No, I don't mean what's hard about learning languages. We've all seen them. The "30 Days to a Beach Body," or "25 Days of Thankfulness...

Spanish is one language most English speakers in the United States are probably familiar with. It’s the second most common language in...

I have no idea where I first read about Sobremesa, but I was immediately drawn to the idea. In its traditional form, sobremesa means...

Have you ever heard that old joke (circa middle school) where you add “in bed” to the end of a fortune cookie fortune and it’s suddenly...

Russian is probably the language you think of when you hear someone talk about “Slavic Languages.” It’s the largest member of that...

I’ve mentioned before that I like to take a big picture, outside-in approach to language learning. I like to peel the onion, if you...

The Russian language performs in an inherently different way than English. This is one of the major hurdles for most English speakers,...

Hello. Welcome to Language Briefs. Before you dive too deep into the articles on this site, I thought it might be good to talk about what...