Over the weekend, I finally uploaded my Public Language Challenge Pledge to YouTube for all the world to see. That’s it now, the pressure really is on! Over the weekend, I also had my fifth German lesson via Skype as part of the italki Language Challenge so I’m officially a quarter of the way there, which seemed a good point […]
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People are always saying that total immersion is the most effective way to learn a language. Of course it is. Even before we pop out as little sproglets we’re absorbing what we hear. Ok, we aren’t born quoting Shakespeare but it doesn’t take long before we start having a go at repeating those bizarre sounds we’re hearing that we’ve established […]
READ MOREThis year I’m committing. I’m finally taking the plunge. I’m going in head first and I don’t know if I’ll come out alive. Well, I’m hoping I’ll come out alive, and I’m hoping I’ll be speaking better German when I do. After almost 18 months of learning German with the Open University, I’m feeling pretty happy with how much I’ve […]
READ MOREThe Internet is everywhere. Your school, office, local café, and probably your home. Wi-Fi hotspots are popping up across the globe in airports, on buses, in shopping centres, and perhaps most impressive of all – across entire cities. With all this Internet floating around, we may as well put it to good use – language learning! Not that I’m biased […]
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