Discover how I learnt Spanish, all the way from classes at school to teaching myself the language for dissertation research in Madrid and volunteering as an English teacher in Ecuador.

Learn how to get the most out of mylingua - an excellent resource for improving your Chinese through reading and listening to real news articles in Chinese.

Though we currently have no way of knowing when or which group of people spoke the first words, there are various theories about the development of language.

To divide an audio file into smaller audio files, I’d recommend using a free software called Audacity.

Subtitles are much-maligned when it comes to language learning, but they can actually be an important part of the process.

If you need a day to switch off from everything, or if you need a day in front of the telly with a takeaway, that’s fine.

You're actually improving all the time.

It’s possible to learn two languages at once, but it’s important to follow some general guidelines to avoid holding back progress in both.