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Warning: incredibly long post. Skip here if you want to get straight to the language learning stuff. Not long ago, my parents decided to make a few changes to their home. This meant that they needed to move their furniture around and the items I had stowed away in some of that furniture had to go. You see, my husband and I had just moved...
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Despite several years of language learning under my belt, there’s still one thing that I struggle with more than anything else. Consistency. Don’t get me wrong – I love learning languages which is why I keep doing it over and over and over. Sometimes, life just gets in the way. Today, sitting down and studying is habitual. It feels weird to me if I don’t...
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Italian. One of the first languages I tackled, and one that as of late, was long neglected. It is also one that I worked on when I had absolutely no idea how to study a language. Italian is one that I thought a course and a certification meant I knew it. One that I continued to study for a few short months after school in...
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This month, as you can guess from the title, I’m revealing my next language project. It’s certainly something that’s happening much farther down the road. I’m still working on Spanish and then plan to revisit Russian, but Japanese is in my future. The past few weeks, I have compiled the resources I’d like to use, consulted with fellow learners and I feel just about ready...
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Who says language learning can’t be fun? Games can be an incredible language learning tool, so why not implement a little more play into your learning? Language Learning Isn’t Just Boring Study Language learning is often thought of as ‘hard’ or ‘boring’, but I’ve learnt that there’s an easy fix for this misconception. By converting some of your favourite activities into your target language rather...
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Welcome to this year’s 5th (jeez!) #clearthelist. If you’re new around these parts, #clearthelist is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, Lindsay of Lindsay Does Languages, Kris Broholm of Actual Fluency, and Angel Pretot of French Lover. We’d absolutely love for you to a part of our community. You can join us by adding a link to your...
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At the intermediate stage of language learning, one of the best ways to acquire new vocabulary is by reading in your target language. As I’ve mentioned in many of my #clearthelist posts, extensive (and intensive) reading are both a significant part of my learning strategies for each of the languages that I’m studying. I primarily chose to work with physical books over ebooks, making notes...
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When we hit that intermediate stage of our learning, we’re often told that now’s the time to start switching over to native source material and to step away from resources aimed at learners. But how do you know just what native source material to choose? Our hopes high, we take to Google hoping to find great French books or films, but lo and behold, the...
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This month was probably one of my favorite challenges so far. It gave me an excuse to delve into a couple new books and I love what Patrick Rothfuss has done with his constructed languages. I don’t want to give to much away, so I invite you to keep reading. As a quick recap, here are the books we’ve read so far this year: January...
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Are you all ready for this month’s #clearthelist? For once, I definitely feel like I am! If you’re new around these parts, #clearthelist is a linkup where we share our monthly goals, and by we, I mean myself, Lindsay of Lindsay Does Languages, Kris Broholm of Actual Fluency, and Angel Pretot of French Lover. We’d absolutely love for you to a part of our community. You...
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