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The overlooked fact. Using the right language tools makes the difference between learning and not

April 15th, 2017|Tags: , , , , |

How important is your method of learning? Learning a foreign language depends much more on the tools you use than your innate “language ability”. Use the wrong tools and you start believing that you don’t have the necessary talent to learn a language (when you absolutely do). Conversely, use the right tools and systems and your natural language ability will shine. Think of a golfer trying to play golf with a cricket bat. Or a tennis player trying to play tennis with a football! Crazy eh? It won't work. And it doesn't work for language [...]

There are 6 different ways to build vocabulary – which is best?

April 11th, 2017|

6 Methods of building foreign vocabulary There are six different approaches to acquiring foreign vocabulary. The approach you use will make a huge impact on your rate of learning. As you will see, in later blogs, the method you use is more important than your natural language ability. Proven or guesswork? As you might expect with 6 different methods of learning, some are better and others and some are wildly better than others! What we share in our blog is completely researched, sourced and proven. We will help you to cut through the noise, marketing, hype and guesswork [...]

Teacher sneaks KLOO into her classroom – and this is what happens!

March 24th, 2017|Tags: , , |

Language teachers are at the coal face of language learning - and so they know what works best. This teacher wrote a review on Amazon 3 years after she bought the game - because she wanted to share what happened when she sneaked KLOO into her classroom. Here's what she said complete with a picture of her (very tidy!) classroom. "This is such a fun and engaging game that participants don't notice that they're learning!" This is what happened when one teacher put KLOO in her classroom. If you want the same impact [...]

Make your own KLOO cards for FREE

February 21st, 2017|Tags: , |

More and more teachers and language learners have been in contact with us about making their own KLOO cards - and could we provide them with blank cards to make them. We thought that this was a great idea. Once learners know all the words in a deck, more can be added in, so the KLOO system can help build vocabulary even further. We have created a "Make Your Own" page on our website which gives instructions on how to make the cards so that they work with your existing decks. We have also provided you [...]

When teachers can’t speak the language – how are they going to teach it?

February 15th, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , |

If a teacher cannot speak French or Spanish, how are they able to teach them as subjects? With the numbers of language teachers falling precipitously it's becoming more and more normal for a class to be taught by teachers who cannot themselves speak the language they teach. How can that work? Games like chess can harness human intellect I know many of the world's greatest chess players (in a previous life I ran the world chess championships) and it's interesting that the great Chess Grandmasters have chess coaches. It's interesting in that the chess [...]

Asking for a Pizza and a Coffee – Super Easy

February 3rd, 2017|

There are two ways of learning a language. Firstly, there is by rote - essentially you'll learn a stock of useful sentences off by heart. And then there is the generative approach: in this method you learn words as building blocks to make more sentences. If you learn the first way, you'll always be limited to a few stock phrases. If you learn with the second method, with just a few hundred words, you can make millions of sentences. KLOO helps you with the second way...you'll hundreds of words and be able to make sentences in [...]

What difference does enthusiasm make for language learning? How can I get it in the classroom?

January 18th, 2017|

Two great questions that deserve straight forward answers. Q 1. What price does enthusiasm make to learning a language? A. I think we all know the answer to this - but the answer is ALL THE DIFFERENCE. It really does. Q 2. How can I get enthusiasm into the classroom? A. Great question and if you haven't found it yet, a tricky one. But it needn't be. KLOO Language games drives enthusiasm through the roof. MFL teachers have consistently said it's a game changer for them. Kids have great fun and are learning faster. We [...]

What makes a Good Game become Great

December 12th, 2016|Tags: , , , |

What's the secret to a great game?...Well first and foremost it has to be enjoyable. Not many games survive if they aren't any fun!! Less obvious is that they should also be a challenge. Noughts and crosses is good fun only until you know the system and then every game becomes a boring draw. So if you have a game that's fun and a challenge - then it's (in my book at least) reached the the league of Good Games. But how does it go on to become a great game? As a games designer I [...]

Finding the Perfect Xmas Gift – a Language wrapped in a Game

December 4th, 2016|

It's not easy to find the perfect Xmas gift. There are so many things to consider. But imagine you walked into my shop and you're quite pushy (I'm sure you're not!!) - And this was how our conversation went! YOU: I'm looking for a gift. I'm thinking of a game that's fun and gives a chance for all the family to come together and play? Have you anything like that? ME: Well, I can think of loads of great games...yes I am sure we can help. YOU: Actually let's go a step further and make [...]

French Language Trivia Quiz…amazing facts about the French language

November 20th, 2016|

How much do you know about the French Language? 15 questions: 8 is an average score;  10 is very good; 12 is excellent Go to our Interactive French Language Trivia Quiz and discover amazing facts about the French Language. Here's some of the questions Q. Which is the world's largest French speaking city after Paris? A. Kinshasa    B. Montreal     C. Brussels     D. Port au Prince Go to our French Language Trivia Quiz to find the answer Q. What percentage of the English language is said to be derived from [...]

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