Boasting nearly 130 million speakers, Japanese is a large and creatively complex language. More so, it’s culturally rich and historically significant. Perhaps because of its grandeur, only about 122,000 people have learned Japanese as a second language. Chances are,...
What are the best books for learning Japanese? Using a Japanese textbook or novel can help you cement your knowledge as you learn. While we’ll admit, books won’t make you fluent, they can provide you with many benefits. Reading a novel in your target language can help...
It’s time. You’ve finally decided to begin your journey into learning a language. Whether you’re a complete newbie or a retired polyglot jumping back into the game, you have a decision to make: how will you do it? Theoretically, you could hop on the next redeye and...
With more than one billion speakers, Mandarin has the most speakers in the world. If Mandarin is the language you’re learning or about to pick up, you’ll have plenty of people to speak to. As you move through your language learning journey you may be wondering what tv...
Olly Richards, founder of I Will Teach You a Language (IWTYAL), is an enthusiastic polyglot… or should we say, octoglot? Speaking eight languages and documenting it along the way, Olly knows a thing or two about the trick of the trade. His company’s website is jam...
Did you know that Japanese is the ninth most spoken language in the world? Around 130 million people speak the language so if you’ve chosen this language to learn, you’ll have plenty of people to speak to. One way you can learn more vocabulary, hear how words are...