Not so long ago in a land not so far away (at my desk) I was invited to test out Yabla. I’d very briefly come across Yabla on Twitter but never had the chance to give it a go until then. I’ve been having a little play over the last month or so and I’m a bit of a fan! […]
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This was always going to be a fun one! Ponyo is one of my favourite films ever (up there with Mean Girls, A Clockwork Orange, and Amelie – she’s in good company) so I was really looking forward to sharing it with those of you who might not have had the delight of Ponyo in your life for October’s World […]
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Back around May time, I discovered that there was this thing happening in Berlin for language lovers to meet up. I wanted to go. A lot. Unfortunately, by the time I had managed to figure out flights and stuff that would make it possible and it came to registration, I was a few days too late. Noooooooo! But wait, it’s […]
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This weekend saw an early alarm on a Saturday morning to head down to London for this year’s Language Show Live! I think I’ve attended every year since 2010 now so it’s kind of become a thing. Every October, I enjoy a day in London and a few hours trawling The Language Show Live picking up tote bag upon tote […]
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I almost burst with excitement. On the hunt for Japanese music to fill my ears with, I had a brainwave upon reading this post from Eurolinguiste. Why have I not yet searched for Japanese versions of English songs? Oh boy, I was in for a treat. First off, it didn’t take me long to discover this guy.How awesome is he?! […]
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There’s so much that can be said about The Polyglot Conference. So much so that I’m still gathering my thoughts and putting blog posts and interview videos together (so you can expect lots of stuff popping up over the next few weeks!). Because I’m still gathering my thoughts and deciding how best to get everything down on paper…well, screen, I […]
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Half way through October already and I haven’t watched this month’s film yet! Oh no! Still a couple of weeks to go until the discussion post. I’m hoping to get around to Ponyo this weekend – get an extra bit of Japanese practise in in the process! I wanted to throw things open a bit. Did you have any questions […]
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Phew. What a week – and it’s only Tuesday! I figured the best thing to do today was just to give you a little update as to what’s going on! The Guardian I was in The Guardian! Well, on the website – but still, so excited and proud to have been asked to participate in this. I’m constantly sharing The […]
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I’m very excited this week to be heading out to Novi Sad for the Polyglot Conference! I fly out on Wednesday because RyanAir decided that moving my original crazy early Friday morning flight back to 1pm was a good idea. So after trying my best not to fly with Wizz Air (not because I don’t like Wizz Air, just because […]
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Following on from Wednesday’s post announcing my new Language Quest to learn some Japanese, I’ve been busy making my italki Pledge video for the October Language Challenge. I filmed the video yesterday after one lesson, but I had another this morning and already feel like I could say more! That’s one reason I’ve decided to use Instagram more to track […]
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