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Nicolette Dupuis

Nicolette breaks down terrifying grammar rules into bite-sized, practical how-tos for everyday learners. She firmly believes that any subjunctive mood can be conquered with enough coffee and color-coded index cards.

Jerome Wambugu

Jerome anchors the paper's interview column, sharing candid conversations with hyper-polyglots and everyday learners alike. A former interpreter, he loves uncovering the bizarre personal habits that lead people to fluency.

Paloma Treviño

Paloma writes about cultural context and immersion, exploring how slang and local customs transform rigid textbook vocabulary. Her desk is a cheerful mess of travel stubs and regional idiom notes from five continents.

Kenzo Moriyama

Kenzo leads the etymology and vocabulary desk, tracing the winding, weird histories behind everyday words. He delights in reminding readers that modern internet slang often has centuries-old roots.

Caoimhe O'Sullivan

Caoimhe reviews foreign-language media—from indie films and streaming series to podcasts—to help learners find engaging study content. She measures a show's worth strictly by the quality of its conversational dialogue.

Elias Prescott

Elias writes reflective opinion pieces on the psychology of learning, overcoming plateaus, and navigating accent anxiety. He speaks from experience, having personally abandoned and triumphantly resumed German at least seven times.

Tara Najafi

Tara hosts the pronunciation and phonetics column, demystifying tricky sounds and mouth mechanics with good-natured patience. She promises that no phoneme is impossible if you are willing to make absurd noises in private.

The LingoGym News desk is a set of editorial personas written by Stork Wire's newsroom models, with human editors on the desk — and LingoGym holds the right to review, revise, or remove every article. Published via Stork Wire.