Languages Online: The Best of August 2017

It's once again time to take a look at some of the best stuff we found on languages from the last month. Let's get to it!

10: The Language Learning Curve: What’s the Best Way for You to Improve Your Language Skills on Fluent in 3 Months 

Another great article from one of our favourite language websites. If you're wondering about learning a language, how difficult it is, and what it takes, this is an article you have to read!

9: How to sound like a native speaker in a foreign language on 5 Minute Language

Getting the accent right in a foreign language can be tricky. This article includes some interesting views on accents as well as tips and tricks for making your accent better.

8: Knowing more than one language could give you an edge in your career on Business Insider

There are plenty of benefits to learning foreign languages. Find out how speaking another language could do wonders when it comes to jobs.

7: Why English is such a great language for puns on The Economist

If you love wordplay and puns as much as I do, you'll probably want to read this article on them and how there are a number of linguistic reasons why puns work so well in English.

6: 5 Books Every Language Learner Should Read on 5 Minute Language

According to 5 Minute Language, you can make things easier by reading these 5 books. Which ones are they? You'll just have to read the article.

5: Just speaking English won’t get us very far in the world on The Guardian

This article is a fascinating look at the benefits of learning languages as well as all the disadvantages of not doing so. You should definitely read this article if you're still not sold on speaking a foreign language.

4: Where speaking several languages is a given on BBC

This article from the BBC has a look at a few people from multilingual places from around the world. It's an interesting read for anyone who grew up in a predominately monolingual place like I did.

There's a reason it's Little Red Riding Hood.

3: Women in Translation Month: Books you need to read by women around the world on Metro

With August being Women in Translation Month, the Metro brought us a list of translated works that everyone should read. Check it out!

2: Why is there a difference between ‘hung’ and ‘hanged’? on Oxford Dictionaries

If you're a language enthusiast like myself, these are the kind of questions that keep you up at night. Fortunately, the Oxford Dictionaries' blog had it covered in this article on lexical differences.

1: The language rules we know - but we don't know we know on BBC

If you're a native English speaker, you can often just tell when things aren't right. There are tonnes of "rules" in this article that you didn't know you knew and we didn't either!

Were there any other interesting language articles we missed? Tell us about them in the comments!