Louisiana French (Tools For Heritage Learners)
Louisiana French was the lingua franca in much of the US for 200 years. Even today, after a century of English-only education and government, the language lives on–a living museum...
Marissa Blaszko
Polish Songs (sorted by genre + decade) [UPDATED 2021]
Polish songs are often stereotyped as either rural folk music or pure Disco Polo. And while there’s nothing wrong with either of those genres (you’ll certainly find both on this...
Best Way to Learn German (for Cheap in 2021)
At the beginning of the 2020 quarantine, my brother asked me a question: “What’s the best way to learn German for free?” I’d already learned 4 other languages to fluency...
400+ Language Exchange Topics (organized by language level & theme)
Once you’ve figured out how to do a language exchange, language exchange topics are going to be incredibly important. Why? Because your once-a-week Skype or Zoom call with the same...
1,000+ Language Exchange Topics (Vocabulary Builders)
After creating our first two lists of language exchange conversation topics, I realized we had a big gap. While the other two language exchange question topic lists were super interesting...
200+ Language Exchange Questions (Personal & Vulnerable)
These language exchange conversation questions are built to have creative, meaningful, and difficult discussions. Our main list of questions was designed to make sure no discussion would be offensive despite...
20+ Language Club Activities (That University Students Will LOVE) 2021
Most language club activities lists are aimed for middle-school or high-school teachers looking to lead students in classroom activities. But these language club activities are for university students (or high...
Catalan Foods (11 coolest dishes + recipe links)
Catalan food is one of Europe’s hidden culinary gems. That’s because Catalan cuisine, along with the Catalan language, was suppressed for a large part of the 20th Century under the...
Learning Catalan (resources, tips, and more) [2021]
When I began learning Catalan, I had a few big problems: A lack of well-known resources for learning A lack of easily-accessible listening practice for beginners No information on where...
Catalan vs Spanish (History, Pronunciation, Grammar, Vocabulary)
Exploring the linguistic differences between Catalan vs Spanish is a treat for any curious person. The goals of this article are (1) to show you how the languages evolved together...
