Travel
Constructed in the early 1400s, the Temple of Heaven or 天坛 is a complex that was created for leaders to pray for a good harvest. It was built during the reign of the Yongle emperor (who was also responsible for the Forbidden City). The Temple of Heaven was named a World Heritage site in 1998. It covers nearly 3 square kilometers and it has three...
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Language Resources
Muzzy in Gondoland Review: Muzzy is an interactive language learning program for children produced by the BBC. In an earlier post I shared that M and I recently welcomed a new addition to our family, Little Linguist. Since M’s native language is French, he speaks to Little Linguist in his mother tongue while I speak to him in Chinese. Since we live in the US,...
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Culture & History
In a past post, I discussed the importance of sociolinguistics – how culture ties into language – and to continue that conversation, I’d like to share culture guides for various countries around the world to help you make your travels and language learning that much more enjoyable. Thus far, I’ve shared posts about Korea, China, and Russia, and today I’d like to talk about –...
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Language Resources
I’m a huge fan of using phrasebooks to learn conversational phrases in the languages that I’m studying for a variety of reasons. One is that they tend to be pretty compact and easy to carry with me for study on the go and the second is that they are filled with ready-to-use sentences that I can pick and choose from based on my needs in...
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Culture & Cuisine
I had my first croquettes, or croquetas, while we were in Barcelona, Spain. Since, they’ve been on my list of recipes I’d love to try out at home and recently, I finally had the opportunity (and ingredients on hand) to try it out. The croquetas I had in Spain were made with Iberian ham, manchego cheese, and dough, but M doesn’t eat ham, and I...
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Language Resources
It has now officially been about six or so months since Lindsay and I started up our Korean Language Challenge, and so I thought I would share my favorite Korean Language Learning Resources with you (so far). Eggbun I recently discovered this app and I am totally and completely head over heels with it. It’s a fun and engaging tool that uses an adorable character...
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Travel
One of the great things about Barcelona is that most everything is within walking distance. But there’s also a really fantastic public transport system if you’d prefer. There are so many incredible things to do in Barcelona that I had a hard time narrowing them down for this list! A photo posted by Shannon Kennedy (@eurolinguiste) on Apr 20, 2015 at 8:07am PDT Here are...
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Eurolinguiste
This past month, M and I have experienced a pretty big change, welcoming a new addition to our little family. We’ll call him Little Linguist for now. 😉 Before having kids, M and I spoke about our plans regarding language, particularly because we are a bilingual couple living in a monolingual country. M’s family speaks one language and mine speaks another, and we agreed that...
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Language Resources
Welcome to the eighth official Language Reading Challenge Update and Linkup! As a quick recap of what we’ve read so far this year, you can check out the previous months’ challenges here: January // Book about the culture of the area you’re studying February // Book in your target language March // Travel book or travelogue related to region that uses the language you’re studying...
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Eurolinguiste
These past few months I’ve hosted the Korean Language Challenge along with Lindsay Dow of Lindsay Does Languages, and it has been a wonderful language learning experience. It was the first time I’ve learnt another language with someone else, and it really did wonders for my motivation. Partnering up with another learner is definitely something that I’ll consider doing again in the future. But alas,...
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