Chatterbug Features – Ahmed
Born in Khartoum and now based in Toronto, Ahmed has lived in New York, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Oxford, Taipei and Singapore, so it should come as no surprise that one of Ahmed’s passions, as a local in so many parts of the world, is…
Ahorita, an elusive temporal concept
As a Peruvian-German, I’m often torn between two distinctly different languages and thus two distinctly different cultural styles of communication. Because I grew up in Lima and my mother is Peruvian, I have a more emotional connection to Spanish. There is no way that I…
How to overcome your foreign language anxiety
Does this sound familiar? Learning a foreign language is often exciting. With each expertly executed email, understood dubbed episode of FRIENDS without subtitles or new emoji of encouragement from your language-learning app, you can find your confidence well and truly boosted. Until… You’re on holiday…
Chatterbug Features – Ryan
Welcome to the first of our Chatterbug Features, our new Chatterblog series featuring stories from actual language learners. In these posts, we hand over the mic to our students and let them tell us their trials and tribulations of learning a new language. Today, we’re…
How Does Age Affect Your Ability To Learn a Second Language?
It’s a common belief that adults are bad at learning second languages. We’ve all heard someone say so, usually as an explanation for why they haven’t succeeded in learning a second language themselves. Sometimes, they’ll provide some anecdotal evidence to support this idea: they’ll point…
How Germany Changed My Latina Habits
I moved to Germany right after high school. Now, after 13 years in an on-and-off relationship with this beautiful country, I have finally sat down to reflect on how it has shaped me. I always find it hard to talk about culture without making some…
9 Movies to Learn German
A great way to improve your German skills in terms of both the language itself and in getting a cultural insight if you’re not in a German speaking country is to be exposed to media input. This can be done in many different ways such…
Reasons to learn a second language now
For many of us, the memories of language classes at school are enough to make us stick with our native one for good. But learning a second language doesn’t mean you must obsessively memorise directions to the town hall (did that ever come in useful?),…
Why We’re Investing $8M in the Future of Language Learning
When I started Chatterbug over three years ago, I had an idea for what I thought would be a better way to learn a language. I had tried everything on the market and believed that this was a problem that hadn’t been solved well yet….
A New Hope to Finally Speak French!
Bonjour! We’re on a bit of a roll here at Chatterbug, and today is a day that we’ve been looking forward to for a while. Aujourd’hui, c’est le grand jour! Today’s the big day! Today, we’re launching our latest course, French! Learning French the Chatterbug…
20 Funny German Idioms You Should Know
It’s very easy to develop a taste for the beauty of languages, and comparing a foreign language to your own often makes you appreciate both even more. Whether it’s the language of business, the language of love, the language of passion, the language of food…
Watching TV to Help You Learn German
Learning a language is all about getting enough input in that language so that you are eventually able to produce some output of your own – just like children do! When you are a child you are surrounded by constant inputs and that’s why you…