Pack a Language, Not Just a Phrasebook
A phrasebook can help in the moment, but a language game can help words feel ready before you need them. Here’s why KLOO makes a light, useful and enjoyable travel game for holidays.
Why Students Lose Motivation in Language Learning – and How a Simple Shift Can Keep Them Engaged
Many students lose motivation in language learning not because it is too hard, but because progress feels invisible. Drawing on motivation research and classroom experience, this article explores how a simple shift — making progress immediate, social, and meaningful — can re-engage learners.
Why Real-Life Board Games Beat Screen Time for Language Learning
A teacher’s perspective on engagement, memory, and meaningful learning Language teachers today face a strange paradox. On one hand, there has never been more technology available for language learning. On the other, students — especially children — are already saturated with screens. So the real_toggle question is not “How do we add more learning apps?”It’s “How do we create learning experiences that truly stick?” Increasingly, the answer points away from screens — and back toward real-world, social, spoken play. Kids Already Have More Than Enough Screen Time From tablets in school to phones at home, [...]
How Young Children Really Learn a Language — and Why KLOO Works So Well
With KLOO you don't try to learn words, you discover them....and that changes everything.
THE OVERLOOKED SECRET: THE RIGHT TOOLS MAKE OR BREAK YOUR LANGUAGE LEARNING JOURNEY
The Overlooked Secret: The Right Tools Make or Break Your Language Learning Journey How crucial is your method of learning? Spoiler: It's more important than you think. When it comes to learning a new language, the tools you use matter far more than any so-called "innate ability." Choosing the wrong tools can make you believe you lack the talent to learn a new language (which is nonsense). On the flip side, using the right tools will let your natural language skills shine through. Picture this: a golfer trying to play with a cricket [...]
LANGUAGE TEACHERS LOVING THIS AWARD WINNING GAME
Teachers, are you searching for a game-changing tool that can make language learning fun and effortless for your students? KLOO Best Game for Teaching a Language With KLOO, students can teach themselves a language through play—no need for you to be fluent in the language! This incredible resource has just been honoured with the Tutorful Award for Best Toys and Games to Learn a Language, a testament to its powerful impact in classrooms around the world. Tutorful, used by over 10,000 tutors, praised KLOO for turning language learning into an engaging game where players [...]
How to make learning a language fun!
How to make learning a language fun! Learning a language does not have to be difficult, time-consuming or boring these days. If you can find ways to enjoy learning a language so that it doesn’t feel like studying, then you are more likely to stick at it for longer and be more successful. Here are 10 fun ways to enjoy learning languages: 1. Cook a recipe in the target language Find an online recipe or a foreign recipe book with the instructions in the language you are learning. Not only will you learn the names [...]
KLOO wins “Best Toys and Games to Learn French”
Simply thrilled to hear that KLOO has won the prestigious Tutorful Award for BEST TOYS AND GAMES TO LEARN FRENCH This is all the more rewarding knowing that Tutorful is used by over 10,000 tutors to match them with students learning languages all over the UK. Knowing that the game is rated highly by tutors and students has put a big smile on our faces. Tutorful says: KLOO has turned learning a language into a game so that all you have to do is play – and the language comes naturally. Players score points by learning [...]
How to Learn Foreign Vocabulary Method 3 – Discovery Learning
Experience the Eureka moment! I am pretty sure that none of us had parents who, when we were toddlers, gave us lists of words to learn by next week. I don't think so. What generally happened is that we would point at something that we wanted to know the name of, such as a dog, and our parents said “Dog” and we repeated “Dog”. This form of learning is called Discovery Learning. It is the natural way we learned new words when we were small and is the way our brains are hot wired to build vocabulary. Using Discovery Learning creates powerful Eureka [...]
The overlooked fact. Using the right language tools makes the difference between learning and not
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 [...]
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