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Helpful Spanish Phrases to Use at a Restaurant
Who doesn’t love an amazing meal? From paella to tortillas, Spanish and Latin American food both taste delicious and can teach you something about local traditions. Visiting a restaurant in a Spanish-speaking country...
Five Cool Facts About French that Will Impress Your Friends
If you’re thinking about learning French, you’re not alone. French is the third-most-studied language in the world, so you’re bound to find a study partner. As a matter of fact, there are around 220 million French...
30 Easy French Words to Learn
Whether you want to read Les Misérables or prepare for an upcoming trip across the Atlantic, there’s no downside to learning French. Not only will this romance language open up the doors of classic literature and...
Ten Surprising Facts about the Spanish Language
1. The Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española, RAE) governs the language “To cleanse, to fix, to enhance” is the motto that once governed the Real Academia Española (RAE), or the Royal Spanish Academy. The RAE,...
Spanish Phrases for Making Friends
Making friends in your community and at work can be so difficult for some of us. Trying to make friends by speaking another language can be so scary. Maybe you’re living and working in a Spanish-speaking country and...
How to Blend Language Classes with Language Learning Apps
If you’ve ever tried out a language-learning app, but ended up abandoning it before you became fluent, the problem was not you. The real issue is that language apps have some real shortfalls when it comes to building...
Conversation Starter Ideas for Learning Language
How can you learn a second language faster? Conversation! Conversation is at the heart of the Bellieu Method for gaining fluency. There’s a very good reason for that: Conversation is how all of us acquired our first...
4 Reasons You’re Failing to Learn a New Language
At times, learning a new language can feel impossible. Do you find yourself comparing your progress to that perfectly fluent guy or girl at the office? Maybe you feel so overwhelmed that you’ve lost hope in yourself...
7 Step Ultimate Guide to Finding an Online Tutor
Are you struggling to learn a foreign language? Maybe you just want to improve your language skills in time for the next big exam. No matter where you are in your language acquisition journey, finding an online tutor...
16 Basic English Phrases to Learn Today
Did you know that about 1.3 billion people in the world speak English? If you can’t speak English yet, don’t worry; the majority of English speakers are not even native speakers! This means that millions of people...
Yes, Learning a Language Makes You a Better Person
Everyone wants to be the best version of themselves, but how do we do it and where do we begin? It turns out learning a new language could be a powerful first step towards self-improvement. In the same way that...
Best Books for Learning Mandarin
Have you started learning Mandarin and don’t know where to begin? If so, the team at TruFluency has you covered! This post will break down some of the best ways to kickstart your language acquisition journey, solidify...
6 Things a Good Language Tutor SHOULD Do in Class
In this modern day and age, it seems like the resources for aspiring multilinguists are infinite. At the tip of your fingertips you can find apps, online forums or YouTube videos all advertised with a single purpose:...
Basic Russian Words and Phrases for Beginners
Why learn Russian? From geopolitics to pop culture, the Russian language has long held a place in American society. Diplomats and descendants alike have picked up this Eastern Slavic language. In fact, it is the most...
How to Set Language Goals (and Examples!)
When undertaking the exciting task that is learning another language, there are many important choices to make. Like, which Parisian heartthrob am I going to impress with my French? Or, what anime film am I going to...
