Mateusz Wiącek

Why do some individuals excel in learning languages while others struggle? The concept of language aptitude seeks to answer this question by identifying innate abilities specific to language learning. While…

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to pick up new languages effortlessly while others struggle? The answer might lie in age-related factors that influence language acquisition. Let’s dive…

Language acquisition is not merely a process of mastering forms and rules; it’s intertwined with social, subjective, and objective dimensions, encompassing the attitudes, habits, and cultural traits of its speakers….

The realm of applied linguistics is a dynamic and evolving field, serving as both a source of theory and a practical guide for language teaching. Its journey from its inception…

The Audiolingual Method, originating in the United States in the 1960s, was a dominant approach to language teaching. Rooted in structural linguistics and behaviorist psychology, it emphasized spoken language acquisition…

When adults learn languages, it can happen in different ways: either they organize it themselves, which doesn’t happen often enough, or they do it within structured settings like schools or…

I first started learning a foreign language when I was 15 years old. In post-communist Poland, not much was known about how to learn a foreign language in an effective…

I have been learning languages all my life. My adventure with languages began in the early 1990s. At school I studied English and took a course in German. Later I…

I started my adventure with foreign languages back in elementary school, when I was 13 years old. I grew up in post-communist Poland, so learning languages was not the norm….

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