Stops Signs Around the World

It’s interesting how many non-English-speaking countries have the word “Stop” on their stop signs.

Learn to read a sentence of Chinese in 3 minutes!

Color-coded text reveals the foreign origins of your words

Whoa. Cool.

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Learn to Read Korean in 15 Minutes [COMIC]

All language instruction should be in comic form. No, wait. Everything should be in comic form.

I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How

Interesting Lifehacker article with some solid tips in it.

Language differences.
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Language differences.

Bilingual Children Switch Tasks Faster Than Speakers of a Single Language

My New eBook: 1001 English-Spanish Cognates

I’m excited to announce my new ebook, 1001 English-Spanish Cognates: Spanish Vocabulary Words That Sound Like Their English Equivalents. It’s only $2.99 on Amazon, and it’s a great way to quickly and easily bulk up your Spanish vocab.

It’s a Kindle ebook, but you don’t need a Kindle to read it. Once you buy it, you can read it in your browser, on your Mac or Windows PC, or on a bunch of other devices (including iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, and Android phone/tablet).

Click here to go check out the book.

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter

Interesting short article from the New York Times.