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.
Make the last 10 minutes of a language lesson go with a bang
Teachers keep them wanting more with KLOO! Turn language into a game and keep students wanting more Language is not the easiest of subjects. Some young people find it very difficult. I know I [...]
Why learning a second language is like a giant Sudoku Puzzle
Why language is like a puzzle to be solved Learning a language is like a giant Sudoku If you have read my blog before you'll know that I am a games designer - [...]
The F Word in Language Learning – FUN
The FUN way to learn a language Learning a language abroad becomes is a necessity The most powerful way to learn a language is through necessity. Drop yourself into a foreign country and [...]
The Surprising Best Way to Learn a Language
Yes speaking with other humans is the best way to learn how to speak with other human beings. No technology beats it. Ever. Does the other human need to be fluent or a teacher? No. Just someone willing to learn too. With the right tools, two (or more humans) will learn a language very fast.
Learning French like a Parrot can seriously slow you down
if you learn a language using the wrong products and methods, you are likely to suffer from “Systematic Forgetting” – a scary thought which roughly means “in one ear and out the other”. There are strong scientific reasons for this phenomenon.
Brighten Up Spanish Lessons with Language Fun
How to spice up language lessons with MFL Games Sprinkle a little fun into lessons for language learning to grow Even now, after being immersed in language for some time, I look at how [...]
The everyday language resource that people overlook
And here is another amazing thing....when we talk with other people (and they don't have to be fluent) then the rate of our learning accelerates - yes accelerates.
Foreign Language Games in the world’s biggest Toy Fair
I firstly ask them to make a sentence, as long as possible, with their seven cards - and explain that it's really easy, even if you're an absolute beginner....and then 10 seconds later, they do it. Their reaction? Genuine surprise and delight.
Brighten up French Lessons with some language fun
It's an old fashioned board and card game - and this generation of smart phone carrying students adore it. Watch what happens as they start playing. The keenness of even unenthusiastic language learners to make sentences, learn words and win the Race to Paris often has teachers taken aback.
