Culture & Cuisine / Culture & History
About the Author // Cristóbal del Castillo Camus an avid language learner from Santiago, Chile. He speaks Spanish, English, French, German, Italian and Polish. You can learn more about him and read posts that he has written here. Christmas in Poland – Boże Narodzenie w Polsce Christmas time in Poland is very special. It is indeed a celebration in which families come together, many children...
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Culture & History / Language Resources / Travel
Hey everyone! Happy holidays! Today I’m really excited to share a new series of articles that I am going to start posting over the next 12 days. I’ve partnered with several incredible language bloggers, travel bloggers and companies to bring you 12 Days of Christmas Around the World. But it won’t all be about just Christmas. This series is going to cover how the holidays...
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Language Resources / Travel
The holiday season is upon us! Have you finished your holiday shopping already? I sure haven’t, but I’m getting pretty close. Finding the perfect gift is (almost) never easy! If you have a few travel lovers, adventurers or language learners who you still need to shop for, here are a few items that I absolutely love (and a few of them may be on my...
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Language Resources
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I was slow to start working with online tutors to advance my language learning. It’s definitely something I regret today – think of how much further along I could be if I had started sooner! – but I’m glad that I made the change. For years, I went at language learning completely on my own, but when I started...
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Culture & History / Language Resources
I love learning languages. I love the process and nearly everything about it (except for plateaus). But I also love learning about the history of languages and the practical ways in which I might use all of this language-related knowledge I’ve gained over the past few years. While I spend most of my time with books that help improve my ability in the languages that...
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Language Resources
Well, it’s here. December has arrived and that means that in just four days, I’ll be sitting the long awaited HSK exam. Am I ready? Ehh… I have no idea. At this point, I really don’t. But, I have done all that I can to prepare for this exam, so all I can do is go and do my best. And then wait for 45...
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Language Resources
Are you thinking about learning Croatian 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 Croatian 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...
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Nowadays, you’ll easily find a wide variety of coursebooks and resources both online and in stores that offer you vocabulary lists, grammar rules, and exercises that teach you (some of) what you need to learn a language. But finding resources that tell you how to speak the language (or how to best use those aforementioned books to learn a language) are much rarer to come...
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Travel
There are two things I just absolutely love photographing whenever I travel. The first is stairways, and the second, which you can probably guess, is doors. I’m not sure when the obsession started, but I’m glad that it did. I’ve had the opportunity to capture a gorgeous collection of doors and doorways from around the world. I’d love to one day get several of them...
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Language Resources
While I think that language specific learning resources – like course books, podcasts, and flashcards – can be incredible, there is something to be said for language learning guides, the books and resources that help steer you in the right direction when you first embark on your language learning journey. When you’re just getting started with a new language, you often spend a lot of...
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