Notas sobre hablar en voz alta.

Por qué la mayoría de las apps de idiomas no te dan fluidez, qué sí lo hace y las cosas pequeñas que aprendimos construyendo Glauda.

June 2, 20265 min de lecturaEn inglésgerman

Beyond du and Sie: when Germans actually switch register

The textbook rule is Sie with strangers, du with friends. The real social map is more complicated. A practical guide to what natives do, when, and why.

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May 30, 20264 min de lecturaEn inglésfrench

Why French listening is so much harder than French reading

Spoken French is not the same language as written French. The sounds, the elisions, the speed. A guide to closing the listening gap once you can read fine.

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May 26, 20264 min de lecturaEn ingléslanguage-learning

Streaks are a trap. Here's what to count instead.

Daily streaks measure whether you opened the app, not whether you got better. Why the difference matters for language learning.

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May 22, 20265 min de lecturaEn inglésspanish

The 5 Spanish filler words you'll hear in Madrid

Textbook Spanish has none of these. Real Spanish runs on them. A field guide to vale, pues, hombre, oye, and sabes — what they mean and when to use them.

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May 19, 20264 min de lecturaEn inglésdutch

Why everyone in the Netherlands switches to English with you

If you're learning Dutch in the Netherlands, every conversation is a quiet negotiation. Why it happens, and scripts that keep your friends speaking Dutch.

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May 15, 20265 min de lecturaEn inglésfluency

You can read it. You just can't say it.

Reading fluency and speaking fluency are two different skills. Most language apps train one and call it the other, which is why you feel stuck.

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