Languages Online: The Best of March 2017

Today we're looking back at some of the best online content from last month. Here are our top 10 language articles from March 2017:

10 - No More Excuses! How to Stop Whining and Start Learning a Language on Fluent in 3 Months

There are plenty of excuses we give ourselves in order to hamper our language-learning journey. In this article, Benny Lewis tells us the common excuses made by language learners and why we should ignore them!

9 - How to Create a Language Hacker’s Cheat Sheet on Fluent in 3 Months

In another article from Fluent in 3 Months, James Granahan tells us how to create a cheat sheet, what it's good for, questions to include, and some of the "get out of jail free cards" you can use. A definite read for anyone just starting on their language-learning journey.

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8 - ‘Golly’, ‘cassette’ and ‘croquet’: the words we no longer use on The Guardian

Words come and go. The words from this article are definitely those that are going. Those of a certain age, myself included, will be a little saddened at the loss of some of these words. However, I'm not going to lose any sleep over "golly", "gosh", and "blimey" and "gadzooks" falling out of favour.

7 - Learning a language in later life: are you ever too old? on The Guardian

Another one of the excuses we use in order to avoid learning a language. Are you ever too old to learn a language? We don't think so, and neither did Ronald Williams, who started learning Welsh when he was 70 (he's 85 now!).

6 - Can Learning Another Language Boost Your Empathy? on FastCompany

When you learn a language, do you also learn to better understand the feelings of others? This article by Eric M. Ruiz is an interesting read.

5 - 3 habits of successful language learners on TechCrunch

By looking at the habits of Duolingo users, Burr Settle and Masato Hagiwara ascertained three ways to become a successful language learner. If you're learning a language, you should take note of these habits and try to replicate them.

4 - 6 Things You Need to Stop Doing Immediately if You Want to Get Fluent on 5-Minute Language

When we're not making excuses, we may be making huge mistakes. This article by Agnieszka Murdoch includes 6 of the mistakes that we need to avoid if we're to have any chance of becoming fluent in the languages we're learning.

3 - A High School's Lesson For Helping English Language Learners Get To College on NPR

This radio segment from Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations has a look at how a programme in a high school in Indiana is helping Burmese students to learn English as well as more about the country they're living in.

2 - How to revive a 500-year-old dying language on BBC

This article by Tessa Wong tells the fascinating story of language revival. The Kristang language, which is a creole of Portuguese and Malay, has been in decline since it became economically irrelevant for its speakers.

1 -  Feel more fun in French? Your personality can change depending on the language you speak on Quartz

Fun in French? Sexy in Spanish? Do you feel like your personality changes depending on the languages you're speaking? If so, you should definitely read this article by Nicola Prentis!

Were there any interesting language articles from March that we should have included? Tell us about them in the comments below! We'd love to read them!