Key Takeaways: Research has identified six specific benefits of DAILY language practice: As a language tutor, I often hear people ask questions like “Why is language learning practice important?” and “Should I practice language every day… and if so, how much?” Consistent, daily practice is the key to achieving fluency
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French Fluency Boost: How Learning French Benefits Your Career and Life
There are many benefits of learning French beyond just speaking another language. Better job opportunities become accessible, you gain an understanding about different cultures, and your life becomes more interesting. For me the reasons to learn french were a combination of a few factors. First, because I had studied it
Why Learn A Language?
In one of the assignments in my Add1Challenge (#A1C33) we were asked to write down or make a reminder in some way for why we wanted to learn this language. This is a really good idea for all language learners – even if we know why we are doing something,
Add 1 Challenge – Day 90 of 90 Learning French – Review
Yesterday was the final opportunity for those of us in the Add 1 Challenge 33 (A1C33) to post our final videos demonstrating us having a 15 minute conversation with a native speaker. Of course, the obligatory tech glitches caused a one hour delay. Fortunately my conversation partner was not short
Languages to Learn: My Bucket List
Ever since the movie “The Bucket List” came out back in 2007, the concept of the Bucket List has well and truly embedded itself in the English-speaking world as a “thing” 🙂 It may have been around in the USA before this (and I assume it was), but in Australia
Why Learn French?
For our second assignment in the current Add1Challenge (#A1C33) we were asked to write down or make a reminder in some way for why we wanted to learn this language. For me the impetus to study French in particular was a combination of a few factors. Firstly, because I had
Add 1 Challenge – Week 3, Conversation Success
Just had to come and have a brag – just had my third conversation session (once a week for three weeks now), and it went SO well! My partner actually said he saw a difference between the first and second week as well, but the difference between last week and
Add 1 Challenge 33 – First Week Review
So the first week of the Fluent In 3 Months Add 1 Challenge #A1C33 has passed (actually, it’s Thursday already, which means we are half way through week two!), and we were asked to review our progress for the week. I discovered in my first face-to-face French conversation lesson that
Joining Group Challenges to Improve Language Skills – The Add 1 Challenge
I have found the best way to learn a language is to set goals – but sometimes, especially when learning a language is somewhat of a hobby, it can be hard to set a goal and stick to it. Unlike making a quilt or a birthday card or a cake,