Language and Culture

2 min readJul 9, 2021

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How to Learn a Language the Lazy Way

Not your average ‘learn French in 90 days’ article.

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When your First Language is your Second Language

The struggle to learn what you should already know

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Language Learner’s Liquid Luck

The secret to boosting your second language speaking skills

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Do This Before Forcing Your Kid Into a Language Class They Don’t Want to Be In

They wouldn’t learn anyway

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How I Learned to Let Go of My Fear and Speak Japanese

Tips and Tricks for the ambitions language learner

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Embellishment, Tim Burton and Ancient Japanese History

Commonalities between the 2003 movie and this ancient Japanese Text

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Language Learning is Boring

The truth about why your French lessons aren’t paying off

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How Can You Be Bilingual If You Barely Speak Your Other Language?

The journey of a somewhat-bilingual

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My Friend Got His Wallet Stolen In Japan

A rare example of crime in Japan

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The Sexist History Behind the Development of Hiragana

And how women were responsible for writing the first great Japanese texts

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How I Learned Japanese in Two Years and Lived in Japan for 3 Months

How I studied Japanese to conversational fluency completely outside of Japan

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How to Move Past Language Learning Burnout Like a Polyglot

Even polyglots get tired

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Schopenhauer’s Advice for the Aspiring Polyglot

‘On Language and Words’ tells us the best ways to internalize our target language

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Do These Four Things Before Starting Your Language Learning Journey

How to put an end to all the false starts

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The Different Types of Language Teachers You Need to Finally Master Your Second Language

Native Speakers aren’t the only people qualified to teach languages

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The Side of Islam No One Ever Told Us About

Spoilers: It’s pretty cool

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What’s the Deal with Trigger Warnings?

Doesn’t bringing them up defeat the purpose?

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Does Learning Japanese Force You to Be racist?

A silly game for getting used to a new way of speaking

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What is the Self?

Beyond the reflexive pronoun

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How to Commit to Learning a New Language over the New Year

Or any other time of the year

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What’s the Point of Talking?

A question every introvert seems to pose every time they see someone.

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How a Meme Exposes the Flaws of Translation

Behold, the years begin coming and they do not cease from coming

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