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….
Language Learning
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…
Learning English
My question is how I would learn English if it wasn’t my first language. Here is what I would suggest if you want to learn English as a second or foreign language. Language Goals First and foremost, you must be clear about what your goals are with a language, for example: Depending on your goals…
My experiences so far with TEFL 120-hour course:
Before wanting to teach English as a second language, I had a background in teaching Maths GCSE mainly face-to-face to secondary school students. I had a lot of success doing this, so I wanted to continue this but with a different subject: TEFL. This is because although I am quite passionate about Maths, I don’t…
Language Learning Myths
I feel that there are many language learning myths that really aren’t true especially as it pertains to adult language learning and what can be possible in this area. In this blog post I will break down a few language learning myths and reasons why they are simply not true. Hope you guys enjoy! Myth…
