Jean Reinhardt, better known as Django Reinhardt, was a guitarist whose style of playing and composition gave birth to a style of jazz called gypsy jazz. Continue reading
Django Reinhardt and the Gypsy Jazz Guitar Style
Category Archives: Language Stories
‘Le Corbeau et le Renard’, a fable from La Fontaine
Classics of French literature, the Fables de La Fontaine continue to work their magic on the imagination of both adults and children, for the power of their imagery, the relevance of their content, and the excellence of the language. Continue reading
Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages
How do you say “meow” in Japanese? What about “woof” in Arabic? Onomatopoeia, like all words, are just symbols shaped by the sound system of a language, so unsurprisingly, when you look at words for animal sounds across languages, you … Continue reading
Using Japanese in Real Life
It’s a new year, and I’ve moved to a new apaato (apartment) in a beautiful neighborhood of Tokyo called Yoyogi Uehara. I’m loving the new setting—young, vibrant, and best of all, social! Continue reading
La Tarte aux Pommes: A French Must
In the spirit of National Pie Day tomorrow, we wanted to give you a delicious recipe for a French apple tart! This classic tarte aux pommes (French Apple Tart) contains two layers of apples. Compared to the American pie, this tart … Continue reading
Ari Learns Spanish: New Year, more Living Language!
Living Language Note: Over the next few months, our new friend Ari will learn Spanish and share her journey on the blog! When she’s not reading her Living Language books & playing games on her Living Language app, Ari is … Continue reading
It’s Thesaurus Day!
Contributors: Hkebbe, Ginger, Sev, Max, Sakura, Anna Today we celebrate the birthday of Peter Mark Roget, born January 18, 1779. His Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases was published in 1852. Roget’s Thesaurus is still used today. We’ve asked our etutors … Continue reading
Five Steps to Language Learning Success
We’re ten days into the new year, which means right about now is the time when your New Year’s Resolution to learn a new language might need a bit of a boost. Before you give up and put … Continue reading
In Class Language Study Vs. Self Study: Can’t We Be Friends?
As a matter of fact, we can and should be. As the owner of ABC Languages, a language school in New York, I do have my biases but, ultimately, the goal here is for you, the language student, to have … Continue reading
Ari Learns Spanish: Familiarity
Living Language Note: Over the next few months, our new friend Ari will learning Spanish and sharing her journey on the blog! When she’s not reading her Living Language books & playing games on her Living Language app, Ari is … Continue reading