• Learning a Second Language….. and a Third….. and a Fourth…..

    Do you know who Ioannis Ikonomou is?  I didn’t either – that is, until I ran across an article about one of the smartest living human beings.  Most of us would consider speaking a second language as a great feat.  A third language? Incredible.  A fourth language?  Impossible.  Not Ioannis Ikonomou.  This 46-year old Greece-born, world-citizen “feels comfortable” speaking and communicating in 32 languages.  That’s not a typo – 32 (as in thirty-two). As a native Grecian, his mother-tongue is Greek.  He began learning English when he was 6 years old.  After English came German…  Then Russian…  Italian…  Turkish…  Arabic…  And so the story goes.  Ioannis is now employed as the only in-house translator for the European Commission of the United Nations.  He spends about half the year in Beijing, China as …

  • Learn a Language – Meet Famous People

    I’d like to officially welcome you to the Visual Link Languages blog about language learning. Well let’s get right into it, shall we? Why would anyone want to learn another language? Why do you want to learn another language? I have personally posed that question to hundreds of customers. I won’t go into explaining all the reasons customers have given, but travel, work, homeschool, service missions, school, and fun are just a few responses. One of my favorite reasons to learn a language is to meet new people. Watch the video to see exactly who I would want to meet. Be sure to subscribe to this blog via RSS and follow us on Twitter and Facebook. I’ll be writing at least 1 article each week. Stay tuned for language-learning tips, …