5 Turkish TV Shows You Can Stream To Help You Learn The Language

5 Turkish TV Shows You Can Stream To Help You Learn The Language

Learning a language like Turkish may provoke fears of not having as many opportunities to be immerse...

7 Linguistics Podcasts For The Language Curious

7 Linguistics Podcasts For The Language Curious

What makes language so endlessly fascinating is that it intersects with every other topic you can th...

10 Old English Words That Might Be Worth Reclaiming

10 Old English Words That Might Be Worth Reclaiming

It’s not exactly unheard of for older people to fret about what younger people are doing to la...

The Origins Of 10 Space Terms That Are Out Of This World

The Origins Of 10 Space Terms That Are Out Of This World

In the 21st century, we know a decent amount about astronomy. There’s plenty of phenomena still sh...

What Should Humans Say To Extraterrestrials?

What Should Humans Say To Extraterrestrials?

Congratulations! You’ve been chosen as the Representative of the Human Race™ to send a message i...

What The Turing Test Tells Us About The Future Of Technology

What The Turing Test Tells Us About The Future Of Technology

The age of talking robots is here. Amazon Alexas and Google Assistants are popping up in homes, and ...

12 Political Word Origins That Can Help You Understand The Government

12 Political Word Origins That Can Help You Understand The Government

If you’ve lived in the United States since birth, you’ve been inundated with American politics. ...

What Is Cockney Rhyming Slang, And How Do You Speak It?

What Is Cockney Rhyming Slang, And How Do You Speak It?

When you think “English accent,” maybe you immediately imagine someone who speaks as poshly as t...

How To Talk About Family In German

How To Talk About Family In German

Family is a huge part of, really, every culture in the world. But if you’re learning to talk a...

How To Communicate More Effectively With A Mask On

How To Communicate More Effectively With A Mask On

The coronavirus has revealed a lot about society, not all of which is good. But one positive aspect ...

The 8 Foreign-Language Songs That Have Topped The US Charts

The 8 Foreign-Language Songs That Have Topped The US Charts

If you go to another country and turn on the radio, you’ll stumble on an English song pretty quick...

Join The Babbel Brand Ambassador Program

Join The Babbel Brand Ambassador Program

Update: The Ambassador Program is now part of the freelance Babbel Creators network. We are no longe...

The 7 Best Films For Learning Polish

The 7 Best Films For Learning Polish

Poland has a rich cinematic history. Coming out of the brutal repression of World War II, Poles have...

Multilinguish: The World Of, Um, Filler Words

Multilinguish: The World Of, Um, Filler Words

Subscribe to Multilinguish on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher or wherever you listen....

21 Reasons To Learn A Language In 2021

21 Reasons To Learn A Language In 2021

Depending on how you look at it, January 1 might be just another day. But there’s something ab...

Multilinguish: Your Brain On Language

Multilinguish: Your Brain On Language

Subscribe to Multilinguish on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher or wherever you li...

How To Talk About Family In Norwegian

How To Talk About Family In Norwegian

Norwegian culture is like pretty much every other culture in the sense that family is a pretty big d...

A Review Of The Ample Variety Of ‘Butt’ Words Across The World

A Review Of The Ample Variety Of ‘Butt’ Words Across The World

Imagine being new to the English language and learning that “badonkadonk” is a suitable ...

9 Famous Songs With Bad Grammar (And How To Make Them Better)

9 Famous Songs With Bad Grammar (And How To Make Them Better)

Ah, music. Isn’t it wonderful? Music and lyrics can take you on the proverbial rollercoaster r...

21 American English Phrases That Are, Like, Totally Useful To Know

21 American English Phrases That Are, Like, Totally Useful To Know

English may be a global lingua franca, but the way it’s spoken is very different from place to...

Why The Swedish ‘Mys’ Is A Must In Your Vocabulary

Why The Swedish ‘Mys’ Is A Must In Your Vocabulary

Assuming you caught wind of the hygge craze in the English-speaking world, then it probably didnR...

How To Use Flashcards For Language Learning

How To Use Flashcards For Language Learning

There’s something fundamental about using flashcards when you’re in the process of learning....

Behind The Scenes: Jen (she/her)

Behind The Scenes: Jen (she/her)

At Babbel, our endgame is getting people to have conversations with other people, in a new language....

5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Cinco De Mayo

5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Cinco De Mayo

The sun is shining, birds are birding and spring is springing here in the United States. Soon, milli...

What Are The Languages Spoken In Switzerland?

What Are The Languages Spoken In Switzerland?

People are naturally fascinated by Switzerland — and this admiration isn’t just a love for c...

What Are The Differences In Humor Between Spanish And English?

What Are The Differences In Humor Between Spanish And English?

Early in my journey doing stand-up in the United States, a comedian approached me. He was impressed ...

What Are The 10 Most Spoken Languages In Europe?

What Are The 10 Most Spoken Languages In Europe?

Europe can be a tricky thing to define. According to the Ancient Greeks, Europa was the beautiful pr...

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: What US Soccer Culture Borrowed From The World

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: What US Soccer Culture Borrowed From The World

Soccer, or football as it’s known everywhere else, is truly the world’s game. 43 percent of the ...

7 TV Shows To Watch If You’re Learning English

7 TV Shows To Watch If You’re Learning English

There are many, many English TV shows. If you want to use television to learn a language, you have p...

Who Are The Most Multilingual Athletes In The World?

Who Are The Most Multilingual Athletes In The World?

When we talk about athletes, we’re often focused on their batting average, their running speed...