If Scandinavian languages are your thing, this book is for you: “Comparative Grammar of Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, Learn 3 Scandinavian Languages at the Same Time” Robertson B. Kunz, 2024. It is available on Amazon.com. Learning a couple of new languages at the same time can be a challenging task, but Robertson Kunz shows that there are real advantages to doing it that way. Most people learning more than one language experience mixing them up, especially if the languages are quite similar. How can you speak your new languages with some fluency, without rehearsing each statement before you ..read more

If you're into Romance languages, be it Spanish, and/or Portuguese, French, Italian, here's a learning tool and grammar guide that you would enjoy: “Learn and Retain Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and French, with Spaced Repetition”, by Adros Verse Education, Bucharest 2024. The book is available on Amazon, as well as on the Adrosverse website. There are also other sellers. The book, available as a printed book or an ebook (counting 410 pages), accompanies you through 6 Levels of your language journey: I. Basic, II. Beginner, III. Elementary, IV. Intermediate, V. Advanced VI. Fluent. Each ..read more

Most of us know that there is a big difference between “knowing” vs “speaking” a foreign language. Sometimes friends talk about the foreign language they studied in school or college. They may acknowledge that they have not kept up with the language, but then say: “I could still get myself understood when I'm in that country.” Well, I'm not going to tell them, but I have bad news: You won't be able to make yourself understood. “Speaking” a foreign language requires practice, even for very simple things. I know – I've been trying to learn Dutch for several years know, mainly by doing the very l ..read more

For the month of July, Laney, the 16-year-old daughter of a close friend, came to visit us on her own. She had one request: Please, speak only English with me. At the end of July, we sat down for a brief interview to talk about her month-long English immersion experience here in the US. Laney lives in a French-speaking town in Switzerland. She has a very good knowledge of school English. She also came with a lot of enthusiasm. I also asked her about the progress she felt she had made. (This is not a photo of Laney.) Tell me a little about yourself: I am 16, and maybe in what you call grade 11 ..read more

With a name like Gamesforlanguage.com, it's no wonder that people find us by searching language games. And even if our main languages and courses are French, German, Italian and Spanish, it is not difficult for us to add games for other languages by using our games format. The first new language game we have just added is in Dutch. As readers of our Blog may remember, Ulrike is also fluent in Dutch. She attended school for two years in the Netherlands when she was 9 and 10 years old and visits family quite regularly there. She is also well aware how her “children's Dutch” vocabulary has expand ..read more

Understanding Swiss German dialects is a real challenge for German learners. But they are not alone: Even German natives often have great difficulties with some Swiss German dialects. When traveling in Switzerland, hearing different languages spoken is just part of the experience. Sitting in a café, riding on a tram, going by train, standing in a chairlift line, walking in the countryside - you're bound to hear people speak Swiss German with each other. Swiss German As you can also see on the map above, the (Swiss) German Cantons occupy the largest region of Switzerland. But why are Swiss Germ ..read more

Our Quick Language Games have become popular with schools. Why? Our games are for beginning and elementary learners (Levels A1 and A2). Each game takes about 3 to 5 minutes to play, teaches easy vocabulary, and, like the Spanish language game in the image, includes fun exercises such as Word Invaders. Also, our site is completely free, doesn't bother you with ads, and you can play without registering. Sometimes we're surprised which games are played the most. But before we dive into the Quick Language Games that have been most popular recently, you might wonder: WHY GAMESFORLANGUAGE? Why are w ..read more

Have you started to learn some German? Here are 6 Easy German Language Games for fun learning AND building your basic German vocabulary. (The image left shows our earlier Writing Clowns Game) These German Language Games are set up as simple Quizzes. Each one focuses on 4 to 8 vocabulary items and one related grammar point. Recall and practice are part of each Quiz. As an added bonus, you'll sharpen your German pronunciation. You'll hear the key words (nouns, verbs, etc) right at the beginning in the Car Race, without translation. Just focus on listening and repeating each word aloud. Then you ..read more

Are you just beginning to learn French? Here are 5 Easy French Language Games that make practicing some essential French words fun. The games also help you build some basic vocabulary and sharpen your pronunciation. And if you learn to pronounce "Merci" correctly (hint: not like mercy!),  you might even get a smile from the French person who is helping or serving you! French is an official language in 5 European countries: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, and Luxembourg. It is also spoken as an official language in 24 other countries worldwide. For English learners, French pronunci ..read more

If you've always wanted to learn some Spanish, our 7 easy Spanish language games can give you a fun start. Spanish is a wonderful language to learn. It's spoken as an official language in 20 countries, and for many travels it's a great language to communicate and connect. Spanish is a phonetic language, and is easy to pronounce for English speakers. Plus, Spanish shares many cognates with English and does not have a difficult word order. Give a couple of these easy Spanish games a try. You can start with a few common greetings and expressions. Even if you speak only some basic phrases, maki ..read more