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;…
Language Learning
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…
Language learning journal: March edition:
As usual, another consistent and good language-learning month for me. However, I have decided to make some drastic changes to my language-learning routine & study I will explain later. As expected, I have studied both languages Mandarin & Cantonese this month. I have decided however to make Mandarin my focus language spending 80% of my…
How to practice writing skills in a foreign language:
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:…