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Saving the Circassian Language
Sometime in the fall of 2016, I received an odd message on Facebook. An ethnic Circassian whom I’d never met thanked me for helping him learn Turkish. This was a very strange message, as I don’t even speak Turkish. How could I have helped him learn it? As it turned...
How Circassian Started My Language Learning Journey
Where My Journey Began My earliest memory is one of my most vivid. It was the first time I met my grandfather. It was the early 1980s, and I was in Damascus, Syria. I was the first-born child in our family. For the occasion, my mother decided to take my newborn...
Fitness and Foreign Language Fluency
An Exposé on Anja Spilker, CEO of ZALOA Languages Walking into a language lesson led by ZALOA Language’s Anja Spilker may leave you a bit shocked at first. Seeing everyone standing, stretching, moving around while listening using German phrases isn’t the norm when it...
The Arabic Alphabet
Learn the Arabic Alphabet The Arabic language is beautiful and complex. And when it comes to the Arabic writing system, it’s almost like a work of art. So, how can you learn the Arabic alphabet and reach fluency? Surprisingly, learning the Arabic alphabet doesn’t take...
How to Avoid Burnout When Learning a Language
And 10 Steps to Get Back on Track If You Do Get Burnt Out There’s some debate as to whether or not language-learning burnout exists. Despite what a few polyglots might think, burnout is real. Many experience it. And its consequences can be devastating to your...
Identity Through a Love Affair with Language Learning
How Languages Help You Find Your Place in the World People are often taken aback by me when I travel, especially in Russia. I speak Circassian, Russian, and English to varying degrees of fluency. When I speak to people in my travels, many times, people think I was...
From Despair to Language-Learning Authority
Kris Broholm’s Path to Prominent Language-Learning Journalist Kris Broholm is the host of Actual Fluency and avid student of language-learning. While he’s not a polyglot or a language learner himself, he’s interviewed many leading authorities in the field because he’s...
20 Best Language Websites to Reach Fluency FASTER
Easy to Use Tools to Help You Learn a New Language Psst! Did you know we have a language learning app? It teaches you useful words and phrases. Presented in a natural, everyday context. Spaced out over time, so you absorb your new language organically. It’s kind of...
What Is The Future of Language Learning?
Will Foreign Language Learning Become Obsolete? Technology continues to disrupt business while enhancing our lives. We can order food, pay bills, and find directions all from our cell phones. And now, we can point our phone cameras at objects, watching as an app...
The FASTEST Way to Learn Chinese Radicals
Why It’s Much Easier to Learn Chinese Characters Than You Think Nervous about learning Chinese? Feeling overwhelmed? It’s not uncommon. There’s a reason why the FSL labeled it a Class 5 language, stating that it takes roughly 2200 hours or 88 weeks to learn....
What Is the Size of the Language-Learning Market?
Future Projection for Global Foreign Language-Learning Our world continues to globalize. With technology, cultures, and people mix together faster than ever before. As a result, the drive to learn a new language increases daily. This is best seen in the...
How to Learn 50 Languages
The Story of Richard Simcott, a Hyperpolyglot Richard Simcott wasn’t born speaking 50 languages. In fact, he never set out to be a polyglot, let alone a hyperpolyglot. It just happened. Like everyone else, he had to overcome challenges to learn new languages. But his...