Language Learning Resources
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Learning Spanish? 6 Spanish YouTuber Girlies To Watch Now
Tired of boring and demotivating Spanish learning resources? I’m talking about those dense grammar books, robotic videos made by middle-aged language teachers, and GCSE-style textbooks… YouTube is going to be…
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Learning French? 6 French YouTuber Girlies To Watch Now
Learning French can be fun, by using resources such as native Youtube influencers. Stop using boring language resources, like dense grammar books, robotic teacher videos and textbooks. Start learning French…
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Too Busy To Get Fluent? Try These 7 Language Learning Tips
Learning a language is like training a muscle – it’s a never-ending, back and forth process. The hard work required to progress in a language makes it a challenge to fit…
Languages Career & Insights
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Bye Bye Modern Languages Courses, Says University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham announced three days ago that it’s saying adiós amigos to languages, according to this BBC article. This is nothing new, Cardiff University also tried to pull similar moves last…
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5 Successful Celebs Who Studied Languages (and why you should too)
In world that is drowning in Anglophone culture, it’s easy to forget that some of the coolest people on the planet have shaped their thinking and paths through language learning.…
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Monolingual Brits: Bad at languages or just doing it wrong?
“When you speak 3 languages, you are trilingual. When you speak 2 languages, you are bilingual. When you speak 1 language, you are British.” My Spanish peers enlightened me with…
Travel for Language People
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Speaking French on the streets of Dublin, Ireland.
An unusual title, I know. This will be more of a diary entry, based on a recent experience I had in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin – the city of Guinness, capturing…
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6 Work-Friendly Coffee Shops in Madrid To Romanticise Your Language Learning
Madrid is the perfect city to romanticise studying Spanish (or any language!). My semester abroad has allowed me to explore new study spots to keep the language-learning process going. One…
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When English Isn’t Enough: 5 Travel Experiences That Prove The Value of Languages
A friend of mine from the UK recently landed in Madrid’s Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport to visit me while on study abroad. Astounded by her madrileño airport experience, she said to me: “you will…