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, it can be so hard to find good music that you like. That’s why I’m here to help you find good Spanish…
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 expressions. I’ve always been a fan of this language learning method. But I have to be honest – it took me a…
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, online courses are a great way to keep learning your language, wherever you are. If you’re looking for an online language course…
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 lot more spare time, too. Why not use that time and your time at home to do something productive and learn a…
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 doing a road trip as the freest way of travelling. It’s safer than catching the bus and cheaper than flying. Plus, depending…
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!…
Japan is one of those countries where people seem to be put off travelling there because of the language barrier. To travel Japan without speaking Japanese seems like it should be an immensely difficult task. As it turns out, it’s not so bad! I know I’m all for people learning…
Before I went to Japan in April, I decided I should probably learn some Japanese so I wouldn’t be totally lost when I was there. I didn’t have much time, and I was currently studying intensive Chinese at university, so I knew from the onset that I didn’t want to…