My new book in Italian: La lingua è musica
I just published La lingua è musica, the ebook version of my book on learning languages using music, TV, radio, etc, in Italian.
Free during Covid-19 pandemic
I am offering the book for free during the...
Free ebooks until May 31, 2020
Bored at home under lockdown and looking to learn a language? Download the ebook versions of Language is Music for free in English, Spanish and Portuguese using the code "AG100". (Until 31 May 2020)
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/7246
Do...
Singing to the subjunctive
Studying grammar is a good way to get one’s mind off of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Susanna, do you seriously have nothing better to do?
There are more entertaining things to do like watch movies on Netflix...
Is a polyglot’s brain different?
Listen to this new Subtitle podcast episode "Is a polyglot's brain different?", to find out the answer.
You'll also learn about my language-learning story and about the brains of people who speak many languages.
I did...
Thank you note: Inspired to use music to teach English in Germany
This is a thank you note that I received from a university student who invited me to give a presentation on language learning using music and the media at Illinois College in October 2016....
How to communicate if you’re deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH)
I am curious about how deaf people in the US communicate. Anywhere from 37 to 140 out of every 1,000 people in the United States have some kind of hearing loss. Either you or someone you know needs or will need assistive hearing devices.
Living in Italian (Vivere in italiano): A language that taught me to live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV2d2qcIyvA
My relationship to the Italian language was one of wonder and fun until I decided to use it professionally.
I took one semester of beginning Italian grammar in college. The class was so...
What makes the 20 most spoken languages tick?
What makes the 20 most spoken languages tick?
I greatly enjoyed the book Babel: Around the World in 20 Languages.
Gaston Dorren explains the histories of the 20 most spoken languages in the world, with...
Mixed accent and voices in my head
At the risk of sounding like I am crazy, I hear multilingual voices in my head. To learn native pronunciation, I first hear a native speaking in my head.
When we see things in our heads,...
Language gaps: Lived vs. learned languages
There's a big difference between a learned and a lived language. It took a carrot to make that difference abundantly clear to me.
In California, I sometimes speak Portuguese in the weekly pagode group I...
