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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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Culture & History / Language Resources
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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Language Resources
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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Every so often as language learners, we face something incredibly dangerous to our progress. Burnout. Studying is one of the most important things you can do. At least, that’s what everyone tells us. But truthfully, studying can be pretty frustrating at times. And more often than we’d like to admit, it’s the last thing we want to do. There’s hours of grammar exercises, endless lessons or...
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Language Resources / Travel
One of the things many learners aim to do at some point along their language journey is immerse themselves abroad. But for those without much travel experience, it may be tough to figure out how to do that. Do you enroll in an immersion program? Simply travel to the country and hope for the best? How do you avoid expat bubbles or the prevalence of...
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Well, I’ve done it. The worst point of my Spanish learning project is here. I knew this was inevitable, but I still dreaded the moment it would arrive. Getting started and reinforcing a daily study habit was nothing compared to the stage I’m at now. And it’s probably the most frustrating part of learning any skill. I’ve hit a plateau. What are Language Learning Plateaus?...
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Are you thinking about learning French but find yourself struggling to find resources that help you start speaking? When I started out, I certainly did. Many of the tools that I found when I started learning French were grammar-heavy textbook style resources and they didn’t offer me a lot in terms of day-to-day conversation. Rather than learning how to say “what did you do last weekend?” I...
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