You bought a language course and started your studies with great enthusiasm. Then came that super busy week at work, then the bathroom renovation, and then your child came down with fever. And in that hassle called everyday life you just couldn’t find time to continue with your studies. Sound familiar? In this newsletter, we will give you some tips on how to keep up your motivation and find time for language studies even during busy times. 1. Set a…
Would you like to do something new and different this year? We have an idea: choose a new language and culture that somehow fascinates you. Make it a hobby that you’ll enjoy and want to spend time on. You can even overdo it a bit in the beginning: search information about the country of your choice, listen to local music and watch movies produced in the country. As your knowledge and skills build up, you will realize how excited you…
2016 will be an exciting year for all WordDive users! Check out the sneak peek: Android app Perhaps one of the most anticipated piece of news is the release of the Android mobile application. Android is by far the most popular smartphone operating system. It is used by Samsung, LG, HTC and many other manufacturers. The Android device selection includes many affordable, but very nice phone models. We have received lots of requests for an Android app, and we are…
It is obvious that learning a second language makes many things easier – traveling, surfing the internet and finding a good job are just a few examples. But did you know that learning languages also improves your intelligence, memory and concentration? Generally, the earlier you start learning a language, the better, but even adults who learn a second language will benefit from it greatly. Here is how learning a new language changes your brain – at any age: People who speak…
Did you know that the Swedish language has five different noun classes? In addition to knowing the correct article (en or ett), it is important to know to which class a noun belongs in order to be able to decline it correctly. For example, if you know that the word en skola (school) belongs to declination class 1, you will also know that its indefinite plural is skolor. In the exercises, we have marked the noun class for each noun…
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Kati, Divonne-les-Bains: WordDive is an excellent choice for a stay-at-home mom
December 15, 2015We suddenly had to move from Helsinki to Central Europe last spring when my husband started a long work project in Geneva. We heard about this on May Day, and before the end of May, we were already living here in Divonne-les-Bains, a small spa town in eastern France near the Swiss border. I had no time to think about language issues then. It struck me only when we arrived. My French is horrible, so I started to look for…