Knowing words isn’t enough to speak a foreign language. Discover how to use them in sentences and real situations through context, interaction and practical exercises.

How did we learn to speak as children? Discover how to connect listening, everyday situations and conversation to start using a foreign language.

Listen to understand, not to reply: learn how to ask helpful questions, check your understanding, avoid giving advice too quickly and communicate better, even in a foreign language.

Discover how to listen beyond words by interpreting intonation, pauses, rhythm, facial expressions and body language. Practical exercises for understanding emotions, irony and hidden meaning in everyday conversations and foreign languages.

How to understand a foreign language even when you do not know every word: strategies for keeping track of the conversation, using context, identifying important information and asking for clarification.

What's the difference between hearing and listening? Improve your foreign-language listening skills through this article.

Our journey through the languages of the world is about to cross one last ocean.

This week, we arrive in Oceania, among mountains, forests, volcanoes and coastlines that look as if they were made for an adventure film.

It is not the language of Los Angeles beaches, San Francisco skyscrapers or Hollywood films. It is the language of the Na, the Hupa people of Hoopa Valley: a Native American community living along the Trinity River, surrounded by mountains, forests and valleys.