Sup? The icy blast of winter is apparently about to hit the UK. In the West Country (my part of the world), it is five degrees and raining heavily, so it is totally miserable with no redeeming features whatsoever. Grump. … Continue reading
I’ve just been to the Balearics (and I visit frequently-ish) and the languages I heard were Spanish, Romanian, French, Catalan, Dutch, German, Italian and Polish. The languages that I could have used in various situations if I had spoken them were Romanian, … Continue reading
Sup doods? I’ve finally got serious about learning to read/understand Afrikaans, and this is the language learning method which I am trying. There are only three requisites: Firstly: that you know a few hundred words of the language. Secondly: you have a vague … Continue reading
It does. I’m not complaining, as learning languages is a fun hobby but it does. Anyway, I stumbled across the start of a blog where Nic Elliott is going to learn 23 languages in 12 years to a B1 or B2 level which … Continue reading
As I’ve become more interested in Afrikaans (comprehension mainly), I thought that it would also make sense to learn the Afrikaans sentences on SL. In starting to do so, I discovered the sentence page didn’t work as well as I wanted on phones. … Continue reading
I’m not really learning Polish. I don’t need to speak it, am not moving to Poland and so on. I have discovered that I can’t learn a language without a practical use for it, and I don’t have this with Polish. But I do … Continue reading
Sup? I’m listening to Alice nel paese delle meraviglie ‘Alice in Wonderland’ while I walk my dog – who incidentally has just undergone the yearly nasal spray experience. (For those who don’t have a dog, yearly vaccinations include one which is … Continue reading
Sup? Well one of my goals was to improve my (rubbish) French and reach a B1 level by the end of the year. The year hasn’t started particularly encouragingly, mainly because I’ve been very busy with work and you know stuff. But, … Continue reading
It’s been some considerable time since I treated the internet to an update on my progress with these two languages. I think in some ways, this blog is an antidote to the current meme sweeping the internet about how skills in … Continue reading
There is an internet meme regarding language learning, and is states ‘all languages are equally easy to learn’ with the inference that they all take a similar amount of time. My experience of learning Polish for the last 18 months … Continue reading