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LanguageJam July 2019 Wrap Up - Yoruba

Learn Yoruba – #LangJam IYIL July ’19, Wrap Up

July 27, 2019 Cate Deans LanguageJam

Last weekend I had some fun learning Yoruba during the #LangJam Challenge. Because Yoruba is not a language I particularly am interested in, I wasn’t too concerned about making much progress in the language. Instead, I took the opportunity to simply familiarise myself with the language a bit, and have

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Language Jam July 2019, Celebrating the International Year of Indigenous Languages

Yoruba – #LangJam July ’19

July 20, 2019 Cate Deans LanguageJam

Another chance to dabble in a new language for a weekend with #LanguageJam! July’s Jam is from a selection of Indigenous Languages, in honour of the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages. This Jam I drew Yoruba – here’s some fun facts. Yoruba is a language spoken in Western

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Best Way To Learn Biblical Hebrew From Scratch

April 12, 2019 Cate Deans Hebrew (Biblical), Resources and Tools

What is NOT the best way to learn Biblical Hebrew from scratch? (For me at least!) Studying grammar! If my brain is a sponge, it has been so full that it has been leaking after just five weeks of learning! All the new information has just run through and out

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5 Questions You Need To Ask About Free Language Learning

March 15, 2019 Cate Deans Resources and Tools

We have become very accustomed to information being available online for free. Certainly there is a plethora of free language learning resources on every platform. But is “Free” worth using? Or is it a case of “You get what you pay for”? When I am considering what to use, I

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3 Tips How to Communicate Better when Learning a New Language

March 8, 2019 Cate Deans Conversation

It can be difficult to communicate clearly when we are learning a new language. Some of us are shy, or maybe just not confident with talking to people when we only know a little vocabulary, but we still need to know how to get our point across and let others

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When To Use The Pimsleur® Language Learning Method – And When Not To (Product Review)

March 6, 2019 Cate Deans Product Reviews

You may have read in a forum about using Pimsleur® audios for language learning. When is it a good idea to use the Pimsleur Method, and does it work? Use Pimsleur if you are an absolute beginner in a language, if you want to give your ear exposure to the

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Learn Macedonian – #LangJam Feb ’19 Wrap Up

February 21, 2019 Cate Deans LanguageJam

Last weekend I got my first opportunity to learn Macedonian during the #LangJam Challenge. Cyrillic Script The Macedonian alphabet is quite different to English. For a start, the Macedonian language uses a Cyrillic script, so I had a week before the challenge to learn that. This image shows the vowels

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#LanguageJam February 2019 - Macedonian

Macedonian – #LangJam Feb 2019

February 14, 2019 Cate Deans LanguageJam

Time to play with a new language over a weekend with #LanguageJam! This time I drew Macedonian – which has a Cyrillic script, a messy political situation, and not many resources “because it’s really just a dialect of Bulgarian”. Well, so the Bulgarians say! Recognition of the Macedonian Language I

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Recreational Learning Through Television

December 7, 2018 Cate Deans Listening

I am not a big watcher of television. In fact, for the past ten years I haven’t even had a television connected to an antenna in the house. However, I do watch media entertainment. My main source has been through YouTube, and I have fairly narrow interest areas. Mostly I

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“Do You Speak French?” The Art of Talking about Languages

November 8, 2018 Cate Deans Talking About Language Learning

“Do you Speak French?” Can someone please help me to answer this question? Hello. My name is Cate, and I’m a language nerd. Have you ever been asked something like “Do you speak French?“, and been overcome with an overwhelming desire to run really fast in the opposite direction? Have

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