Science Archives | The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/tag/science/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Tue, 28 May 2024 18:24:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 How to Habit-Hack Your Language Learning https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/habit-hack-language-learning/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/habit-hack-language-learning/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2023 21:27:34 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=28162 We all have that one bilingual dream scenario: you step off a plane in Tokyo, Berlin, or maybe Mexico City, and your next move is to figure out how to catch a train into the city. But in the dream, instead of fumbling with the iPhone Translate app at the information desk, you consult with Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/habit-hack-language-learning/feed/ 0 Want to stop saying “Bon-Jer”? How To Improve Your Pronunciation https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/improve-pronunciation-accent/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/improve-pronunciation-accent/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2020 20:37:35 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=19679 It’s Okay to Have an Accent There’s a very specific feeling of shame I get when I say something in Portuguese to a Brazilian, and they can’t understand me. I have even occasionally had someone say to me: I don’t understand you… can you say it in English? These moments make you feel like curling Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/improve-pronunciation-accent/feed/ 3 What’s The Deal With Numbers? Counting Systems in Different Languages https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/counting-systems-in-different-languages/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/counting-systems-in-different-languages/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:47:50 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=18440 Four-Twenty and Nineteen Problems… But French Numbers Ain’t One! Counting systems in different languages Question for all the French speakers out there. What’s the deal with numbers? Even if you only studied a little French in high school, you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about. Numbers in French are, for English Speakers, a Bit of Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/counting-systems-in-different-languages/feed/ 0 8 Myths That Can Get in the Way of Your Language Learning https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-learning-myths/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-learning-myths/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:15:56 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=18243 Language Learning Myths and Misconceptions that Might be Holding You Back Language is beautiful. It brings us together.  In an increasingly globalized and connected world, learning a new language helps us to understand nuances of other cultures, makes us more empathetic to others, and allows us to build productive personal and professional relationships with people Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/language-learning-myths/feed/ 2 Where Do Accents Come From? https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/where-do-accents-come-from/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/where-do-accents-come-from/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2020 13:34:00 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=16656 The Birth of a New Accent – Antarctic English Accents are truly fascinating. A recent study in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America has found the beginnings of a new English accent among the residents of the British Antarctic Survey, a group of researchers who spend months alone in isolation. Over the course Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/where-do-accents-come-from/feed/ 1 New Study Links Hi-Tech Success to Foreign Language Learning https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/relationship-language-learning-computer-programming/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/relationship-language-learning-computer-programming/#respond Wed, 20 May 2020 18:51:46 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=15785 How Computer Programming Aptitude and Language Study are Related – Benefits of Learning A Foreign Language What are the best-suited careers for people with language skills? Teaching, translation, interpreting, journalism, international business… yeah, yeah, you know the list of old favorites. Bet there’s one you haven’t thought of, though. Computer programming. That’s right! University of Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/relationship-language-learning-computer-programming/feed/ 0 Do Animals Have Language? Differences Between Human Language & Animal Communication https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/do-animals-have-language/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/do-animals-have-language/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:45:30 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=13584 How is Human Language Different From Animal Communication Systems In the 1960s, linguist Charles Hockett identified a set of “design features” to distinguish human language from animal communication systems. While there are ongoing debates about the usefulness of these design features, they do accurately describe the unique properties of human language. Let’s explore the wonders Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/do-animals-have-language/feed/ 0 How Language Shapes the Way We Think and See the World https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-language-shapes-the-way-we-think-and-see-the-world/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-language-shapes-the-way-we-think-and-see-the-world/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:18:01 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=13154 How Language Influences The Way You See Colors, Space, and Time One day I was in my Kiswahili language learning course when my instructor taught us something profound about how language influences how we see other people. In the course, he taught us how a noun class identifier that was supposed to denote “things” was Read More >>

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