{"id":3264,"date":"2015-01-09T11:38:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T11:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2021-11-18T16:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T16:16:03","slug":"6-great-language-learning-blogs-to-visit-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/6-great-language-learning-blogs-to-visit-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"6 great language learning blogs to visit in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So how&#8217;s everyone&#8217;s 2015 going? We hope your year has got off to a great start, and that your new year&#8217;s resolutions are all still intact&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/languages2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3266\" src=\"https:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/languages2015-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"Learn a language\" width=\"215\" height=\"222\"><\/a>We&#8217;d like to start the year by thanking you all for reading our blog. With a bit of luck, at some point over the last couple of years it&#8217;s inspired you, made you smile or just entertained you for a few minutes.&nbsp;We love sharing our thoughts on languages and everything connected to them (sometimes fairly tenuously connected!) so please do keep coming back. Remember, you can subscribe by email to get all our posts delivered straight to your inbox \ud83d\ude42 And as always, we love hearing from anyone who&#8217;d like to be a guest blogger, or with suggestions on topics you&#8217;d like to see covered.<\/p>\n<p>But today we wanted&nbsp;to share with you a few&nbsp;other fantastic language learning blogs that we&#8217;ve discovered, which are full of great suggestions, advice and ideas. Please share your own favourites with us in the comments, and we&#8217;ll add the best ones to our list!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"FlashSticks\" href=\"https:\/\/flashsticks.com\/sticky-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FlashSticks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FlashSticks is a UK-based company with a simple yet ingenious idea &#8211; vocabulary flashcards on colour-coded sticky&nbsp;notes. Their Sticky Blog is a treasure trove of fantastic articles written by the FlashSticks team, who clearly know a thing or two about learning languages. They also have a really fun and friendly <a title=\"FlashSticks on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flashsticks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> account, so they&#8217;re well worth a follow there too.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend: <a title=\"Flashsticks - 6 tips for getting out of a language learning rut\" href=\"https:\/\/flashsticks.com\/6-tips-getting-language-learning-rut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 tips for getting out of a language learning rut<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lindsay Does Languages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindsay Does Languages<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Dow is a language fan who&#8217;s also an English tutor.&nbsp;Her blog is a great mix of written articles and videos, and includes learning advice as well as&nbsp;lots about language in popular culture like movies and music. Right now, Lindsay&#8217;s running a fantastic photo&nbsp;challenge over on <a title=\"Lindsay Does Languages on Instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/lindsaydoeslanguages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, which looks like a lot of fun and a great way to learn.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend: <a title=\"Lindsay Does Languages - 82 British TV shows to help with your English\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com\/82-british-tv-shows-help-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">82 British TV shows to help with your English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lingholic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lingholic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lingholic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam Gendreau, the polyglot&nbsp;behind this great language site, is passionate about helping other people learn a language. His blog is full of useful and interesting articles, perfect for those with a language addiction or just a passing interest. We challenge anyone to visit Lingholic and not come away feeling inspired and encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend: <a title=\"Lingholic - ten amazing reasons why you should learn a foreign language\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lingholic.com\/ten-amazing-reasons-learn-foreign-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ten amazing reasons why you should learn a foreign language<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wanderlustlanguages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wanderlust Languages<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, so we&#8217;re a bit biased because the author of this blog is a former EuroTalker. But&nbsp;that doesn&#8217;t change the fact that it&#8217;s a great site. As a self-pronounced language geek and freelance translator, she really knows her stuff. Visit the blog for tips and advice for language learners, translators&#8230; and anyone interested in how to be British.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend: <a title=\"Robin and the machine - Don't be scared... how to get talking in your foreign language\" href=\"https:\/\/wanderlustlanguages.com\/2015\/01\/08\/dont-be-scared-how-to-get-talking-in-your-foreign-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Don&#8217;t be scared&#8230; How to get talking in your foreign language<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fluent in 3 months\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentin3months.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fluent in 3 Months<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Probably most people already know this blog, as its creator, Benny the Irish Polyglot, is pretty famous these days. Benny is the perfect example of someone who struggled with languages at school but has since fallen in love with them.&nbsp;Since 2003, he&#8217;s been travelling the world, learning new languages (in three months) and sharing his experiences and advice.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend: <a title=\"Fluent in 3 months - how to make a New Year's Resolution and actually keep it\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentin3months.com\/keep-a-new-years-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to make a New Year&#8217;s Resolution and actually keep it<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"James Chapman - chapmangamo\" href=\"https:\/\/chapmangamo.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pictures by James Chapman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not a language learning blog as such, but so much fun. James is an illustrator from the UK who draws fantastic pictures all based on&nbsp;languages from around the world. His collection includes everything from how to sound like a monkey in different languages to literal translations of the titles of popular TV shows. Be warned though, you may find it hard to drag yourself away.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend: <a title=\"James Chapman - the sounds of the new year\" href=\"https:\/\/chapmangamo.tumblr.com\/image\/106705134435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The sounds of the New Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are lots more fantastic language blogs out there, so please don&#8217;t be offended if we didn&#8217;t mention yours this time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So how&#8217;s everyone&#8217;s 2015 going? We hope your year has got off to a great start, and that your new year&#8217;s resolutions are all still intact&#8230;? We&#8217;d like to start the year by thanking you all for reading our blog. 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