Do you sometimes feel that even though you study really hard, you still don’t learn anything? The reason might be that you study too much and too extensively. If you try to focus on too many new matters at a time, learning new things may become more difficult. The most important thing is to focus on only one thing at a time, and only move forward when that thing goes smoothly. We have gathered some tips on how you can…
Maintaining language skills might feel troublesome if you don’t use the learned language actively in your daily life. First you start forgetting words and grammar rules. Then it gets more and more difficult to produce speech. At some point, even understanding the language becomes surprisingly challenging. Maintaining English (if that’s a foreign language to you) is a lot easier because you see and hear English everywhere all the time. You probably listen to American music and watch tons of English-speaking…
A year abroad might be the best thing that ever happened to you. And I’m not talking only about a gap year before college or a student exchange. I’m talking about any longer stay abroad that you can also make happen later in life. When you spend a longer time abroad, you’ll get a lot deeper into the local culture and language than you would on a week’s holiday trip. You’ll get unique experiences, precious memories, new friends, and who…
It’s finally here: the new version of WordDive’s mobile app has been released! The new app is even more fun, efficient and easy to use than before. You can follow your progress with fish, which develop from novices to juniors and masters as you learn more. Exercising has been completely overhauled as well. Old exercise modes have been combined into one exercise, where the AI automatically selects the best way for you to learn each study item. The new exercise…
Do conversations in a foreign language feel intimidating because you feel like you don’t know how to say what you want? Are you afraid of the awkward silence and the drops of sweat dripping down your forehead as you struggle in search for words and some way to express what you want to convey? We know how you feel. Actually, anyone who has ever tried talking to someone in a foreign language knows how you feel. When this happens, the most important…
Today we will continue with our blog series “The four cornerstones of language learning”. The previous part of the series focused on improving listening comprehension, and today we will dig into reading. Reading helps you to comprehend many aspects of language. You will learn different sentence structures and typical expressions from different texts. This happens unconsciously, and will also help you with listening and writing skills as the structures of the language become second nature. If you want to improve your…
