Thanks to Anders, we now have the 20th language tutorial on ielanguages.com: Danish / dansk Tutorials I to III are available, though some grammatical explanations and sample sentences still need to be added, especially in the last part. Anders plans to record mp3s to go along with the tutorials and I will be adding the [...]
Full Story »Catalan Tutorial, Affiliate Program, and Australia Photos
Thanks to Jonathan, we have another Romance language tutorial on ielanguages.com: Catalan! Catalan is spoken by 11.5 million people, mostly in eastern Spain (Catalonia, Valencian Community, Balearic islands) as well as in southern France, Andorra, and Sardinia, Italy. Barcelona is the largest Catalan-speaking city, and Catalan is recognized as a co-official language with Spanish in [...]
Full Story »New Language Tutorial on ielanguages.com: Latin
Thanks to Brandon, Latin is now featured on ielanguages.com! The Romance languages derived from Vulgar Latin, the major spoken language(s) of the Roman Empire. Classical Latin is what is taught at universities and written in books today since most of Vulgar Latin was never written down. The Appendix Probi is an interesting list from the [...]
Full Story »Six Countries in Fourteen Days: Vacation 2011
I had a great time on my vacation this year. We visited six countries – Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece & Turkey - and I took over 600 photos! This was also my first time on a cruise, which was a neat experience that we will definitely be doing again. I started by taking the train [...]
Full Story »Starting my PhD in Languages and Linguistics… in Australia
Here’s another secret that I’ve been keeping for a while: I’m moving to Australia in a few months to start my PhD in Languages and Linguistics. I received a scholarship that pays all of the tuition fees as well as a living allowance for three years. My research will be on the teaching of French [...]
Full Story »French Language Tutorial (2nd edition) Now Available
The 2nd edition of French Language Tutorial is now available! This is a major update from the first edition, available in either PDF format or as a coil-bound paperback. Changes from the first edition: Much more vocabulary and sample sentences, such as asking for help, giving advice, expressing opinions, likes & dislikes, etc. New order [...]
Full Story »New Language Tutorial on ielanguages.com: Afrikaans!
I’m happy to announce that a new language tutorial has been added to ielanguages.com: Afrikaans! The tutorial was written by Selçuk Mert Köseoğlu and proofread by native-speaker Sarien, who also plans to record some mp3s. Afrikaans originated from 17th century Dutch and is one of the official languages of South Africa. It is also spoken in [...]
Full Story »Everything on the Internet is in the Public Domain
Actually NOT everything on the internet is in the public domain but it seems that a lot of people do not know this or simply don’t care about copyright laws. Since creating my website more than 10 years ago, I’ve come across numerous other websites that have copied my tutorials without asking permission or giving [...]
Full Story »What would you like to see on ielanguages.com?
Now that I have more free time, I plan on working on ielanguages.com full time until at least Christmas. I have a lot of ideas and plans for improving and adding to the content, and of course I’d also like your input on what to add. What would you like to see on the site? [...]
Full Story »Pour les francophones qui veulent apprendre l’américain / For French speakers who want to learn American English
Après quatre longues années en tant qu’enseignante d’anglais, j’ai envie d’aider les francophones à apprendre la langue des States, ou l’américain comme disent les français. Même si la plupart des manuels scolaires sont écrits en anglais britannique et la plupart des profs parlent anglais britannique, mes élèves et mes étudiants voulaient toujours mieux comprendre l’américain [...]
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