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Lydia Machova TED Talk The Secrets of Learning a new language

VIDEO: My TED Talk – The secrets of learning a new language

(If you prefer reading to watching videos, you can find all the information from this video in the article below.) What are the methods of polyglots? (00:48) What is really crucial in the process of learning languages? (03:01) What are...

10 Things Polyglots Do Differently When Learning Languages

Polyglots are normal people like you who happen to have mastered 5 or more foreign languages… without possessing any kind of magical talent for languages or struggling in a language school. How is that possible? I answered this question at the...

how to make your learning systematic

VIDEO: 7 tips on how to make your learning systematic and not give up

If you’ve been following us for some time, you definitely know that Language Mentoring is built on four pillars: fun, sufficient contact with the language, effective methods, system. All four of these pillars are important, but I believe that learners tend...

A Language Expert’s Critical Look at My TED Talk

It’s been more than two years since I opened my mailbox and found an invitation to appear at a prestigious TED Conference in New York. Having only three weeks to put my presentation together didn’t discourage me; after all, one does not...

50languages is an amazing website for learning.

50languages: a great place to practice any language

If you want to improve your vocabulary in any foreign language or if you already speak a foreign language pretty well and just want to maintain it, look no further than the 50languages website. However, no site will help you if...

4 levels of language

VIDEO: 4 levels of language EXPLAINED

If you’ve ever learned a foreign language, then you’ve probably asked yourself, how long it would take until you get fluent. I have some news for you: one of them is good and the other will help you to keep a realistic...

VIDEO: How to learn 2 languages at once?

Everybody keeps asking me how to learn two languages at once. And it seems to be the biggest issue in the language learning world, because everybody wants to save time and learn two languages at once, and not just kill...

my top 10 personal development books

VIDEO: 10 personal development books you should read

In the previous blog I gave you tips about 10 books which I really loved reading, because they helped me grow professionally. In this blog, I want to share another 10 books with you, but this time, it’s about books that helped me...

VIDEO: 10 business development books to read in a foreign language

One of my favorite methods to learn a language is to read a book, because I just love getting several benefits at the same time. I read something interesting, learn something new and learn a language at the same time. Because the only way to...

VIDEO: How to get from B2 to C1 level?

If you have achieved the level in your foreign language where you are comfortable using it, you can communicate with people, listen to podcasts, read books without greater problems, that’s great! Congratulations because achieving this level is not very simple....