Welcome to the 2018-2019 list of English lecteur / lectrice and maître de langue positions at French universities! If you have finished at least one year of a Master’s degree, you may be eligible to apply to teach English at the university level in France. Please read through the English lecteur / lectrice information and check out last […]
Practical Corpus Linguistics: An Introduction to Corpus-Based Language Analysis by Martin Weisser Practical Corpus Linguistics is a great introduction to analyzing language data with hands-on exercises using free software and websites. For anyone interested in textual analysis, corpus linguistics, and digital humanities, this book will get you started on the basics. There are other introduction […]
French Language Database: Lexique Lexique is a free database of frequent French words that you can download (text file or spreadsheet) or consult online. It contains 135,000 French words that can easily be filtered or sorted to look at patterns such as most frequent words or phrases, number of homophones, parts of speech, etc. The […]
Who wants to learn Afrikaans? If you want to learn Afrikaans, then you have come to the right place! Afrikaans is one of the easiest languages for English-speakers to learn. However, there are far fewer resources to study it compared to other languages. Here are some resources you can use to learn this beautiful daughter-language of […]
Language enthusiasts, if you have ever wondered if a multilingual language learning board game exists, the answer is yes! Polyglot board game was created by Polyglot Inc. of Miami, Florida, in 1987. I don’t know if the company is still active or if they have created other language learning resources, but let’s take a look […]
Teach English in France Welcome to the 2017-2018 list of English lecteur / lectrice and maître de langue positions at French universities! [This post is no longer being updated. Are you looking for 2018-2019 English teaching positions at French universities?] Read through this previous post about these English lecteur / lectrice positions in France for more information and the education requirements. […]
Apply to teach English in Spain through the Auxiliar de Conversación program! Application available between January 9 and April 18, 2017. The application is now open to teach English in Spain or Andorra through the Spanish Ministry of Education. Auxiliares teach for 12 hours a week from October 1, 2017, to May 31, 2018, for a […]
Learn three Scandinavian languages together If you are studying a Scandinavian language, it is quite easy to learn other Scandinavian languages at the same time due to how closely related they are. Comparing the vocabulary among languages makes it easier to see the similarities and differences. I have recently updated the multilingual vocabulary lists to […]
The application for the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) for Americans and Canadians is now available at tapif.org The Teaching Assistant Program in France offers 7 month English teaching assistant positions at public schools in France or the DOM-TOMs. The only contract is October 1 to April 30. Applicants must be between the ages […]
If you would like to teach English in Latin America so that you can improve your Spanish while getting teaching experience and living abroad, here are some official programs and options for native speakers of English: Get Paid to Teach English: If you’d like to teach English in Colombia, the English Teaching Fellowship offers placements in […]