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If you’ve ever wondered how to learn Chinese as a beginner, chances are there was some motivating spark behind the idea. Maybe you read about a promising new business opportunity in China. Maybe you...
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I promise not to get too far away from languages, but I wanted to take a little bit of time (and I really do just mean a little) to talk about the symbolism of the little infinity symbol we all know...
View ArticleDon’t Be Fooled By These 3 Common Language Product Claims
Amidst a veritable sea of language learning programs, audio courses, online courses, web-apps, mobile apps, books, games and the odd bipolar disorder medication, it can be hard to select the best...
View ArticleSomething Big is Coming! Introducing the LATG Jobs Marketplace
Looking for a job in a language industry? After the better part of a decade, it is time for Languages Around the Globe to evolve into its next form. Huge developments are on the not-so-distant horizon,...
View ArticleWhy Did Rich Renaissance People Have Latin Names?
We’re all familiar with the greats of antiquity and their Greco-Roman names. Your Maximuses and your Augustuses and countless others whose names litter our high school history texts with dates we can...
View Article10 Tips for Earning an Income with Your Foreign Language Skills
It is the dream of language lovers and others of our ilk to forge careers or even just earn extra money with foreign language skills. For some of us, this works out just fine, but for others it can be...
View ArticleThe Greatest Insults Part I: The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
Perhaps my favorite bit of hate mail ever, the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks is actually the title of a famous painting showing the raucous drafting of a semi-legendary letter sent as a bold...
View ArticleBoost Language Learning with Memrise Video Content
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a Memrise video might be worth a million. The language learning industry has come a long way in the past decade. The resources available have changed...
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