This post is an unexpected one. Regardless, I’m not going to draft it and save it until I’m sure it’s ready, I’m going to be brave and throw it out there today and hopefully that will encourage me to really do it! Sometimes you just have to throw the blogging schedule out of the window. But not literally throw it […]
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Arabic is a mysterious language to many people on the outside looking in, including myself. So I was really glad when Donovan from the Mezzofanti Guild shared this awesome guest post with us. I’ll leave you in his capable hands. G’day all! Greetings from sunny Cairo. 🙂 I’ve been moving around the world on and off for about 12 years […]
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If you follow me on Instagram, you may have spotted that I did The MoRun this weekend. I’d never done anything like this before. As I was running around, I got thinking about languages, such is life, and wanted to share some of my thoughts with you today to see what you think. So I ran 5k. Some of you […]
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A couple of weeks ago I published my interview video with some of the amazing people I met at The Polyglot Conference in Novi Sad. I also spoke quite extensively to Simon, who runs the incredible website Omniglot. Simon in his own words: From a secret valley somewhere in the wilds of North Wales Simon runs a global language empire, […]
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Today you’re very lucky to be reading a guest post by the lovely Louisa! Louisa is a writer and marketer with a keen interest in language acquisition. She runs MAA-MAA, a language learning blog about using an already strong interest in music and media to achieve your dreams of fluency. In her spare time, she can be found attempting a […]
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I went shopping yesterday. Not Christmas shopping. Laminate floor shopping. You know, the most exciting kind of shopping. Anyway, we did pop in to our local shopping centre (or mall if you’re reading this in North America) and from my little trip out I concluded that it’s officially the Christmas period. People are always reluctant to admit it but it […]
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It’s now just over a month since I began learning Japanese! Today I want to review my goals I set for myself and also share a little progress video I’ve made. Some time in the very near future I will share a post packed full of resources I’ve used along the way to help me with my Japanese progress too! […]
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People around me are pretty good with gifts. Language books. It’s a simple affair. I do get and enjoy other stuff too but a language book is always appreciated. Ashley seems to be quite aware of this, as for my birthday (way back in August!) he got me the book Through The Language Glass. It’s proved quite a fascinating read […]
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Have you seen this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert? If you live in the UK, you’ve probably just rolled your eyes and switched off, or let out a little yelp and a tear. If you don’t live in the UK, you’re probably reading on to find out what the heck I’m talking about. John Lewis is a British department store […]
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Hooray! I’ve finally got the interview video up and running! YouTube decided to play annoying, sound altering games on FIVE upload attempts! Phew. We’re there now though and the video is ready and waiting for you to watch below. I was really amazed and inspired by everyone I met at The Polyglot Conference. I’d love to know how many languages […]
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