Simona Rosso
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She/her. I write about pop culture, and I love dissecting every single medium I come across.
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My top and flop methods to learn a language - part 1
So, you'd like to learn a new language. You're looking for the best methods, but on the Internet there are just so many sources, which one is the best? What if your chosen method ends up being a massive waste of time?
By Simona Rossoabout a month ago in Education
Why should we learn languages in the age of AI and "brain rot"?
On 26th September, Europe will celebrate the European Day of Languages. This day was instituted in December 2001 by the Council of Europe, at the end of a year-long initiative called the European Year of Languages.
By Simona Rosso4 months ago in Education
The Duolingo AI controversy is much deeper than you think.
If you've been using Duolingo, or if you're self-studying a language, you might have heard that the CEO of the owl app has decided to go "AI-only", thus replacing all the human language professionals working for them - translators, linguists, teachers, and so on.
By Simona Rosso5 months ago in Education
Foreign politics, inflation, and PR: why Turkey would not be ready to come back to Eurovision
If you've been a Eurovision fan since the 2000s, or if you've been looking into the older, most iconic entries, you might be familiar with Turkish songs like We Could Be the Same by ManGa, Düm Tek Tek by Hadise, or Everyway That I Can by Sertab Erener, which landed the first and only Turkish victory of the contest to this day.
By Simona Rosso6 months ago in Beat
This is the language learning tip that eclipses everything else
You've been wanting to learn a language for a while. Being the average person living in 2025, you start doing some research on the Internet and find a video, a post, you name it, explaining yet another study method.
By Simona Rosso7 months ago in Education
Navigating self-doubt, staying consistent on a niche and staying true to yourself: the birth of my book newsletter
This may come as a surprise to some of you, if you've been following me on Vocal consistently, but my very first article that I have published online as part of my blogging journey was a book review, written in Italian and published on Medium.
By Simona Rosso8 months ago in BookClub
