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Els Dehaen

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Making sense of the world one language at a time

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Won’t you tell me why it’s true…

Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder Where my life will lead me Where the years have gone Why…

How to learn a language with minimal effort and without money

Ah, minimal effort and no money, was there ever a sweeter combination? Bacon and honey comes pretty close (“Everything is…

Why you should start using a foreign language from the start

Delayed gratification, people suck at it. There, I said it. I’m ready to admit that I’m especially bad at it.…

Is learning a language like building a house?

One of the metaphors I hear most often, is that language learning is like building a house. Your words are the…

Chunking, Dutch, Language learning, Latin

Everyone is Irish on March 17th

For some inexplicable reason, ever since I was a teenager, I’ve always wanted to visit Dublin. I’ve had a green…

History, Irish, Saint Patrick's Day

Why your teacher wants you to use do and yet you don’t

As an English teacher, I love teaching students how to use ‘do’ as it stops them from saying things like:…

Auxiliary, do, does, historical linguistics, language history, Verbs

Training listening is all about what you don’t hear

“A pot is useful not for what you can see. It is useful for what you cannot see — its emptiness.” —  Lao-Tzu

English, Language, Language learning, Listening, Taoism

What is the easiest language to learn?

As so often in life, beauty difficulty is in the eye of the beholder. Spelling bees in Hungarian, often called “the…

English, How to, Hungarian, Korean, Language, Language learning, Mandarin Chinese, Swedish

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