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Yoyo and Tang: 2 Unlikely Things that Changed how Chinese Saw the Western World
Yesterday, my 2-year-old son asked me to buy him a yoyo. His request brought me right back to my childhood in the mid 1980′s in China. I was about 5 or 6 then and personally living through the height...
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Top 5- Commonly Used English Idioms
Living in China,I’ve had many Chinese people ask me about English idioms that I’ve never heard of and some that aren’t typically used these days. Its tough to come up with a list of only 5, but I...
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Teacher Tips- 3 Keys to a More Engaging Class
One of the hardest things for teachers is struggling to grab the attention of your students and keep them interested. Having disinterested students in a larger classroom also usually leads to behavior...
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Teacher Tips- Upgrade Your Old Textbooks!
Let this be the year that you upgrade your old textbooks and turn to the digital Tablet Textbook for your language class. What’s holding you back? Here are some of the best things about making the...
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Learning a Language in 90 days: Day #1
CC svenwerk via Compfight The very first time I heard Indonesian was two years ago, when I came in late to my first day of Chinese school here in Shanghai. I walked into the room, apologized to the...
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Teacher Tips- How to Teach an Effective Online Class
The internet now makes it easy for teachers to reach students across the globe. There are many ways to become a private teacher over the internet, using services such as Skype or even specialized...
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How Much Would You Pay to Learn a Language?
The cost of language learning varies greatly. There is a plethora of free resources on one hand, but an equally diverse range of paid options on the other. Learners in theory have the freedom to...
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Top 5- Most Common Mistakes Made by English Learners
There are several mistakes that I hear all the time from English learners. Some of these are easy corrections to make that maybe you just weren’t aware of and the others may take more time to work on...
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Learning a Language in 90 days: Day #15
CC Lee via Compfight It’s been two weeks since my last post, but here I am, keeping my challenge alive. Today is day #15 of my “Learning Indonesian in 90 days” challenge. So, how’s it been until now?...
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Top 5- English Language Learning Websites
There are thousands of free English resources online; some can be extremely valuable tools but it can be difficult to sort through all of the material out there to find the gems. The resources we have...
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OpenLanguage Meetups!
One of the things that we firmly believe in at OpenLanguage is that along with all of the technology that makes learning easier, learning a language takes real practice with other language learners...
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Teacher Tips- How to Provide Constructive Feedback for your Students
Depending on your teaching situation and the number of students you have, sometimes it can be tough to know how to provide feedback for all of your students. How do you know when to correct your...
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The Serendipitous Joy of Learning a Language
Language products often look very similar. Despite the expansion of new technology that has transformed books to computers to smartphones and tablets, the learner actually finds a very similar set of...
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5 tips for how to stay motivated when learning a new language
Motivation can be the hard part of learning any language. In this busy world it’s hard to keep a consistent level of excitement in learning a new language. Certain parts of every language can be a...
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New Subscription Types
Our existing Standard Subscription gives you full access to all the learning materials for each language on OpenLanguage. You can use this account on your tablet, smart phone or computer and sync your...
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The OpenLanguage Learner’s Series: conversation with a reluctant polyglot
Today OpenLanguage co-founder Jenny interviews Orlando Kelm, Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics at University of Texas, Austin. Though his profession is teaching Hispanic languages, Orlando...
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Where are the Language Nerds? (A Hymn for Language Learners)
I was recently reading a blog post by my friend and fellow OpenLanguage content contributor Kirsten Winkler. Grimly titled ‘The Grim Future of Language Learning’, Kirsten presents reasons why language...
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OpenLanguage Learner’s Series: Interview with Holly Longstroth
Today OpenLanguage Co-Founder Jenny interviews Holly Longstroth, an internationally experienced ESL teacher. In this interview they discuss the challenges to teaching ESL to busy professional adults...
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OpenLanguage: a option for home-schoolers
At OpenLanguage we are committed to facilitating language learning in every form it might take. While many of our students pursue learning a language in their free time, we have teachers and students...
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Raising Multilingual Children: Interview with Franck Koestel from...
Today we focus on language learning for the little ones. Children have an amazing ability to learn new languages. As parents, how do we inspire and help them acquire new languages? Listen in as...
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