Often; out of the 4 skills of language learning: listening, speaking, reading & writing: speaking is often neglected. This is because we often need another person to practice with to practice speaking. There are multiple questions to answer to figure out at what stage of the language learning journey you should practice speaking and how….
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Maths to Languages: My 120 Hour TEFL Journey
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…
My Method of Learning Hakka as a BBC
Hello all! I have learnt Hakka Chinese from scratch as an adult. This blog post will go over how I did it and what methods I used. These methods only work currently with the following pre-requisite: Ability to read / write Traditional Chinese and to use a Traditional Chinese input keyboard method i.e. Cangjie Knowledge…
Why do I want to learn Welsh, Cornish, or British Sign Language?
Journey of 3 british languages Right now, I can speak four languages: English and three Chinese dialects—Cantonese, Mandarin, and Hakka. I feel this is really good. I think that if I were to learn other languages, I would focus on ones I could actually use. Because I don’t like going abroad, the languages I would…
Mastering Writing: Beyond the keyboard
Writing is one of the four skills of language learning and out of the 4 skills such as listening and speaking people aren’t too sure how to practice this skill, especially at intermediate and advanced stages of language learning. I thought I’d go over why I think this skill is important. Why writing is important:…
The i+1 Advantage: How I used Comprehensible Input to Accelerate my Cantonese and Heritage Language Acquisition
What is comprehensible input you may ask? This is a theory by Stephen Krashen about how people learn languages. That people don’t learn languages – that people acquire them. It is important to know that language acquisition is a process of instinctively knowing how to use a language effectively. This blog post will go over…
13 reasons why you should start learning a foreign language, today!
As a BBC, language learning was not just a way to have fun, but a way to connect to my heritage and identity. If you are also a heritage learner, the following points don’t just offer a way to find enjoyment but also a way to explore who you are and your heritage or identity….
The Heritage Language Quest: My Journey
What is a heritage language? As a BBC, heritage language isn’t just a language, but as a way of exploring your own identity and culture, as someone who feels in between two cultures. Here’s how heritage languages are defined and also my own unique experience and journey of learning these languages is written below. What…
CantoneseClass101 Review: Is it the Best Resource for Heritage Learners? (BBC Perspective)?
Hello all! As a BBC I couldn’t speak a word of Cantonese. A lot of the current learning materials, such as Chinese school assume prior knowledge of Cantonese, so this is where this website comes in: CantoneseClass101, a website that people, such as heritage learners can use to effectively learn Cantonese. I give a run-down…









