Comic Books in the Language Classroom?

This semester I am enrolled in a French Class at the University of Utah (I transfered from Weber State University at the start of the new year). My teacher is Dr. Natasha Roegiers she is from Belgium and speaks five languages. She is an awesome French teacher and her class is interesting, entertaining and insightful. This semester we are focusing on the Belgian comic “Tin Tin.”

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7 Tips to Enhance Your Foreign Language Class

As some of you may know I am currently a college student at Weber State University and I am taking a high-level French class. Although I believe the best way to learn a language is to be completely immersed in the language (sink or swim technique). There is no question that taking classes enhances grammar, vocabulary and overall language ability.  This semester I am not immersed in my foreign language when I leave the classroom (Ogden, Utah) so I have been focusing on some different aspects of my French class to enhance my fluency. Some people seem to have a really hard time productively learning a language in a class room setting and claim to quickly get lost and bored. This post is meant to help you get more out of your foreign language class whether you enjoy your class or you are one who seems to get bored quickly. Here are 7 Tips to enhance your foreign language class…Enjoy!

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Kenneth L. Hale “Mr. Linguist” a True Polyglot

Kenneth L. Hale is the most accomplished polyglot I have heard of, he wrote several books on linguistics and languages. He also is said to have learned and became fluent in over 50 different languages and dilects (many of which were dying languages or unwritten). Although many people find learning one language challenging enough once you can catch on to the techniques of how to learn a language, the actual learning of multiple languages becomes that much easier. [...]

Top 10 Shortcuts, Tricks and Techniques For Accelerated Language Learning

Fluency: the ability to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately

Fluency is a fluid concept and is based relatively. Although it may take years to be considered 100% fluent in a language, fluency (being able to speak or write easily and accurately) can be achieved extremely fast when learning the language for a specific task. There is a common misconception associated with language learning and being considered fluent. The ten shortcuts, tricks and techniques below will help you become fluent extremely quickly.  [...]

4 Tools Used to Learn 2 Languages In Only 1 Year

There are literally thousands upon thousands of resources in gaining language fluency. Sometimes it may seem overwhelming to try and decide what tools and resources to use in your language-learning venture. However, learning and maintaining language fluency may be easier than you previously thought. Whether fully immersed in the language or simply studying at home, these four tools will increase your language learning and help you to gain language fluency much quicker than ever before.

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Welcome to keepfluency.com. If you are considering learning a new language or already bilingual, trilingual or a polyglot, you know the hardest part of learning a language and maintaining that language is memorizing the vocabulary and conjugations. This blog is for all those who wish to learn and maintain their language fluency. Learning and memorization are essential parts of business, education, and just about everything else in our lives. The below post is for all those who want to improve your memorization abilities and do it in hours less then you were doing before.

Psychology of Learning and Memorization

One of the key components in learning anything is memorization but unfortunately for us as humans our memories seem to let us down regularly. Once you can understand certain techniques and how the brain processes and memorizes information, learning anything (literally) becomes much easier. In order to gain the most from keepfluency.com understanding how learning and memorization work are essential to your linguistic potential. Where better to start than the psychology of your brain and how memorization really works. [...]