2016
September (1)
February (1)
2015
September (1)
April (2)
Why I Hate Interpreting and Translating: multilinguals are not “natural” interpreters and translators
February (1)
January (1)
2014
August (1)
June (1)
May (2)
What does it take to keep a language alive?
February (3)
Sweating to the future subjunctive
New year, new books on language learning
2013
November (1)
August (1)
June (2)
Rediscovering Budapest and reveling in the Polyglot Conference
May (2)
Beyond Gangnam Style: Learning Korean via Korean Music
April (2)
Why you should care about endangered languages
March (2)
Accents matter. Which one to choose?
February (1)
January (3)
Ladino saved my life in the war
Ladino and the beauty of Sarajevo, Bosnia
2012
November (1)
October (5)
Review of Rosetta Stone (Arabic), $1 tea lesson is better than $500 Rosetta Stone
Free and inexpensive resources to learn Arabic
Portuguese via Brazilian music
Where are the female and non-white polyglots?
September (3)
A musician and polyglot discuss how to learn languages with music
Polyglots discuss learning languages with music, TV and films
August (1)
July (1)
June (3)
Learn Spanish and Portuguese via Roberto Carlos’ song “Amigo”
How to learn languages and make them stick
May (4)
Video: Simple tips for learning languages
Como pronunciar la “r” en inglés (Cry me a River)
La “z” en inglés: no es una “s”
April (5)
Ai, Se Eu Te Pego! Learn a catchy Brazilian song, learn Brazilian Portuguese
Aprender inglês com música, “For the Longest Time”
How to learn Turkish
How deaf people can learn foreign languages with music
March (6)
How Russian speakers can sound harsh in English without realizing it
Multilingualism: Being a Russian heritage speaker in the former USSR
Mi proprio segmento, “El idioma es música”, en Univision. My own “Language is Music” segment on Univsion.
The importance of female role models for female language learners
Learning Portuguese with rap and Brazilian music, Don Blanquito and Idahosa Ness
February (7)
Learn Portuguese, not portunhol/ portuñol, by listening to Brazilian music
Being multilingual: Is my language my homeland?
Learn Portuguese: The joy of just “being” in Portuguese and not speaking
Human spirit is stronger than politics. Music feeds the spirit and teaches us languages..
El espiritú humano es más fuerte que la política. La música alimenta el espiritú y nos enseña idiomas (CALA CNN)
Aprender idiomas con canciones
January (4)
Use Music to Learn a Foreign Language
Sensual Brazilian music —> Learn Portuguese
CNN interview: Why maintain an ancestral language like Ladino
2011
Turkish delights: Food in Istanbul
Wearing Kyrgyz national dress and kalpak hat
(Linguistic) ignorance is bliss, sometimes
Alphabet politics: Change your alphabet, alienate people
Ladino: The “other” Spanish, is dying but saved a life
Ladino, el otro español, una lengua en extinción salvó una vida.
Teaching language learning in areas marred by ethnic violence
Bride kidnapping in Central Asia, Is an English speaking woman less likely to be kidnapped?
Could speaking English empower female sex trafficking victims to escape?
November (6)
Special “foreigner treatment”: please no! I’m a heritage speaker.
Being in limbo: Difficulties of a Russian heritage language speaker going to a Russian speaking country
Uzbek and Kyrgyz foods in Kyrgyzstan: Vodka cheaper than Fanta
Russian as a colonial language: native Russian speaker sees her language anew
Language is Music. Songs help Rep. Gabrielle Giffords regain speech
October (3)
Video: Why learn Portuguese? Brazil’s economy is flourishing and its culture and people are inviting
You don’t have to go to Brazil to speak Portuguese or move your hips like a Brazilian!
September (5)
Multilingual San Francisco: You don’t have to leave your town to learn a new language
Will there be more military linguists when homosexuals can serve in the military?
Why the CIA needs me and other 1st and 2nd generation immigrants for language needs
Proposed cuts in funding for foreign language programs in US
August (8)
Music = learning languages and staying in school
Multilingual California beaten by Rhode Island, offering trilingual school
How to raise a bilingual or multilingual kid
Why It’s Smart to Be Bilingual: The brain’s real super-food may be learning new languages.
Older Students Learn FAKE Language Rules Faster. What about real languages?
Learn Spanish, English & Japanese with songs (chords, Spanish, English & Japanese lyrics included)
Learn Any Language By Treating it as Music
July (2)
5 ways to save on airline tickets
June (8)
Ode to imperfection: why trying to be perfect is counter-productive to language learning
Como y porque evitar el Spanglish, Susanna Zaraysky en “Al Despertar” (2da entrevista)
Evitar el Spanglish utilizando canciones y los medios, “Al Despertar”, 1ra entrevista
Bring the World to Your Children Without Leaving the Country
Need an alarm clock to remember who you are? Music awakens our brains, “Music Never Stopped”
The Power of Music to affect the brain and foreign languages
Вы хотите говорить на иностранном языке?
May (5)
Luca Spaghetti (from Eat, Pray, Love) learned English with American pop songs
Multilingual identity: I have to speak all my languages to be ME
Why female foreign language students or speakers may not practice or show their languages
Famous Women who speak foreign languages, Do you know of any?
April (22)
Susanna’s interview on the Polygot Project Podcast
Speaking your native (heritage) language despite ridicule
Cómo aprender idiomas con los medios, entrevista en Tu Desayuno Alegre
Do you need musical talent to learn languages? No.
Los idiomas se aprenden más fácil cantando, Miami Herald
I’m on MTV: Author Susanna Zaraysky Teaches Language Through Music
Música como herramienta, entrevista sobre El Idioma es Música en CNN con Susanna Zaraysky
Tareas para aprender un idioma: música, radio, TV, cine, Internet
Aprende inglés como un niño
¿Aprender idiomas cómo si fueran música? ¿En serio?
ACTFL recognizes Language is Music as foreign language learning resource
El poder de la música para aprender lenguas
I can learn language with music and TV? Really? CBS interview with Susanna Zaraysky
Porqué los inmigrantes deben hablar inglés
Prevenir el uso del Spanglish, Preventing Spanglish
Two polyglots discuss how to learn foreign languages
Susanna Zaraysky speaking in 7 languages
Being Bilingual May Boost Your Brain Power
When to start speaking a foreign language, conversation with Steve Kaufmann
How languages change the psychology of multilinguals
Free tips on learning languages, Polyglot Project
March (1)
January (5)
Learn a language. Change your mind.
El Gringo Mariachi: Learning Spanish through song
Brain Power: Repeating sounds
Primero Hay Que Aprender Español. Ranhou Zai Xue Zhongwen.
2010
October (4)
Rosetta Stone or a teacher? Foreign language learning technology
Multiculturalism failed? Change your educational system!
Speaking in Tongues documentary on public television
August (11)
Foreign Language Courses, Brushing Up or Immersion
Speaking in tongues: cutting primary school foreign language education in New Zealand
Even the Ivy League cheats students on foreign language education
Foreign language education: keeping us from being stupid
Links between languages and music
Learning languages on a budget and on the Web
Kobe Bryant helps kids learn Chinese
Why culture and language matter
SF Schools teaching heritage speakers
Music therapy effects the brain
July (9)
Integrating parents in language education
Colleges strive to make foreign languages relevant
Even spies need to read my book!
Raising a child in 5 languages
Computer programs replace foreign language teachers in N.J. classrooms after budget cuts
Low creativity in education is bringing the country down
Language debate: Why speak English in Miami? Porqué hablar inglés in Miami?
Learning English tied to Immigration Status
June (6)
Technology for language learning
Learning Chinese doesn't make you a Communist!
How memory helps you learn language
How To Use Your Spanish To Learn Portuguese
Listen first, learn later! Research proves my thoughts
May (8)
More free teaching resources
Free Materials for Language Teachers, Mis Cositas
Speaking in Tongues
Free foreign language lessons
Some advice on learning languages
Bridging the Online Language Barrier
Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages (New York Times)
2009
September (2)
Good videos about accents and language learning
June (2)
The art of the staycation
May (1)
April (2)
Living in multiple realities
March (2)
Island Fever or Island Hopping, Moon Handbooks South Pacific