The Linguist Institute is a company dedicated to making language learners more successful. Based on methods developed by company co-founder Steve Kaufmann, who learned to speak 10 languages, The Linguist Institute has developed LingQ.com, an online language learning system and community. At The Linguist, we put the learner in charge. We believe nobody can teach you a language, you have to learn it yourself and we provide the tools to help you do just that.