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For a language teacher deciding where to work, the choice comes down to one tradeoff. A marketplace like Preply or italki brings you students, but it takes a commission on your lessons and owns the relationship with them. Running your own online language school means you keep your students and your revenue and set your own rules, [...]

A language curriculum is the ordered plan that turns scattered lessons into a course: a set of goals, a sequence of units and lessons, the materials students study, and the checks that show they are learning. Developing one well is the difference between teaching a pile of words and building lasting ability. The good news is that [...]

You can create your own online language school by turning your lessons into flashcard decks, organizing them into a curriculum, and inviting your students to study on their phones - with no website to build, no marketplace taking a cut of your income, and no separate tools to stitch together. With a [web app for language learning] [...]

To teach a language online you need three things: a way to turn your lessons into something students can study on their own, a way to deliver those lessons and see who is keeping up, and a steady way to find new students. You do not need a website, a video studio, or a pile of separate apps. A single set of [language teaching tool [...]

The best all-in-one language learning app is the one that keeps everything you need - vocabulary, review scheduling, audio, and real speaking practice - inside a single place, so you stop copying words between tools and start actually learning. Most people do not need five apps. They need one app that covers the whole loop: meet a [...]

A spaced repetition learning system is a study method that brings each word or fact back for review right before you would forget it, with the gap growing every time you recall it correctly. It tracks how well you know each item, returns the hard ones sooner and the easy ones later, and retires what you have mastered, so vocabular [...]

If you are learning a language with flashcards, three names come up again and again: Anki, Quizlet, and Lingocard. The honest answer to "which free flashcards app is best" is that it depends on how you like to study. All three are genuinely usable for free, and all three use spaced repetition. The differences are in audio, ready-m [...]

When you finally feel ready to open your mouth and speak a new language, one question comes up fast: should you practice with native speakers or with other learners like yourself? The honest answer is that both have real advantages, and the people who progress fastest usually combine the two. This guide compares both modes plainly [...]

A common question that most language learners eventually ask is a version of the following: “Which is more important, grammar or vocabulary?” The answer to this question is that it depends on your needs. Certainly, early on it is necessary to learn basic words and phrases – such as, “Hello,” “Goodbye,” “Thank you” – but while it [...]

Before I get into the details of how to go about finding language exchange friends, let me share an anecdote from when I was learning Korean. ### An Anecdote When I lived in Korea (South Korea, that is), I was very fortunate to find a language exchange group almost immediately upon emigrating to the country. At the group, I was [...]

### What is more important: Input or Output? ### Input vs. Output / Receptive Skills vs. Productive Skills In the language learning community online and in academia, there is a bit of a debate about the importance, priority, and timing of when to do “output” and how much “input” one needs. Some learners get caught up in trying t [...]

In this blog, you will find a framework for developing a study plan. While the details and the examples are all set in the context of second & foreign language learning, the main points are transferrable to other skills. You could, for example, use the same advice to train for sports, become more virtuosic in your musicianship on [...]

As a busy working father with full-time job responsibilities, there are not that many days when I have long periods of free time to spend on language learning. However, I still have a surprising number of small ‘hidden moments’ in my daily life – gaps which I can use to engage in microlearning my target language. In his inspiring [...]

When you want to acquire a new language, a good way to think about the language is to ensure that you are practicing the four core language skills: Speaking, Listening Reading, and Writing. In this blog, we will briefly discuss and analyze each of the skills, go over how they are interrelated, and give some practical tips for how [...]

**Demystifying English Phrasal Verbs: What Are They and Why Learn Them?** Phrasal verbs are undoubtedly one of the most distinctive features of the English language. These dynamic expressions consist of a verb and one or more particles (usually prepositions or adverbs) that significantly alter the original meaning of the verb. Fo [...]

In today's fast-paced world, effective communication skills are more important than ever. A robust vocabulary acts as a gateway to articulate thoughts, express ideas with precision, and connect with others on a deeper level. But how can we enhance our word power in a captivating and enjoyable way? Enter the realm of cloud-based vo [...]

Spaced repetition is an effective memorization technique based on the repetition of educational material according to certain programmable algorithms with constant or variable time intervals. Although this principle can be applied to the memorization of any information, it is most widely used in the study of foreign languages. Spa [...]

A frequency dictionary is a collection (list) of words in a particular language that are most frequently used in written or spoken language. The dictionary can be sorted by frequency, alphabetically, by groups of words (for example, the first thousands of the most frequent words, followed by the second, etc.), by typicality (word [...]

Flashcards for learning a foreign language are the simplest and most common method of self-study. One side holds a difficult word, and the other side has its meaning or translation. After drawing up a deck of cards, you start to look at the cards, gradually setting aside what you have already learned, until you have learned the w [...]

How to improve vocabulary? Every student who is learning a foreign language asks this question. There are several basic ways to improve the vocabulary, which we will cover in this article: 1. Listening to and repeating the words you want to memorize 2. Using the flash card method 3. Creating associations with visuals 4. Memorizi [...]

How to find native speakers for language practice? This question is of interest to almost every person who learns a foreign language. After the successful development of the first versions of the mobile Lingocard application its public placement and ease of access, the app gained tens of thousands of users. But what about langu [...]

How to learn English fast? I asked myself this question two years ago (at the age of 32). Having started actively learning a new language from scratch, I came across three main problems: 1. Improving vocabulary and storage of hard-to-remember words 2. Lack of time for studying foreign languages 3. How to find native speakers for [...]