Author: Mike

Do you fall asleep with a smartphone in hand only to wake up and grab it first thing in the morning? Do you scold yourself…

Let’s Learn the Language of the Gods Romance languages are my greatest passion. Coming from a Slavic background and knowing a few extra Germanic languages,…

Put on a Beret – We’re Going to Learn French French is the most seductive and elegant language in the world. For people like me,…

The Melody of the Portuguese Language Who doesn’t like the passion of the Portuguese language? If you’re raising your hand, you’ve never heard it. Seriously,…

How to Pick the Perfect Spanish App? I love learning languages, teaching languages, and testing language apps. What I’m not a fan of is picking…

Why Flipping the Classroom? “Outdated” is one of the scariest ways to describe a learning environment. Traumatized by my technology-free school back in the day,…

Is Language Learning Without Technology Even Fun? I’m a language dinosaur. I started learning foreign languages with no access to technology. On the rare occasions…

How About Some German Apps? Selecting the best German app is like selecting the best wine. There’s no one-fits-all recipe. There are wines that go…

I love comparing language learning apps, perhaps the same as I love learning languages. Wait, maybe that’s the real reason I enjoy reviews – they…

The language learning market is flooded with language apps. They all promise to turn us into language gods (or, at least, native speakers). An average…