{"id":722,"date":"2023-07-17T16:46:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T23:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2024-02-13T12:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T20:36:31","slug":"linglinkapalooza-articles-from-language-app-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguamonium.com\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Linglinkapalooza: Articles from language app blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my quest for employment, I\u2019ve started looking into companies that develop language learning software. Most people have heard of Duolingo and Rosetta Stone, but a slew of other apps exist. Listicles of \u201cbest language apps\u201d commonly recommend about 8-15 of them, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.langoly.com\/language-learning-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this list on Langoly<\/a> contains 51!<\/p>\n<p>Many of these companies have their own blogs, with articles about\u2026what else? Language stuff.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019d like to share some of the more interesting posts that I found. These articles are on the simplistic side \u2013 the authors are probably writing for broad audiences (including non-native English speakers) \u2013 but they contain some engaging pearls nonetheless. (Warning: Each blog unsurprisingly plugs its own company\u2019s product.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Mango Languages blog<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mangolanguages.com\/resources-articles\/what-are-the-easiest-languages-to-learn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What are the Easiest Languages to Learn?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mangolanguages.com\/resources-articles\/what-are-the-hardest-languages-to-learn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What are the Hardest Languages to Learn?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Memrise blog<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memrise.com\/blog\/3-lessons-from-hyper-polyglots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 language lessons from hyper-polyglots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Mondly blog<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondly.com\/blog\/words-shakespeare-invented\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shakespeare\u2019s Words: 36 Words Shakespeare Invented That We Still Use Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondly.com\/blog\/popular-english-slang-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Popular English Slang Words and Phrases \u2013 How to Talk like Gen Z<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>(Skip to the list of words starting with \u201cLit\u201d \u2013 the rest of the article is quite basic.)<\/li>\n<li>(Some of these terms, like <em>hangry <\/em>and <em>salty<\/em>, have been around for long enough and become mainstream enough that I question whether they can be attributed to Gen-Z, but maybe also I just have a case of the getting-old gripes.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Lingvist blog<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lingvist.com\/blog\/how-learning-a-language-changes-depending-on-your-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Learning a Language Changes Depending on Your Age<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For Francophiles:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lingvist.com\/blog\/unique-quebecois-french-words-and-expressions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unique Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois French Words and Expressions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lingvist.com\/blog\/8-of-the-best-films-to-improve-your-french\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8 films from around the world to improve your French<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Minionese!!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/despicableme.fandom.com\/wiki\/Minionese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A whole Wiki page<\/a> on the constructed \u201clanguage\u201d used by the Minions in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Despicable_Me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Despicable Me<\/a><\/em> animated movies.<\/li>\n<li>(I forgot which language app blog I found it through, but I LOVE that this exists.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To end on a meta note, here are a couple of non-app-blog articles that evaluate the effectiveness of learning another language via software:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MSUToday \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/msutoday.msu.edu\/news\/2019\/new-study-gives-insight-on-effectiveness-of-language-learning-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New study gives insight on effectiveness of language learning apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The New York Times \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/04\/smarter-living\/500-days-of-duolingo-what-you-can-and-cant-learn-from-a-language-app.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">500 Days of Duolingo: What You Can (and Can\u2019t) Learn From a Language App<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Worth a read for several intriguing details, although the basic gist is that:\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c[\u2026] language apps are not other humans. It sounds like an obvious observation, but the entire point of learning a language is to communicate with other people. You can learn as many words or sentences as you want, but until you\u2019re able to have a conversation with another person, you\u2019ll never be fluent.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Photo attribution: <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/pedrosimoes7\/46264871895\/in\/photolist-2dugyz6-i571Qi-24bZNcv-2e7fuoX-Tg5zP5-23NsARu-5jCYsS-2dAfVQP-2ePws2S-2h4kdKC-24jwtBF-2fhkWKd-2acViwu-2h7kJ9W-2fe2uDt-q4MCYQ-qmkwya-2odabfF-ppzLbR-2kHfx6p-RkHVKV-q4M59E-2bzEx8q-q4MCKJ-7NZ7bZ-qj4qJ9-2gG13bL-q4VCGi-2faT46E-qj4qK1-EYcWsg-YUrWaD-ppmgjQ-q4UbFV-2gp1vqH-2a8f4r8-VhNvoE-6bB8S4-MwRcr6-2gG1f2R-QT6dE7-96ZKgP-2mAPPfc-FL7Jg-UhQj4w-2ooeEae-2dXBvCm-2kKu92c-BnoveC-KSVnz5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Le Hero ou le H\u00e9raut (1939) &#8211; Vieira da Silva&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my quest for employment, I\u2019ve started looking into companies that develop language learning software. Most people have heard of Duolingo and Rosetta Stone, but a slew of other apps exist. Listicles of \u201cbest language apps\u201d commonly recommend about 8-15 of them, but this list on Langoly contains 51! 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