Every year, bab.la puts on a competition for the best language lovers blog. I have once again received the honor of being nominated. It is a great feeling to be able to compete against so many other great bloggers.
I have some cool resources I want to share with you.
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Anyway, the competition is also a good opportunity to find other blogs about language learning to learn from. There are so many different ways to go about learning to speak and use a new language that it never hurts to hear from several sources on different methods and philosophies.
So for this year, I thought I would share with you the top 3 blogs I regularly read for inspiration and tips. These 3 resources are incredibly valuable for anyone looking to be fluent in a language, or needs some inspiration when times get tough studying a language.
Fluent in 3 Months
Studying for the JLPT tends to encourage learning analytically. With the different levels of the test, and lists of kanji, vocabulary and grammar points to study, you might start to think that language learning is all about just memorizing the stuff you need to know, like any other subject.
But, language learning is different than other kinds of learning and Benny attacks learning language skills (like reading, speaking, listening, and writing) in a way that is different to the way most of us learn in school.
There is always something new to learn from his amazing journey around the world learning languages in 3 months. If you are not familiar with him, I think his recent TEDx talk pretty much sums up his philosophy and approach to language learning:
He also has a language learning guide that includes a Japanese version so that you can learn to read Japanese while learning a new language.
The Polyglot Dream
Luca Lampariello is very talented polyglot much like Benny. Although he is not a frequent blogger, there are a lot of really valuable blog posts on his site about language learning philosophy and methods. He also blogs in several languages, so he has articles in a couple of different languages including Japanese.
One post that I recently found pretty interesting was this one about whether or not it is necessary to really live abroad to learn a language. It’s great because there are a lot of good valid points that she makes about why living abroad isn’t exactly the silver bullet with fluency, which is something that I talked about just a little while ago.
Everyday Language Learner
Aaron Myers has a great blog about language learning for the average person. He is a very uplifting and inspirational blogger that is a little more academic than most blogs, but don’t let that scare you off. He has some sound advice for learning a language.
He also has a massive collection of guides for learning different kinds of languages as well as a few of his own guides that he has written about how to get started learning a language as well as living abroad.
His recent series of interviews is well worth taking a look at.
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