A language game for self-learners
With each deck of KLOO cards you can play up to 16 language games (see our other videos). Ideal for studying French, Spanish or Italian as MFL resources for use in school, or a language game for the kids at home.
MFL teachers’ favourite game for learning foreign words
Sometimes Language teachers want to pack some fun into the last ten minutes of class...but they don't want to waste it.
Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street…and learning a second language
Summer Holidays are coming! Tune into the language People find learning a language difficult...and some say that the best way to learn a language is through total immersion. I don't think many people would argue with that except it's difficult to arrange and somewhat costly - most of us cannot just up sticks and go to Italy for 2 months (I wish)! But many of us are going on hols - for a week or two abroad. This is when we can immerse ourselves in the language. We are surrounded by foreign signs, menus, and people! So [...]
Relax! The stress free way to learn a second language
Adults worry about the grammar, their accent, vocabulary and making a fool of themselves. Getting the language wrong is embarrassing (in their own minds). So they set about trying to learn the language as if it's a machine. They learn all the words from lists and learn phrases by rote. And so they stay in their comfort zones and their language learning stops at stock set phrases. What a shame.
KLOO – Don’t leave home with out it!
I am starting to think about holidays and booking somewhere on the continent. Usually we go to Italy (my wife is Italian) - but I am thinking maybe France this year - or Spain? When I was a kid (admittedly some years ago) Seve Ballasteros, the great Spanish golfer, used to urge holiday makers to not go on their travels without packing their American Express card. I always remember the strapline "Don't leave home without it". He said it in a strong Spanish accent - lovely. Obviously a powerful strapline if I recall it all these years [...]
2 Techniques to Build Vocabulary super FAST
Please don't waste any time on learning vocabulary from lists. Life is too short. Find Discovery Learning and contextual methods...you'll learn much, (MUCH) faster.
Never be lost for words in French! Build French Vocabulary fast
What's the best way to build your French vocabulary? Hand gestures only get you so far The bedrock of learning French, or indeed any language, is vocabulary. Without it your ability to communicate is limited to pointing and hand gestures (and we can even get the meanings of those wrong!) When we start learning French we need to accumulate high frequency words...words that are useful, appear often in the language and can be used in multiple situations. With several hundred well chosen words you can go a long way. What's the best way to [...]
Speed up language learning with “Trans-Language Verbs”
Express Yourself There is a simple, effective - but usually overlooked way to speed up your language learning. The advice is: Learn Trans-Language Verbs first What's a Trans-Language Verb? A Trans Language Verb (or TLV) is a verb that can be used across the language in millions of situations. TLVs include verbs: to see, to like, to want etc. You can see a person, like a person and want a person. You can see a bag, like a bag and want a bag. You can see a pizza, like a pizza and want a pizza...these are [...]
Never be lost for words! The best way to build vocabulary in a foreign language
Hand gestures only get you so far The bedrock of learning a language is vocabulary. Without it your ability to communicate is limited to pointing and hand gestures (and we can even get the meanings of those wrong!) When we start learning a language we need to accumulate high frequency words...words that are useful, appear often in the language and can be used in multiple situations. With several hundred well chosen words you can go a long way. What's the best way to learn them? Different ways to build your vocabulary There are [...]
Smart Learning: The 5 Pillars of Language Learning
There are important principles to learning a language. These principles are proven and will jet propel the rate at which you pick up a language. Conversely, if you don't use them, language learning becomes a hard slog to Moscow in Winter.
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