Jonathan Del Prado

Xiaohongshu (小红书 or "Little Red Book") has become a surprising alternative for many users looking beyond TikTok. As more "TikTok refugees" join this Chinese social media platform, they're running into a wild new world of Chinese slang words and phrases that are super important

Learning French doesn’t have to drain your wallet or require years of expensive classes. With the right resources at your fingertips, picking up this beautiful language becomes surprisingly manageable. The good news? Several trendy free tools have emerged recently, and even premium language apps now offer generous 7-day trials

Learning a new language has always been on the wishlist for many of us, right there next to reading more books and finally organizing that messy closet. You download language apps, buy grammar books, maybe even sign up for classes. Yet somehow, despite your best efforts to learn something from

Learning a language today is infinitely easier than even five years ago. You’ve got AI tutors available 24/7, thousands of free PDFs floating around, Anki decks, and entire university courses available for free on YouTube. The options are almost overwhelming, so sometimes you just want something simple and

Learning Spanish is surprisingly doable, especially when you stack it up against trickier languages like Mandarin or Arabic. According to the Foreign Service Institute, English speakers can get comfortable with Spanish in about 552 to 690 hours of study. That’s way less than the 2,200 hours it takes

Finding useful language resources can be frustrating. You try a random PDF, bookmark a guide that everyone’s sharing, and still feel like something’s missing. What often gets ignored are Turkish TV shows already sitting in your streaming apps. These are full of everyday conversations, cultural references, and the

If you're reading this post, I bet you're probably scratching your head thinking, "Should I even learn Greek?" Your worry is actually valid, especially if you consider how the FSI categorizes Greek as a Category IV language. That ranking actually puts it in the

We're swimming in language learning options these days, with new apps and platforms popping up every month. After testing more than a dozen foreign language tools, I've noticed the same frustrating pattern everywhere. Most platforms either spoon-feed you boring elementary content or dump you straight into

You've probably heard Norwegian in movies or music and thought it sounded even more approachable than other European languages. And you’re actually right! In fact, the U.S. Foreign Service Institute ranks Norwegian as a Category I language, meaning it takes roughly 600 class hours for English