Five-Minute Friday: A Quick Look at Scottish Gaelic
Hi there! So, a quick intro for this post/series idea: I thought it would be fun to just take a quick look at anything language-related that interested me and deliver a post that answers questions […]
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20 Endangered Languages in 2020: 8. Cornish
Before I spent some time learning Cornish for this year of investigating endangered languages, I really knew nothing about it. I’ve never been to Cornwall and have no real connection to the place except that […]
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¡Los miércoles usamos rosa! – Using Mean Girls to learn Spanish
Hi, all! So, this weekend, I watched Mean Girls, the 2004 classic… only, I watched it in Spanish. It’s currently available on UK Netflix and I figured I’d write a little about the film and […]
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20 Endangered Languages in 2020: BSL – Review
Still slowly working through looking back at the endangered languages I spent time on last year – and it’s time for a reflection on BSL. So, how did I do? It turned out, I really […]
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Learning Arabic for Free with the Free and Legal Challenge
Hey there guys, gals, and non-binary pals. In today’s post, I’m going to be talking a little bit about something called the Free and Legal Challenge – which does exactly what it says on the […]
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PolyNOT: 2020 Review and 2021 Language Learning Goals
Hey there guys, gals, and non-binary pals, and welcome to 2021! I’m not gonna jinx it, don’t worry; this post is just me looking back at my language learning for 2020 and how I can […]
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10 Challenges to Kick-Start Your 2021 Language Learning Goals
Hi there guys, gals, and non-binary pals, and welcome to this post (and my new-look blog, yay!) all about some language challenges that should kick-start your learning in 2021. Now, language challenges are something I’ve […]
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20 Endangered Languages in 2020: 7. BSL
It’s been a long time since I did any of my endangered language posts, I know – but that doesn’t mean I’ve not been learning them! In fact, I’ve managed to keep up my 30 […]
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What I Studied: 44/2020
Another week down and with the news that the UK is going back into lockdown, I’m semi-concerned about keeping all my hobbies going. Not that I’ve been out much at all, though I’m probably going […]
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October Review… And Some New Goals!
I had a slow summer in terms of language learning – like many of you, I’m sure. But things picked up a little in October as I began to find a balance between studying and […]
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