What a great first month for the Instagram Language Challenge! I’m so happy that so many of you got involved. I loved checking the hashtag feed each day to see what everyone has been learning. Over these past couple of days, I’ve been reviewing the words I’ve learnt in January and using them in bigger contexts to help me get […]
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One of my new year’s resolutions this year was to give myself monthly language learning goals. As it turns out, I didn’t actually give myself any language learning goals for January. Partly because I was going along with the first stages of my Language Script Challenge, partly because I forgot to write separate goals to my new year’s resolutions, and […]
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As if the end of January is upon us! How did this happen?! Oh yeah, time happens…I forgot that bit. I hope your January has been filled with lots of kept resolutions and language learning? Here’s to keepin’ on carryin’ on in February! Now that the end of the month intro is out of the way, let’s get down to […]
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You have probably guessed by now that my love for languages runs a little deeper than formal study. Regardless, I’m about to embark on one final course in order to complete my degree. Today I want to share a very personal post with you about my relationship with The Open University. This is my OU story. Allow me to explain… […]
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I love emojis. I know, they may be a little bit Marmite. You love ’em or you hate ’em. And I used to hate them. Mainly because I didn’t know how people were getting this weird collection of images that went far beyond a smiley in their messages. Then I found the emoji keyboard and my life changed forever. Ok, […]
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One thing I love about blogging is that it gives me the chance to document my progress as it happens. That’s exactly what I want to do with this post. My Language Script Challenge has begun and this week I’m starting my forth script (Thai!). I’m on track, Jack. And I’m making up new expressions like there’s no mañana. Along […]
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A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be featured on The Polyglotist, a language learning blog by Siskia, a Mexican language lover. I was absolutely delighted when she offered up a guest post on her experiences learning a rarer language, Nahuatl. Being really interested in the idea of focusing some attention of some lesser studied languages myself […]
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A long time ago (as in 2014! Say what?!) I received a lovely email from Ahikam, a Hebrew speaker, giving me 9 Reasons to Learn Hebrew, à la this video. So, I’ve finally got around to putting it together. And I couldn’t be more happy to present to you the first co-written 9 Reasons video! Thanks, Ahikam! This morning I […]
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February is soon upon us! Already! This means that it’s time for me to announce February’s selection for World Cinema Club. I try and make the films I pick as seasonal as possible, and with Valentine’s Day (a holiday invented by greetings card companies or not – I’ll let you decide) around the corner, I got to thinking about romantic […]
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Today, we have a guest post from Paul, of Language Trainers all about Argentine Spanish. I know I enjoyed reading this one and I’m sure you will too! I leave you in Paul’s hands… Argentina: it’s the land of Eva Peron, juicy steak, red wine, and . . . an extremely unusual Spanish dialect! Those who have watched Argentine movies […]
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