Nee's Language Blog

Medan Hokkien is a vibrant and distinct dialect of the Hokkien language, primarily spoken by the Chinese Indonesian community in Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra, Indonesia. This dial...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2024/04/medan-hokkien.html

Choosing the perfect learning material, such as books, videos, programs, or classes, is confusing for most of us. This is because they are available everywhere and you can get it easily. You ...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2024/03/how-to-learn-languages-using-only.html

A group of islands lie in the seawater between Taiwan and the Philippines. This group of islands makes up the northernmost province of the Philippines: the Batanes province. Besides, it is al...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2024/03/ivatan-language-from-place-closer-to.html

I felt very happy to meet my Esperantist friends again! This time we gathered in Pingtung City in southern Taiwan to celebrate together at the New Year Esperanto Meetup 2024. I also presented...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2024/01/new-year-esperanto-meetup-2024-in-taiwan.html

Indonesia has recently witnessed a surge of Rohingya refugees arriving by boat from Bangladesh, where they have been living in overcrowded and unsafe camps. The Rohingya are a persecuted Musl...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2024/01/rohingya-migration-brings-rohingya.html

In a globalized and interconnected world, knowing more than one language can open up many opportunities and advantages for children, both personally and professionally. This can prepare them ...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2024/01/3-important-languages-children-should.html

Learning a new language can be fun and rewarding, but it can also be challenging and time-consuming. That's why I'm here to help you with some tips and resources that can make your language-l...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/11/5-steps-to-learn-languages-successfully.html

Learning a constructed language can have many benefits for personal and professional development. A constructed language is a language that has been deliberately created by a person or a grou...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/10/benefits-of-learning-constructed.html

I spoke 4 languages: Hokkien, Indonesian, English, and Mandarin on my recent trip to Penang. There was no communication barrier since the Penangnites are mostly multilingual too, at least, th...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/10/i-speak-4-languages-in-penang-malaysia.html

I admit that not all sentences in a phrasebook are helpful for me. Most of the time, I only skim the book to learn sentences that are useful for me. When I'm lucky, I'll find many valuable se...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/09/learn-from-multilingual-phrases.html

You may have watched videos of people speaking in multiple languages. Some of them even call themselves hyperpolyglots. Whether they really can speak fluently or not, we don't know unless we ...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/07/5-famous-polyglots-and-their-learning.html

SignWriting is a system of writing sign languages that use symbols to represent the movements, shapes, and expressions of the hands, face, and body. It can be used to write any sign language ...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/07/how-you-can-learn-signwriting-fast.html

"Too many languages, too little time". That is the problem for all language enthusiasts like me. We are eager to learn as many languages as possible but the reality holds us back. We have our...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/06/current-target-language.html

We are now living in the era of globalization where you can see foreign brands, products and even foreign people wherever you go. Tourists can travel from one place to another easily, very ea...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/06/instructions-for-making-friends.html

Do you think the information you read in your language will be the same in another language? Most of you may not think about this question until it causes a problem. Mistranslation happens ev...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/05/the-advantage-of-reading-in-original.html

Despite having learned many languages, probably more than 30, I had never realized that learning writing systems can be so much fun. Nowadays, whenever I feel lazy to learn a language, I lear...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/04/learning-writing-systems-is-fun.html

Once I started learning languages seriously, I never stop, and I think I won't stop. The adrenaline I have when speaking the language with someone for the first time excites me the most. Seei...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/03/7-main-languages-of-new-residents-of.html

The internet has really had a big impact on our language learning. Nowadays, you can easily learn any language and find someone to study together. However, you also need to have a good strate...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/03/the-method-of-learning-by-analyzing.html

The Tuvaluan students in Taiwan were playing games when I arrived at the venue of the New Year Gathering. It took place at the Embassy of Tuvalu in Taiwan located in the Daan district of Taip...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2023/02/celebrate-new-year-with-tuvalu.html

Encouraging language learning in children can be a daunting task. There are many ways to do this, and no one way is better than the other. The best way to encourage language learning in child...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2022/12/ways-to-encourage-development-of.html

It takes dedication, effort, and time to learn a language but it takes even more to maintain the language skill. Once you have reached the first milestone in your learning journey, in the beg...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2022/12/languages-in-my-daily-life.html

Ciao! My name is Stefano, Italian language coach and polyglot . I’m the author of the Italian audio course Ripeti con me! (repeat after me) available on Think in Italian (formerly FluentSi...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2022/10/update-your-review-of-think-in-italian.html

In response to thousands of requests and questions from the Glossika community over the past few years asking to participate in the content development process, Glossika introduced Viva which...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2022/10/viva-lets-whole-world-learn-your.html

After 14 (continuous) years in Taiwan, how Taiwanese am I? Can speak Mandarin (definitely essential for survival especially when you don't live in Taipei) Always say Sorry, Excuse Me, and T...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2022/09/how-taiwanese-am-i.html

Before visiting Medan, Indonesia, like many non-Indonesians who have never visited Medan, I thought that the local Chinese were highly Indonesianized, just like other parts of Indonesia such ...

https://www.neeslanguageblog.com/2022/08/a-unique-group-of-indonesian-chinese.html