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The team here at learn2lingo would like to send our thoughts and wishes to the people of Japan. With students and teachers all over the world, we really feel it when there is such a disaster.

Rinko’s lovely guest post about learning Japanese online last week mentioned some interesting words that the Japanese language borrows from [...]

It’s a common myth that reading childrens’ books in another language is a good way to develop your language skills. The idea is that because they are written for children, the vocabulary and grammar used will be really simple and easy to understand.

Let’s look at an example of this from the first line of Beatrix [...]

For advanced learners of a language, it can be difficult to know how to keep on developing your language skills. Once you are able to construct accurate sentences and express yourself freely where can you go from there?

In lots of languages, idioms and collocations form the main challenge for advanced learners. They can be difficult [...]

On New Year’s day, bleary-eyed and reaching for a cup of coffee to help clear your hangover, you make a resolution to give up alcohol, cut out the fatty food and stop vegging out in front of the TV. By the afternoon, you’ve finished off what was left of the chocolate mousse from the party [...]

If you want to be one of the first people in the world to see in the New Year, Kiritimati (Christmas Island) is the place to be. As part of the Republic of Kiribati, English is one of the official languages so ‘Happy New Year!’ is the most common greeting.

Next up, it’s time to crack [...]