Welcome To Polyglotus.com!

Learning a new language can be a pretty difficult task.  For most of us, it seems impossible! 

Actually, learning a language is not rocket science.  A lot of it is simply habit and practice.  Learning a new language is difficult, but it opens up the whole world to you.  Once you start speaking and understanding a new language just a little bit, you'll be hooked and hungry for more!

This site provides information about language learning, including helpful tips for studying, useful information, and product reviews of language learning software.  Don't forget to check out our forum while you're here.  Cruise the topics and don't be shy!  If you have a question or comment, please join in the discussion.  We all need all the help we can get!

Ask anybody who has studied a foreign language and they will tell you all it has done for them.  We hope this site will provide a nice introduction to language learning, and inspire confidence in all the beginners out there.

A Few Myths About Language Learning

Myth - Kids magically absorb language, and then that window of opportunity disappears as we get older.

Fact - Yes, kids have a natural ability to soak up language, and it is pretty amazing.  But, that window doesn't close on us as we get older.  Adults learn differently than kids, and a big reason for this is the environment and mental barriers we find around us.  We can learn a lot from kids about language learning, and put this knowledge to use for ourselves!

Myth - Studying a language means pouring over grammar books, repeating monotonous drills over and over again, and taking difficult tests.

Fact - Sure, this is the old way of learning a language.  Ask yourself this - Did it work?  Probably not.  The best way to learn a language is to experience it, to live with it.  Drilling vocabulary and studying grammar help you KNOW a language, but not speak it.  On this site, we emphasize immersion.  The only way to master a language is to surround yourself with it.  And remember - it's all about communication.

Myth - Americans (or whatever your nationality is!) are bad at learning languages.  It's just not in our culture.

Fact - There are lots of cultural factors that determine how likely you are to learn a language.  But, this doesn't mean that a certain group of people are "bad at languages."  It is all a matter of how you study and how you think about the language.  Language study isn't all about words and grammar - it's also about culture and social interaction.

Myth - I can't possibly learn another language!

Fact - The #1 problem people face studying languages is not grammar, pronunciation or spelling.  It's confidence.  The truth is that anybody can learn any language on Earth... it's just a matter of knowing HOW to study, and being motivated to speak and understand.

We hope this site will be helpful to language learners out there, and maybe inspire someone who is thinking about learning a new language to go for it.  Have a look around and drop us any questions or comments you might have!

Welcome aboard!

Peter Freeman
Polyglotus.com