The best shows for learning English — our TOP 12
The most effective language learning is based on both passive and active learning. When you watch foreign language programs and series, you activate both...
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How to find time to learn a language
Work, study, family, friends, hobbies, food, entertainment, recreation - the list is endless! Do you know this loop? How do you find time to learn in all...
Why is it important to take breaks while studying?
The exam is coming. So it's time to study, sit up till late at night, do a marathon with notes. Do you know this routine? This way, you may manage to get...
When is the best time to study: in the morning or in the evening?
Discussions about when best to learn - in the morning, in the evening, or maybe at night, have been going on for many years. However, the technological...
Flow state – what is it and how to achieve it? Increase the effectiveness of your learning
How can we describe the flow state? Have you ever worked, fully concentrated for many hours, completely absorbed in the task at hand? During this work,...
Repeat smart – how to learn and remember quickly
Is the role of repetition in learning a foreign language so important? Following recent discoveries in the field of the brain’s functioning, and the...
When is the best time to study?
Is there a universal best time to learn? Is every human being structured in such a way that we can achieve optimal efficiency at certain times? Or maybe...
Types of memory – how to remember what we have learned
We learn through all of our lives - it is not only a kind of folk wisdom, a truth passed down by older generations. Lifelong learning has been even defined...
Take notes! SuperTip #8
We often associate note taking with bad memories of sitting in class or at a lecture. But although it was often difficult for us to take them down, we...
Keep it simple! Supertip # 7
Nobody likes learning difficult things. When we see a complicated topic in front of us, such as inflection of nouns or the hated subjuntivo mode in Spanish,...
Talk to yourself. Supertip #6
"I talk to myself. Sometimes you have to talk to someone intelligent." We have no idea where this saying came from, but one thing is for sure - it does...
Start with the basics of a language. Supertip # 5
How many times when you return to language learning do you get the feeling of "I already know this" and skip the next word or rule? If this is yet another...
