist

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HE Helen Nomura · Language Lab

Getting Beyond C1 Japanese

Improving when you’re advanced is perhaps the biggest hurdle of all

Jun 28, 2026 · 6 min read · 299 claps paywalled #japanese #language-learning #self-improvement

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WI William Sidnam · Language Lab

When ‘We’ Won The Premier League

Why football fans use the collective ‘we’ when referring to their respective clubs

Jun 03, 2026 · 10 min read · 290 claps paywalled #language #sports #culture

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TR Trevor · Language Lab

What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?

Why some languages are easier than others

Feb 25, 2026 · 6 min read · 275 claps paywalled #language #language-learning #second-language

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LU Luciano Latouche · Language Lab

OK, OK! But How Did ‘OK’ Become A-OK Everywhere?

And why its unique sounds and linguistic flexibility made it the most recognized word to date

Jun 14, 2026 · 7 min read · 243 claps paywalled #language #linguistics #language-learning

OK, OK! But How Did ‘OK’ Become A-OK Everywhere?

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HE Helen Nomura · Language Lab

Why Advanced Japanese Is So Difficult

And how to pass N1 — the highest level of the JLPT

Jul 09, 2026 · 5 min read · 234 claps paywalled #language-learning #education #japan

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LO Louisa Light · Language Lab

WTH Do I Gain From Learning Esperanto?

You already speak English. So why bother?

Jul 20, 2026 · 8 min read · 224 claps #language #language-learning #english-language

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LU Luciano Latouche · Language Lab

Why Human Connection is Key to Language Learning

And what I learned from finally learning a language with a tutor as a self-taught polyglot

May 19, 2026 · 6 min read · 204 claps paywalled #language #language-learning #linguistics

Why Human Connection is Key to Language Learning

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ST Stefan Schroedl · Language Lab

Frankenverbs: The Fossils Hidden Inside Everyday Verbs

How languages evolve through patches, mergers, and historical layers

May 19, 2026 · 4 min read · 179 claps #linguistics #etymology #systems-thinking

Frankenverbs: The Fossils Hidden Inside Everyday Verbs

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KA Kamel Lahssini · Language Lab

Tolkien, the Lord of the Languages

How a lifelong passion for languages made Middle-earth feel real

Jun 16, 2026 · 7 min read · 170 claps paywalled #tolkien #language #literature

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WI William Sidnam · Language Lab

‘Would’ is the Fuzziest Word in English

How this Swiss Army Knife of words makes learning other languages harder

Jun 10, 2026 · 7 min read · 167 claps paywalled #language #language-learning #culture

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KR Krystyna Trushyna · Language Lab

How I Started Learning a Difficult Language Like Greek With Very Little Time

Online business, two sons, three pets, and a challenging new language

Apr 29, 2026 · 9 min read · 166 claps #language #polyglot #education

How I Started Learning a Difficult Language Like Greek With Very Little Time

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ZL Zlatan B · Language Lab

The Worst Language Learning Tool in the World

Building a multilingual and multicolor map of how the world says “pistachio”

Apr 24, 2026 · 8 min read · 158 claps #word-map #language-learning #polyglot

The Worst Language Learning Tool in the World

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BA Bayt Al-Lugha · Language Lab

Arabic vs Chinese: Which Is Actually Harder For English Speakers?

I learned both from scratch. Here is the honest answer, and it is not the one you will find on a language difficulty ranking!

May 24, 2026 · 16 min read · 136 claps paywalled #arabic #language-learning #chinese

Arabic vs Chinese: Which Is Actually Harder For English Speakers?

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RA Rawail Gul · Language Lab

Score Band 7–9 in the IELTS Reading Test Easily Through a Unique Approach. Part 3.

IELTS reading strategies from an IDP and British Council-trained teacher

May 20, 2026 · 4 min read · 127 claps paywalled #ielts #study-abroad #exam-preparation

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ES Esteban Ramirez · Language Lab

The Hidden Roles of Your Mother Tongue in Learning Foreign Languages

Discover how your native language can help you identify strengths, transfer experiences and accelerate fluency.

May 29, 2026 · 5 min read · 123 claps paywalled #language-lab #language-learning #communication-skills

The Hidden Roles of Your Mother Tongue in Learning Foreign Languages

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KR Krystyna Trushyna · Language Lab

What Reaching B1 Level Really Means

(And why many never get there…)

Jun 14, 2026 · 6 min read · 121 claps #language-learning #education #learning

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SE SelinaSpeaks · Language Lab

Taking French By Storm with my 30:30:1 Rule

The rewarding journey of learning a language as an adult through 30 self-conversations, 30 song translations, and 1 short story

Mar 03, 2025 · 6 min read · 120 claps #pimsleur #self-study-languages #french

Taking French By Storm with my 30:30:1 Rule

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BA Bayt Al-Lugha · Language Lab

Why Most People Quit Arabic in the First Three Months and What the Data Says

It is not a willpower problem. It is not an aptitude problem. It is a sequence problem. And once you understand exactly when and why it…

Jun 06, 2026 · 15 min read · 103 claps paywalled #arabic #language-learning #linguistics

Why Most People Quit Arabic in the First Three Months and What the Data Says

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BA Bayt Al-Lugha · Language Lab

Four Letters That Refuse To Hold Hands

On writing د / ذ / ر / ز, and the six letters that put gaps inside Arabic words

Aug 22, 2026 · 9 min read · 102 claps paywalled #arabic #language-learning #arabic-language

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JO Joseph Alan Epstein · Language Lab

Week 1 of Learning Neapolitan in 15 minutes a day

A 90-day challenge

Apr 29, 2025 · 3 min read · 102 claps #language-learning #neapolitan #dialetto-napoletano

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MA Martine Nyx · Language Lab

The One Reason You’re Struggling to Learn a Foreign Language

And no, it’s not about how difficult the language is

May 29, 2026 · 4 min read · 88 claps paywalled #language #language-learning #italian

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OB Obinna Anyaibe · Language Lab

What Can Rank-Shifting Teach Us About the Clause-Phrase Distinction?

Why the “finite verb” rule is not enough to explain English grammar

Jul 16, 2026 · 8 min read · 83 claps #language #language-learning #english

What Can Rank-Shifting Teach Us About the Clause-Phrase Distinction?

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LU Luciano Latouche · Language Lab

Affixation: How Languages Remix Words to Build New Meanings

And what morphology teaches us about the strange machinery inside everyday words

Jun 23, 2026 · 7 min read · 81 claps paywalled #linguistics #language #writing

Affixation: How Languages Remix Words to Build New Meanings

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ES Esteban Ramirez · Language Lab

How Should You Start Learning a Language? Part 1

Stop forcing weak skills first and start building fluency through the abilities you already master.

Jun 03, 2026 · 4 min read · 79 claps paywalled #communication-skills #language-learning #language-lab