The power of groups
In this final article in my series on Building Learning Muscles, we’re going to look at the final R: Reciprocity. Reciprocity is the social aspect of learning and it’s one of the easiest of the...
View ArticleSpanish Study Holidays – The Language Show 2010 – Interviews part 2
In my adventures around The Language Show in Earl’s Court last week, I came across a number of providers of “full immersion” Spanish courses in Madrid. In my opinion, this really is one of the best...
View ArticleHow to learn Spanish the intensive way – Day 2
After a very full and interesting first day of my intensive Spanish course with AIL Madrid, I was pretty pleased to find I woke up early the next morning dreaming in Spanish! Admittedly, I’d already...
View ArticleHow to stick to 2013 New Year’s Resolutions and Achieve your goals
We’re into the second week of 2013 and already about 15% of people will have forgotten or failed the resolutions they made – if they bothered to make any at all. By February that figure will almost...
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How to get over the embarrassment of speaking a foreign language
by Lizzie Davey One of the hardest aspects of learning a foreign language is finding the courage to practice it with native speakers. If you aren’t in a country where it is widely spoken, this can be...
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Nine language learning secrets I wish I’d known when I started to learn French
Learning to speak a foreign language as an adult (or even a young teenager) can be very damaging to your self-esteem – but it needn’t be. I made a bit of meal of learning French: it felt like it took...
View ArticleSupercharge your learning: Top tips for learning about learning
I’ve been blogging rather a lot about learning on our “cousin” site french-test.com so I thought I’d do a little round up of the articles here too since they’re relevant to learning any language. Learn...
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