A mission is a particular word, it can be a formal word but a mission statement in my case is asking myself why I blog and other questions, to figure out my “mission” in blogging. I will answer these below in a question-and-answer format for the first half of this blog. The second half will…
My Morning Routine:
This blog post will be about my morning routine! About what I do in the morning to set myself up for the day. Due to illness, I don’t work now but still, I find it worthwhile to have a good morning to myself to set up my day. A typical morning: It starts with waking…
How to Survive Your First Language lesson with a tutor
So, you have decided to start speaking your target language? You have made great progress and are now ready to speak and learn with a tutor. Optionally, you have started speaking the language and decided the best thing to do is speak from day 1. Yes, speaking your target language can be a scary experience….
9 parts of speech for understanding the English language
You may have heard the following words such as nouns, adjectives and verbs. But did you know that they belong to the same family of words called parts of speech? This post will explain more about this phenomenon and also what exactly they are so that you can improve your English. This post will be…
How to practice reading in your target language
Overall, this is a well-documented way of improving your language skills, whatever language that may be (including your native language). This is proven time and again by various researchers and people’s experience with reading, but the question is, this activity can be challenging, with many people not reading whole books even in their mother tongue,…
Heritage language learning
What is a heritage language? What is a heritage language you may ask? This is a specific phenomenon where a language is learnt by a child or a person who isn’t the region’s dominant language, for example, at home with their parents or family. Heritage language as a definition can vary widely. It’s the case;…
What are the CEFR levels?
Often these CEFR levels are used in the language learning system and community. But what do they mean and what are they used for? And is it applicable or should you care about this framework? The CEFR levels where CEFR stands for the Common European Framework of Reference the levels associated with different levels of…
Anki Review (For language learning):
Anki is a SRS Flashcards software. These flashcards are fully customisable and use popular SRS or space repetition system software. This software system manipulates when the cards are seen based on the science of the forgetting curve. One thing to note about using Anki for language learning is that I believe it should be an…
Year 2024 Plans – Language Learning and otherwise:
2024 is a fresh new year. It is currently January. This therefore begs the question: what is new for me this year? This blog post will be split up into two main sections. My language learning goals and then everything else. Language Learning goals: This year I want to continue learning Mandarin and Cantonese. This…
CantoneseClass101 Review
Hello all! I have used this website: CantoneseClass101 to learn Cantonese extensively and wanted to give everyone a review on what I think this website can do its pros and cons/limitations. Overall, I will conclude by saying who I think this product is for and who I feel can benefit from it. CantoneseClass101 – how…
