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Guest Post: The Influence of Technology on the English Language

Posted by Teddy Nee on May 12, 2015

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First Language Meetup

Posted by Teddy Nee on April 20, 2015

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Guest Post: Lingotastic - My Language Teaching Journey

Posted by Teddy Nee on January 17, 2015

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Guest Post: Don't Force Language Learning

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 25, 2014

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Guest Post: English Syntax – Who Owns The English Language?

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 16, 2014

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Guest Post: Talking about Time — How Language Shapes Our Thoughts

Posted by Teddy Nee on December 05, 2014

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Learn Afrikaans Online

Posted by Teddy Nee on November 01, 2014

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3 Mistakes in English by Spanish Speakers

Posted by Teddy Nee on October 14, 2014

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Interview: Przemek Kocur (Poland)

Posted by Teddy Nee on September 22, 2014

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Interview: Lindie Botes (South Africa)

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 24, 2014

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Interview: Jamerson (Brazil)

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 08, 2014

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Interview: Olle Linge (Sweden)

Posted by Teddy Nee on August 06, 2014

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Learning Indonesian – A Native English Speaker's Perspective

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 29, 2014

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Interview: Jan van der Aa (the Netherlands)

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 28, 2014

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Interview: Michael Tetris (Taiwan)

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 26, 2014

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Interview: Chloe (Taiwan)

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 24, 2014

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Interview: Conor Clyne (Ireland/ UK)

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 22, 2014

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Learn Indonesian by a Native Spanish and English Speaker

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 15, 2014

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Interview: Balint Brunner (the United Kingdom)

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 15, 2014

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Interview: Ron (the United States)

Posted by Teddy Nee on July 11, 2014

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