Women in Language: Day Two (Spring 2021)
I didn’t expect any less after yesterday, but it’s been an amazing second day at Women in Language. There’s so many things I want to do now – though I’m not sure what I want to do with them, precisely,…
Women in Language: Day One (Spring 2021)
Well, I’ve just finished a great first day at the Women in Language conference. From starting off with some amazing facts about this ever-growing event, to finishing with a session about using storytelling to learn and teach a language, I’ve…
The Super Challenge: My Favourite Language Learning Challenge
Today marks the halfway point of the 2020/2021 Super Challenge, which just happens to be my favourite challenge for language learning! It’s 20 months long, so pretty hardcore, but a great way to take whichever language you’re learning to the…
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 and which can be read…
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 it’s in the same country…
¡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 what I learnt here. Just…
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 enjoyed it! I mean, it…
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 tin. It’s also a chance…
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 use that experience to make…
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 written about before because I…