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When learning a language, making mistakes is inevitable and part of the process. Having your mistakes corrected is how you learn and improve. Some mistakes are major and impede the flow of conversation, often causing communication issues. These huge mistakes are not what I will be focussing on today. This…
By now we all know Despacito, but are you looking for something different to expand your Spanish music horizons? When you’re not immersed in the Hispanic world yourself,…
Learning a language through music is a fun way to not only improve your language skills, but to also understand more about the culture and learn more idiomatic…
I often get people asking me “does Duolingo work?” or “is Duolingo good?” These days, it seems to be the default app on any language learner’s phone. But to be completely honest, I don’t like Duolingo. It’s not something I use in my language learning pursuits at all, and it…
Now more than ever, we need alternatives to the traditional classroom language teaching methods that don’t always work. Aside from other strategies to learn a language from home,…
When you think about it, now is the perfect time to learn a language at home – the world is free from distractions and you may have a…
We’ve made it to the second installment of my 3-part series on how to travel cheap. This article will be all about how to get the best currency exchange for travel, and the best ways to pay for things when abroad. If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, click here.…
One of the ways I manage to travel so much has been by figuring out the best way to get cheap flights. In this post I am opening…
Driving in Brazil is a good option for travelling the country. Brazil has pretty good highways in São Paulo state and around the main cities. I would recommend…
Ever since I started getting fluent in Spanish, taking a DELE exam became a goal of mine. I took the DELE C1 Spanish exam a few years ago and it was a really good experience – I got to get an extra qualification while focussing on and improving my Spanish!…