Bonjour! There’s been a lot of people asking me about the Instagram Language Challenge this month. How it works, what to do, what language to learn etc. So I thought it best to give a little recap of all of that today before introducing you to this month’s prompt list. What it is The Instagram Language Challenge is something I […]
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La Canción Protesta Tema 7 fue sobre la música y una cosa que fue muy interesante para mi fue la canción protesta. La canción protesta es un tipo de música que habla de la situación política, especialmente durante los años 60 y 70, y especialmente en los países hispanohablantes. Wikipedia dice que incluye Bob Dylan y Edith Piaf a nombrar […]
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March was super busy! If you’re subscribed to Little Language Mail, you’ll already know that I’ve been hard at work finalising my first online course. I’m looking forward to beginning filming this in April. There’ll be a lot of video in this course because I want it to be as interactive as possible. I’m so excited to tell you more […]
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It’s always weird starting these posts because it’s always the end of the month, and I always find myself saying, “Woah! What happened to [insert month here]?!”. So this month will be different, instead, I’ve started by saying how I always do that instead of actually saying it. See the difference there? Subtle. So onto The Lunchbox review! Have you […]
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Social media now plays a bigger part in our lives than ever. With smartphones in our pockets and even on our wrists, it’s now an unescapable way to spend a few spare minutes here and there. Or to get completely lost in an undesired extended scroll. With that said, let’s beat the dull scroll and make social media time useful […]
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¡Hola! ¡Blog en español número 6! Muchos años antes que comencé a aprender español, ya conocí a Dalí. Es uno de los artistas del mundo que son muy conocidos, ¿no? Pero, recientemente, hice un poco de investigación sobre él por este blog y hay muchas cosas que yo no sabía de Dalí. Estas cosas son lo que voy a compartir […]
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You may have noticed last week that there was no video over on YouTube. Well, the reason for that is that this week there’s THREE videos! Yes! Three! And guess what? All of them are entered into this year’s WeSpeke Video Contest! WeSpeke is an online language exchange site offering practice with native speakers across the world via text, audio, […]
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A little Google search told me this is a well trodden topic. 685,000,000 results to be exact. Wow. You see, there is a common misconception brought about by promises on the covers of shiny language learning products that make you think you need that product to succeed. You need to spend that money to become fluent. Of course, this isn’t […]
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Thai was the forth script I looked at as part of my Language Script Challenge. Today I want to share some interesting things I’ve learnt about the script with you. So. Many. Letters. In comparison to the scripts I’d been exposed to before, Thai is flipping HUGE. There’s a whopping 44 consonants. FORTY FOUR! Can there be that many different […]
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[UPDATE: The giveaway has now closed. Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to those who won!] A few weeks ago, the lovely people at Tuttle Publishing got in touch and sent me a little package of Japanese goodies. I already had a Pocket Japanese Dictionary that Ashley had bought for me a couple of years ago and I […]
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