Icelandic

I Tested the Icelandic AI Learning Platform So You Don’t Have To – The Pros & Cons

May 28, 2026 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Icelandic 22:25 0 Comments

Learning Icelandic can honestly feel overwhelming. If you’ve ever tried to learn the language, you probably already know that there are a lot of scattered resources online, different classes, private tutors, apps, YouTube videos, grammar books, and random websites that may or may not help depending on your learning style. One of the questions I…

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Rökkvi Vésteinsson on Using LingQ to Learn Languages & More

May 9, 2024 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Icelandic, Interviews, Language 0 Comments

Rökkvi Vésteinsson was born in 1978 in Iceland. He had a multicultural upbringing, living in Chicago at age 11, and spending summers in Denmark and Sweden during his teens. By age 20, he was fluent in four foreign languages, thanks to his travels and a stint as an au pair in Germany. Rökkvi began his…

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Meg Matich – American Poet & Translator Based in Reykjavík, Iceland

November 6, 2022 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Icelandic, Interviews 0 Comments

Meg Matich is a poet and translator in Reykjavik. She earned her Master’s of Fine Arts from Columbia University and has received support for her work from the Banff Centre, PEN America, and the Fulbright Commission, and she is a frequent collaborator with Reykjavik UNESCO and a friend of UNESCO Lviv. Meg is the author…

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What I Love & Hate About Learning Icelandic

October 3, 2022 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Icelandic, Language 0 Comments

The words “love“ and “hate“ are very strong words. To be fair, I don‘t actually love or hate any part of learning the Icelandic language but those words work much better in a title than what I “enjoy the most“ and what I “strongly dislike“. So, just take those words with a big grain salt….

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A Simple Resource for Learning Icelandic-Interview with Karítas

July 19, 2022 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Icelandic, Interviews, Language 0 Comments

Karítas Hrundar Pálsdóttir is the author of Ástiðir and Dagatal, two books about short stories in Icelandic. In this interview we talk about how short stories in various levels of Icelandic help learners of the language to learn faster and easier. Karítas is currently pursuing her Ph.D in Creative Writing in the U.K. and was…

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Memrise is Rolling Out an Official Icelandic Course!

October 1, 2017 Jewells Chambers Icelandic 0 Comments

I have spoken about my love for Memrise on here before, so it is no surprise that I am super excited about Memrise’s recent announcement to roll out an official Icelandic course on their language learning platform.

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Learning Icelandic: A Hard Lesson on my Path to Fluency

January 25, 2015 Jewells Chambers Icelandic, The pursuit of fluency 0 Comments

I had so much anxiety, anticipation and excitement before I ventured off to Iceland for my third visit. Because I had only been learning Icelandic for about 5 months, I expected that I would face some challenges with being able to communicate in the language when I arrived in the country. However, I wasn’t expecting…

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5 Reasons to Use Memrise as a Language Learning Tool

December 7, 2014 Jewells Chambers Icelandic, Reviews 0 Comments

Ok, I’m just going to come out and say it – I love Memrise! Since the beginning of my language learning journey, this tool has played an integral role in helping me to become more familiar with Icelandic words and phrases.  There are many reasons why I recommend this resource to anyone interested in learning…

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